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 297,234,599
Netherlands 181,439,573
Malaysia 124,307,528
Indonesia 54,369,003
Germany 36,972,395

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 160,596,019 136,638,580 -23,957,439
Netherlands 91,445,608 89,993,965 -1,451,643
Malaysia 38,298,935 86,008,593 +47,709,658
Indonesia 39,442,259 14,926,744 -24,515,515
Germany 22,676,779 14,295,616 -8,381,163
Denmark 6,723,600 5,268,674 -1,454,926
Belgium 3,697,688 5,017,891 +1,320,203
Spain 6,169,804 2,016,311 -4,153,493
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 305,013,895
Malaysia 182,245,462
Indonesia 83,055,362
Netherlands 64,081,687
Germany 52,428,825

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 171,563,203 133,450,692 -38,112,511
Malaysia 54,877,949 127,367,513 +72,489,564
Indonesia 55,711,030 27,344,332 -28,366,698
Netherlands 33,983,923 30,097,764 -3,886,159
Germany 28,450,117 23,978,708 -4,471,409
Spain 6,444,848 2,292,012 -4,152,836
Guatemala 7,751,195 609,443 -7,141,752
Colombia 1,407,012 5,875,961 +4,468,949
Solomon Islands 1,738,382 2,861,934 +1,123,552
Belgium 1,613,644 2,789,525 +1,175,881

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 22
Inner London - East 19
Greater Manchester 15
Essex 13
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 18 -1
Inner London - East 13 12 -1
Greater Manchester 10 12 +2
Essex 11 7 -4
Outer London - West and North West 11 9 -2
West Midlands 7 6 -1
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 6 7 +1
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) 556,100,789
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 181,770,824
Other 5,576,456
Air transport 116,047
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) 243,106,061 312,994,728 +69,888,667
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 132,568,878 49,201,946 -83,366,932
Other 2,328,315 3,248,141 +919,826
Air transport 55,528 60,519 +4,991
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 335,898,946
Hull 170,523,004
London 125,018,118
Immingham Docks 46,929,906
Grangemouth Docks 13,692,233

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 170,797,894 165,101,052 -5,696,842
Hull 87,980,322 82,542,682 -5,437,640
London 57,909,831 67,108,287 +9,198,456
Immingham Docks 23,634,194 23,295,712 -338,482
Grangemouth Docks 7,708,057 5,984,176 -1,723,881
Felixstowe 8,242,107 5,121,346 -3,120,761
Medway 7,832,445 0 -7,832,445
Dover 2,409,884 3,385,938 +976,054
Eurotunnel 3,163,402 2,466,775 -696,627
000 2,328,315 3,248,141 +919,826

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 73
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 40
Manufacture of food products 39
Food and beverage service activities 18
Warehousing and support activities for transportation 17

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 35
2025-11 34
2025-10 31
2025-09 36
2025-08 38

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 76
1m-15m 42
54m+ 31
Other 14
15m-54m 6

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 56,874,014
Sweden 4,894,604
Netherlands 1,843,786
Poland 1,294,195
Spain 1,200,403

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 25,468,995 31,405,019 +5,936,024
Sweden 3,120 4,891,484 +4,888,364
Netherlands 1,746,613 97,173 -1,649,440
Poland 76,619 1,217,576 +1,140,957
Spain 683,258 517,145 -166,113
Belgium 402,977 515,828 +112,851
France 349,413 501,009 +151,596
Germany 240,691 187,628 -53,063
Malta 7,384 93,738 +86,354
Norway 81,584 18,368 -63,216

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 1,121,206
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 1,101,909 19,297 -1,082,612
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) 62,472,971
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 4,843,265
Other 1,808,672
Air transport 105,546

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) 26,838,371 35,634,600 +8,796,229
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,229,402 3,613,863 +2,384,461
Other 1,421,329 387,343 -1,033,986
Air transport 85,729 19,817 -65,912

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Liverpool Docks 53,957,317
Hull 5,986,310
Immingham Docks 2,944,900
Dover / Eurotunnel 2,149,238
000 1,808,672

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 23,526,096 30,431,221 +6,905,125
Hull 51,310 5,935,000 +5,883,690
Immingham Docks 2,385,532 559,368 -1,826,164
Dover / Eurotunnel 868,718 1,280,520 +411,802
000 1,421,329 387,343 -1,033,986
Holyhead 296,600 543,838 +247,238
Dover 269,689 139,238 -130,451
Eurotunnel 113,940 194,124 +80,184
Heysham 222,600 21,965 -200,635
London Gateway Port 144,473 72,526 -71,947

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