Import/export HS code 21069098: Various miscellaneous food preparations

Various food items not covered by other specific categories, including unique or specialty products

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  • It helps you understand the market size for your product in the UK.
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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 £
Denmark 374,257,167
Germany 283,167,526
Netherlands 245,961,441
Belgium 146,862,911
France 126,619,897

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 £
Denmark 194,762,822 179,494,345 -15,268,477
Germany 152,131,349 131,036,177 -21,095,172
Netherlands 126,526,287 119,435,154 -7,091,133
Belgium 69,720,627 77,142,284 +7,421,657
France 65,960,049 60,659,848 -5,300,201
Ireland 54,508,177 62,160,343 +7,652,166
United States 44,644,466 38,400,495 -6,243,971
Italy 34,454,457 36,120,557 +1,666,100
Poland 20,522,356 21,358,789 +836,433
China 14,209,748 24,775,989 +10,566,241

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 £
Denmark 378,095,673
Germany 312,876,533
Netherlands 170,597,924
Belgium 116,379,000
France 99,482,834

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 £
Denmark 197,743,095 180,352,578 -17,390,517
Germany 168,096,256 144,780,277 -23,315,979
Netherlands 84,606,898 85,991,026 +1,384,128
Belgium 55,913,960 60,465,040 +4,551,080
France 48,856,908 50,625,926 +1,769,018
Ireland 45,080,046 53,460,174 +8,380,128
Italy 48,165,817 47,915,340 -250,477
United States 47,195,049 42,381,663 -4,813,386
China 16,561,650 26,504,602 +9,942,952
Poland 20,473,339 22,149,064 +1,675,725

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 175
Outer London - West and North West 175
Inner London - East 156
Outer London - East and North East 107
Greater Manchester 96

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 121 134 +13
Outer London - West and North West 126 140 +14
Inner London - East 116 126 +10
Outer London - East and North East 76 89 +13
Greater Manchester 68 73 +5
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 68 72 +4
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 63 65 +2
Surrey, East and West Sussex 57 63 +6
West Midlands 57 53 -4
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 53 44 -9

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) 1,292,708,793
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 400,475,934
Air transport 103,027,418
Other 51,714,575
Road transport 5,311,006

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) 700,669,004 592,039,789 -108,629,215
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 153,204,401 247,271,533 +94,067,132
Air transport 51,571,098 51,456,320 -114,778
Other 25,256,247 26,458,328 +1,202,081
Road transport 2,570,197 2,740,809 +170,612
Rail transport 173,341 244,666 +71,325

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Immingham Docks 494,619,893
Dover 366,768,891
Eurotunnel 173,460,532
Hull 98,902,197
Felixstowe 89,462,545

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 £
Immingham Docks 255,401,949 239,217,944 -16,184,005
Dover 181,739,335 185,029,556 +3,290,221
Eurotunnel 84,334,043 89,126,489 +4,792,446
Hull 50,804,957 48,097,240 -2,707,717
Felixstowe 41,849,876 47,612,669 +5,762,793
Holyhead 26,241,202 35,279,860 +9,038,658
Southampton 31,043,512 26,672,057 -4,371,455
Harwich 33,378,906 24,327,957 -9,050,949
Liverpool Docks 26,370,484 29,102,528 +2,732,044
Dover / Eurotunnel 30,158,716 24,492,480 -5,666,236

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 832
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 483
Manufacture of food products 372
Food and beverage service activities 206
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 74

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 580
2025-10 582
2025-09 555
2025-08 545
2025-07 591

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 748
0-1m 568
54m+ 328
15m-54m 179
Other 101

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 205,426,404
Ireland 133,000,934
China 122,923,266
United States 100,988,867
France 71,953,055

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 114,073,390 91,353,014 -22,720,376
Ireland 69,472,474 63,528,460 -5,944,014
China 58,385,993 64,537,273 +6,151,280
United States 48,991,874 51,996,993 +3,005,119
France 35,572,075 36,380,980 +808,905
Germany 37,552,093 33,934,499 -3,617,594
Saudi Arabia 33,370,081 22,593,711 -10,776,370
United Arab Emirates 15,889,299 17,022,683 +1,133,384
Australia 18,027,008 11,887,494 -6,139,514
Brazil 15,966,204 11,414,222 -4,551,982

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 48,117,311
XU 6,552,234
Ireland 1,381,865
Italy 1,084,530
Canada 793,673

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 22,793,406 25,323,905 +2,530,499
XU 3,670,554 2,881,680 -788,874
Ireland 964,124 417,741 -546,383
Italy 567,545 516,985 -50,560
Canada 486,161 307,512 -178,649
Germany 436,454 347,816 -88,638
Belgium 189,909 251,361 +61,452
Netherlands 79,635 74,265 -5,370
Norway 63,980 71,321 +7,341
Poland 59,954 2,389 -57,565

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) 701,250,166
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 485,752,731
Air transport 89,722,927
Other 60,038,232
Rail transport 3,212,871

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) 367,809,831 333,440,335 -34,369,496
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 252,921,101 232,831,630 -20,089,471
Air transport 46,573,990 43,148,937 -3,425,053
Other 29,720,889 30,317,343 +596,454
Rail transport 1,157,030 2,055,841 +898,811
Road transport 338,199 8,187 -330,012

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 279,017,055
London Gateway Port 220,217,406
Hull 118,301,611
Liverpool Docks 113,478,427
Southampton 108,371,171

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 144,919,391 134,097,664 -10,821,727
London Gateway Port 94,844,441 125,372,965 +30,528,524
Hull 64,366,974 53,934,637 -10,432,337
Liverpool Docks 84,937,019 28,541,408 -56,395,611
Southampton 50,773,213 57,597,958 +6,824,745
Belfast Port 37,867,069 41,775,479 +3,908,410
London Heathrow Airport 29,107,075 31,392,136 +2,285,061
000 29,720,889 30,317,343 +596,454
Felixstowe 32,258,415 24,226,234 -8,032,181
Dover 26,881,753 21,721,187 -5,160,566

Quick facts

HS code: 21069098

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

Description: Various food items not covered by other specific categories, including unique or specialty products