Import/export HS code 1514: Rape, colza, or mustard oil and their parts

Includes all types of rape, colza, or mustard oil, whether processed or not, but not chemically changed

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  • 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 £
Netherlands 107,627,800
Belgium 65,747,663
Germany 50,139,628
France 24,922,670
Romania 3,576,931

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 74,475,847 33,151,953 -41,323,894
Belgium 46,208,681 19,538,982 -26,669,699
Germany 26,504,709 23,634,919 -2,869,790
France 13,926,089 10,996,581 -2,929,508
Romania 1,977,411 1,599,520 -377,891
Ireland 1,103,372 2,313,229 +1,209,857
Denmark 2,369,422 252,274 -2,117,148
Italy 1,548,416 649,277 -899,139
India 874,847 899,533 +24,686
Ukraine 522,662 1,000,972 +478,310

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 £
Netherlands 80,660,181
Germany 79,166,628
Belgium 64,725,317
France 21,723,238
Italy 3,572,891

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 £
Netherlands 52,033,464 28,626,717 -23,406,747
Germany 50,610,749 28,555,879 -22,054,870
Belgium 45,617,359 19,107,958 -26,509,401
France 12,730,783 8,992,455 -3,738,328
Italy 2,006,678 1,566,213 -440,465
Romania 1,676,737 740,512 -936,225
India 845,253 894,975 +49,722
Ukraine 592,246 1,026,379 +434,133
Bangladesh 696,043 617,635 -78,408
Poland 813,863 444,656 -369,207

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
Outer London - West and North West 17
West Midlands 11
Inner London - West 10
West Yorkshire 10

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 16 19 +3
Outer London - West and North West 12 15 +3
West Midlands 9 10 +1
Inner London - West 8 9 +1
West Yorkshire 6 8 +2
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 6 7 +1
Greater Manchester 6 6 +0
Inner London - East 7 5 -2
Surrey, East and West Sussex 6 5 -1
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 4 5 +1

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) 146,179,002
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 116,160,612
Other 9,365,577
Road transport 331,431
Air transport 77,220

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) 88,834,632 57,344,370 -31,490,262
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 81,061,190 35,099,422 -45,961,768
Other 5,071,521 4,294,056 -777,465
Road transport 267,793 63,638 -204,155
Air transport 26,507 50,713 +24,206

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London 75,138,179
Immingham Docks 61,169,823
Hull 21,441,659
Liverpool Docks 20,669,607
Aberdeen Docks 19,726,678

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 55,473,150 19,665,029 -35,808,121
Immingham Docks 40,262,918 20,906,905 -19,356,013
Hull 15,070,642 6,371,017 -8,699,625
Liverpool Docks 17,682,795 2,986,812 -14,695,983
Aberdeen Docks 3,299,813 16,426,865 +13,127,052
Eurotunnel 7,191,458 5,750,182 -1,441,276
Goole 4,372,292 7,502,801 +3,130,509
000 5,071,521 4,294,056 -777,465
Inverness 9,164,075 0 -9,164,075
Grangemouth Docks 5,854,100 2,741,564 -3,112,536

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 87
Manufacture of food products 45
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 26
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 9
Food and beverage service activities 6

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 48
2025-10 44
2025-09 44
2025-08 36
2025-07 42

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 59
54m+ 51
0-1m 25
15m-54m 14
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 £
Netherlands 60,955,434
Ireland 20,929,758
Switzerland 13,090,739
Germany 9,014,979
Sweden 6,304,797

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 £
Netherlands 29,865,743 31,089,691 +1,223,948
Ireland 11,481,920 9,447,838 -2,034,082
Switzerland 2,847,646 10,243,093 +7,395,447
Germany 2,709,318 6,305,661 +3,596,343
Sweden 230,606 6,074,191 +5,843,585
Norway 1,114,455 4,755,551 +3,641,096
Australia 270,317 3,222,148 +2,951,831
Philippines 2,034,043 837,799 -1,196,244
Faroe Islands 3,780 2,754,659 +2,750,879
Hungary 1,326,356 617,420 -708,936

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 £
Netherlands 3,275,745
XI 1,594,543
XU 343,322
Ireland 85,238
Spain 48,125

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 £
Netherlands 1,929,109 1,346,636 -582,473
XI 730,258 864,285 +134,027
XU 202,397 140,925 -61,472
Ireland 73,862 11,376 -62,486
Spain 31,777 16,348 -15,429
Argentina 19,278 23,201 +3,923
France 595 1,457 +862
Italy 1,026 0 -1,026
Thailand 10 0 -10

Export volume by transport

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

Top 5 values

Transport £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 85,010,935
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 44,764,462
Other 5,392,540
Air transport 71,199

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 £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 30,556,255 54,454,680 +23,898,425
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 22,141,268 22,623,194 +481,926
Other 2,988,312 2,404,228 -584,084
Air transport 16,052 55,147 +39,095

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London 40,110,512
Medway 31,924,234
Liverpool Docks 17,056,785
Dover / Eurotunnel 7,064,693
Immingham Docks 6,545,617

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 £
London 25,292,512 14,818,000 -10,474,512
Medway 0 31,924,234 +31,924,234
Liverpool Docks 4,851,626 12,205,159 +7,353,533
Dover / Eurotunnel 3,786,432 3,278,261 -508,171
Immingham Docks 3,469,547 3,076,070 -393,477
London Gateway Port 1,135,002 5,089,567 +3,954,565
000 2,988,312 2,404,228 -584,084
Holyhead 3,130,769 1,837,523 -1,293,246
Felixstowe 2,765,733 1,649,912 -1,115,821
499 3,809,099 0 -3,809,099

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 1514

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

Description: Includes all types of rape, colza, or mustard oil, whether processed or not, but not chemically changed