Import/export HS code 1511: Palm oil and its fractions

Palm oil and its parts, whether refined or not, but not chemically changed

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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 £
Papua New Guinea 291,278,034
Netherlands 178,247,368
Malaysia 118,743,579
Indonesia 54,251,815
Germany 37,407,983

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 £
Papua New Guinea 141,518,076 149,759,958 +8,241,882
Netherlands 91,971,425 86,275,943 -5,695,482
Malaysia 38,623,108 80,120,471 +41,497,363
Indonesia 33,462,389 20,789,426 -12,672,963
Germany 22,393,889 15,014,094 -7,379,795
Denmark 6,254,383 5,438,285 -816,098
Belgium 3,687,911 4,837,493 +1,149,582
Spain 6,176,377 2,040,482 -4,135,895
Solomon Islands 1,738,382 2,861,934 +1,123,552
Switzerland 0 3,824,110 +3,824,110

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 £
Papua New Guinea 302,885,971
Malaysia 171,948,668
Indonesia 80,186,207
Netherlands 63,495,753
Germany 51,625,433

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 £
Papua New Guinea 155,246,542 147,639,429 -7,607,113
Malaysia 55,580,268 116,368,400 +60,788,132
Indonesia 48,912,951 31,273,256 -17,639,695
Netherlands 32,736,538 30,759,215 -1,977,323
Germany 27,032,616 24,592,817 -2,439,799
Guatemala 9,221,281 572,627 -8,648,654
Spain 6,445,957 2,318,275 -4,127,682
Colombia 1,406,228 5,849,294 +4,443,066
Solomon Islands 1,738,382 2,861,934 +1,123,552
Belgium 1,655,051 2,694,052 +1,039,001

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
Inner London - East 20
Greater Manchester 15
Essex 14
Outer London - West and North West 13

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 19 17 -2
Inner London - East 14 11 -3
Greater Manchester 11 10 -1
Essex 12 8 -4
Outer London - West and North West 11 9 -2
West Midlands 6 6 +0
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 6 6 +0
Inner London - West 5 4 -1
Merseyside 4 5 +1
Kent 3 3 +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) 534,239,747
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 188,732,710
Other 6,309,021
Air transport 115,886
Road transport 36,175

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) 218,505,621 315,734,126 +97,228,505
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 132,263,756 56,468,954 -75,794,802
Other 2,992,106 3,316,915 +324,809
Air transport 55,263 60,623 +5,360
Road transport 0 36,175 +36,175

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Liverpool Docks 332,008,211
Hull 164,140,059
London 120,537,472
Immingham Docks 46,793,742
Felixstowe 14,158,185

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 £
Liverpool Docks 153,843,893 178,164,318 +24,320,425
Hull 78,343,386 85,796,673 +7,453,287
London 60,236,542 60,300,930 +64,388
Immingham Docks 22,947,456 23,846,286 +898,830
Felixstowe 9,019,605 5,138,580 -3,881,025
Grangemouth Docks 6,969,787 6,196,295 -773,492
Medway 7,832,445 0 -7,832,445
000 2,992,106 3,316,915 +324,809
Dover 2,426,078 3,329,287 +903,209
Eurotunnel 3,197,684 2,545,131 -652,553

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 72
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 42
Manufacture of food products 40
Food and beverage service activities 17
Warehousing and support activities for transportation 16

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 34
2025-10 31
2025-09 36
2025-08 38
2025-07 46

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
0-1m 75
1m-15m 42
54m+ 31
Other 15
15m-54m 7

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 55,032,779
Sweden 4,895,624
Netherlands 1,852,676
Spain 1,266,280
Poland 1,194,609

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 25,318,131 29,714,648 +4,396,517
Sweden 4,140 4,891,484 +4,887,344
Netherlands 1,247,402 605,274 -642,128
Spain 642,397 623,883 -18,514
Poland 62,057 1,132,552 +1,070,495
Belgium 404,723 466,996 +62,273
France 366,034 490,454 +124,420
Germany 213,979 206,661 -7,318
Antarctica 87,933 16,327 -71,606
Norway 83,835 18,368 -65,467

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 1,387,349
XU 667,585
Ireland 48

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 1,368,052 19,297 -1,348,755
XU 304,044 363,541 +59,497
Ireland 48 0 -48

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) 60,246,365
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 4,910,852
Other 2,054,982
Air transport 105,158

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) 25,834,003 34,412,362 +8,578,359
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,287,492 3,623,360 +2,335,868
Other 1,672,144 382,838 -1,289,306
Air transport 82,082 23,076 -59,006

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Liverpool Docks 51,848,751
Hull 6,023,713
Immingham Docks 2,887,897
Dover / Eurotunnel 2,124,326
000 2,054,982

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 23,117,519 28,731,232 +5,613,713
Hull 88,713 5,935,000 +5,846,287
Immingham Docks 1,800,501 1,087,396 -713,105
Dover / Eurotunnel 846,714 1,277,612 +430,898
000 1,672,144 382,838 -1,289,306
Holyhead 274,168 561,588 +287,420
Dover 269,689 59,818 -209,871
Eurotunnel 93,920 214,144 +120,224
Heysham 254,300 25,580 -228,720
London Gateway Port 165,143 79,604 -85,539

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 1511

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

Description: Palm oil and its parts, whether refined or not, but not chemically changed