Import/export HS code 220190: Various Waters and Ice

Includes all other types of water, ice, and snow not covered in the above categories

Why this is important if you are looking for potential customers in the UK:

  • It helps you understand the market size for your product in the UK.
  • It provides you with a list of potential leads who have bought similar products.

* 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 £
Turkey 35,683,898
Netherlands 4,026,901
France 2,967,174
United States 2,130,914
Viet Nam 864,058

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 £
Turkey 17,144,253 18,539,645 +1,395,392
Netherlands 1,552,310 2,474,591 +922,281
France 1,387,640 1,579,534 +191,894
United States 1,343,178 787,736 -555,442
Viet Nam 435,658 428,400 -7,258
Spain 219,663 633,746 +414,083
Belgium 102,691 649,589 +546,898
China 273,591 452,091 +178,500
Romania 547,228 25,111 -522,117
Ireland 210,261 340,534 +130,273

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 £
Turkey 35,833,057
France 3,368,961
United States 2,380,671
Netherlands 1,960,031
Iceland 1,625,713

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 £
Turkey 17,366,194 18,466,863 +1,100,669
France 1,392,368 1,976,593 +584,225
United States 1,405,531 975,140 -430,391
Netherlands 725,910 1,234,121 +508,211
Iceland 562,097 1,063,616 +501,519
China 568,274 696,172 +127,898
Viet Nam 435,658 417,049 -18,609
Spain 205,250 637,962 +432,712
Romania 554,232 31,773 -522,459
Norway 200,184 335,537 +135,353

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 39
Outer London - West and North West 27
Greater Manchester 20
Inner London - East 20
Essex 19

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 31 29 -2
Outer London - West and North West 18 18 +0
Greater Manchester 13 15 +2
Inner London - East 10 16 +6
Essex 11 12 +1
West Midlands 12 10 -2
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 13 11 -2
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 7 11 +4
Inner London - West 5 6 +1
Surrey, East and West Sussex 7 6 -1

Import volume by transport

What this shows: Import value by transport mode used to bring goods into the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 44,998,573
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 7,320,814
Air transport 860,781
Other 678,018
Road transport 90,204

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 £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 21,284,098 23,714,475 +2,430,377
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 3,400,947 3,919,867 +518,920
Air transport 379,756 481,025 +101,269
Other 503,592 174,426 -329,166
Road transport 55,485 34,719 -20,766

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 34,797,758
London Gateway Port 3,334,516
Southampton 2,586,863
Dover 2,509,628
London 2,465,895

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 £
Felixstowe 17,416,854 17,380,904 -35,950
London Gateway Port 1,689,641 1,644,875 -44,766
Southampton 491,562 2,095,301 +1,603,739
Dover 1,743,125 766,503 -976,622
London 950,668 1,515,227 +564,559
Immingham Docks 255,592 1,320,857 +1,065,265
Hull 403,319 886,703 +483,384
Eurotunnel 347,068 573,608 +226,540
Portsmouth 310,959 401,612 +90,653
000 503,592 174,426 -329,166

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 181
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 66
Food and beverage service activities 21
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 11
Land transport and transport via pipelines 9

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 55
2025-10 61
2025-09 61
2025-08 60
2025-07 68

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 105
0-1m 84
Other 36
54m+ 32
15m-54m 21

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 4,900,663
Netherlands 3,042,314
Gibraltar 1,678,143
France 1,519,205
United States 856,683

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 2,686,630 2,214,033 -472,597
Netherlands 2,504,744 537,570 -1,967,174
Gibraltar 742,915 935,228 +192,313
France 701,078 818,127 +117,049
United States 663,262 193,421 -469,841
Malta 195,531 622,992 +427,461
Denmark 526,704 134,798 -391,906
United Arab Emirates 133,419 441,315 +307,896
Australia 450,243 50,431 -399,812
Belgium 120,528 330,289 +209,761

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 £
XU 361,135
Ireland 95,555
Italy 61,846
XI 31,314
Austria 5,123

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 £
XU 80,448 280,687 +200,239
Ireland 35,970 59,585 +23,615
Italy 24,721 37,125 +12,404
XI 23,420 7,894 -15,526
Austria 4,826 297 -4,529
Belgium 2,207 0 -2,207
Norway 400 749 +349
China 476 0 -476
XS 468 0 -468

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) 10,477,124
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 6,127,956
Air transport 1,292,649
Other 559,273

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) 5,777,052 4,700,072 -1,076,980
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 3,715,712 2,412,244 -1,303,468
Air transport 804,210 488,439 -315,771
Other 172,936 386,337 +213,401

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 4,089,363
Liverpool Docks 3,115,043
Immingham Docks 2,215,464
London Gateway Port 2,086,351
Holyhead 1,210,753

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 £
Dover / Eurotunnel 1,885,734 2,203,629 +317,895
Liverpool Docks 1,830,950 1,284,093 -546,857
Immingham Docks 1,877,893 337,571 -1,540,322
London Gateway Port 862,161 1,224,190 +362,029
Holyhead 692,417 518,336 -174,081
Felixstowe 443,119 667,836 +224,717
Hull 924,192 133,745 -790,447
Southampton 688,024 240,466 -447,558
London Heathrow Airport 626,486 41,096 -585,390
000 172,936 386,337 +213,401

Quick facts

HS code: 220190

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

Description: Includes all other types of water, ice, and snow not covered in the above categories