Import/export HS code 151190: Various palm oil products

Refined or unrefined palm oil and its fractions, excluding chemically modified oils

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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 £
Netherlands 120,175,328
Malaysia 105,369,358
Papua New Guinea 73,164,536
Indonesia 54,251,815
Germany 33,983,629

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 £
Netherlands 57,468,335 62,706,993 +5,238,658
Malaysia 37,188,372 68,180,986 +30,992,614
Papua New Guinea 35,053,995 38,110,541 +3,056,546
Indonesia 33,462,389 20,789,426 -12,672,963
Germany 21,716,349 12,267,280 -9,449,069
Denmark 6,254,383 5,438,285 -816,098
Belgium 3,638,497 4,837,493 +1,198,996
Spain 6,176,377 2,039,004 -4,137,373
Switzerland 0 3,824,110 +3,824,110
Ghana 1,188,334 723,485 -464,849

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 £
Malaysia 146,819,284
Indonesia 76,662,025
Papua New Guinea 65,993,293
Netherlands 61,002,349
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 £
Malaysia 48,922,165 97,897,119 +48,974,954
Indonesia 47,884,183 28,777,842 -19,106,341
Papua New Guinea 35,053,995 30,939,298 -4,114,697
Netherlands 32,131,393 28,870,956 -3,260,437
Germany 27,032,616 24,592,817 -2,439,799
Spain 6,445,957 2,316,797 -4,129,160
Belgium 1,605,637 2,694,052 +1,088,415
Colombia 995,684 932,649 -63,035
Ghana 1,199,911 723,485 -476,426
Denmark 1,155,121 578,505 -576,616

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - East 15
Outer London - East and North East 15
Outer London - West and North West 13
Essex 12
Greater Manchester 12

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
Inner London - East 10 8 -2
Outer London - East and North East 12 13 +1
Outer London - West and North West 11 9 -2
Essex 10 6 -4
Greater Manchester 7 9 +2
West Midlands 6 5 -1
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 6 6 +0
Merseyside 4 5 +1
Inner London - West 4 3 -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) 279,605,598
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 143,709,203
Other 4,701,265
Air transport 111,784
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) 105,245,283 174,360,315 +69,115,032
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 98,582,294 45,126,909 -53,455,385
Other 2,756,227 1,945,038 -811,189
Air transport 51,161 60,623 +9,462
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 £
Hull 142,941,437
Liverpool Docks 94,287,922
London 94,106,012
Immingham Docks 46,550,557
Grangemouth Docks 13,162,052

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 £
Hull 63,762,798 79,178,639 +15,415,841
Liverpool Docks 44,366,599 49,921,323 +5,554,724
London 47,482,434 46,623,578 -858,856
Immingham Docks 22,947,456 23,603,101 +655,645
Grangemouth Docks 6,965,757 6,196,295 -769,462
Felixstowe 8,426,021 4,564,915 -3,861,106
Eurotunnel 3,188,914 2,511,374 -677,540
Dover 1,841,990 2,965,732 +1,123,742
000 2,756,227 1,945,038 -811,189
London Gateway Port 1,073,360 963,343 -110,017

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 59
Manufacture of food products 36
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 35
Warehousing and support activities for transportation 15
Food and beverage service activities 14

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 31
2025-10 28
2025-09 31
2025-08 33
2025-07 40

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 62
1m-15m 34
54m+ 30
Other 15
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 53,861,909
Sweden 4,895,624
Netherlands 1,822,771
Poland 1,190,702
Spain 1,181,028

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 24,217,101 29,644,808 +5,427,707
Sweden 4,140 4,891,484 +4,887,344
Netherlands 1,218,925 603,846 -615,079
Poland 59,168 1,131,534 +1,072,366
Spain 599,388 581,640 -17,748
Belgium 403,603 466,996 +63,393
France 366,034 490,454 +124,420
Germany 213,979 206,661 -7,318
Antarctica 87,933 16,327 -71,606
Norway 83,835 17,444 -66,391

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 650,078
XI 343,661
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 £
XU 295,313 354,765 +59,452
XI 324,364 19,297 -305,067
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) 60,013,146
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 4,859,695
Other 993,787
Air transport 90,716

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) 25,716,577 34,296,569 +8,579,992
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,236,335 3,623,360 +2,387,025
Other 619,725 374,062 -245,663
Air transport 73,392 17,324 -56,068

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 2,866,277
Dover / Eurotunnel 2,006,551
000 993,787

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 1,779,805 1,086,472 -693,333
Dover / Eurotunnel 782,684 1,223,867 +441,183
000 619,725 374,062 -245,663
Holyhead 226,676 504,202 +277,526
Dover 269,689 59,818 -209,871
Eurotunnel 89,135 214,144 +125,009
Heysham 253,181 23,270 -229,911
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: 151190

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

Description: Refined or unrefined palm oil and its fractions, excluding chemically modified oils