Import/export HS code 200520: Prepared potatoes

Potatoes prepared or preserved, not frozen

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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 63,330,537
Netherlands 55,149,783
Spain 36,286,046
France 17,684,070
Germany 13,389,962

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 27,592,135 35,738,402 +8,146,267
Netherlands 32,716,803 22,432,980 -10,283,823
Spain 12,767,329 23,518,717 +10,751,388
France 11,059,758 6,624,312 -4,435,446
Germany 6,869,804 6,520,158 -349,646
Poland 5,707,230 4,763,002 -944,228
Ireland 5,211,583 4,740,376 -471,207
Lithuania 5,096,732 2,840,369 -2,256,363
China 3,162,509 2,178,086 -984,423
United States 2,105,027 1,498,425 -606,602

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 52,287,106
Spain 50,999,996
Netherlands 49,698,750
Poland 27,219,786
Germany 10,517,971

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 27,140,591 25,146,515 -1,994,076
Spain 20,847,285 30,152,711 +9,305,426
Netherlands 27,194,793 22,503,957 -4,690,836
Poland 13,760,963 13,458,823 -302,140
Germany 5,034,999 5,482,972 +447,973
China 3,683,543 2,351,612 -1,331,931
Denmark 4,008,831 490,308 -3,518,523
France 2,223,489 1,949,800 -273,689
United States 2,108,146 1,413,409 -694,737
Romania 1,708,065 1,757,204 +49,139

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 65
Outer London - East and North East 53
Inner London - East 41
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 24
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 24

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 46 51 +5
Outer London - East and North East 42 39 -3
Inner London - East 33 28 -5
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 20 15 -5
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 18 17 -1
Inner London - West 14 19 +5
Greater Manchester 17 16 -1
West Midlands 12 17 +5
Essex 13 6 -7
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 11 9 -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) 176,569,427
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 54,022,269
Other 12,576,929
Air transport 478,528
Road transport 441,539

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) 88,366,370 88,203,057 -163,313
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 28,339,196 25,683,073 -2,656,123
Other 6,767,317 5,809,612 -957,705
Air transport 386,204 92,324 -293,880
Road transport 292,546 148,993 -143,553
Own propulsion (e.g. imported vehicle driven across land boundary) 0 994 +994

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 59,209,544
London 30,712,661
Eurotunnel 30,009,579
Immingham Docks 25,679,948
Harwich 17,904,368

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 29,328,484 29,881,060 +552,576
London 14,273,702 16,438,959 +2,165,257
Eurotunnel 15,375,958 14,633,621 -742,337
Immingham Docks 12,362,709 13,317,239 +954,530
Harwich 9,688,044 8,216,324 -1,471,720
Killingholme 8,034,367 4,583,339 -3,451,028
000 6,767,317 5,809,612 -957,705
Dover / Eurotunnel 5,152,417 5,896,631 +744,214
Felixstowe 4,935,630 3,895,180 -1,040,450
Portsmouth 4,546,887 1,192,783 -3,354,104

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 279
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 114
Food and beverage service activities 50
Manufacture of food products 30
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 15

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 118
2025-11 131
2025-10 139
2025-09 130
2025-08 120

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 193
0-1m 132
54m+ 60
15m-54m 37
Other 32

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 67,119,125
United States 11,112,328
France 9,139,680
United Arab Emirates 8,311,456
Nigeria 6,703,824

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 34,457,235 32,661,890 -1,795,345
United States 8,034,735 3,077,593 -4,957,142
France 5,161,227 3,978,453 -1,182,774
United Arab Emirates 4,921,942 3,389,514 -1,532,428
Nigeria 5,170,969 1,532,855 -3,638,114
Canada 4,069,132 1,288,646 -2,780,486
Netherlands 1,715,407 1,854,573 +139,166
Australia 1,222,158 1,110,952 -111,206
Singapore 1,240,971 893,177 -347,794
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 1,197,338 827,500 -369,838

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 19,106,967
Ireland 1,222,226
Netherlands 459,361
Belgium 135,465
Denmark 122,040

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 9,766,956 9,340,011 -426,945
Ireland 490,906 731,320 +240,414
Netherlands 240,173 219,188 -20,985
Belgium 63,730 71,735 +8,005
Denmark 94,625 27,415 -67,210
Spain 58,869 58,473 -396
Italy 20,997 40,592 +19,595
France 16,854 34,574 +17,720
Poland 12,932 21,298 +8,366
Germany 7,289 2,668 -4,621

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) 68,793,705
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 48,009,290
Other 27,252,091
Air transport 10,070,430

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) 34,125,866 34,667,839 +541,973
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 31,687,720 16,321,570 -15,366,150
Other 14,014,339 13,237,752 -776,587
Air transport 7,519,791 2,550,639 -4,969,152

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
000 27,252,091
Liverpool Docks 26,614,750
Holyhead 21,267,605
Dover / Eurotunnel 21,085,001
London Gateway Port 16,290,783

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 14,014,339 13,237,752 -776,587
Liverpool Docks 14,524,550 12,090,200 -2,434,350
Holyhead 11,384,724 9,882,881 -1,501,843
Dover / Eurotunnel 9,868,353 11,216,648 +1,348,295
London Gateway Port 10,839,909 5,450,874 -5,389,035
London 5,607,007 1,867,890 -3,739,117
London Heathrow Airport 5,260,022 701,469 -4,558,553
Felixstowe 3,702,018 2,202,851 -1,499,167
Southampton 2,997,391 2,576,430 -420,961
Heysham 1,772,069 1,445,757 -326,312

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 200520

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

Description: Potatoes prepared or preserved, not frozen