Import/export HS code 23091090: Various dog or cat food

Dog or cat food not covered by other specific codes

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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 £
Lithuania 47,042,307
Poland 38,888,799
China 27,692,454
Germany 23,082,720
Netherlands 18,860,199

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 £
Lithuania 23,602,428 23,439,879 -162,549
Poland 20,092,966 18,795,833 -1,297,133
China 13,761,294 13,931,160 +169,866
Germany 10,320,392 12,762,328 +2,441,936
Netherlands 11,239,919 7,620,280 -3,619,639
Ireland 7,373,895 6,539,380 -834,515
Turkey 4,873,076 5,999,555 +1,126,479
France 5,817,499 4,213,692 -1,603,807
Belgium 4,986,976 3,878,567 -1,108,409
Spain 4,254,924 3,756,677 -498,247

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 £
Lithuania 46,849,714
Poland 40,818,813
China 30,515,718
Germany 26,668,510
Netherlands 16,177,282

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 £
Lithuania 23,495,399 23,354,315 -141,084
Poland 20,851,501 19,967,312 -884,189
China 14,783,034 15,732,684 +949,650
Germany 15,184,322 11,484,188 -3,700,134
Netherlands 8,460,111 7,717,171 -742,940
Turkey 4,725,666 5,933,547 +1,207,881
Spain 4,135,085 3,621,881 -513,204
France 3,578,429 2,927,257 -651,172
Ireland 3,207,914 2,957,677 -250,237
Thailand 1,967,205 3,271,657 +1,304,452

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Greater Manchester 11
Inner London - West 11
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 10
West Yorkshire 10
Cheshire 9

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
Greater Manchester 9 8 -1
Inner London - West 8 8 +0
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 9 10 +1
West Yorkshire 9 8 -1
Cheshire 6 9 +3
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 8 5 -3
Surrey, East and West Sussex 9 5 -4
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 5 6 +1
Kent 5 4 -1
Lancashire 4 6 +2

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) 110,638,778
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 106,487,879
Other 9,768,595
Air transport 1,563,251
Road transport 4,998

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) 57,856,632 52,782,146 -5,074,486
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 52,442,847 54,045,032 +1,602,185
Other 5,324,791 4,443,804 -880,987
Air transport 820,856 742,395 -78,461
Road transport 4,998 0 -4,998

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 46,712,373
Liverpool Docks 22,565,362
London 20,911,836
Immingham Docks 20,312,643
Felixstowe 20,170,767

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 24,856,973 21,855,400 -3,001,573
Liverpool Docks 11,056,599 11,508,763 +452,164
London 12,381,780 8,530,056 -3,851,724
Immingham Docks 10,681,599 9,631,044 -1,050,555
Felixstowe 9,794,036 10,376,731 +582,695
Middlesbrough 8,545,248 9,325,472 +780,224
Harwich 8,864,869 6,909,597 -1,955,272
Southampton 5,766,084 7,336,638 +1,570,554
Eurotunnel 6,606,117 5,291,480 -1,314,637
000 5,324,791 4,443,804 -880,987

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 78
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 64
Manufacture of food products 50
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 6
Veterinary activities 6

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 50
2025-11 72
2025-10 51
2025-09 46
2025-08 44

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 73
0-1m 40
54m+ 39
15m-54m 29
Other 6

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 45,942,573
Poland 22,778,434
Netherlands 19,752,929
Japan 6,222,545
United Arab Emirates 3,950,477

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 23,695,468 22,247,105 -1,448,363
Poland 10,282,368 12,496,066 +2,213,698
Netherlands 7,686,831 12,066,098 +4,379,267
Japan 602,795 5,619,750 +5,016,955
United Arab Emirates 2,109,075 1,841,402 -267,673
Turkey 1,709,689 1,616,933 -92,756
Spain 1,106,508 1,869,915 +763,407
Germany 1,009,344 925,033 -84,311
France 849,982 905,315 +55,333
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 527,475 545,859 +18,384

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 11,443,345
Spain 264,824
France 145,331
Netherlands 132,683
Switzerland 103,006

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 3,175,116 8,268,229 +5,093,113
Spain 133,943 130,881 -3,062
France 81,473 63,858 -17,615
Netherlands 67,189 65,494 -1,695
Switzerland 61,426 41,580 -19,846
Poland 33,833 55,936 +22,103
China 59,090 14,143 -44,947
United States 19,249 17,652 -1,597
Nicaragua 5,295 7,258 +1,963
Germany 7,313 2,111 -5,202

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) 60,107,520
Other 39,538,725
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 23,170,194
Air transport 3,700,157

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) 26,000,379 34,107,141 +8,106,762
Other 21,025,740 18,512,985 -2,512,755
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 9,248,926 13,921,268 +4,672,342
Air transport 1,929,595 1,770,562 -159,033

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
000 39,538,725
Dover / Eurotunnel 34,335,209
Dover 12,728,304
London Gateway Port 9,531,376
Holyhead 6,862,079

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 21,025,740 18,512,985 -2,512,755
Dover / Eurotunnel 15,045,565 19,289,644 +4,244,079
Dover 4,589,391 8,138,913 +3,549,522
London Gateway Port 4,282,796 5,248,580 +965,784
Holyhead 3,065,651 3,796,428 +730,777
Southampton 1,605,049 5,207,631 +3,602,582
Liverpool Docks 1,973,777 2,173,253 +199,476
London Heathrow Airport 1,436,376 1,088,860 -347,516
Belfast Port 995,672 1,305,790 +310,118
Felixstowe 1,311,790 921,783 -390,007

Quick facts

HS code: 23091090

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

Description: Dog or cat food not covered by other specific codes