Import/export HS code 160249: Various meat mixtures

Processed or preserved meat mixtures, including combinations of different cuts

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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 £
Ireland 289,356,960
Poland 73,304,504
Denmark 66,107,217
Germany 33,773,792
Spain 27,527,435

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 £
Ireland 150,112,772 139,244,188 -10,868,584
Poland 38,354,789 34,949,715 -3,405,074
Denmark 35,905,329 30,201,888 -5,703,441
Germany 19,576,562 14,197,230 -5,379,332
Spain 14,101,830 13,425,605 -676,225
Belgium 13,477,525 11,028,965 -2,448,560
France 8,989,994 9,761,560 +771,566
Romania 9,986,994 7,967,946 -2,019,048
Netherlands 6,873,074 4,767,890 -2,105,184
Sweden 4,432,472 5,475,353 +1,042,881

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 £
Ireland 258,732,915
Poland 77,579,111
Denmark 61,576,525
Germany 36,780,491
Spain 31,354,617

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 £
Ireland 135,205,332 123,527,583 -11,677,749
Poland 39,432,146 38,146,965 -1,285,181
Denmark 32,485,790 29,090,735 -3,395,055
Germany 21,242,376 15,538,115 -5,704,261
Spain 16,386,524 14,968,093 -1,418,431
Romania 10,520,907 8,635,738 -1,885,169
Belgium 9,878,576 8,056,425 -1,822,151
Netherlands 8,426,793 5,059,187 -3,367,606
Sweden 4,801,042 5,391,865 +590,823
Greece 4,763,013 4,779,449 +16,436

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 39
Outer London - West and North West 30
Inner London - East 29
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 28
Inner London - West 28

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 33 32 -1
Outer London - West and North West 28 23 -5
Inner London - East 24 26 +2
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 26 25 -1
Inner London - West 23 19 -4
Greater Manchester 13 13 +0
Surrey, East and West Sussex 11 11 +0
West Midlands 12 11 -1
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 9 8 -1
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 10 7 -3

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) 528,178,203
Other 33,752,541
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 31,759,475
Air transport 194,565

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) 281,061,885 247,116,318 -33,945,567
Other 16,674,774 17,077,767 +402,993
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 15,486,341 16,273,134 +786,793
Air transport 93,807 100,758 +6,951

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Holyhead 161,644,408
Immingham Docks 85,678,716
Dover 81,117,318
Liverpool Docks 81,115,238
Eurotunnel 52,387,176

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 £
Holyhead 78,614,090 83,030,318 +4,416,228
Immingham Docks 45,118,729 40,559,987 -4,558,742
Dover 43,109,097 38,008,221 -5,100,876
Liverpool Docks 50,708,444 30,406,794 -20,301,650
Eurotunnel 25,239,835 27,147,341 +1,907,506
000 16,674,774 17,077,767 +402,993
Dover / Eurotunnel 16,962,297 10,797,454 -6,164,843
Harwich 10,741,282 7,807,671 -2,933,611
Middlesbrough 7,640,736 7,290,789 -349,947
Portsmouth 4,197,835 3,001,598 -1,196,237

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 199
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 87
Food and beverage service activities 48
Manufacture of food products 44
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 9

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 146
2025-10 148
2025-09 136
2025-08 131
2025-07 146

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 154
0-1m 77
54m+ 70
15m-54m 39
Other 18

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 61,453,349
France 22,543,588
Belgium 3,202,914
Spain 2,778,242
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 648,958

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 34,289,573 27,163,776 -7,125,797
France 12,059,132 10,484,456 -1,574,676
Belgium 1,765,538 1,437,376 -328,162
Spain 560,921 2,217,321 +1,656,400
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 361,839 287,119 -74,720
Denmark 223,078 394,154 +171,076
Netherlands 258,291 329,627 +71,336
Gibraltar 256,019 149,540 -106,479
Germany 114,991 183,073 +68,082
Italy 122,220 76,396 -45,824

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 £
Ireland 30,222,136
XI 14,611,831
XU 2,757,112
Spain 193,831
Belgium 133,049

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 £
Ireland 16,436,291 13,785,845 -2,650,446
XI 8,217,234 6,394,597 -1,822,637
XU 1,646,856 1,110,256 -536,600
Spain 112,235 81,596 -30,639
Belgium 66,671 66,378 -293
Poland 33,187 67,939 +34,752
Denmark 28,133 35,068 +6,935
Netherlands 20,526 14,954 -5,572
Germany 20,606 11,644 -8,962
Italy 13,530 7,312 -6,218

Export volume by transport

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

Top 5 values

Transport £
Other 48,189,521
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 43,613,980
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 2,673,648
Air transport 126,807

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 £
Other 26,609,067 21,580,454 -5,028,613
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 22,799,032 20,814,948 -1,984,084
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,424,118 1,249,530 -174,588
Air transport 87,395 39,412 -47,983

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
000 48,189,521
Dover / Eurotunnel 28,428,516
Holyhead 11,124,106
Liverpool Docks 3,392,809
London Gateway Port 1,030,246

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 £
000 26,609,067 21,580,454 -5,028,613
Dover / Eurotunnel 14,059,852 14,368,664 +308,812
Holyhead 6,529,195 4,594,911 -1,934,284
Liverpool Docks 1,895,363 1,497,446 -397,917
London Gateway Port 319,955 710,291 +390,336
Southampton 409,799 180,424 -229,375
Immingham Docks 261,083 64,197 -196,886
London 210,077 88,359 -121,718
Eurotunnel 115,867 122,197 +6,330
Felixstowe 135,396 16,608 -118,788

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 160249

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

Description: Processed or preserved meat mixtures, including combinations of different cuts