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 696,425,855
France 178,741,794
Germany 18,852,161
United States 18,791,179
Australia 17,541,447

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 342,837,914 353,587,941 +10,750,027
France 92,391,911 86,349,883 -6,042,028
Germany 6,557,997 12,294,164 +5,736,167
United States 11,244,186 7,546,993 -3,697,193
Australia 10,912,335 6,629,112 -4,283,223
Netherlands 7,618,813 7,958,173 +339,360
Belgium 4,339,133 7,784,351 +3,445,218
Denmark 4,163,054 1,229,601 -2,933,453
Argentina 2,458,776 2,781,062 +322,286
Italy 1,432,788 1,540,065 +107,277

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 578,706,369
France 130,429,775
United Kingdom 110,556,812
Germany 37,859,432
United States 34,698,763

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 273,489,165 305,217,204 +31,728,039
France 60,035,494 70,394,281 +10,358,787
United Kingdom 53,704,636 56,852,176 +3,147,540
Germany 25,381,175 12,478,257 -12,902,918
United States 19,420,997 15,277,766 -4,143,231
Belgium 20,563,072 7,873,300 -12,689,772
Netherlands 12,571,949 9,996,779 -2,575,170
Australia 10,796,953 6,829,089 -3,967,864
Argentina 2,821,230 3,345,108 +523,878
Denmark 3,879,966 1,107,494 -2,772,472

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 11 +1
Gloucestershire and Wiltshire 6 11 +5
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 1 4 +3
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) 934,512,351
Air transport 46,699,291
Road transport 1,496,214
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) 452,610,099 481,902,252 +29,292,153
Air transport 35,057,620 11,641,671 -23,415,949
Road transport 820,028 676,186 -143,842
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 645,319,307
Dover 123,151,205
Portsmouth 46,157,677
Eurotunnel 44,865,424
London Stansted Airport 36,582,454

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 306,159,033 339,160,274 +33,001,241
Dover 52,870,368 70,280,837 +17,410,469
Portsmouth 26,189,265 19,968,412 -6,220,853
Eurotunnel 25,093,883 19,771,541 -5,322,342
London Stansted Airport 33,200,513 3,381,941 -29,818,572
Fishguard 15,415,498 9,748,770 -5,666,728
ZLC 5,674,905 11,395,973 +5,721,068
Dover / Eurotunnel 7,912,962 4,677,229 -3,235,733
Milford 7,304,682 2,345,034 -4,959,648
Harwich 4,234,114 4,530,188 +296,074

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 45
Land transport and transport via pipelines 9
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 7
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 5

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 7
2025-11 18
2025-10 17
2025-09 11
2025-08 12

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 73
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 308,303,680
United States 82,544,413
France 58,737,051
Australia 50,563,626
Japan 23,792,136

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 155,965,513 152,338,167 -3,627,346
United States 50,542,304 32,002,109 -18,540,195
France 32,636,025 26,101,026 -6,534,999
Australia 34,095,520 16,468,106 -17,627,414
Japan 14,022,697 9,769,439 -4,253,258
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 11,726,909 7,887,525 -3,839,384
Saudi Arabia 8,951,372 9,205,539 +254,167
Qatar 6,143,264 4,229,026 -1,914,238
Germany 2,788,009 5,960,362 +3,172,353
United Arab Emirates 2,931,678 5,111,128 +2,179,450

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

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

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) 476,510,640
Air transport 162,964,779
Other 769,303
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 304,951

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) 243,553,969 232,956,671 -10,597,298
Air transport 105,420,119 57,544,660 -47,875,459
Other 290,359 478,944 +188,585
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 10,115 294,836 +284,721

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Holyhead 295,586,797
London Stansted Airport 94,568,071
Dover / Eurotunnel 87,480,040
Dover 65,894,135
London Heathrow Airport 46,730,792

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 147,802,553 147,784,244 -18,309
London Stansted Airport 65,079,158 29,488,913 -35,590,245
Dover / Eurotunnel 56,243,948 31,236,092 -25,007,856
Dover 21,497,694 44,396,441 +22,898,747
London Heathrow Airport 27,845,468 18,885,324 -8,960,144
Portsmouth 11,664,624 5,902,152 -5,762,472
East Midlands Airport 2,225,639 9,163,998 +6,938,359
Birmingham Airport 9,462,585 6,425 -9,456,160
Fishguard 3,482,333 1,954,477 -1,527,856
Milford 1,868,069 1,358,120 -509,949

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