Import/export HS code 150920: Extra virgin olive oil

The highest quality olive oil, made from pure, cold-pressed olives, ideal for salads and cooking

Why this is important if you are looking for potential customers in the UK:

  • It helps you understand the market size for your product in the UK.
  • It provides you with a list of potential leads who have bought similar products.

* 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 £
Spain 220,893,022
Italy 132,797,123
Germany 69,039,111
Belgium 45,268,638
Greece 35,426,704

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 £
Spain 131,645,784 89,247,238 -42,398,546
Italy 71,870,771 60,926,352 -10,944,419
Germany 44,598,216 24,440,895 -20,157,321
Belgium 25,829,166 19,439,472 -6,389,694
Greece 18,566,184 16,860,520 -1,705,664
France 7,397,584 3,348,870 -4,048,714
Tunisia 2,266,346 4,045,531 +1,779,185
Netherlands 875,256 858,828 -16,428
State of Palestine 694,080 770,662 +76,582
Portugal 523,606 913,774 +390,168

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 £
Spain 296,890,157
Italy 169,701,397
Greece 44,997,451
Tunisia 6,735,494
Portugal 2,606,879

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 £
Spain 180,480,753 116,409,404 -64,071,349
Italy 92,957,226 76,744,171 -16,213,055
Greece 24,647,984 20,349,467 -4,298,517
Tunisia 2,479,647 4,255,847 +1,776,200
Portugal 1,310,824 1,296,055 -14,769
State of Palestine 997,157 1,081,060 +83,903
France 464,137 319,021 -145,116
Turkey 371,224 368,422 -2,802
Morocco 109,463 507,304 +397,841
Lebanon 282,786 303,386 +20,600

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 51
Inner London - East 49
Inner London - West 47
Outer London - East and North East 31
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 25

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 39 -2
Inner London - East 38 43 +5
Inner London - West 33 41 +8
Outer London - East and North East 22 28 +6
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 20 20 +0
Outer London - South 16 18 +2
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 13 12 -1
Greater Manchester 9 7 -2
West Yorkshire 7 9 +2
Kent 7 7 +0

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) 307,423,101
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 216,787,535
Air transport 3,862,979
Other 3,606,508
Road transport 94,713

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) 180,027,728 127,395,373 -52,632,355
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 123,208,283 93,579,252 -29,629,031
Air transport 2,101,990 1,760,989 -341,001
Other 2,028,151 1,578,357 -449,794
Road transport 32,791 61,922 +29,131

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London 168,664,007
London Gateway Port 110,881,056
Dover 63,979,746
Eurotunnel 35,499,342
Felixstowe 31,715,139

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 98,217,913 70,446,094 -27,771,819
London Gateway Port 58,420,754 52,460,302 -5,960,452
Dover 36,526,684 27,453,062 -9,073,622
Eurotunnel 23,610,503 11,888,839 -11,721,664
Felixstowe 18,870,300 12,844,839 -6,025,461
Dover / Eurotunnel 16,457,809 13,278,048 -3,179,761
Immingham Docks 14,972,758 10,570,136 -4,402,622
Liverpool Docks 15,410,175 7,100,659 -8,309,516
Thamesport 4,255,052 1,859,223 -2,395,829
Middlesbrough 3,007,903 2,653,981 -353,922

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 230
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 94
Food and beverage service activities 77
Manufacture of food products 30
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 14

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 119
2025-10 126
2025-09 89
2025-08 96
2025-07 118

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 168
0-1m 126
54m+ 59
15m-54m 41
Other 13

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 9,589,505
United Arab Emirates 555,574
Spain 476,548
Iceland 381,381
United States 359,352

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 5,735,983 3,853,522 -1,882,461
United Arab Emirates 218,652 336,922 +118,270
Spain 81,625 394,923 +313,298
Iceland 257,830 123,551 -134,279
United States 130,173 229,179 +99,006
Netherlands 71,607 98,821 +27,214
Germany 72,793 82,122 +9,329
Czechia 108,004 40,817 -67,187
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 73,800 71,881 -1,919
Italy 18,662 125,313 +106,651

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 £
XU 1,317,741
Italy 866,903
Spain 115,013
Ireland 83,134
XI 70,585

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 £
XU 744,442 573,299 -171,143
Italy 427,951 438,952 +11,001
Spain 58,774 56,239 -2,535
Ireland 73,533 9,601 -63,932
XI 24,749 45,836 +21,087
Greece 0 1,424 +1,424
Netherlands 0 645 +645
El Salvador 0 106 +106
Nicaragua 96 0 -96
Turkey 0 90 +90

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) 8,177,374
Other 2,455,764
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 2,307,092
Air transport 123,642

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) 4,837,810 3,339,564 -1,498,246
Other 1,329,568 1,126,196 -203,372
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 957,297 1,349,795 +392,498
Air transport 23,579 100,063 +76,484

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Liverpool Docks 5,019,514
000 2,455,764
Holyhead 1,716,628
London Gateway Port 936,321
Dover / Eurotunnel 766,530

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 £
Liverpool Docks 3,201,513 1,818,001 -1,383,512
000 1,329,568 1,126,196 -203,372
Holyhead 1,022,919 693,709 -329,210
London Gateway Port 376,609 559,712 +183,103
Dover / Eurotunnel 341,519 425,011 +83,492
Immingham Docks 153,455 247,927 +94,472
Heysham 130,933 211,694 +80,761
Middlesbrough 172,223 123,551 -48,672
Felixstowe 137,309 152,654 +15,345
Southampton 124,993 151,673 +26,680

Quick facts

HS code: 150920

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

Description: The highest quality olive oil, made from pure, cold-pressed olives, ideal for salads and cooking