Import/export HS code 2304: Soybean oilcake and residues

Solid leftovers from soybean oil extraction, used as animal feed or fertilizer. Includes ground or pellet forms

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 £
Argentina 826,600,509
Brazil 171,947,589
Netherlands 108,701,466
United States 102,934,619
Ireland 64,537,791

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 £
Argentina 476,264,403 350,336,106 -125,928,297
Brazil 67,716,670 104,230,919 +36,514,249
Netherlands 62,961,579 45,739,887 -17,221,692
United States 53,581,432 49,353,187 -4,228,245
Ireland 24,926,339 39,611,452 +14,685,113
Germany 28,008,610 19,209,953 -8,798,657
Canada 7,822,471 17,442,275 +9,619,804
China 10,109,603 9,799,215 -310,388
Romania 13,549,127 0 -13,549,127
France 813,086 10,984,339 +10,171,253

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 £
Argentina 687,060,897
Brazil 236,781,953
Paraguay 161,843,970
United States 101,996,273
Netherlands 41,268,063

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 £
Argentina 380,426,546 306,634,351 -73,792,195
Brazil 112,682,575 124,099,378 +11,416,803
Paraguay 107,159,920 54,684,050 -52,475,870
United States 56,139,569 45,856,704 -10,282,865
Netherlands 13,203,352 28,064,711 +14,861,359
Canada 7,822,471 21,658,705 +13,836,234
Germany 10,396,220 14,449,212 +4,052,992
Ukraine 23,726,710 0 -23,726,710
China 9,551,417 10,311,766 +760,349
India 1,917,164 8,869,140 +6,951,976

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 7
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 4
North Yorkshire 3
West Central Scotland 2
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough 1

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 7 5 -2
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 3 4 +1
North Yorkshire 3 3 +0
West Central Scotland 1 2 +1
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough 1 1 +0
East Central Scotland 1 1 +0
Eastern Scotland 1 1 +0
East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire 1 1 +0
Greater Manchester 0 1 +1
Lincolnshire 1 1 +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) 1,364,356,990
Other 83,955,295
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 5,619,819
Road transport 51,981
Air transport 1,190

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) 739,820,990 624,536,000 -115,284,990
Other 37,552,682 46,402,613 +8,849,931
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 3,327,152 2,292,667 -1,034,485
Road transport 22,495 29,486 +6,991
Air transport 0 1,190 +1,190

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Belfast Port 346,723,104
Liverpool Docks 243,145,440
Avonmouth Docks 148,498,815
Immingham Docks 136,469,044
London 120,793,352

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 £
Belfast Port 193,201,833 153,521,271 -39,680,562
Liverpool Docks 137,345,360 105,800,080 -31,545,280
Avonmouth Docks 77,425,345 71,073,470 -6,351,875
Immingham Docks 85,135,453 51,333,591 -33,801,862
London 66,578,542 54,214,810 -12,363,732
Middlesbrough 54,231,783 36,947,256 -17,284,527
000 37,552,682 46,402,613 +8,849,931
WEY 39,308,864 41,910,033 +2,601,169
Ipswich Dock 8,993,060 27,927,653 +18,934,593
Aberdeen Docks 15,479,149 15,251,485 -227,664

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 11
Manufacture of food products 10
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 4
Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products 2
Crop and animal production, hunting and related service activities 1

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 15
2025-10 15
2025-09 17
2025-08 14
2025-07 14

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
54m+ 17
1m-15m 7
Other 3
15m-54m 2
0-1m 1

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 £
Ireland 50,223,918
Spain 2,151,142
Belgium 1,169,154
United States 256,366
Germany 255,692

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 £
Ireland 28,009,959 22,213,959 -5,796,000
Spain 2,151,142 0 -2,151,142
Belgium 1,169,154 0 -1,169,154
United States 0 256,366 +256,366
Germany 94,647 161,045 +66,398
Mexico 97,056 0 -97,056
Japan 23,520 11,760 -11,760
Netherlands 0 25,194 +25,194
Canada 0 14,145 +14,145
Portugal 0 5,605 +5,605

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 38,767,773
United States 1,984,690
Germany 972,188
Netherlands 738,534
Russia 246,823

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 19,333,083 19,434,690 +101,607
United States 1,984,690 0 -1,984,690
Germany 310,516 661,672 +351,156
Netherlands 738,534 0 -738,534
Russia 246,823 0 -246,823
Brazil 0 197,702 +197,702
Argentina 0 108,231 +108,231
Ireland 23,689 41,704 +18,015
Portugal 4,990 0 -4,990

Export volume by transport

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

Top 5 values

Transport £
Other 43,086,324
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 10,699,875
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 439,951
Air transport 15,194

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 £
Other 22,642,325 20,443,999 -2,198,326
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 8,712,214 1,987,661 -6,724,553
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 189,890 250,061 +60,171
Air transport 1,049 14,145 +13,096

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
000 43,086,324
Liverpool Docks 10,334,703
Dover / Eurotunnel 276,370
Belfast Port 256,366
Felixstowe 120,576

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 £
000 22,642,325 20,443,999 -2,198,326
Liverpool Docks 8,627,773 1,706,930 -6,920,843
Dover / Eurotunnel 93,598 182,772 +89,174
Belfast Port 0 256,366 +256,366
Felixstowe 120,576 0 -120,576
Heysham 38,823 60,146 +21,323
Immingham Docks 17,854 2,047 -15,807
London Heathrow Airport 0 14,145 +14,145
Harwich 0 13,711 +13,711
London Gateway Port 0 11,760 +11,760

Quick facts

HS code: 2304

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

Description: Solid leftovers from soybean oil extraction, used as animal feed or fertilizer. Includes ground or pellet forms