Import/export HS code 0407: Fresh or preserved bird eggs in shell

Includes all types of bird eggs in their shell, whether fresh, preserved, or cooked

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  • It helps you understand the market size for your product in the UK.
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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 £
Poland 51,169,232
France 48,241,529
United States 32,418,568
Ireland 26,786,441
Ukraine 22,967,450

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 £
Poland 28,679,853 22,489,379 -6,190,474
France 21,017,713 27,223,816 +6,206,103
United States 16,269,738 16,148,830 -120,908
Ireland 16,263,277 10,523,164 -5,740,113
Ukraine 1,141,066 21,826,384 +20,685,318
Belgium 8,465,472 10,615,027 +2,149,555
Spain 8,694,108 10,148,300 +1,454,192
Italy 5,032,510 3,070,390 -1,962,120
Netherlands 4,382,906 1,810,174 -2,572,732
Germany 1,714,233 287,605 -1,426,628

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 £
Poland 51,044,026
United States 32,254,582
France 31,814,218
Ukraine 23,923,172
Spain 22,674,483

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 £
Poland 28,627,052 22,416,974 -6,210,078
United States 16,269,738 15,984,844 -284,894
France 15,293,256 16,520,962 +1,227,706
Ukraine 1,141,066 22,782,106 +21,641,040
Spain 10,249,991 12,424,492 +2,174,501
Belgium 8,678,353 10,520,129 +1,841,776
Ireland 9,527,516 5,592,843 -3,934,673
Italy 5,986,422 5,876,765 -109,657
Netherlands 4,453,534 2,628,070 -1,825,464
Hungary 1,201,743 3,852,992 +2,651,249

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 6
Outer London - East and North East 6
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 5
Inner London - East 5
Outer London - West and North West 5

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 5 6 +1
Outer London - East and North East 6 4 -2
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 3 5 +2
Inner London - East 4 5 +1
Outer London - West and North West 4 4 +0
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough 3 4 +1
Greater Manchester 2 1 -1
Inner London - West 3 2 -1
West Midlands 3 1 -2
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 2 1 -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) 190,797,275
Air transport 32,808,162
Other 14,517,430
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 2,911,425

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) 87,695,679 103,101,596 +15,405,917
Air transport 16,503,261 16,304,901 -198,360
Other 8,737,135 5,780,295 -2,956,840
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,052,417 1,859,008 +806,591

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Eurotunnel 67,496,953
Dover 59,606,409
London Heathrow Airport 32,455,672
Felixstowe 16,076,912
000 14,517,430

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 £
Eurotunnel 28,685,884 38,811,069 +10,125,185
Dover 29,307,919 30,298,490 +990,571
London Heathrow Airport 16,289,102 16,166,570 -122,532
Felixstowe 1,655,554 14,421,358 +12,765,804
000 8,737,135 5,780,295 -2,956,840
Harwich 7,986,736 5,570,810 -2,415,926
Holyhead 7,861,795 5,280,130 -2,581,665
Portsmouth 8,655,857 1,731,861 -6,923,996
Dover / Eurotunnel 2,308,447 6,776,558 +4,468,111
ZLC 482,065 621,625 +139,560

Importer companies by SIC division

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

Top 5 values

SIC Companies
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 37
Crop and animal production, hunting and related service activities 9
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 9
Manufacture of food products 6
Land transport and transport via pipelines 5

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 29
2025-10 24
2025-09 25
2025-08 21
2025-07 25

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
1m-15m 29
54m+ 17
0-1m 6
15m-54m 5
Other 3

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 £
Turkey 52,493,721
Russia 40,452,741
United States 27,895,645
Ireland 21,923,621
Netherlands 20,935,200

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 £
Turkey 25,068,175 27,425,546 +2,357,371
Russia 21,614,861 18,837,880 -2,776,981
United States 11,654,059 16,241,586 +4,587,527
Ireland 11,412,186 10,511,435 -900,751
Netherlands 14,601,753 6,333,447 -8,268,306
France 9,477,703 1,391,410 -8,086,293
Philippines 1,394,516 9,041,893 +7,647,377
Saudi Arabia 4,024,343 5,344,861 +1,320,518
Brazil 4,603,629 3,409,398 -1,194,231
Nigeria 4,136,047 3,663,337 -472,710

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 17,793,470
Ireland 3,584,614
XU 682,560
Taiwan 1,925
Italy 1,490

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 10,177,897 7,615,573 -2,562,324
Ireland 2,003,532 1,581,082 -422,450
XU 402,072 280,488 -121,584
Taiwan 1,925 0 -1,925
Italy 1,015 475 -540
Malaysia 743 0 -743
Netherlands 298 0 -298

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) 123,811,825
Air transport 95,405,110
Other 22,065,100
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 5,213,979

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) 67,830,147 55,981,678 -11,848,469
Air transport 39,840,832 55,564,278 +15,723,446
Other 12,587,482 9,477,618 -3,109,864
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 5,213,979 0 -5,213,979

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 101,147,893
London Heathrow Airport 86,736,178
000 22,065,100
Immingham Docks 14,022,578
Birmingham Airport 6,370,498

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 55,992,474 45,155,419 -10,837,055
London Heathrow Airport 36,813,268 49,922,910 +13,109,642
000 12,587,482 9,477,618 -3,109,864
Immingham Docks 9,853,969 4,168,609 -5,685,360
Birmingham Airport 2,968,122 3,402,376 +434,254
Holyhead 1,414,553 2,744,720 +1,330,167
Portsmouth 1,055,682 2,492,486 +1,436,804
Edinburgh Airport 0 2,226,032 +2,226,032
Harwich 1,732,206 250,726 -1,481,480
Killingholme 1,525,774 0 -1,525,774

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 0407

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

Description: Includes all types of bird eggs in their shell, whether fresh, preserved, or cooked