Import/export HS code 0701: Fresh or Chilled Potatoes

All types of fresh or chilled potatoes, used for cooking, eating, or processing

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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 £
Netherlands 28,594,451
Israel 21,959,994
Ireland 19,049,466
France 15,978,108
Cyprus 15,801,609

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 £
Netherlands 17,897,795 10,696,656 -7,201,139
Israel 13,818,914 8,141,080 -5,677,834
Ireland 9,858,901 9,190,565 -668,336
France 12,753,220 3,224,888 -9,528,332
Cyprus 8,478,585 7,323,024 -1,155,561
Egypt 10,698,567 3,633,083 -7,065,484
Belgium 10,549,061 3,276,905 -7,272,156
Spain 2,774,390 1,105,320 -1,669,070
Germany 1,513,041 390,623 -1,122,418
Poland 871,334 487,034 -384,300

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 £
Israel 22,172,780
Netherlands 20,126,188
France 17,423,108
Egypt 14,413,645
Cyprus 13,100,213

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 £
Israel 14,031,700 8,141,080 -5,890,620
Netherlands 11,872,180 8,254,008 -3,618,172
France 13,345,430 4,077,678 -9,267,752
Egypt 10,625,562 3,788,083 -6,837,479
Cyprus 6,552,237 6,547,976 -4,261
Belgium 9,821,645 489,105 -9,332,540
Spain 2,875,710 1,066,656 -1,809,054
Germany 1,662,523 649,640 -1,012,883
Poland 870,574 538,436 -332,138
Italy 1,011,017 387,049 -623,968

Importers across UK regions

What this shows: Number of importing companies by UK ITL2 region.

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Lincolnshire 6
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough 5
Outer London - West and North West 5
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 4
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 3

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
Lincolnshire 4 3 -1
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough 5 2 -3
Outer London - West and North West 5 2 -3
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 4 1 -3
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 3 1 -2
Essex 2 2 +0
Inner London - West 1 2 +1
Outer London - East and North East 3 2 -1
Cheshire 2 2 +0
Devon 2 0 -2

Import volume by transport

What this shows: Import value by transport mode used to bring goods into the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 55,961,430
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 52,583,759
Other 31,719,647
Road transport 224,610
Rail transport 21,031

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 £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 35,666,735 20,294,695 -15,372,040
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 38,803,236 13,780,523 -25,022,713
Other 17,470,037 14,249,610 -3,220,427
Road transport 59,753 164,857 +105,104
Rail transport 21,031 0 -21,031
Air transport 2,377 0 -2,377

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Gateway Port 32,815,573
000 31,719,647
Dover 17,958,595
Felixstowe 16,305,607
Eurotunnel 10,699,984

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 £
London Gateway Port 24,692,529 8,123,044 -16,569,485
000 17,470,037 14,249,610 -3,220,427
Dover 14,392,234 3,566,361 -10,825,873
Felixstowe 6,847,346 9,458,261 +2,610,915
Eurotunnel 8,344,255 2,355,729 -5,988,526
Dover / Eurotunnel 8,404,936 537,616 -7,867,320
Harwich 3,590,858 3,668,280 +77,422
Immingham Docks 2,886,820 1,783,799 -1,103,021
Killingholme 2,970,636 978,674 -1,991,962
Liverpool Docks 1,512,585 1,559,052 +46,467

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 32
Crop and animal production, hunting and related service activities 8
Manufacture of food products 8
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 7
Land transport and transport via pipelines 2

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 4
2025-10 6
2025-09 7
2025-08 4
2025-07 10

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 27
54m+ 11
15m-54m 9
0-1m 6
Other 1

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 £
Egypt 87,786,544
Ireland 75,761,907
Spain 42,408,869
Morocco 14,323,764
Thailand 7,440,125

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 £
Egypt 62,372,107 25,414,437 -36,957,670
Ireland 46,733,785 29,028,122 -17,705,663
Spain 24,426,937 17,981,932 -6,445,005
Morocco 9,122,664 5,201,100 -3,921,564
Thailand 3,390,285 4,049,840 +659,555
Norway 3,933,894 3,334,487 -599,407
Germany 3,985,968 3,218,265 -767,703
France 3,785,931 1,916,873 -1,869,058
Turkey 3,182,038 2,169,012 -1,013,026
Netherlands 2,054,759 3,178,380 +1,123,621

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 25,879,587
XU 6,127,519
France 1,526,477
Netherlands 849,045
Belgium 565,204

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 14,905,816 10,973,771 -3,932,045
XU 3,372,826 2,754,693 -618,133
France 1,502,194 24,283 -1,477,911
Netherlands 308,477 540,568 +232,091
Belgium 268,473 296,731 +28,258
Ireland 42,072 71,325 +29,253
Spain 28,155 1 -28,154
Egypt 9,575 6,999 -2,576
Cyprus 10,957 2,633 -8,324
Italy 1,711 2,726 +1,015

Export volume by transport

What this shows: Export value by transport mode used to ship goods from the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 187,519,959
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 73,856,578
Other 35,131,046
Air transport 777,516
Road transport 26,454

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 £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 118,044,438 69,475,521 -48,568,917
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 43,936,527 29,920,051 -14,016,476
Other 20,453,381 14,677,665 -5,775,716
Air transport 198,024 579,492 +381,468
Road transport 26,454 0 -26,454

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Grangemouth Docks 106,137,630
000 35,131,046
London Gateway Port 27,024,682
Dover / Eurotunnel 24,096,109
Holyhead 21,634,418

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 £
Grangemouth Docks 66,819,553 39,318,077 -27,501,476
000 20,453,381 14,677,665 -5,775,716
London Gateway Port 21,594,043 5,430,639 -16,163,404
Dover / Eurotunnel 12,344,265 11,751,844 -592,421
Holyhead 14,471,489 7,162,929 -7,308,560
London 12,505,237 4,057,020 -8,448,217
Immingham Docks 8,359,093 7,093,703 -1,265,390
Liverpool Docks 7,517,781 4,394,200 -3,123,581
Greenock 7,423,717 2,724,869 -4,698,848
Thamesport 0 7,209,128 +7,209,128

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 0701

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

Description: All types of fresh or chilled potatoes, used for cooking, eating, or processing