Import/export HS code 3502: Albumins and albumin derivatives

Includes albumins, albuminates, and other albumin-based products, such as whey protein concentrates with over 80% whey proteins

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 £
Netherlands 105,342,353
Germany 86,736,528
Poland 67,285,097
Ireland 34,339,723
United States 34,182,448

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 43,529,555 61,812,798 +18,283,243
Germany 50,339,888 36,396,640 -13,943,248
Poland 40,160,983 27,124,114 -13,036,869
Ireland 1,687,982 32,651,741 +30,963,759
United States 11,212,147 22,970,301 +11,758,154
France 7,815,355 6,367,892 -1,447,463
Belgium 4,671,567 5,336,949 +665,382
Canada 5,713,768 3,078,039 -2,635,729
Denmark 4,921,597 3,089,649 -1,831,948
Italy 3,534,385 1,679,040 -1,855,345

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 £
Netherlands 98,436,262
Poland 81,726,117
Germany 77,787,313
United States 47,832,981
Ireland 34,260,737

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 £
Netherlands 42,800,561 55,635,701 +12,835,140
Poland 47,979,282 33,746,835 -14,232,447
Germany 44,062,032 33,725,281 -10,336,751
United States 18,445,496 29,387,485 +10,941,989
Ireland 1,640,517 32,620,220 +30,979,703
France 5,323,684 4,651,774 -671,910
Denmark 5,451,091 2,748,618 -2,702,473
Belgium 3,728,714 4,306,165 +577,451
Italy 4,217,304 2,132,118 -2,085,186
Lithuania 2,501,366 2,417,364 -84,002

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 12
Greater Manchester 10
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 9
Cheshire 9
Outer London - West and North West 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
Inner London - West 9 9 +0
Greater Manchester 9 7 -2
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 8 6 -2
Cheshire 7 7 +0
Outer London - West and North West 8 6 -2
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 4 8 +4
Merseyside 5 7 +2
North Yorkshire 4 6 +2
Surrey, East and West Sussex 7 5 -2
West Yorkshire 7 3 -4

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) 333,780,302
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 27,812,724
Air transport 17,532,879
Other 1,639,498
Road transport 160,522

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) 155,833,831 177,946,471 +22,112,640
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 12,750,371 15,062,353 +2,311,982
Air transport 7,997,820 9,535,059 +1,537,239
Other 1,251,375 388,123 -863,252
Road transport 0 160,522 +160,522
Rail transport 0 5,006 +5,006

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Immingham Docks 94,468,874
Dover 70,926,711
Killingholme 55,534,675
Liverpool Docks 28,821,637
Harwich 25,753,550

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 £
Immingham Docks 36,865,332 57,603,542 +20,738,210
Dover 40,052,756 30,873,955 -9,178,801
Killingholme 42,872,508 12,662,167 -30,210,341
Liverpool Docks 10,846,354 17,975,283 +7,128,929
Harwich 12,368,308 13,385,242 +1,016,934
Heysham 289,620 17,912,359 +17,622,739
Eurotunnel 6,525,723 10,220,913 +3,695,190
Holyhead 339,891 11,272,426 +10,932,535
Hull 5,733,613 3,911,963 -1,821,650
London Stansted Airport 3,336,838 5,391,411 +2,054,573

Importer companies by SIC division

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

Top 5 values

SIC Companies
Manufacture of food products 63
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 58
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 15
Scientific research and development 13
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 9

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 58
2025-10 60
2025-09 56
2025-08 52
2025-07 59

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+ 74
1m-15m 53
15m-54m 27
Other 15
0-1m 8

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 £
Denmark 66,509,772
United States 56,070,388
Netherlands 30,519,465
Germany 28,701,014
India 26,153,579

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 £
Denmark 11,836,673 54,673,099 +42,836,426
United States 25,544,893 30,525,495 +4,980,602
Netherlands 17,452,137 13,067,328 -4,384,809
Germany 15,847,890 12,853,124 -2,994,766
India 11,622,901 14,530,678 +2,907,777
Japan 8,146,209 7,983,828 -162,381
Poland 11,361,471 4,266,761 -7,094,710
China 7,208,075 7,344,228 +136,153
Canada 10,157,297 3,569,791 -6,587,506
Hungary 2,099,035 3,218,292 +1,119,257

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 523,868
XU 7,196
Italy 152
France 44

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 488,140 35,728 -452,412
XU 3,737 3,459 -278
Italy 97 55 -42
France 44 0 -44

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) 129,310,229
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 128,865,850
Air transport 47,261,616
Other 531,260

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) 45,848,742 83,461,487 +37,612,745
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 60,220,708 68,645,142 +8,424,434
Air transport 27,448,872 19,812,744 -7,636,128
Other 492,018 39,242 -452,776

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 112,578,943
London Gateway Port 39,447,627
Immingham Docks 34,087,943
Liverpool Docks 31,061,173
Southampton 30,748,212

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 44,305,320 68,273,623 +23,968,303
London Gateway Port 11,461,612 27,986,015 +16,524,403
Immingham Docks 12,210,492 21,877,451 +9,666,959
Liverpool Docks 16,931,383 14,129,790 -2,801,593
Southampton 15,987,550 14,760,662 -1,226,888
London Heathrow Airport 17,070,642 10,388,007 -6,682,635
East Midlands Airport 10,178,461 8,934,032 -1,244,429
Felixstowe 4,148,818 2,163,859 -1,984,959
Middlesbrough 332,114 820,310 +488,196
Dover 23,502 815,325 +791,823

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 3502

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

Description: Includes albumins, albuminates, and other albumin-based products, such as whey protein concentrates with over 80% whey proteins