Import/export HS code 16023230: Chicken meat with 25-57% poultry

Processed chicken products containing 25-57% poultry meat or offal

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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 £
Poland 118,673,739
Germany 86,215,850
Thailand 73,243,233
Ireland 56,062,091
Netherlands 26,360,617

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 £
Poland 64,590,309 54,083,430 -10,506,879
Germany 38,237,199 47,978,651 +9,741,452
Thailand 37,195,444 36,047,789 -1,147,655
Ireland 24,868,751 31,193,340 +6,324,589
Netherlands 13,760,720 12,599,897 -1,160,823
France 17,469,715 7,478,195 -9,991,520
Denmark 7,111,324 7,162,316 +50,992
Brazil 6,928,912 6,642,422 -286,490
Hungary 4,835,191 5,460,183 +624,992
China 3,083,818 3,151,828 +68,010

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 £
Poland 131,031,896
Thailand 74,319,354
Germany 72,022,661
Ireland 34,056,858
Netherlands 23,618,021

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 £
Poland 66,744,846 64,287,050 -2,457,796
Thailand 38,330,530 35,988,824 -2,341,706
Germany 35,050,824 36,971,837 +1,921,013
Ireland 13,663,620 20,393,238 +6,729,618
Netherlands 11,938,845 11,679,176 -259,669
France 15,627,076 6,484,502 -9,142,574
Denmark 7,235,452 7,158,552 -76,900
Brazil 6,951,864 6,686,435 -265,429
Hungary 4,835,191 5,452,290 +617,099
China 3,094,701 3,149,831 +55,130

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 15
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 11
Outer London - West and North West 10
Inner London - West 9
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 8

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 13 11 -2
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 10 11 +1
Outer London - West and North West 6 8 +2
Inner London - West 8 6 -2
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 7 7 +0
Greater Manchester 6 6 +0
Inner London - East 7 4 -3
Outer London - South 4 6 +2
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 5 6 +1
West Midlands 6 4 -2

Import volume by transport

What this shows: Import value by transport mode used to bring goods into the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 288,916,753
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 109,560,488
Other 49,503,819
Air transport 103,738
Road transport 49,526

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 £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 148,563,674 140,353,079 -8,210,595
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 52,100,656 57,459,832 +5,359,176
Other 27,464,275 22,039,544 -5,424,731
Air transport 41,424 62,314 +20,890
Road transport 7,392 42,134 +34,742

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 176,913,400
000 49,503,819
Eurotunnel 42,256,150
Liverpool Docks 32,378,096
Felixstowe 32,280,338

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 £
Dover 93,708,318 83,205,082 -10,503,236
000 27,464,275 22,039,544 -5,424,731
Eurotunnel 25,121,498 17,134,652 -7,986,846
Liverpool Docks 12,888,180 19,489,916 +6,601,736
Felixstowe 16,659,164 15,621,174 -1,037,990
Dover / Eurotunnel 8,162,620 13,066,143 +4,903,523
Southampton 10,038,055 10,028,868 -9,187
Hull 8,998,488 10,507,585 +1,509,097
Immingham Docks 8,873,707 8,137,276 -736,431
London Gateway Port 7,874,472 7,018,408 -856,064

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 88
Manufacture of food products 23
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 22
Food and beverage service activities 7
Other personal service activities 4

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 58
2025-11 57
2025-10 59
2025-09 60
2025-08 57

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
54m+ 51
1m-15m 47
15m-54m 21
0-1m 11
Other 8

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 31,089,238
France 7,156,177
Germany 7,044,895
Poland 6,710,729
Italy 5,177,202

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 19,243,878 11,845,360 -7,398,518
France 5,567,352 1,588,825 -3,978,527
Germany 2,974,772 4,070,123 +1,095,351
Poland 6,683,758 26,971 -6,656,787
Italy 1,729,983 3,447,219 +1,717,236
Portugal 1,908,716 1,447,450 -461,266
Netherlands 2,122,773 50,131 -2,072,642
Spain 620,827 834,339 +213,512
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 296,274 302,547 +6,273
Belgium 161,213 138,971 -22,242

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 6,646,492
Brazil 673,570
Poland 219,215
Germany 70,391
Ireland 57,168

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 2,750,769 3,895,723 +1,144,954
Brazil 375,570 298,000 -77,570
Poland 103,295 115,920 +12,625
Germany 28,250 42,141 +13,891
Ireland 13,295 43,873 +30,578
Thailand 12,178 7,164 -5,014
France 5,453 0 -5,453
Netherlands 1,705 1,251 -454
Malaysia 1,498 0 -1,498
Bulgaria 0 190 +190

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) 54,090,681
Other 9,484,448
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 2,458,284
Road transport 72,432
Air transport 5,723

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) 35,222,941 18,867,740 -16,355,201
Other 4,477,360 5,007,088 +529,728
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,918,494 539,790 -1,378,704
Road transport 72,432 0 -72,432
Air transport 3,362 2,361 -1,001

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 24,660,517
Holyhead 11,855,459
Liverpool Docks 10,492,593
000 9,484,448
Harwich 7,345,562

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 £
Dover / Eurotunnel 13,717,404 10,943,113 -2,774,291
Holyhead 9,097,118 2,758,341 -6,338,777
Liverpool Docks 6,071,044 4,421,549 -1,649,495
000 4,477,360 5,007,088 +529,728
Harwich 7,345,562 0 -7,345,562
London 0 558,612 +558,612
Southampton 363,762 133,023 -230,739
London Gateway Port 21,359 282,577 +261,218
Eurotunnel 277,745 0 -277,745
Middlesbrough 0 139,597 +139,597

Quick facts

HS code: 16023230

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

Description: Processed chicken products containing 25-57% poultry meat or offal