Import/export HS code 293690: Various vitamin products

Natural vitamin concentrates and other vitamin-related products not specified elsewhere

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 £
United States 10,246,727
China 7,981,194
Netherlands 4,121,928
Germany 2,922,759
Spain 2,026,270

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 £
United States 5,756,894 4,489,833 -1,267,061
China 5,484,793 2,496,401 -2,988,392
Netherlands 1,708,280 2,413,648 +705,368
Germany 1,194,687 1,728,072 +533,385
Spain 687,889 1,338,381 +650,492
Denmark 932,658 820,876 -111,782
Ireland 883,528 842,170 -41,358
India 481,511 725,757 +244,246
Taiwan 280,523 853,013 +572,490
France 615,532 164,941 -450,591

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 £
United States 10,246,158
China 9,305,099
Taiwan 2,107,833
Germany 1,869,847
Switzerland 1,848,498

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 £
United States 5,665,473 4,580,685 -1,084,788
China 6,543,186 2,761,913 -3,781,273
Taiwan 369,835 1,737,998 +1,368,163
Germany 822,530 1,047,317 +224,787
Switzerland 846,913 1,001,585 +154,672
India 675,417 683,008 +7,591
France 758,428 343,223 -415,205
Spain 200,094 657,487 +457,393
Italy 199,326 569,070 +369,744
Ireland 194,583 356,408 +161,825

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 20
Inner London - East 19
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 17
Surrey, East and West Sussex 16
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 11

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 11 16 +5
Inner London - East 9 15 +6
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 11 10 -1
Surrey, East and West Sussex 13 13 +0
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 6 7 +1
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 5 8 +3
Essex 6 5 -1
Greater Manchester 5 6 +1
Norfolk 8 6 -2
Outer London - West and North West 7 7 +0

Import volume by transport

What this shows: Import value by transport mode used to bring goods into the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Air transport 14,386,842
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 11,251,334
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 7,151,960
Other 4,855,961
Road transport 80,921

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 £
Air transport 6,739,362 7,647,480 +908,118
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 7,875,986 3,375,348 -4,500,638
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 3,144,673 4,007,287 +862,614
Other 2,145,877 2,710,084 +564,207
Road transport 67,157 13,764 -53,393

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 8,939,601
000 4,855,961
Felixstowe 3,597,873
Dover 3,074,314
Southampton 3,069,520

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 £
London Heathrow Airport 3,893,384 5,046,217 +1,152,833
000 2,145,877 2,710,084 +564,207
Felixstowe 2,433,903 1,163,970 -1,269,933
Dover 1,385,118 1,689,196 +304,078
Southampton 2,518,169 551,351 -1,966,818
London Gateway Port 732,035 758,233 +26,198
East Midlands Airport 987,791 487,082 -500,709
London Stansted Airport 728,176 654,084 -74,092
Thamesport 601,472 754,471 +152,999
Liverpool Docks 1,129,840 124,983 -1,004,857

Importer companies by SIC division

What this shows: Industry breakdown (SIC divisions) of importing companies.

Top 5 values

SIC Companies
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 80
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 69
Manufacture of food products 38
Human health activities 18
Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations 15

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 39
2025-10 41
2025-09 35
2025-08 39
2025-07 39

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 88
0-1m 77
54m+ 50
15m-54m 22
Other 12

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 £
United States 9,352,602
Qatar 5,579,149
Ireland 3,486,344
Greece 2,746,287
Viet Nam 2,741,748

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 £
United States 1,993,255 7,359,347 +5,366,092
Qatar 2,410,495 3,168,654 +758,159
Ireland 1,411,955 2,074,389 +662,434
Greece 2,734,380 11,907 -2,722,473
Viet Nam 1,789,189 952,559 -836,630
United Arab Emirates 393,683 1,330,007 +936,324
Netherlands 1,047,999 548,701 -499,298
India 662,448 918,966 +256,518
Germany 530,116 941,837 +411,721
Thailand 1,011,848 444,105 -567,743

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 143,725
Ireland 95,661
Netherlands 46,500
XU 5,163
Bulgaria 2,082

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 106,904 36,821 -70,083
Ireland 26,087 69,574 +43,487
Netherlands 18,757 27,743 +8,986
XU 2,034 3,129 +1,095
Bulgaria 0 2,082 +2,082
Norway 488 1,193 +705
Spain 836 611 -225
China 341 338 -3
Belgium 21 160 +139

Export volume by transport

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

Top 5 values

Transport £
Air transport 27,665,403
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 11,370,879
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 4,814,369
Other 297,119
Road transport 39,108

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 £
Air transport 11,485,401 16,180,002 +4,694,601
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 6,172,986 5,197,893 -975,093
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 2,401,595 2,412,774 +11,179
Other 155,468 141,651 -13,817
Road transport 39,108 0 -39,108

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 21,301,355
Dover / Eurotunnel 5,497,731
Manchester Airport 3,702,907
London Gateway Port 2,325,348
Holyhead 2,059,189

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 £
London Heathrow Airport 8,600,014 12,701,341 +4,101,327
Dover / Eurotunnel 4,254,369 1,243,362 -3,011,007
Manchester Airport 1,398,576 2,304,331 +905,755
London Gateway Port 937,710 1,387,638 +449,928
Holyhead 727,662 1,331,527 +603,865
East Midlands Airport 1,129,884 810,173 -319,711
Dover 525,842 750,930 +225,088
Felixstowe 634,769 558,525 -76,244
Southampton 602,502 427,729 -174,773
Eurotunnel 19,092 716,313 +697,221

Quick facts

HS code: 293690

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

Description: Natural vitamin concentrates and other vitamin-related products not specified elsewhere