Import/export HS code 21061020: Low-fat, low-sugar protein concentrates

Protein products with minimal milkfat, sugar, or starch content, ideal for dietary needs

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* UK only, last 24 months analysed

Imports by country

What this shows: Import market volume by exporter country into the UK.

Top 5 values

Country £
China 22,688,896
Netherlands 18,438,554
United States 15,529,108
France 8,578,350
Belgium 8,225,040

Countries rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: Countries are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month volume, right side by second 12-month volume, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

Country First 12m £ Second 12m £ Delta £
China 9,759,847 12,929,049 +3,169,202
Netherlands 9,811,711 8,626,843 -1,184,868
United States 10,250,294 5,278,814 -4,971,480
France 4,404,060 4,174,290 -229,770
Belgium 4,168,579 4,056,461 -112,118
Germany 2,124,149 5,025,455 +2,901,306
Ireland 3,241,796 3,333,830 +92,034
Slovakia 2,334,305 3,097,200 +762,895
Austria 1,824,418 1,366,714 -457,704
Italy 1,705,608 1,215,136 -490,472

Imports by country of origin

What this shows: Import volume by production origin country. Differences from exporter-country data can indicate re-export routes.

Top 5 values

Origin £
China 24,914,055
United States 20,213,017
Netherlands 14,739,160
Germany 13,594,075
France 7,605,071

Country of origin rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: Origin countries are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month import value, right side by second 12-month import value, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

Origin First 12m £ Second 12m £ Delta £
China 10,829,679 14,084,376 +3,254,697
United States 13,295,666 6,917,351 -6,378,315
Netherlands 6,965,959 7,773,201 +807,242
Germany 6,552,911 7,041,164 +488,253
France 4,493,442 3,111,629 -1,381,813
Slovakia 2,376,035 3,572,066 +1,196,031
Ireland 2,570,959 2,412,599 -158,360
Belgium 525,041 2,261,577 +1,736,536
Austria 1,784,107 952,908 -831,199
Japan 1,397,140 1,298,137 -99,003

Importers across UK regions

What this shows: Number of importing companies by UK ITL2 region.

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Outer London - West and North West 25
Inner London - West 20
Greater Manchester 16
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 14
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 14

UK regions rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: UK regions are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month importer count, right side by second 12-month importer count, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

UK region First 12m Second 12m Delta
Outer London - West and North West 18 22 +4
Inner London - West 16 15 -1
Greater Manchester 12 11 -1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 9 9 +0
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 11 9 -2
Outer London - East and North East 11 10 -1
West Midlands 9 9 +0
Inner London - East 7 9 +2
Outer London - South 11 7 -4
Surrey, East and West Sussex 7 7 +0

Import volume by transport

What this shows: Import value by transport mode used to bring goods into the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 59,373,087
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 57,179,610
Other 5,019,821
Air transport 2,800,189
Road transport 1,307,366

Transport rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: Transport modes are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month import value, right side by second 12-month import value, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

Transport First 12m £ Second 12m £ Delta £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 31,779,838 27,593,249 -4,186,589
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 28,558,976 28,620,634 +61,658
Other 2,399,947 2,619,874 +219,927
Air transport 1,339,356 1,460,833 +121,477
Road transport 905,798 401,568 -504,230

Import volume by port

What this shows: Import value handled by each UK port.

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 23,881,780
Felixstowe 19,291,718
Southampton 18,193,701
Immingham Docks 9,206,189
Eurotunnel 8,319,391

Port rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: Ports are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month import value, right side by second 12-month import value, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

Port First 12m £ Second 12m £ Delta £
Dover 10,989,607 12,892,173 +1,902,566
Felixstowe 9,842,050 9,449,668 -392,382
Southampton 10,287,607 7,906,094 -2,381,513
Immingham Docks 4,755,452 4,450,737 -304,715
Eurotunnel 4,077,778 4,241,613 +163,835
London Gateway Port 2,642,961 5,008,527 +2,365,566
Liverpool Docks 5,688,144 1,717,700 -3,970,444
000 2,399,947 2,619,874 +219,927
London 3,087,413 1,909,575 -1,177,838
Hull 1,784,051 2,435,961 +651,910

Importer companies by SIC division

What this shows: Industry breakdown (SIC divisions) of importing companies.

