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 1,190,995,220
Netherlands 942,836,581
Germany 75,052,694
France 44,494,783
Ireland 40,106,066

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 593,837,342 597,157,878 +3,320,536
Netherlands 555,267,690 387,568,891 -167,698,799
Germany 40,312,957 34,739,737 -5,573,220
France 26,693,438 17,801,345 -8,892,093
Ireland 21,773,728 18,332,338 -3,441,390
Spain 10,503,865 9,529,855 -974,010
India 5,328,156 7,002,233 +1,674,077
Poland 5,178,991 4,668,801 -510,190
Austria 4,102,904 2,663,447 -1,439,457
Sweden 1,605,850 2,806,958 +1,201,108

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 1,366,228,859
Netherlands 731,397,275
Germany 68,002,736
Spain 29,027,373
Austria 21,922,478

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 715,524,236 650,704,623 -64,819,613
Netherlands 413,647,474 317,749,801 -95,897,673
Germany 38,517,413 29,485,323 -9,032,090
Spain 15,089,713 13,937,660 -1,152,053
Austria 12,096,419 9,826,059 -2,270,360
France 12,603,881 8,470,784 -4,133,097
India 5,340,544 7,035,957 +1,695,413
Poland 5,442,578 5,348,939 -93,639
Ireland 2,723,989 2,663,985 -60,004
Sweden 2,485,279 2,668,340 +183,061

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 50
Inner London - East 38
Outer London - East and North East 38
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 34 -2
Inner London - East 29 29 +0
Outer London - East and North East 29 26 -3
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 17 21 +4
Inner London - West 24 19 -5
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) 1,761,401,196
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 537,972,967
Other 72,651,708
Road transport 268,865
Air transport 58,456

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) 939,260,962 822,140,234 -117,120,728
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 298,585,329 239,387,638 -59,197,691
Other 39,909,173 32,742,535 -7,166,638
Road transport 132,943 135,922 +2,979
Air transport 33,877 24,579 -9,298

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 583,295,100
Eurotunnel 481,547,716
Immingham Docks 275,558,572
Killingholme 240,687,747
Harwich 165,416,431

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 303,292,663 280,002,437 -23,290,226
Eurotunnel 250,326,342 231,221,374 -19,104,968
Immingham Docks 151,078,801 124,479,771 -26,599,030
Killingholme 126,424,444 114,263,303 -12,161,141
Harwich 86,633,070 78,783,361 -7,849,709
Purfleet 71,684,298 61,444,378 -10,239,920
Dover / Eurotunnel 62,674,415 48,347,893 -14,326,522
Hull 60,053,403 17,506,889 -42,546,514
Felixstowe 44,492,978 31,262,534 -13,230,444
London 36,923,435 38,742,441 +1,819,006

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 243
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+ 81
0-1m 59
15m-54m 56
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 66,920,959
France 5,913,190
Belgium 4,452,425
Australia 3,379,980
Netherlands 2,272,685

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 33,724,824 33,196,135 -528,689
France 4,739,607 1,173,583 -3,566,024
Belgium 3,318,718 1,133,707 -2,185,011
Australia 2,071,224 1,308,756 -762,468
Netherlands 1,374,587 898,098 -476,489
United Arab Emirates 923,997 928,144 +4,147
Germany 1,080,901 567,138 -513,763
Brazil 1,364,845 22,572 -1,342,273
Malta 687,793 650,626 -37,167
Spain 764,300 566,369 -197,931

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 6,411,630
XI 5,315,079
Netherlands 3,023,952
Ireland 287,843
India 72,303

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 3,070,355 3,341,275 +270,920
XI 2,954,740 2,360,339 -594,401
Netherlands 1,270,852 1,753,100 +482,248
Ireland 220,529 67,314 -153,215
India 31,894 40,409 +8,515
Germany 28,702 22,565 -6,137
Italy 17,469 31,435 +13,966
Austria 24,848 14,143 -10,705
China 11,504 20,849 +9,345
Spain 12,895 7,682 -5,213

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) 65,313,510
Other 18,413,087
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 13,370,644
Air transport 592,626

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) 36,113,702 29,199,808 -6,913,894
Other 9,316,646 9,096,441 -220,205
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 7,870,531 5,500,113 -2,370,418
Air transport 419,235 173,391 -245,844

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Liverpool Docks 43,923,784
000 18,413,087
Dover / Eurotunnel 12,376,571
London Gateway Port 7,708,205
Holyhead 5,402,777

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 21,973,656 21,950,128 -23,528
000 9,316,646 9,096,441 -220,205
Dover / Eurotunnel 9,062,708 3,313,863 -5,748,845
London Gateway Port 4,843,480 2,864,725 -1,978,755
Holyhead 2,938,061 2,464,716 -473,345
Felixstowe 1,233,180 912,655 -320,525
Southampton 869,146 1,143,572 +274,426
Immingham Docks 1,321,265 549,007 -772,258
Harwich 574,547 619,451 +44,904
London 291,027 221,156 -69,871

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