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 286,832,125
Poland 73,391,039
Denmark 65,751,239
Germany 32,818,554
Spain 26,672,256

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 148,809,639 138,022,486 -10,787,153
Poland 39,094,413 34,296,626 -4,797,787
Denmark 35,208,791 30,542,448 -4,666,343
Germany 18,192,706 14,625,848 -3,566,858
Spain 13,329,108 13,343,148 +14,040
Belgium 12,945,044 11,347,131 -1,597,913
France 9,058,623 10,027,901 +969,278
Romania 9,791,563 8,003,345 -1,788,218
Netherlands 6,701,777 4,855,266 -1,846,511
Sweden 4,497,085 5,216,535 +719,450

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 256,835,070
Poland 78,229,249
Denmark 61,385,348
Germany 35,701,785
Spain 30,657,595

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 133,828,187 123,006,883 -10,821,304
Poland 40,125,380 38,103,869 -2,021,511
Denmark 31,953,311 29,432,037 -2,521,274
Germany 19,678,059 16,023,726 -3,654,333
Spain 15,801,789 14,855,806 -945,983
Romania 10,393,150 8,652,669 -1,740,481
Belgium 9,607,397 8,325,788 -1,281,609
Netherlands 8,059,510 5,113,281 -2,946,229
Sweden 4,858,526 5,139,569 +281,043
Greece 4,730,842 4,810,961 +80,119

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 38
Outer London - West and North West 31
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 28
Inner London - East 27
Inner London - West 26

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 32 32 +0
Outer London - West and North West 28 24 -4
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 26 25 -1
Inner London - East 22 25 +3
Inner London - West 20 19 -1
Greater Manchester 14 14 +0
Surrey, East and West Sussex 11 11 +0
West Midlands 11 11 +0
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 8 8 +0
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 9 7 -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) 523,296,941
Other 32,987,846
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 32,114,660
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) 276,435,856 246,861,085 -29,574,771
Other 16,704,596 16,283,250 -421,346
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 15,666,439 16,448,221 +781,782
Air transport 124,117 70,448 -53,669

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Holyhead 165,200,789
Immingham Docks 85,515,807
Dover 80,455,773
Liverpool Docks 75,077,611
Eurotunnel 52,400,709

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 76,351,934 88,848,855 +12,496,921
Immingham Docks 44,666,592 40,849,215 -3,817,377
Dover 42,731,469 37,724,304 -5,007,165
Liverpool Docks 49,330,766 25,746,845 -23,583,921
Eurotunnel 24,900,325 27,500,384 +2,600,059
000 16,704,596 16,283,250 -421,346
Dover / Eurotunnel 15,631,277 11,004,538 -4,626,739
Harwich 10,621,343 7,741,121 -2,880,222
Middlesbrough 7,864,731 7,033,134 -831,597
Milford 3,574,416 3,557,263 -17,153

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 196
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 85
Food and beverage service activities 47
Manufacture of food products 43
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 8

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 126
2025-11 146
2025-10 148
2025-09 136
2025-08 131

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 149
0-1m 78
54m+ 70
15m-54m 36
Other 17

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 60,708,245
France 22,439,581
Belgium 3,305,956
Spain 3,134,332
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 626,397

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 34,185,648 26,522,597 -7,663,051
France 11,677,171 10,762,410 -914,761
Belgium 1,765,934 1,540,022 -225,912
Spain 695,947 2,438,385 +1,742,438
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 355,038 271,359 -83,679
Denmark 223,078 394,154 +171,076
Netherlands 242,441 325,938 +83,497
Gibraltar 239,705 135,742 -103,963
Germany 107,389 167,323 +59,934
Italy 123,936 74,680 -49,256

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 30,253,122
XI 14,113,816
Spain 184,551
Belgium 133,463
Poland 101,126

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 16,389,373 13,863,749 -2,525,624
XI 8,374,703 5,739,113 -2,635,590
Spain 111,092 73,459 -37,633
Belgium 72,552 60,911 -11,641
Poland 37,269 63,857 +26,588
Denmark 27,805 33,402 +5,597
Netherlands 21,432 17,093 -4,339
Germany 21,721 10,479 -11,242
Italy 13,916 7,141 -6,775
Sweden 6,043 0 -6,043

Export volume by transport

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

Top 5 values

Transport £
Other 47,740,832
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 43,612,823
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 2,609,614
Air transport 129,488

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 26,819,264 20,921,568 -5,897,696
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 22,250,094 21,362,729 -887,365
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,387,442 1,222,172 -165,270
Air transport 91,772 37,716 -54,056

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
000 47,740,832
Dover / Eurotunnel 28,826,187
Holyhead 10,965,946
Liverpool Docks 3,177,620
London Gateway Port 1,043,266

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 26,819,264 20,921,568 -5,897,696
Dover / Eurotunnel 13,891,839 14,934,348 +1,042,509
Holyhead 6,034,048 4,931,898 -1,102,150
Liverpool Docks 1,874,487 1,303,133 -571,354
London Gateway Port 314,351 728,915 +414,564
Southampton 395,849 163,438 -232,411
Immingham Docks 265,333 56,286 -209,047
London 192,843 74,378 -118,465
Eurotunnel 121,418 116,646 -4,772
Fishguard 141,123 7,960 -133,163

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