Import/export HS code 2004: Frozen prepared vegetables

Vegetables preserved or prepared without vinegar, frozen, excluding products from heading 2006

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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 £
Belgium 1,143,131,354
Netherlands 898,621,742
Germany 71,865,510
France 42,098,766
Ireland 38,497,872

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 £
Belgium 588,108,047 555,023,307 -33,084,740
Netherlands 551,680,657 346,941,085 -204,739,572
Germany 40,699,141 31,166,369 -9,532,772
France 25,778,258 16,320,508 -9,457,750
Ireland 21,711,015 16,786,857 -4,924,158
Spain 10,230,647 8,926,285 -1,304,362
India 5,273,687 6,629,551 +1,355,864
Poland 5,220,514 4,251,085 -969,429
Austria 4,026,605 2,528,174 -1,498,431
South Africa 3,447,840 929,193 -2,518,647

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 £
Belgium 1,310,877,963
Netherlands 696,535,958
Germany 64,808,551
Spain 27,861,234
Austria 21,065,664

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 £
Belgium 714,108,158 596,769,805 -117,338,353
Netherlands 405,914,940 290,621,018 -115,293,922
Germany 38,612,369 26,196,182 -12,416,187
Spain 15,028,491 12,832,743 -2,195,748
Austria 11,839,231 9,226,433 -2,612,798
France 12,351,874 7,729,723 -4,622,151
India 5,286,075 6,663,275 +1,377,200
Poland 5,522,669 4,890,330 -632,339
Ireland 2,649,751 2,521,109 -128,642
Sweden 2,559,114 2,450,123 -108,991

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Outer London - West and North West 49
Outer London - East and North East 38
Inner London - East 36
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 27
Inner London - West 27

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 - West and North West 36 33 -3
Outer London - East and North East 29 26 -3
Inner London - East 27 28 +1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 18 20 +2
Inner London - West 24 17 -7
Greater Manchester 10 13 +3
Outer London - South 13 14 +1
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 10 13 +3
West Midlands 8 11 +3
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 7 8 +1

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) 1,686,332,926
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 514,804,236
Other 69,309,627
Road transport 261,508
Air transport 57,042

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) 932,122,470 754,210,456 -177,912,014
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 296,234,209 218,570,027 -77,664,182
Other 39,472,882 29,836,745 -9,636,137
Road transport 133,060 128,448 -4,612
Air transport 32,463 24,579 -7,884

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 557,555,737
Eurotunnel 462,614,973
Immingham Docks 262,653,832
Killingholme 229,085,972
Harwich 158,942,865

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 301,723,167 255,832,570 -45,890,597
Eurotunnel 247,397,960 215,217,013 -32,180,947
Immingham Docks 148,636,991 114,016,841 -34,620,150
Killingholme 125,031,780 104,054,192 -20,977,588
Harwich 87,690,117 71,252,748 -16,437,369
Purfleet 73,454,962 55,785,039 -17,669,923
Dover / Eurotunnel 62,047,449 43,966,537 -18,080,912
London 39,319,969 35,587,707 -3,732,262
Felixstowe 43,572,365 28,294,026 -15,278,339
Hull 54,997,200 15,918,891 -39,078,309

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 239
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 63
Food and beverage service activities 61
Manufacture of food products 53
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 14

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 113
2025-11 128
2025-10 124
2025-09 110
2025-08 112

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 176
54m+ 80
0-1m 57
15m-54m 54
Other 19

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 64,170,841
France 5,631,064
Belgium 4,104,753
Australia 3,135,805
Netherlands 2,174,553

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 33,835,825 30,335,016 -3,500,809
France 4,576,253 1,054,811 -3,521,442
Belgium 3,052,521 1,052,232 -2,000,289
Australia 1,921,889 1,213,916 -707,973
Netherlands 1,355,280 819,273 -536,007
United Arab Emirates 957,721 832,701 -125,020
Germany 1,110,255 531,910 -578,345
Malta 678,174 604,426 -73,748
Spain 744,619 532,264 -212,355
Brazil 1,195,022 0 -1,195,022

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 £
Belgium 6,161,325
XI 5,034,965
Netherlands 2,980,962
Ireland 271,606
India 70,493

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 £
Belgium 3,060,185 3,101,140 +40,955
XI 2,934,550 2,100,415 -834,135
Netherlands 1,370,919 1,610,043 +239,124
Ireland 206,553 65,053 -141,500
India 31,242 39,251 +8,009
Italy 19,159 29,745 +10,586
Germany 27,843 20,540 -7,303
Austria 23,166 12,802 -10,364
China 13,582 18,771 +5,189
Spain 13,150 6,952 -6,198

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) 62,627,479
Other 17,682,739
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 12,460,797
Air transport 591,396

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) 35,900,536 26,726,943 -9,173,593
Other 9,362,648 8,320,091 -1,042,557
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 7,518,323 4,942,474 -2,575,849
Air transport 425,168 166,228 -258,940

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Liverpool Docks 42,091,782
000 17,682,739
Dover / Eurotunnel 11,763,039
London Gateway Port 7,224,288
Holyhead 5,157,314

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 22,145,342 19,946,440 -2,198,902
000 9,362,648 8,320,091 -1,042,557
Dover / Eurotunnel 8,695,914 3,067,125 -5,628,789
London Gateway Port 4,645,527 2,578,761 -2,066,766
Holyhead 2,831,329 2,325,985 -505,344
Felixstowe 1,211,073 801,966 -409,107
Southampton 886,032 1,025,976 +139,944
Immingham Docks 1,285,786 497,722 -788,064
Harwich 598,427 595,571 -2,856
London 236,128 221,156 -14,972

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 2004

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

Description: Vegetables preserved or prepared without vinegar, frozen, excluding products from heading 2006