Import/export HS code 35: Natural and modified starches, glues, and enzymes

Includes albumins, modified starches, glues, and enzymes used in various industries

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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 £
Germany 402,095,482
Netherlands 346,421,970
United States 177,102,421
France 158,594,263
Ireland 120,421,261

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 £
Germany 213,973,236 188,122,246 -25,850,990
Netherlands 173,302,523 173,119,447 -183,076
United States 87,322,415 89,780,006 +2,457,591
France 81,623,310 76,970,953 -4,652,357
Ireland 47,754,179 72,667,082 +24,912,903
Belgium 49,606,451 54,961,862 +5,355,411
Denmark 45,828,704 48,288,554 +2,459,850
Poland 51,219,093 36,846,375 -14,372,718
China 40,936,257 44,909,200 +3,972,943
Italy 37,595,545 32,341,438 -5,254,107

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 337,744,285
United States 247,970,727
Netherlands 230,015,032
France 149,980,895
Denmark 113,753,021

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 181,232,273 156,512,012 -24,720,261
United States 121,144,863 126,825,864 +5,681,001
Netherlands 115,994,109 114,020,923 -1,973,186
France 75,853,804 74,127,091 -1,726,713
Denmark 55,149,934 58,603,087 +3,453,153
China 50,127,265 53,220,000 +3,092,735
Poland 55,736,465 40,573,490 -15,162,975
Ireland 30,688,602 61,869,478 +31,180,876
Italy 43,442,988 36,892,709 -6,550,279
Belgium 38,475,306 40,225,474 +1,750,168

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 170
Inner London - West 154
Greater Manchester 127
West Yorkshire 100
West Midlands 95

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
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 142 132 -10
Inner London - West 116 107 -9
Greater Manchester 109 95 -14
West Yorkshire 88 71 -17
West Midlands 77 76 -1
Outer London - West and North West 66 74 +8
Surrey, East and West Sussex 71 71 +0
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 60 66 +6
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 59 72 +13
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough 61 53 -8

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) 1,317,335,727
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 328,587,866
Air transport 225,988,294
Other 59,757,004
Road transport 11,888,426

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) 663,070,794 654,264,933 -8,805,861
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 158,332,745 170,255,121 +11,922,376
Air transport 113,795,560 112,192,734 -1,602,826
Other 33,034,691 26,722,313 -6,312,378
Road transport 6,232,329 5,656,097 -576,232
Rail transport 31,927 133,495 +101,568

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 376,774,312
Immingham Docks 376,225,630
Felixstowe 148,257,390
Eurotunnel 112,037,212
Killingholme 106,817,624

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 192,086,174 184,688,138 -7,398,036
Immingham Docks 173,488,827 202,736,803 +29,247,976
Felixstowe 76,439,652 71,817,738 -4,621,914
Eurotunnel 56,087,811 55,949,401 -138,410
Killingholme 75,466,343 31,351,281 -44,115,062
London Heathrow Airport 48,639,680 51,711,049 +3,071,369
Harwich 49,536,587 49,535,001 -1,586
000 32,972,626 26,650,743 -6,321,883
Liverpool Docks 26,651,195 32,968,222 +6,317,027
Southampton 30,176,353 28,336,156 -1,840,197

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 711
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 280
Manufacture of food products 236
Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products 163
Other manufacturing 144

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 641
2025-10 710
2025-09 602
2025-08 605
2025-07 681

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 853
54m+ 797
15m-54m 283
0-1m 257
Other 155

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 168,270,482
Germany 116,645,731
Netherlands 106,500,649
Denmark 95,697,274
China 77,747,504

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 86,526,052 81,744,430 -4,781,622
Germany 64,663,922 51,981,809 -12,682,113
Netherlands 54,034,223 52,466,426 -1,567,797
Denmark 31,544,452 64,152,822 +32,608,370
China 36,212,961 41,534,543 +5,321,582
Ireland 36,795,114 28,579,730 -8,215,384
Poland 29,822,243 20,231,649 -9,590,594
France 25,404,388 24,313,888 -1,090,500
Turkey 20,847,517 21,649,644 +802,127
India 17,823,793 19,144,245 +1,320,452

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 3,940,697
Netherlands 3,328,703
XU 1,721,234
Finland 661,814
United States 461,833

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 2,008,308 1,932,389 -75,919
Netherlands 18,898 3,309,805 +3,290,907
XU 869,608 851,626 -17,982
Finland 296,517 365,297 +68,780
United States 316,389 145,444 -170,945
Nicaragua 337,779 53,358 -284,421
Ireland 121,953 202,048 +80,095
Belgium 24,586 38,235 +13,649
China 17,935 33,982 +16,047
QV 5,744 41,635 +35,891

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) 562,071,301
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 378,098,355
Air transport 244,295,751
Other 11,828,457
Road transport 699,104

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) 268,558,674 293,512,627 +24,953,953
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 200,190,471 177,907,884 -22,282,587
Air transport 125,125,285 119,170,466 -5,954,819
Other 4,463,241 7,365,216 +2,901,975
Road transport 696,265 2,839 -693,426
Rail transport 65,397 1,835 -63,562

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 381,632,292
London Heathrow Airport 129,781,163
Immingham Docks 121,564,812
London Gateway Port 117,231,561
Southampton 98,507,355

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 179,270,981 202,361,311 +23,090,330
London Heathrow Airport 68,755,735 61,025,428 -7,730,307
Immingham Docks 60,229,251 61,335,561 +1,106,310
London Gateway Port 52,901,507 64,330,054 +11,428,547
Southampton 46,574,122 51,933,233 +5,359,111
Liverpool Docks 44,529,765 30,757,299 -13,772,466
Felixstowe 34,181,986 17,137,762 -17,044,224
East Midlands Airport 24,302,303 22,034,883 -2,267,420
London Stansted Airport 13,855,776 13,677,419 -178,357
Holyhead 14,970,400 11,217,028 -3,753,372

Related HS codes

What this shows: Sibling or child HS codes in the same classification branch.

Quick facts

HS code: 35

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

Description: Includes albumins, modified starches, glues, and enzymes used in various industries