Import/export HS code 1005: Maize (corn)

All types of maize (corn), including those used for food, animal feed, or industrial purposes

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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 £
Canada 233,849,348
France 206,375,975
Poland 195,106,341
Ireland 117,166,287
United States 110,190,359

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 £
Canada 109,789,392 124,059,956 +14,270,564
France 89,608,789 116,767,186 +27,158,397
Poland 136,270,613 58,835,728 -77,434,885
Ireland 60,033,446 57,132,841 -2,900,605
United States 37,408,651 72,781,708 +35,373,057
Romania 69,033,262 3,617,862 -65,415,400
Argentina 36,519,869 27,923,525 -8,596,344
Ukraine 20,385,850 27,639,644 +7,253,794
Brazil 9,892,630 23,570,675 +13,678,045
Germany 12,951,514 12,066,977 -884,537

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 £
Canada 227,586,535
France 203,453,681
Poland 149,938,827
United States 114,452,647
Ukraine 91,160,046

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 £
Canada 106,908,800 120,677,735 +13,768,935
France 90,739,305 112,714,376 +21,975,071
Poland 96,706,845 53,231,982 -43,474,863
United States 38,201,283 76,251,364 +38,050,081
Ukraine 56,083,085 35,076,961 -21,006,124
Argentina 32,669,982 24,809,985 -7,859,997
Brazil 13,841,072 28,786,006 +14,944,934
Romania 23,917,007 4,034,788 -19,882,219
Bulgaria 25,215,012 0 -25,215,012
Spain 9,642,097 9,742,727 +100,630

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Outer London - East and North East 21
Outer London - West and North West 19
Inner London - East 12
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 9
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 9

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 - East and North East 14 15 +1
Outer London - West and North West 15 15 +0
Inner London - East 9 11 +2
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 6 6 +0
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 7 6 -1
Greater Manchester 4 8 +4
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 5 7 +2
West Midlands 4 7 +3
Essex 7 5 -2
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough 5 3 -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) 913,613,009
Other 152,084,072
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 91,715,004
Air transport 30,746
Road transport 6,291

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) 475,262,191 438,350,818 -36,911,373
Other 80,580,248 71,503,824 -9,076,424
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 49,005,850 42,709,154 -6,296,696
Air transport 20,073 10,673 -9,400
Road transport 0 6,291 +6,291

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Middlesbrough 188,892,768
Belfast Port 188,247,373
Liverpool Docks 173,135,894
000 152,084,072
Dover 73,607,960

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 £
Middlesbrough 121,658,278 67,234,490 -54,423,788
Belfast Port 86,286,586 101,960,787 +15,674,201
Liverpool Docks 86,213,323 86,922,571 +709,248
000 80,580,248 71,503,824 -9,076,424
Dover 40,376,233 33,231,727 -7,144,506
ROS 31,993,763 39,740,839 +7,747,076
Immingham Docks 21,946,485 18,976,195 -2,970,290
Glasgow 20,323,131 19,619,514 -703,617
Avonmouth Docks 17,989,558 13,143,045 -4,846,513
Newport 16,603,407 12,345,104 -4,258,303

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 102
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 31
Manufacture of food products 22
Food and beverage service activities 13
Crop and animal production, hunting and related service activities 9

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 28
2025-10 31
2025-09 25
2025-08 24
2025-07 29

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 65
0-1m 36
54m+ 35
15m-54m 21
Other 12

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 66,121,064
France 2,660,277
Germany 1,823,444
Poland 1,333,640
Netherlands 463,285

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 30,404,589 35,716,475 +5,311,886
France 1,221,390 1,438,887 +217,497
Germany 486,068 1,337,376 +851,308
Poland 0 1,333,640 +1,333,640
Netherlands 299,167 164,118 -135,049
Belgium 105,858 0 -105,858
United States 62,103 8,605 -53,498
Denmark 60,294 0 -60,294
Norway 24,322 1,670 -22,652
Spain 0 24,600 +24,600

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 33,966,540
Canada 16,196,808
France 7,085,452
Brazil 4,606,158
Poland 1,506,251

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 13,177,683 20,788,857 +7,611,174
Canada 8,530,300 7,666,508 -863,792
France 3,945,168 3,140,284 -804,884
Brazil 1,381,972 3,224,186 +1,842,214
Poland 1,506,251 0 -1,506,251
Ukraine 995,357 0 -995,357
Ireland 11,835 461,122 +449,287
Romania 304,035 0 -304,035
Germany 274,984 0 -274,984
United States 110,613 88,412 -22,201

Export volume by transport

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

Top 5 values

Transport £
Other 65,761,806
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 5,393,532
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,543,227
Air transport 16,236

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 £
Other 30,308,339 35,453,467 +5,145,128
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 2,163,739 3,229,793 +1,066,054
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 203,602 1,339,625 +1,136,023
Air transport 960 15,276 +14,316

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
000 65,761,806
Dover / Eurotunnel 4,220,396
Liverpool Docks 1,489,183
Dover 359,793
Eurotunnel 231,657

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 30,308,339 35,453,467 +5,145,128
Dover / Eurotunnel 1,423,336 2,797,060 +1,373,724
Liverpool Docks 70,614 1,418,569 +1,347,955
Dover 359,793 0 -359,793
Eurotunnel 223,078 8,579 -214,499
Holyhead 25,636 194,867 +169,231
Felixstowe 29,785 85,139 +55,354
Immingham Docks 112,505 0 -112,505
Southampton 59,031 0 -59,031
Heysham 0 55,929 +55,929

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 1005

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

Description: All types of maize (corn), including those used for food, animal feed, or industrial purposes