Import/export HS code 23091031: Dog or cat food with little or no milk

Dog or cat food containing less than 10% milk products by weight

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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 £
Netherlands 72,548,832
Germany 67,907,352
France 63,362,460
Belgium 29,488,753
Ireland 26,832,688

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 35,184,818 37,364,014 +2,179,196
Germany 38,165,209 29,742,143 -8,423,066
France 36,240,665 27,121,795 -9,118,870
Belgium 15,403,640 14,085,113 -1,318,527
Ireland 17,991,255 8,841,433 -9,149,822
Czechia 7,610,463 12,786,531 +5,176,068
China 9,222,738 8,565,645 -657,093
Canada 7,659,495 5,622,970 -2,036,525
Poland 5,920,283 4,951,510 -968,773
Spain 3,886,292 5,039,580 +1,153,288

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 £
Germany 80,760,478
France 77,373,588
Netherlands 53,046,869
Czechia 26,224,744
Ireland 22,526,311

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 £
Germany 47,654,078 33,106,400 -14,547,678
France 42,138,854 35,234,734 -6,904,120
Netherlands 24,634,374 28,412,495 +3,778,121
Czechia 10,216,306 16,008,438 +5,792,132
Ireland 15,807,751 6,718,560 -9,089,191
China 9,340,473 8,763,242 -577,231
Canada 8,379,533 5,696,708 -2,682,825
Spain 6,393,166 5,640,183 -752,983
Poland 6,584,645 4,903,258 -1,681,387
United States 6,594,972 3,638,756 -2,956,216

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
West Yorkshire 7
Surrey, East and West Sussex 6
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 5
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 4

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 5 6 +1
West Yorkshire 7 6 -1
Surrey, East and West Sussex 4 6 +2
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 4 5 +1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 3 4 +1
Inner London - East 3 2 -1
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 3 3 +0
Norfolk 3 3 +0
North Yorkshire 3 2 -1
Shropshire and Staffordshire 2 3 +1

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) 232,582,715
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 113,163,868
Other 5,124,627
Air transport 3,851,747
Road transport 41,950

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) 122,187,101 110,395,614 -11,791,487
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 62,259,892 50,903,976 -11,355,916
Other 2,700,256 2,424,371 -275,885
Air transport 3,563,672 288,075 -3,275,597
Road transport 23,028 18,922 -4,106

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 81,313,536
London 59,611,200
Immingham Docks 51,464,947
Liverpool Docks 27,246,498
Felixstowe 25,360,982

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 36,248,217 45,065,319 +8,817,102
London 35,323,671 24,287,529 -11,036,142
Immingham Docks 23,396,982 28,067,965 +4,670,983
Liverpool Docks 18,329,189 8,917,309 -9,411,880
Felixstowe 16,297,999 9,062,983 -7,235,016
Harwich 12,220,685 10,929,832 -1,290,853
Hull 11,665,963 7,372,851 -4,293,112
Southampton 6,329,359 6,582,260 +252,901
Eurotunnel 4,272,700 3,719,679 -553,021
Middlesbrough 3,625,148 3,185,391 -439,757

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 38
Manufacture of food products 22
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 20
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 4
Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities 2

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 38
2025-11 39
2025-10 38
2025-09 42
2025-08 37

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+ 25
1m-15m 24
15m-54m 15
0-1m 9
Other 4

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 £
France 46,972,632
Germany 37,630,491
Ireland 26,338,775
Poland 25,196,435
Japan 11,351,433

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 £
France 27,984,913 18,987,719 -8,997,194
Germany 18,504,105 19,126,386 +622,281
Ireland 13,482,360 12,856,415 -625,945
Poland 14,732,807 10,463,628 -4,269,179
Japan 9,587,472 1,763,961 -7,823,511
Italy 4,755,767 5,630,238 +874,471
Netherlands 4,897,012 4,192,564 -704,448
Denmark 4,000,886 3,113,979 -886,907
Sweden 2,910,844 3,082,562 +171,718
Czechia 2,467,639 2,790,968 +323,329

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 £
Ireland 222,081
United States 191,767
France 167,123
Germany 157,657
Netherlands 153,463

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 £
Ireland 123,503 98,578 -24,925
United States 124,996 66,771 -58,225
France 90,069 77,054 -13,015
Germany 85,024 72,633 -12,391
Netherlands 88,982 64,481 -24,501
Poland 59,820 42,048 -17,772
China 54,804 39,102 -15,702
Austria 44,858 36,155 -8,703
XI 14,927 28,408 +13,481
Lithuania 18,373 16,764 -1,609

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) 187,380,901
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 21,953,088
Other 2,205,111
Air transport 217,647

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) 97,910,706 89,470,195 -8,440,511
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 16,627,797 5,325,291 -11,302,506
Other 1,269,250 935,861 -333,389
Air transport 58,755 158,892 +100,137

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 114,820,580
Dover 26,456,644
Liverpool Docks 14,836,033
Immingham Docks 13,899,729
Southampton 11,603,568

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 57,080,949 57,739,631 +658,682
Dover 16,946,943 9,509,701 -7,437,242
Liverpool Docks 6,452,325 8,383,708 +1,931,383
Immingham Docks 7,452,128 6,447,601 -1,004,527
Southampton 10,166,860 1,436,708 -8,730,152
London 6,963,532 3,979,012 -2,984,520
Holyhead 5,186,382 3,105,672 -2,080,710
London Gateway Port 815,517 1,607,273 +791,756
000 1,269,250 935,861 -333,389
Hull 1,346,209 527,954 -818,255

Quick facts

HS code: 23091031

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

Description: Dog or cat food containing less than 10% milk products by weight