Import/export HS code 0101: Live horses, donkeys, mules, and hinnies

All types of live equine animals, including horses for riding, racing, or breeding, donkeys, mules, and hinnies

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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 £
Ireland 700,595,450
France 179,315,906
United States 18,829,013
Germany 18,496,306
Netherlands 16,550,974

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 £
Ireland 346,911,383 353,684,067 +6,772,684
France 92,164,533 87,151,373 -5,013,160
United States 9,645,361 9,183,652 -461,709
Germany 7,628,833 10,867,473 +3,238,640
Netherlands 8,586,284 7,964,690 -621,594
Australia 10,912,335 2,928,258 -7,984,077
Belgium 4,428,757 7,761,070 +3,332,313
Denmark 4,234,062 1,238,748 -2,995,314
Argentina 2,580,110 2,727,551 +147,441
Italy 1,369,244 1,586,563 +217,319

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 £
Ireland 581,402,258
France 131,237,905
United Kingdom 110,943,520
Germany 37,607,991
United States 35,274,890

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 £
Ireland 276,381,344 305,020,914 +28,639,570
France 60,225,013 71,012,892 +10,787,879
United Kingdom 53,280,657 57,662,863 +4,382,206
Germany 26,811,631 10,796,360 -16,015,271
United States 18,619,380 16,655,510 -1,963,870
Belgium 20,932,430 7,947,883 -12,984,547
Netherlands 13,418,644 10,182,474 -3,236,170
Australia 10,785,997 3,139,191 -7,646,806
Argentina 2,942,564 3,291,597 +349,033
Denmark 3,912,488 1,118,644 -2,793,844

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 17
Gloucestershire and Wiltshire 16
Surrey, East and West Sussex 13
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 11
Suffolk 8

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 10 10 +0
Gloucestershire and Wiltshire 5 12 +7
Surrey, East and West Sussex 9 10 +1
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 9 8 -1
Suffolk 6 5 -1
Kent 5 5 +0
North Somerset, Somerset and Dorset 3 3 +0
North Yorkshire 4 4 +0
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 0 4 +4
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough 3 4 +1

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) 940,264,036
Air transport 43,099,736
Road transport 1,616,096
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 298,417
Other 81,240

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) 460,341,429 479,922,607 +19,581,178
Air transport 32,012,011 11,087,725 -20,924,286
Road transport 932,040 684,056 -247,984
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 90,870 207,547 +116,677
Other 80,555 685 -79,870

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Holyhead 649,599,434
Dover 125,527,871
Portsmouth 45,942,546
Eurotunnel 43,913,399
London Stansted Airport 36,683,753

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 £
Holyhead 313,497,143 336,102,291 +22,605,148
Dover 54,874,786 70,653,085 +15,778,299
Portsmouth 26,195,170 19,747,376 -6,447,794
Eurotunnel 25,172,062 18,741,337 -6,430,725
London Stansted Airport 30,323,190 6,360,563 -23,962,627
Fishguard 14,671,315 10,492,953 -4,178,362
ZLC 5,766,963 11,367,672 +5,600,709
Dover / Eurotunnel 8,386,796 4,634,997 -3,751,799
Milford 6,184,769 3,459,797 -2,724,972
Harwich 4,051,669 4,701,592 +649,923

Importer companies by SIC division

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

Top 5 values

SIC Companies
Sports activities and amusement and recreation activities 48
Crop and animal production, hunting and related service activities 46
Land transport and transport via pipelines 9
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 7
Warehousing and support activities for transportation 6

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 18
2025-10 17
2025-09 11
2025-08 12
2025-07 19

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
0-1m 74
1m-15m 43
15m-54m 6
54m+ 4
Other 4

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 309,225,324
United States 84,831,195
France 57,457,580
Australia 53,321,999
Japan 21,871,816

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 155,485,537 153,739,787 -1,745,750
United States 45,180,318 39,650,877 -5,529,441
France 30,241,481 27,216,099 -3,025,382
Australia 35,855,950 17,466,049 -18,389,901
Japan 13,476,637 8,395,179 -5,081,458
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 12,534,452 8,971,982 -3,562,470
Saudi Arabia 9,092,747 9,314,214 +221,467
Qatar 6,025,139 4,401,201 -1,623,938
Germany 2,464,752 6,270,124 +3,805,372
United Arab Emirates 2,930,716 5,010,175 +2,079,459

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 348,046
Ireland 302,609
Belgium 78,287
XU 40,361

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 65,933 282,113 +216,180
Ireland 214,065 88,544 -125,521
Belgium 0 78,287 +78,287
XU 10,361 30,000 +19,639

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) 475,635,733
Air transport 169,371,997
Other 769,303
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 306,951

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) 243,272,130 232,363,603 -10,908,527
Air transport 98,548,008 70,823,989 -27,724,019
Other 290,359 478,944 +188,585
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 12,115 294,836 +282,721

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Holyhead 296,068,390
London Stansted Airport 98,826,359
Dover / Eurotunnel 88,757,274
Dover 62,377,369
London Heathrow Airport 48,932,874

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 £
Holyhead 148,299,258 147,769,132 -530,126
London Stansted Airport 60,255,420 38,570,939 -21,684,481
Dover / Eurotunnel 57,791,673 30,965,601 -26,826,072
Dover 20,282,111 42,095,258 +21,813,147
London Heathrow Airport 28,642,293 20,290,581 -8,351,712
Portsmouth 12,099,025 6,129,424 -5,969,601
East Midlands Airport 2,225,639 8,704,496 +6,478,857
Birmingham Airport 6,211,037 3,257,973 -2,953,064
Fishguard 3,293,868 2,142,942 -1,150,926
Milford 806,905 2,482,784 +1,675,879

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 0101

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

Description: All types of live equine animals, including horses for riding, racing, or breeding, donkeys, mules, and hinnies