Import/export HS code 21069092: Low-fat, low-sugar food preparations

Food products with minimal milkfat, sugar, or starch content, suitable for special diets

Why this is important if you are looking for potential customers in the UK:

  • 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 £
Ireland 199,564,437
Germany 159,595,902
Netherlands 149,589,503
United States 87,863,701
China 77,557,052

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 £
Ireland 110,898,093 88,666,344 -22,231,749
Germany 74,859,739 84,736,163 +9,876,424
Netherlands 76,720,594 72,868,909 -3,851,685
United States 42,937,943 44,925,758 +1,987,815
China 43,208,640 34,348,412 -8,860,228
France 31,461,274 29,459,943 -2,001,331
Belgium 24,465,517 24,353,067 -112,450
Poland 24,009,956 23,189,022 -820,934
Italy 21,198,854 23,124,912 +1,926,058
Thailand 22,771,916 17,375,305 -5,396,611

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 181,247,734
Germany 165,862,685
Netherlands 95,356,924
China 85,343,543
United States 83,445,227

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 102,618,918 78,628,816 -23,990,102
Germany 79,126,709 86,735,976 +7,609,267
Netherlands 49,574,157 45,782,767 -3,791,390
China 47,040,096 38,303,447 -8,736,649
United States 43,795,669 39,649,558 -4,146,111
Poland 32,308,027 32,202,059 -105,968
France 25,390,295 23,027,847 -2,362,448
Italy 22,585,532 25,331,679 +2,746,147
Thailand 23,216,409 17,568,759 -5,647,650
India 13,399,404 19,691,940 +6,292,536

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 95
Outer London - West and North West 91
Inner London - East 79
Outer London - East and North East 62
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 54

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
Inner London - West 75 62 -13
Outer London - West and North West 75 67 -8
Inner London - East 56 58 +2
Outer London - East and North East 48 50 +2
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 46 40 -6
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 44 39 -5
Greater Manchester 41 42 +1
Surrey, East and West Sussex 35 32 -3
Kent 27 24 -3
Essex 25 19 -6

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) 753,010,648
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 327,363,352
Air transport 115,176,496
Other 30,285,279
Road transport 4,422,800

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) 393,303,969 359,706,679 -33,597,290
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 160,600,616 166,762,736 +6,162,120
Air transport 55,913,039 59,263,457 +3,350,418
Other 15,554,329 14,730,950 -823,379
Road transport 1,801,835 2,620,965 +819,130
Rail transport 3,726 68,499 +64,773

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 209,810,234
Liverpool Docks 175,373,943
Felixstowe 172,137,058
Eurotunnel 110,754,422
London 87,980,402

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 106,269,882 103,540,352 -2,729,530
Liverpool Docks 101,220,562 74,153,381 -27,067,181
Felixstowe 101,520,451 70,616,607 -30,903,844
Eurotunnel 56,865,853 53,888,569 -2,977,284
London 29,579,561 58,400,841 +28,821,280
Southampton 32,186,227 29,652,409 -2,533,818
Immingham Docks 30,250,633 31,436,558 +1,185,925
London Heathrow Airport 24,147,696 22,850,077 -1,297,619
Dover / Eurotunnel 24,206,315 21,595,110 -2,611,205
London Gateway Port 17,958,435 23,404,966 +5,446,531

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 484
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 249
Manufacture of food products 186
Food and beverage service activities 74
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 49

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 305
2025-10 317
2025-09 301
2025-08 291
2025-07 329

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 414
54m+ 241
0-1m 236
15m-54m 130
Other 54

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 £
Germany 162,994,883
France 121,408,220
Ireland 106,764,230
United States 75,025,181
Netherlands 70,418,822

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 £
Germany 98,580,896 64,413,987 -34,166,909
France 65,480,495 55,927,725 -9,552,770
Ireland 55,258,467 51,505,763 -3,752,704
United States 40,181,612 34,843,569 -5,338,043
Netherlands 38,044,767 32,374,055 -5,670,712
China 26,569,451 26,550,938 -18,513
Sweden 20,274,267 21,157,030 +882,763
Switzerland 16,017,234 23,243,906 +7,226,672
Australia 18,438,065 13,181,478 -5,256,587
Poland 14,721,677 16,393,714 +1,672,037

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 £
XU 4,344,412
Poland 1,465,407
XI 1,165,767
Ireland 673,429
Canada 664,989

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 £
XU 2,181,514 2,162,898 -18,616
Poland 836,469 628,938 -207,531
XI 678,831 486,936 -191,895
Ireland 102,138 571,291 +469,153
Canada 422,926 242,063 -180,863
Thailand 103,134 81,963 -21,171
Germany 92,385 92,375 -10
Switzerland 134,160 299 -133,861
Denmark 55,775 47,573 -8,202
Malaysia 43,136 33,592 -9,544

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) 749,809,175
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 312,784,335
Air transport 125,762,714
Other 9,101,083
Road transport 880,966

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) 392,852,625 356,956,550 -35,896,075
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 164,520,785 148,263,550 -16,257,235
Air transport 66,448,150 59,314,564 -7,133,586
Other 4,697,987 4,403,096 -294,891
Road transport 873,215 7,751 -865,464
Rail transport 21,126 86,476 +65,350

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 495,159,923
Immingham Docks 95,078,853
London Gateway Port 85,915,883
London Heathrow Airport 81,914,122
Southampton 74,469,060

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 £
Dover / Eurotunnel 266,212,526 228,947,397 -37,265,129
Immingham Docks 47,928,132 47,150,721 -777,411
London Gateway Port 43,794,327 42,121,556 -1,672,771
London Heathrow Airport 45,104,016 36,810,106 -8,293,910
Southampton 38,511,184 35,957,876 -2,553,308
Dover 38,267,395 22,697,833 -15,569,562
Liverpool Docks 28,310,836 28,713,924 +403,088
Holyhead 20,717,024 23,568,655 +2,851,631
Felixstowe 21,245,904 21,390,815 +144,911
Middlesbrough 8,749,449 16,725,317 +7,975,868

Quick facts

HS code: 21069092

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

Description: Food products with minimal milkfat, sugar, or starch content, suitable for special diets