Import/export HS code 01012990: Various live horses

Live horses used for purposes other than breeding or slaughter, such as riding or work

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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 62,176,056
France 27,972,282
Netherlands 5,491,019
Belgium 4,678,894
Germany 2,822,808

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 28,815,093 33,360,963 +4,545,870
France 16,414,669 11,557,613 -4,857,056
Netherlands 3,224,013 2,267,006 -957,007
Belgium 563,564 4,115,330 +3,551,766
Germany 1,053,874 1,768,934 +715,060
Argentina 1,351,514 1,274,099 -77,415
Denmark 854,440 673,789 -180,651
United States 621,883 688,788 +66,905
Spain 411,880 419,411 +7,531
Australia 239,004 429,089 +190,085

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 42,458,162
France 28,270,173
Belgium 17,465,436
Netherlands 9,238,604
Germany 4,139,865

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 15,186,177 27,271,985 +12,085,808
France 12,710,501 15,559,672 +2,849,171
Belgium 14,272,674 3,192,762 -11,079,912
Netherlands 5,522,843 3,715,761 -1,807,082
Germany 2,313,732 1,826,133 -487,599
Argentina 1,612,930 1,641,795 +28,865
United Kingdom 415,276 1,478,637 +1,063,361
Denmark 729,769 678,147 -51,622
United States 401,868 466,049 +64,181
Sweden 403,352 448,753 +45,401

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) 110,042,111
Air transport 2,903,528
Road transport 858,947
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 72,687
Other 48,823

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) 53,718,593 56,323,518 +2,604,925
Air transport 1,128,670 1,774,858 +646,188
Road transport 529,733 329,214 -200,519
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 10,000 62,687 +52,687
Other 48,138 685 -47,453

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Holyhead 50,983,998
Dover 27,253,081
Portsmouth 11,139,826
Fishguard 7,607,962
Eurotunnel 5,210,338

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 25,713,684 25,270,314 -443,370
Dover 12,643,063 14,610,018 +1,966,955
Portsmouth 5,679,983 5,459,843 -220,140
Fishguard 2,382,904 5,225,058 +2,842,154
Eurotunnel 4,029,082 1,181,256 -2,847,826
ZLC 1,698,131 1,444,261 -253,870
Milford 733,478 1,786,041 +1,052,563
London Stansted Airport 573,462 1,136,805 +563,343
Harwich 659,399 853,055 +193,656
Dover / Eurotunnel 654,088 602,424 -51,664

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 5
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 20,800,861
United States 17,371,705
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 16,767,021
Australia 10,401,287
Saudi Arabia 8,467,813

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 11,138,748 9,662,113 -1,476,635
United States 10,263,801 7,107,904 -3,155,897
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 10,441,352 6,325,669 -4,115,683
Australia 7,394,423 3,006,864 -4,387,559
Saudi Arabia 4,058,925 4,408,888 +349,963
France 1,654,009 5,604,541 +3,950,532
Qatar 2,791,807 2,049,876 -741,931
United Arab Emirates 1,227,900 2,283,128 +1,055,228
Bahrain 1,729,602 1,497,953 -231,649
Kuwait 1,631,090 1,097,794 -533,296

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 £
Ireland 302,609
XI 65,933
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 £
Ireland 214,065 88,544 -125,521
XI 65,933 0 -65,933
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) 61,261,041
Air transport 44,917,715
Other 408,903
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 249,740

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) 29,692,586 31,568,455 +1,875,869
Air transport 28,123,114 16,794,601 -11,328,513
Other 290,359 118,544 -171,815
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 8,979 240,761 +231,782

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Stansted Airport 22,467,247
Dover / Eurotunnel 20,279,612
London Heathrow Airport 19,728,021
Dover 19,143,777
Holyhead 18,935,997

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 £
London Stansted Airport 12,933,555 9,533,692 -3,399,863
Dover / Eurotunnel 12,747,149 7,532,463 -5,214,686
London Heathrow Airport 13,011,194 6,716,827 -6,294,367
Dover 4,680,113 14,463,664 +9,783,551
Holyhead 10,211,552 8,724,445 -1,487,107
East Midlands Airport 1,729,602 544,082 -1,185,520
Portsmouth 861,054 358,598 -502,456
Fishguard 785,515 228,796 -556,719
000 290,359 118,544 -171,815
Milford 121,475 162,309 +40,834

Quick facts

HS code: 01012990

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

Description: Live horses used for purposes other than breeding or slaughter, such as riding or work