How to export animal feed preparations to the United Kingdom? GTİP code, documents, customs duty and buyers
Imports of heading 2309 from Türkiye into the United Kingdom came to £7.74m in the last 12 months (September 2025–August 2026): 0.4% of its imports. Against the 12 months before: +12.6%.
Figures are for heading 2309: the official statistics go no deeper. Each figure has its source and date beside it.
Imports from Türkiye into the United Kingdom
Heading 2309 · September 2025 – August 2026
£7.74m+12.6% on the 12 months before
The 12 months before: £6.88m
- From Türkiye
- Other origins
Reported by the United Kingdom, from its own import statistics.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: HM Revenue & Customs, overseas trade statistics; imports by the country goods were consigned from. Growth rates and shares are calculated by Birlesa.
The customs watch computed these figures on 2 November 2026.
The market in the United Kingdom
The market's own import figures for heading 2309, last 12 months.
- Imports from the world, 12 months
- £1.95bn+5.6% on the 12 months before
- Türkiye's share
- 0.4%0.4% in the 12 months before
The largest suppliers
| Origin | 12 months | Share |
|---|---|---|
 Netherlands | £321m | 16.5% |
 France | £261m | 13.4% |
 Ireland | £237m | 12.2% |
 Germany | £207m | 10.6% |
 Poland | £174m | 8.9% |
Import restrictions notified to the WTO
Prohibitions and restrictions on this product's imports into United Kingdom, as notified to the WTO. Each applies to the goods its description names, which may be only some of the code's.
- Prohibited unless conditions are metImport licence needed
Restriction of trade in certain animals and plant species for the protection of species of wild fauna and flora.
In force since 31 December 2020Notified in G/MA/QR/N/GBR/4 on 30 September 2026Listed under 567 HS codesThe notification (WTO)(opens in a new tab)
Rules notified to the WTO
Rules for this product in United Kingdom as notified to the WTO: draft regulations, emergency measures and their changes, newest first.
- G/SPS/N/GBR/135Food safety, animal and plant health (SPS)Emergency measure
Declaration of special measures: importation of certain products from certain third countries and territories (England) - The Trade in Animals and Related Products Regulations 2011 (SI 2011/1197);Declaration of special measures: importation of certain products from certain third countries and territories (Scotland) - The Trade in Animals and Related Products (Scotland) Regulations 2012; Declaration of special measures: importation of certain products from certain third countries and territories (Wales) - The Trade in Animals and Related Products (Wales) Regulations 2011 (SI 2011/2379 (w. 252))
Products: Hay and straw and certain animal by-products of animals susceptible to foot-and-mouth disease that fall within the relevant subsections of the following HS codes:HS 04 – Dairy produce: milk, milk-based products and milk-derived products; HS 05 – Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included:0502 (pigs’, hogs’ or boars’ bristles and hair, and waste thereof); 0506 (bones and horn-cores, including powder and waste); 0507 (horns, antlers, hooves, nails, claws and related products, including powder and waste); and 0511 (other animal products not elsewhere specified or included, including relevant blood products); HS 12 – Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruit; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder:1213 (cereal straw and husks) and 1214 (hay and other forage products); HS 15 – Animal, vegetable or microbial fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes:1501 (pig fat); 1502 (fats of bovine animals, sheep or goats); 1506 (other animal fats and oils and their fractions); and 1518 (chemically modified animal fats and oils, and relevant inedible mixtures or preparations);HS 23 – Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal fodder:2309 (preparations of a kind used in animal feeding, including relevant dog chews and processed pet food); HS 30 – Pharmaceutical products:3002 12 00 (antisera and other blood fractions) and 3002 90 30 (animal blood prepared for therapeutic, prophylactic or diagnostic uses); HS 31 – Fertilisers:3101 (animal or vegetable fertilisers) and 3105 10 00 (goods of Chapter 31 in tablets or similar forms, or in packages of a gross weight not exceeding 10 kg), where comprising or containing relevant manure; HS 35 – Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes:3501 (casein, caseinates and other casein derivatives; casein glues) and 3502 (albumins, albuminates and other albumin derivatives);HS 41 – Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather: relevant products under 4101 (raw hides and skins of bovine or equine animals), 4102 (raw skins of sheep or lambs) and 4103 (other raw hides and skins); HS 51 – Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric:5101 (wool, not carded or combed), 5102 (fine or coarse animal hair, not carded or combed) and 5103 (waste of wool or of fine or coarse animal hair); and HS 97 – Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques:9705 (collections and collectors’ pieces of zoological or anatomical interest), where comprising relevant game trophies or other preparations.
Notified on 27 October 2026Proposed entry into force: 27 October 2026
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- G/SPS/N/GBR/95Food safety, animal and plant health (SPS)New rule
Model Health Certificate GBHC562 for raw petfood
Products: Raw petfood (HS code(s): 0408; 0506; 0508; 0511, 2301, 2309)
Notified on 3 June 2025Comments until 2 August 2025Proposed entry into force: 30 January 2026
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- G/SPS/N/GBR/92Food safety, animal and plant health (SPS)New rule
Model Health Certificate GBHC093X for raw petfood from non-EU countries; Model Health Certificate GBHC434 for raw or treated raw collagen or gelatine materials for transit or storage; Model Health Certificate GBHC440 for composite products; Model Health Certificate GBHC501 for blood products from Equidae
Products: Raw petfood (Related HS codes: 04.08; 05.06; 05.08; 05.11, 23.01, 23.09)Raw or treated raw collagen or gelatine materials (Related HS codes: 02.08, 03.05, 05.04, 05.05, 05.06, 05.11.91, 05.11.99, 41.01, 41.02, 41.03)Composite products (Related HS codes: 16.01; 16.02; 16.03; 16.04; 16.05; 19.01; 19.02; 19.05; 20.04; 20.05; 21.03; 21.04; 21.05; 21.06)Blood products from Equidae (Related HS code: 30.02)
Notified on 8 May 2025Proposed entry into force: 30 April 2025
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3 notifications in all; none open for comments. Titles and products as notified, in English.
