Import/export HS code 070190: Various Potatoes

Fresh or chilled potatoes not classified as seeds, including those for general use

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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 £
Israel 22,166,064
Ireland 18,238,933
Netherlands 16,808,682
Cyprus 15,442,753
France 14,512,740

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 £
Israel 13,753,364 8,412,700 -5,340,664
Ireland 10,161,950 8,076,983 -2,084,967
Netherlands 12,596,178 4,212,504 -8,383,674
Cyprus 8,478,412 6,964,341 -1,514,071
France 12,184,028 2,328,712 -9,855,316
Egypt 10,668,742 3,725,096 -6,943,646
Belgium 10,338,005 2,758,250 -7,579,755
Spain 2,788,267 1,079,600 -1,708,667
Italy 966,022 509,068 -456,954
Poland 904,513 396,658 -507,855

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 22,378,850
France 15,816,919
Egypt 14,505,658
Cyprus 12,736,096
Belgium 9,913,213

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 13,966,150 8,412,700 -5,553,450
France 12,969,559 2,847,360 -10,122,199
Egypt 10,625,562 3,880,096 -6,745,466
Cyprus 6,585,007 6,151,089 -433,918
Belgium 9,717,122 196,091 -9,521,031
Netherlands 6,423,053 2,037,506 -4,385,547
Spain 2,875,710 1,066,656 -1,809,054
Italy 1,058,780 511,732 -547,048
Poland 903,753 454,675 -449,078
Germany 1,230,068 98,903 -1,131,165

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
Essex 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
Essex 2 2 +0
Inner London - West 2 2 +0
Outer London - East and North East 3 2 -1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 2 1 -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) 52,310,029
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 41,319,321
Other 30,488,986
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) 33,735,719 18,574,310 -15,161,409
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 34,219,291 7,100,030 -27,119,261
Other 17,687,654 12,801,332 -4,886,322
Road transport 87,450 137,160 +49,710
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 32,896,823
000 30,488,986
Dover 16,362,616
Felixstowe 12,570,218
Eurotunnel 10,238,022

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 24,508,700 8,388,123 -16,120,577
000 17,687,654 12,801,332 -4,886,322
Dover 13,896,680 2,465,936 -11,430,744
Felixstowe 4,788,097 7,782,121 +2,994,024
Eurotunnel 8,348,132 1,889,890 -6,458,242
Dover / Eurotunnel 8,233,697 465,463 -7,768,234
Immingham Docks 2,747,977 1,041,167 -1,706,810
Killingholme 2,763,070 584,962 -2,178,108
Liverpool Docks 1,560,727 1,315,698 -245,029
Portsmouth 598,842 544,717 -54,125

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 30
Manufacture of food products 7
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 7
Crop and animal production, hunting and related service activities 6
Land transport and transport via pipelines 2

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 6
2025-11 4
2025-10 6
2025-09 7
2025-08 4

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 25
54m+ 11
15m-54m 7
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 £
Ireland 72,008,356
Spain 37,294,893
Norway 7,350,288
Germany 7,184,619
France 5,557,425

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 44,677,647 27,330,709 -17,346,938
Spain 21,387,640 15,907,253 -5,480,387
Norway 3,903,288 3,447,000 -456,288
Germany 4,084,631 3,099,988 -984,643
France 3,882,656 1,674,769 -2,207,887
Belgium 2,523,457 1,834,467 -688,990
Netherlands 1,608,933 2,000,690 +391,757
Denmark 2,041,761 1,300,666 -741,095
Iceland 998,370 1,047,975 +49,605
Portugal 960,756 855,473 -105,283

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 23,660,313
France 1,441,745
Netherlands 609,133
Belgium 553,270
Ireland 82,307

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 13,652,436 10,007,877 -3,644,559
France 1,437,205 4,540 -1,432,665
Netherlands 207,951 401,182 +193,231
Belgium 271,952 281,318 +9,366
Ireland 44,106 38,201 -5,905
Nicaragua 0 55,448 +55,448
Spain 28,155 1 -28,154
Egypt 9,934 6,466 -3,468
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 £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 66,629,954
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 51,730,974
Other 32,575,694
Air transport 710,833

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) 40,987,108 25,642,846 -15,344,262
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 28,998,970 22,732,004 -6,266,966
Other 19,108,647 13,467,047 -5,641,600
Air transport 310,014 400,819 +90,805

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
000 32,575,694
Dover / Eurotunnel 21,512,235
Holyhead 20,859,449
London Gateway Port 14,614,645
London 14,285,466

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 £
000 19,108,647 13,467,047 -5,641,600
Dover / Eurotunnel 12,052,445 9,459,790 -2,592,655
Holyhead 13,688,366 7,171,083 -6,517,283
London Gateway Port 8,648,135 5,966,510 -2,681,625
London 10,945,849 3,339,617 -7,606,232
Immingham Docks 7,156,784 5,689,484 -1,467,300
Liverpool Docks 7,239,281 3,891,505 -3,347,776
Thamesport 816,446 6,265,595 +5,449,149
Dover 2,474,780 1,858,137 -616,643
Heysham 2,155,705 1,742,200 -413,505

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 070190

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

Description: Fresh or chilled potatoes not classified as seeds, including those for general use