Import/export HS code 0714: Starchy roots and tubers

Fresh, chilled, frozen, or dried roots and tubers like cassava, sweet potatoes, yams, and taro, with high starch or inulin content

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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 £
United States 61,557,410
Egypt 57,415,665
Ghana 25,632,085
China 18,770,317
Costa Rica 9,997,346

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 £
United States 29,832,704 31,724,706 +1,892,002
Egypt 25,520,565 31,895,100 +6,374,535
Ghana 14,601,972 11,030,113 -3,571,859
China 10,446,228 8,324,089 -2,122,139
Costa Rica 5,001,309 4,996,037 -5,272
Spain 3,464,788 4,105,984 +641,196
India 4,889,410 2,511,008 -2,378,402
South Africa 2,587,500 4,452,016 +1,864,516
Netherlands 2,196,952 2,489,176 +292,224
Bangladesh 1,180,344 3,422,548 +2,242,204

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 £
Egypt 58,687,065
United States 58,010,380
Ghana 25,799,033
China 25,519,269
Costa Rica 10,359,884

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 £
Egypt 25,804,943 32,882,122 +7,077,179
United States 27,863,529 30,146,851 +2,283,322
Ghana 14,683,114 11,115,919 -3,567,195
China 13,849,460 11,669,809 -2,179,651
Costa Rica 5,288,596 5,071,288 -217,308
India 4,920,139 2,509,627 -2,410,512
Spain 3,331,870 3,740,657 +408,787
South Africa 2,371,892 4,398,781 +2,026,889
Bangladesh 1,176,899 3,423,528 +2,246,629
Brazil 2,227,740 2,284,410 +56,670

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Outer London - West and North West 47
Outer London - East and North East 44
Inner London - East 39
West Midlands 30
Outer London - South 22

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
Outer London - West and North West 41 33 -8
Outer London - East and North East 37 32 -5
Inner London - East 33 25 -8
West Midlands 28 20 -8
Outer London - South 19 14 -5
Greater Manchester 14 20 +6
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 15 9 -6
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 11 12 +1
Inner London - West 8 10 +2
Essex 6 7 +1

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) 187,268,730
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 26,970,851
Air transport 15,533,214
Other 1,884,230
Road transport 102,584

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) 92,174,309 95,094,421 +2,920,112
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 12,375,132 14,595,719 +2,220,587
Air transport 7,744,569 7,788,645 +44,076
Other 878,897 1,005,333 +126,436
Road transport 74,530 28,054 -46,476

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Gateway Port 81,294,154
Southampton 52,557,491
Portsmouth 24,262,751
Liverpool Docks 21,709,607
Felixstowe 14,687,394

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 40,388,023 40,906,131 +518,108
Southampton 22,664,770 29,892,721 +7,227,951
Portsmouth 13,649,499 10,613,252 -3,036,247
Liverpool Docks 10,968,209 10,741,398 -226,811
Felixstowe 7,061,745 7,625,649 +563,904
London Heathrow Airport 5,594,709 4,574,103 -1,020,606
Eurotunnel 3,454,047 3,869,959 +415,912
Dover 2,103,273 2,240,829 +137,556
London 2,073,117 1,164,543 -908,574
London Gatwick Airport 1,259,746 1,298,178 +38,432

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 260
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 64
Manufacture of food products 35
Food and beverage service activities 17
Warehousing and support activities for transportation 13

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 109
2025-10 111
2025-09 105
2025-08 93
2025-07 86

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 143
0-1m 110
54m+ 58
15m-54m 45
Other 17

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 7,299,030
Netherlands 3,349,572
Belgium 1,591,959
France 667,035
Canada 578,363

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 3,218,596 4,080,434 +861,838
Netherlands 1,420,835 1,928,737 +507,902
Belgium 38,669 1,553,290 +1,514,621
France 258,255 408,780 +150,525
Canada 248,008 330,355 +82,347
Spain 5,921 109,410 +103,489
Falkland Islands 8,450 25,168 +16,718
Malaysia 31,513 0 -31,513
Hungary 20,073 9,304 -10,769
Guyana 11,546 11,204 -342

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 1,123,242
Belgium 416,152
XU 40,983
Egypt 7,444
Portugal 6,459

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 570,773 552,469 -18,304
Belgium 192,347 223,805 +31,458
XU 24,068 16,915 -7,153
Egypt 1,568 5,876 +4,308
Portugal 6,446 13 -6,433
United States 973 1,697 +724
Ireland 96 1,205 +1,109
Honduras 247 209 -38
Spain 0 428 +428
Italy 0 81 +81

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) 11,045,279
Other 1,599,303
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 601,220
Air transport 581,243

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) 3,754,434 7,290,845 +3,536,411
Other 796,540 802,763 +6,223
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 484,805 116,415 -368,390
Air transport 250,888 330,355 +79,467

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Holyhead 4,783,129
Dover / Eurotunnel 2,928,663
Harwich 2,269,082
000 1,599,303
London Heathrow Airport 581,243

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 2,001,998 2,781,131 +779,133
Dover / Eurotunnel 466,286 2,462,377 +1,996,091
Harwich 1,025,583 1,243,499 +217,916
000 796,540 802,763 +6,223
London Heathrow Airport 250,888 330,355 +79,467
Liverpool Docks 191,446 254,665 +63,219
Immingham Docks 112,081 285,426 +173,345
Heysham 114,993 210,789 +95,796
Felixstowe 136,505 5,547 -130,958
Fishguard 81,522 31,808 -49,714

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 0714

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

Description: Fresh, chilled, frozen, or dried roots and tubers like cassava, sweet potatoes, yams, and taro, with high starch or inulin content