Source: the World Trade Organization's ePing.
The code
HS subheading (6 digits), the same in every country
GTİP 2309.90
Dog or cat food; (not put up for retail sale), used in animal feeding
Official Turkish title: Hayvan gıdası olarak kullanılan diğer müstahzarlar
Heading 2309Preparations of a kind used in animal feeding
Türkiye exported €282m of HS 2309.90 in 2025: rank 154 of 5,132 subheadings.
Source: Eurostat, Comext DS-059341 (the figures Türkiye declared). The ranking is calculated by Birlesa from Eurostat's figures; Eurostat bears no responsibility for it.
19 national tariff lines (12 digits)
Declarations in Türkiye use one of these lines; each has its own page.
- 2309.90.10.00.00Fish or marine mammal solubles, to supplement feedingstuffs produced in the agricultural sector
- 2309.90.20.00.00Residues from the manufacture of starch from maize referred to in Additional Note 5 to chapter 23, of a kind used in animal feeding (excl. dog or cat food put up for retail sale)
- 2309.90.31.00.00Preparations, incl. premixes, for animal food, containing glucose, glucose syrup, maltodextrine or maltodextrine syrup but containing no starch or no milk products or containing <= 10% starch and < 10% by weight of milk products (excl. dog or cat food put up for retail sale)
- 2309.90.33.00.00Preparations, incl. premixes, for animal food, containing glucose, glucose syrup, maltodextrine or maltodextrine syrup but containing no starch or containing <= 10% starch and >= 10% but < 50% by weight of milk products (excl. dog or cat food put up for retail sale)
- 2309.90.35.00.00Preparations, incl. premixes, for animal food, containing glucose, glucose syrup, maltodextrine or maltodextrine syrup but containing no starch or containing <= 10% starch and >= 50% but < 75% by weight of milk products (excl. dog or cat food put up for retail sale)
- 2309.90.39.00.00Preparations, incl. premixes, for animal food, containing glucose, glucose syrup, maltodextrine or maltodextrine syrup but containing no starch or containing <= 10% starch and >= 75% by weight of milk products (excl. dog or cat food put up for retail sale)
- 2309.90.41.00.00Preparations, incl. premixes, for animal food, containing glucose, glucose syrup, maltodextrine or maltodextrine syrup and containing > 10% but <= 30% of starch and no milk products or < 10% by weight of milk products (excl. dog or cat food put up for retail sale)
- 2309.90.43.00.00Preparations, incl. premixes, for animal food, containing glucose, glucose syrup, maltodextrine or maltodextrine syrup and containing > 10% but <= 30% of starch and >= 10% but < 50% by weight of milk products (excl. dog or cat food put up for retail sale)
- 2309.90.49.00.00Preparations, incl. premixes, for animal food, containing glucose, glucose syrup, maltodextrine or maltodextrine syrup and containing > 10% but <= 30% of starch and >= 50% by weight of milk products (excl. dog or cat food put up for retail sale)
- 2309.90.51.00.00Preparations, incl. premixes, for animal food, containing glucose, glucose syrup, maltodextrine or maltodextrine syrup and containing > 30% of starch and no milk products or < 10% by weight of milk products (excl. dog or cat food put up for retail sale)
- 2309.90.53.00.00Preparations, incl. premixes, for animal food, containing glucose, glucose syrup, maltodextrine or maltodextrine syrup and containing > 30% of starch and >= 10% but < 50% by weight of milk products (excl. dog or cat food put up for retail sale)
- 2309.90.59.00.00Preparations, incl. premixes, for animal food, containing glucose, glucose syrup, maltodextrine or maltodextrine syrup and containing > 30% of starch and >= 50% by weight of milk products (excl. dog or cat food put up for retail sale)
- 2309.90.70.00.00Preparations, incl. premixes, for animal food, containing no starch, glucose, maltodextrine or maltodextrine syrup, but containing milk products (excl. dog or cat food put up for retail sale)
- 2309.90.91.00.00Beef-pulp with added molasses of a kind used in animal feeding
- 2309.90.96.10.00Hayvan gıdası olarak kullanılan kaba yonca suyundan termik işlem ile edilen, yeşil renkteki yaprakların proteinli konsantreleri ve bunların türevleri
- 2309.90.96.90.11Diğer balık yemleri
- 2309.90.96.90.12Hayvan gıdası olarak kullanılan iz mineral maddeler
- 2309.90.96.90.13Yem için hazırlanmış taşıyıcılı aktif madde karışımları
- 2309.90.96.90.19Hayvan gıdası olarak kullanılan diğer müstahzarlar
Its page in the codes guideTÜİK Sınıflama Sunucusu: GTİP 2026(opens in a new tab)UN Statistics Division: HS 2022 (H6)(opens in a new tab)
Frequently asked questions
- Where does Türkiye rank among the United Kingdom's suppliers of animal feed preparations?
- From September 2025 to August 2026, Türkiye supplied 0.4% of the United Kingdom's imports of HS 2309: No. 20 of 57 supplying countries.
- Are Türkiye's exports of animal feed preparations to the United Kingdom growing?
- Over the last 12 months (September 2025 to August 2026), £7.74m of goods under HS 2309 went from Türkiye to the United Kingdom: +12.6% on the 12 months before.