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 821,299,296
Brazil 171,913,505
Netherlands 116,520,243
United States 109,250,034
Ireland 61,810,442

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 487,417,170 333,882,126 -153,535,044
Brazil 86,826,537 85,086,968 -1,739,569
Netherlands 64,853,366 51,666,877 -13,186,489
United States 68,586,472 40,663,562 -27,922,910
Ireland 21,274,872 40,535,570 +19,260,698
Germany 27,083,295 17,692,520 -9,390,775
Canada 7,822,471 17,442,275 +9,619,804
China 10,599,659 8,953,359 -1,646,300
France 813,086 10,984,339 +10,171,253
Turkey 4,630,289 5,767,058 +1,136,769

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 694,609,378
Brazil 238,613,625
Paraguay 147,074,588
United States 108,280,836
Netherlands 47,495,535

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 394,735,720 299,873,658 -94,862,062
Brazil 132,663,995 105,949,630 -26,714,365
Paraguay 102,083,825 44,990,763 -57,093,062
United States 67,610,351 40,670,485 -26,939,866
Netherlands 16,167,756 31,327,779 +15,160,023
Canada 11,322,314 18,158,862 +6,836,548
Germany 10,327,800 13,323,152 +2,995,352
China 10,026,845 9,465,910 -560,935
India 2,123,366 8,815,345 +6,691,979
Turkey 4,630,289 5,765,107 +1,134,818

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
Essex 0 1 +1
Greater Manchester 1 0 -1

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) 1,354,847,856
Other 81,771,971
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 5,178,063
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) 775,630,491 579,217,365 -196,413,126
Other 33,881,091 47,890,880 +14,009,789
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 2,604,199 2,573,864 -30,335
Road transport 22,495 29,486 +6,991
Air transport 1,190 0 -1,190

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Belfast Port 331,631,519
Liverpool Docks 221,768,628
Avonmouth Docks 160,768,903
Immingham Docks 135,686,955
London 120,379,291

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 193,496,349 138,135,170 -55,361,179
Liverpool Docks 138,996,026 82,772,602 -56,223,424
Avonmouth Docks 86,965,830 73,803,073 -13,162,757
Immingham Docks 90,698,907 44,988,048 -45,710,859
London 64,266,052 56,113,239 -8,152,813
Middlesbrough 54,231,783 42,008,522 -12,223,261
WEY 49,934,042 35,029,929 -14,904,113
000 33,881,091 47,890,880 +14,009,789
Ipswich Dock 10,816,765 28,192,157 +17,375,392
Aberdeen Docks 16,301,870 14,419,348 -1,882,522

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 12
Manufacture of food products 10
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 5
Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations 2
Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products 2

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 14
2025-11 15
2025-10 15
2025-09 17
2025-08 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+ 19
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 48,710,746
Spain 2,151,142
Belgium 1,169,154
Germany 275,601
United States 256,366

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 25,978,003 22,732,743 -3,245,260
Spain 2,151,142 0 -2,151,142
Belgium 1,169,154 0 -1,169,154
Germany 133,504 142,097 +8,593
United States 0 256,366 +256,366
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 39,390,741
United States 1,432,575
Germany 977,987
Netherlands 537,734
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 19,365,243 20,025,498 +660,255
United States 1,432,575 0 -1,432,575
Germany 310,516 667,471 +356,955
Netherlands 537,734 0 -537,734
Russia 246,823 0 -246,823
Brazil 0 197,702 +197,702
Argentina 97,003 11,228 -85,775
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 42,962,176
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 9,291,671
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 479,040
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 22,018,573 20,943,603 -1,074,970
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 7,304,010 1,987,661 -5,316,349
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 228,747 250,293 +21,546
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 42,962,176
Liverpool Docks 8,926,499
Dover / Eurotunnel 296,279
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 22,018,573 20,943,603 -1,074,970
Liverpool Docks 7,219,569 1,706,930 -5,512,639
Dover / Eurotunnel 132,455 163,824 +31,369
Belfast Port 0 256,366 +256,366
Felixstowe 120,576 0 -120,576
Heysham 38,823 79,326 +40,503
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