Import/export HS code 20052020: Fried or baked potato slices

Thin potato slices, fried or baked, ready to eat, packed airtight

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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 £
Spain 13,803,114
France 9,291,212
Belgium 9,215,867
Poland 9,180,264
Ireland 8,661,463

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 £
Spain 4,410,830 9,392,284 +4,981,454
France 3,689,383 5,601,829 +1,912,446
Belgium 2,131,398 7,084,469 +4,953,071
Poland 5,308,272 3,871,992 -1,436,280
Ireland 4,483,543 4,177,920 -305,623
Lithuania 4,983,530 2,752,672 -2,230,858
Germany 3,676,321 3,786,773 +110,452
China 2,882,916 1,675,371 -1,207,545
Denmark 3,319,336 150,722 -3,168,614
Netherlands 1,454,338 1,233,017 -221,321

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 £
Poland 25,062,495
Spain 18,988,185
China 5,068,869
Denmark 4,465,253
Germany 4,036,276

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 £
Poland 12,823,945 12,238,550 -585,395
Spain 5,005,173 13,983,012 +8,977,839
China 3,302,711 1,766,158 -1,536,553
Denmark 3,974,945 490,308 -3,484,637
Germany 1,820,525 2,215,751 +395,226
Romania 1,535,029 1,713,149 +178,120
Portugal 1,170,310 1,588,045 +417,735
France 1,008,761 1,187,638 +178,877
Belgium 928,683 860,307 -68,376
Lithuania 1,089,094 342,546 -746,548

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 48
Outer London - East and North East 47
Inner London - East 31
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 22
Greater Manchester 20

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 33 38 +5
Outer London - East and North East 33 33 +0
Inner London - East 24 20 -4
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 17 15 -2
Greater Manchester 14 15 +1
Inner London - West 10 14 +4
West Midlands 9 11 +2
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 12 10 -2
West Yorkshire 6 11 +5
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough 8 7 -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) 53,804,932
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 24,399,970
Other 10,100,500
Air transport 214,083
Road transport 101,244

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) 23,677,881 30,127,051 +6,449,170
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 13,329,944 11,070,026 -2,259,918
Other 5,186,381 4,914,119 -272,262
Air transport 175,242 38,841 -136,401
Road transport 23,517 77,727 +54,210
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 29,331,871
000 10,100,500
London 8,380,739
Immingham Docks 7,881,796
Harwich 7,105,757

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 13,864,693 15,467,178 +1,602,485
000 5,186,381 4,914,119 -272,262
London 2,881,997 5,498,742 +2,616,745
Immingham Docks 4,425,148 3,456,648 -968,500
Harwich 3,561,061 3,544,696 -16,365
Felixstowe 3,986,209 2,183,022 -1,803,187
Liverpool Docks 1,609,395 3,718,905 +2,109,510
Eurotunnel 1,496,956 1,935,699 +438,743
Southampton 1,082,045 1,253,022 +170,977
Portsmouth 1,058,622 890,289 -168,333

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 231
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 88
Food and beverage service activities 41
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 12
Manufacture of food products 11

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 91
2025-11 98
2025-10 112
2025-09 103
2025-08 89

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 163
0-1m 104
54m+ 34
15m-54m 29
Other 24

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 52,294,225
France 8,233,097
United States 5,340,634
United Arab Emirates 4,882,292
Netherlands 3,490,336

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 26,708,254 25,585,971 -1,122,283
France 4,804,026 3,429,071 -1,374,955
United States 4,219,549 1,121,085 -3,098,464
United Arab Emirates 2,715,943 2,166,349 -549,594
Netherlands 1,665,313 1,825,023 +159,710
Canada 2,206,641 991,957 -1,214,684
Singapore 1,145,468 882,011 -263,457
Australia 1,058,799 866,621 -192,178
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 982,351 791,799 -190,552
Italy 790,735 952,160 +161,425

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 12,199,820
Ireland 727,205
Netherlands 388,108
Belgium 126,806
Denmark 80,304

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 6,252,116 5,947,704 -304,412
Ireland 306,514 420,691 +114,177
Netherlands 211,757 176,351 -35,406
Belgium 57,465 69,341 +11,876
Denmark 70,038 10,266 -59,772
France 16,827 34,574 +17,747
Poland 10,528 14,794 +4,266
Spain 0 22,029 +22,029
Nicaragua 0 386 +386
United States 8 329 +321

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) 62,442,394
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 19,241,391
Other 16,171,817
Air transport 9,493,283

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) 31,350,435 31,091,959 -258,476
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 10,314,932 8,926,459 -1,388,473
Other 8,236,078 7,935,739 -300,339
Air transport 7,251,533 2,241,750 -5,009,783

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Liverpool Docks 19,497,552
Dover / Eurotunnel 19,219,489
Holyhead 17,772,895
000 16,171,817
London Heathrow Airport 5,632,500

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 9,479,763 10,017,789 +538,026
Dover / Eurotunnel 9,383,408 9,836,081 +452,673
Holyhead 9,616,455 8,156,440 -1,460,015
000 8,236,078 7,935,739 -300,339
London Heathrow Airport 5,086,978 545,522 -4,541,456
London Gateway Port 2,486,432 2,826,177 +339,745
Southampton 2,880,983 2,086,542 -794,441
Felixstowe 1,775,858 1,707,949 -67,909
Heysham 1,751,439 1,445,757 -305,682
Harwich 897,614 1,380,250 +482,636

Quick facts

HS code: 20052020

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

Description: Thin potato slices, fried or baked, ready to eat, packed airtight