Import/export HS code 21061080: Various protein concentrates

Protein-based food products not covered by other specific categories

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  • It helps you understand the market size for your product in the UK.
  • 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 21,751,666
Ireland 18,201,258
Germany 8,780,463
United States 4,795,552
Spain 4,772,846

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 8,319,502 13,432,164 +5,112,662
Ireland 9,335,836 8,865,422 -470,414
Germany 3,906,382 4,874,081 +967,699
United States 2,246,528 2,549,024 +302,496
Spain 2,729,011 2,043,835 -685,176
Poland 2,798,458 1,703,338 -1,095,120
France 2,234,259 2,014,123 -220,136
Belgium 1,896,462 1,827,358 -69,104
China 1,799,867 1,858,160 +58,293
XS 1,371,171 1,124,813 -246,358

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 15,682,781
Netherlands 13,004,071
Germany 9,023,238
United States 8,083,210
Belgium 5,262,665

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 8,230,687 7,452,094 -778,593
Netherlands 5,905,796 7,098,275 +1,192,479
Germany 3,938,410 5,084,828 +1,146,418
United States 3,745,919 4,337,291 +591,372
Belgium 2,473,363 2,789,302 +315,939
Spain 2,701,166 2,503,342 -197,824
China 2,147,057 2,325,645 +178,588
Poland 2,728,554 1,722,495 -1,006,059
Brazil 1,470,350 1,339,110 -131,240
XS 1,381,184 1,110,623 -270,561

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 21
Inner London - East 18
Inner London - West 18
Greater Manchester 16
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 15

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 17 +4
Inner London - East 12 12 +0
Inner London - West 14 13 -1
Greater Manchester 11 12 +1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 13 8 -5
West Midlands 10 11 +1
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 8 9 +1
Essex 7 8 +1
Outer London - East and North East 7 8 +1
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 4 6 +2

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) 65,215,874
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 11,020,362
Air transport 5,546,185
Other 3,842,650
Road transport 374,572

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) 31,433,317 33,782,557 +2,349,240
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 5,133,107 5,887,255 +754,148
Air transport 2,617,009 2,929,176 +312,167
Other 1,772,622 2,070,028 +297,406
Road transport 133,227 241,345 +108,118
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 23,384,375
Immingham Docks 8,530,625
Felixstowe 8,083,510
Liverpool Docks 7,214,218
Eurotunnel 5,842,749

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 12,159,205 11,225,170 -934,035
Immingham Docks 3,193,781 5,336,844 +2,143,063
Felixstowe 2,786,358 5,297,152 +2,510,794
Liverpool Docks 3,046,968 4,167,250 +1,120,282
Eurotunnel 2,959,353 2,883,396 -75,957
Holyhead 2,270,552 2,440,856 +170,304
000 1,772,622 2,070,028 +297,406
Dover / Eurotunnel 2,333,427 1,314,282 -1,019,145
Heysham 1,955,596 1,172,146 -783,450
Harwich 1,066,384 1,676,308 +609,924

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 68
Manufacture of food products 54
Food and beverage service activities 19
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
2025-11 52
2025-10 59
2025-09 53
2025-08 58
2025-07 56

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 103
54m+ 67
0-1m 48
15m-54m 32
Other 10

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 28,422,860
Germany 23,252,081
Ireland 9,063,417
Australia 8,183,031
Spain 5,963,725

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 22,223,309 6,199,551 -16,023,758
Germany 3,912,147 19,339,934 +15,427,787
Ireland 4,518,129 4,545,288 +27,159
Australia 7,559,804 623,227 -6,936,577
Spain 2,840,488 3,123,237 +282,749
United Arab Emirates 2,733,463 1,921,676 -811,787
Saudi Arabia 2,739,920 1,666,329 -1,073,591
United States 1,206,373 2,489,990 +1,283,617
China 2,424,979 175,347 -2,249,632
United Republic of Tanzania 1,883,403 659,100 -1,224,303

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 876,948
XU 394,201
Nicaragua 238,081
Ireland 61,127
Netherlands 12,609

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 633,463 243,485 -389,978
XU 227,861 166,340 -61,521
Nicaragua 238,081 0 -238,081
Ireland 35,383 25,744 -9,639
Netherlands 3,741 8,868 +5,127
United States 3,794 0 -3,794
Spain 1,331 854 -477
Singapore 1,778 0 -1,778
Germany 1,015 751 -264
Belgium 975 737 -238

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) 69,068,230
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 37,185,766
Air transport 6,335,881
Other 1,594,858
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) 32,222,672 36,845,558 +4,622,886
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 27,170,078 10,015,688 -17,154,390
Air transport 3,895,022 2,440,859 -1,454,163
Other 1,148,028 446,830 -701,198
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 26,444,486
London Gateway Port 19,508,132
Immingham Docks 16,882,718
Dover / Eurotunnel 13,383,291
Liverpool Docks 8,374,846

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 10,598,376 15,846,110 +5,247,734
London Gateway Port 14,197,993 5,310,139 -8,887,854
Immingham Docks 9,632,102 7,250,616 -2,381,486
Dover / Eurotunnel 8,653,089 4,730,202 -3,922,887
Liverpool Docks 4,348,480 4,026,366 -322,114
Felixstowe 2,880,666 2,070,175 -810,491
Southampton 3,413,660 1,495,397 -1,918,263
Portsmouth 1,869,629 2,781,930 +912,301
London Heathrow Airport 1,424,174 850,639 -573,535
Holyhead 663,695 1,303,686 +639,991

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