Top 5 values

SIC Companies
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 127
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 55
Manufacture of food products 53
Food and beverage service activities 18
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 10

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 60
2025-11 63
2025-10 61
2025-09 75
2025-08 70

Top importers

What this shows: Companies with the highest number of months traded for this HS code.

Importer company size by revenue band

What this shows: Distribution of importers across company revenue bands.

Top 5 values

Revenue Companies
1m-15m 91
54m+ 74
0-1m 50
15m-54m 34
Other 17

Import seasonality

What this shows: Average monthly import pattern from historical data.

Exports by country

What this shows: Export market volume by destination country from the UK.

Top 5 values

Country £
China 37,975,221
Singapore 34,150,077
United Arab Emirates 14,291,606
Germany 6,151,776
Taiwan 5,574,661

Export countries rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: Destination countries are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month export volume, right side by second 12-month export volume, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

Country First 12m £ Second 12m £ Delta £
China 19,064,436 18,910,785 -153,651
Singapore 16,799,850 17,350,227 +550,377
United Arab Emirates 5,962,495 8,329,111 +2,366,616
Germany 1,847,045 4,304,731 +2,457,686
Taiwan 2,730,831 2,843,830 +112,999
United States 2,018,580 2,984,145 +965,565
Ireland 2,150,157 2,214,230 +64,073
India 2,462,448 1,327,398 -1,135,050
Netherlands 2,414,875 1,189,613 -1,225,262
Australia 848,228 1,889,132 +1,040,904

Exports by country of origin

What this shows: Export volume by production origin country. For re-exports, indicates where goods originated before UK export.

Top 5 values

Origin £
XI 1,891,812
Malaysia 147,923
Ireland 39,864
United States 34,225
Netherlands 10,042

Export origin countries rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: Origin countries are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month export value, right side by second 12-month export value, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

Origin First 12m £ Second 12m £ Delta £
XI 857,516 1,034,296 +176,780
Malaysia 49,601 98,322 +48,721
Ireland 6,589 33,275 +26,686
United States 0 34,225 +34,225
Netherlands 6,503 3,539 -2,964
Viet Nam 0 6,916 +6,916
Sweden 4,131 2,408 -1,723
Thailand 0 3,992 +3,992
Georgia 2,453 0 -2,453
Austria 1,833 0 -1,833

Export volume by transport

What this shows: Export value by transport mode used to ship goods from the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 101,500,008
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 25,186,017
Air transport 9,850,126
Other 2,361,467
Road transport 11,758

Export transport rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: Transport modes are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month export value, right side by second 12-month export value, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

Transport First 12m £ Second 12m £ Delta £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 47,433,939 54,066,069 +6,632,130
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 11,739,886 13,446,131 +1,706,245
Air transport 4,717,705 5,132,421 +414,716
Other 1,062,989 1,298,478 +235,489
Road transport 10,764 994 -9,770

Export volume by port

What this shows: Export value handled by each UK port.

Top 5 values

Port £
Southampton 43,514,498
London Gateway Port 29,324,017
Felixstowe 23,751,678
Liverpool Docks 11,523,755
Dover / Eurotunnel 11,118,057

Export port rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: Ports are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month export value, right side by second 12-month export value, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

Port First 12m £ Second 12m £ Delta £
Southampton 22,528,368 20,986,130 -1,542,238
London Gateway Port 9,543,079 19,780,938 +10,237,859
Felixstowe 10,125,561 13,626,117 +3,500,556
Liverpool Docks 7,938,549 3,585,206 -4,353,343
Dover / Eurotunnel 5,746,114 5,371,943 -374,171
London Heathrow Airport 2,699,685 1,354,481 -1,345,204
Manchester Airport 592,381 3,077,321 +2,484,940
000 1,062,989 1,298,478 +235,489
Middlesbrough 558,793 1,668,793 +1,110,000
Immingham Docks 996,304 879,256 -117,048

Quick facts

HS code: 21061020

Coverage: United Kingdom, most metrics for the last 24 months

Description: Protein products with minimal milkfat, sugar, or starch content, ideal for dietary needs