Import/export HS code 21061080: Various protein concentrates

Protein-based food products not covered by other specific categories

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  • It provides you with a list of potential leads who have bought similar products.

* 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 £
Netherlands 22,650,020
Ireland 17,778,871
Germany 8,822,313
United States 4,786,919
Spain 4,658,909

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 £
Netherlands 8,593,763 14,056,257 +5,462,494
Ireland 9,323,877 8,454,994 -868,883
Germany 3,756,776 5,065,537 +1,308,761
United States 2,236,133 2,550,786 +314,653
Spain 2,811,670 1,847,239 -964,431
Poland 2,592,169 1,697,707 -894,462
France 2,252,225 1,914,057 -338,168
Belgium 2,066,080 1,888,920 -177,160
China 1,926,729 1,862,116 -64,613
Slovakia 566,253 898,374 +332,121

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 £
Ireland 15,229,595
Netherlands 13,350,595
Germany 9,113,777
United States 8,203,976
Belgium 5,682,690

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 £
Ireland 8,185,210 7,044,385 -1,140,825
Netherlands 5,879,428 7,471,167 +1,591,739
Germany 3,961,720 5,152,057 +1,190,337
United States 3,846,123 4,357,853 +511,730
Belgium 2,305,936 3,376,754 +1,070,818
Spain 2,783,552 2,388,428 -395,124
China 2,346,694 2,212,175 -134,519
Poland 2,532,579 1,708,346 -824,233
Brazil 1,427,933 1,296,773 -131,160
France 793,619 1,151,285 +357,666

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 22
Inner London - East 19
Inner London - West 19
Greater Manchester 16
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 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 13 18 +5
Inner London - East 15 11 -4
Inner London - West 14 14 +0
Greater Manchester 11 12 +1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 12 8 -4
West Midlands 10 11 +1
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 9 11 +2
Outer London - East and North East 7 9 +2
Essex 7 9 +2
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 3 7 +4

Import volume by transport

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

Top 5 values

Transport £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 65,233,819
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 10,950,155
Air transport 5,743,866
Other 3,868,732
Road transport 348,228

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 £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 31,080,471 34,153,348 +3,072,877
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 4,941,190 6,008,965 +1,067,775
Air transport 2,672,570 3,071,296 +398,726
Other 1,841,526 2,027,206 +185,680
Road transport 101,735 246,493 +144,758
Rail transport 11,232 0 -11,232

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 23,513,481
Immingham Docks 9,017,483
Felixstowe 8,598,100
Liverpool Docks 7,151,760
Eurotunnel 5,478,825

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 12,200,858 11,312,623 -888,235
Immingham Docks 3,500,350 5,517,133 +2,016,783
Felixstowe 2,474,138 6,123,962 +3,649,824
Liverpool Docks 3,228,062 3,923,698 +695,636
Eurotunnel 2,610,545 2,868,280 +257,735
Holyhead 1,995,006 2,442,282 +447,276
000 1,841,526 2,027,206 +185,680
Dover / Eurotunnel 2,099,500 1,347,088 -752,412
Heysham 2,060,057 882,938 -1,177,119
Harwich 985,948 1,683,111 +697,163

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 99
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 73
Manufacture of food products 53
Food and beverage service activities 20
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 15

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 52
2025-11 52
2025-10 59
2025-09 53
2025-08 58

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 102
54m+ 64
0-1m 50
15m-54m 34
Other 12

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 £
Netherlands 26,705,447
Germany 25,032,695
Ireland 8,975,604
Australia 8,000,349
Spain 6,064,786

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 £
Netherlands 21,370,743 5,334,704 -16,036,039
Germany 4,473,605 20,559,090 +16,085,485
Ireland 4,297,890 4,677,714 +379,824
Australia 7,505,759 494,590 -7,011,169
Spain 2,669,795 3,394,991 +725,196
United Arab Emirates 2,913,385 1,882,143 -1,031,242
Saudi Arabia 2,760,268 1,699,899 -1,060,369
United States 1,527,261 2,111,906 +584,645
United Republic of Tanzania 1,877,647 624,434 -1,253,213
China 2,313,888 165,526 -2,148,362

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 880,068
Nicaragua 238,081
Ireland 57,252
Netherlands 12,589
Spain 2,185

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 631,730 248,338 -383,392
Nicaragua 238,081 0 -238,081
Ireland 32,081 25,171 -6,910
Netherlands 4,000 8,589 +4,589
Spain 2,185 0 -2,185
Germany 1,766 0 -1,766
Belgium 919 814 -105
Poland 315 9 -306
France 174 0 -174
Slovakia 120 0 -120

Export volume by transport

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

Top 5 values

Transport £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 71,121,588
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 34,953,898
Air transport 6,105,963
Other 1,528,047
Rail transport 159,399

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 £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 33,678,307 37,443,281 +3,764,974
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 25,379,468 9,574,430 -15,805,038
Air transport 3,762,543 2,343,420 -1,419,123
Other 1,094,606 433,441 -661,165
Rail transport 159,399 0 -159,399
Road transport 9,193 0 -9,193

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Middlesbrough 27,747,468
London Gateway Port 19,725,676
Immingham Docks 17,244,932
Dover / Eurotunnel 12,849,742
Liverpool Docks 8,297,574

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 £
Middlesbrough 11,255,637 16,491,831 +5,236,194
London Gateway Port 14,345,656 5,380,020 -8,965,636
Immingham Docks 10,178,734 7,066,198 -3,112,536
Dover / Eurotunnel 8,430,405 4,419,337 -4,011,068
Liverpool Docks 4,676,097 3,621,477 -1,054,620
Portsmouth 1,860,985 3,143,053 +1,282,068
Southampton 3,238,827 1,458,159 -1,780,668
Felixstowe 2,638,117 2,000,859 -637,258
London Heathrow Airport 1,372,108 870,808 -501,300
Holyhead 541,725 1,487,155 +945,430

Quick facts

HS code: 21061080

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

Description: Protein-based food products not covered by other specific categories