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 35,604,929
Netherlands 4,130,475
France 2,965,729
United States 1,989,448
Spain 932,275

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 17,516,576 18,088,353 +571,777
Netherlands 1,702,874 2,427,601 +724,727
France 1,335,276 1,630,453 +295,177
United States 1,209,056 780,392 -428,664
Spain 221,809 710,466 +488,657
Viet Nam 451,395 399,019 -52,376
Belgium 102,410 650,562 +548,152
China 353,397 357,217 +3,820
Ireland 222,637 350,668 +128,031
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 305,124 235,659 -69,465

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 35,755,723
France 3,337,402
United States 2,277,673
Netherlands 1,952,387
Iceland 1,682,276

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 £
Turkey 17,740,152 18,015,571 +275,419
France 1,348,904 1,988,498 +639,594
United States 1,281,723 995,950 -285,773
Netherlands 793,162 1,159,225 +366,063
Iceland 633,040 1,049,236 +416,196
China 677,549 579,919 -97,630
Spain 207,396 782,473 +575,077
Viet Nam 451,395 387,668 -63,727
Norway 207,684 318,543 +110,859
Poland 146,840 357,235 +210,395

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 41
Outer London - West and North West 27
Inner London - East 20
West Midlands 20
Essex 18

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 32 30 -2
Outer London - West and North West 18 17 -1
Inner London - East 11 14 +3
West Midlands 13 13 +0
Essex 10 12 +2
Greater Manchester 12 14 +2
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 12 12 +0
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 7 11 +4
Surrey, East and West Sussex 7 6 -1
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 6 5 -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) 45,049,093
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 7,339,340
Air transport 852,599
Other 595,315
Road transport 96,046

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) 21,853,469 23,195,624 +1,342,155
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 3,311,135 4,028,205 +717,070
Air transport 388,964 463,635 +74,671
Other 413,303 182,012 -231,291
Road transport 50,563 45,483 -5,080

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 34,701,948
London Gateway Port 3,426,990
Southampton 2,647,130
London 2,520,574
Dover 2,402,669

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 17,714,395 16,987,553 -726,842
London Gateway Port 1,848,838 1,578,152 -270,686
Southampton 538,746 2,108,384 +1,569,638
London 1,073,950 1,446,624 +372,674
Dover 1,577,467 825,202 -752,265
Immingham Docks 243,401 1,373,739 +1,130,338
Hull 437,335 872,997 +435,662
Eurotunnel 373,209 595,886 +222,677
Portsmouth 332,373 391,237 +58,864
000 413,303 182,012 -231,291

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 187
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 67
Food and beverage service activities 21
Land transport and transport via pipelines 11
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 10

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 48
2025-11 55
2025-10 61
2025-09 61
2025-08 60

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 110
0-1m 81
54m+ 35
Other 35
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 4,852,155
Netherlands 2,973,458
Gibraltar 1,691,934
France 1,548,948
Malta 848,246

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 2,671,078 2,181,077 -490,001
Netherlands 2,561,581 411,877 -2,149,704
Gibraltar 739,929 952,005 +212,076
France 703,719 845,229 +141,510
Malta 203,727 644,519 +440,792
United States 628,699 207,845 -420,854
Denmark 531,982 131,839 -400,143
United Arab Emirates 170,295 430,697 +260,402
Australia 443,558 50,431 -393,127
Belgium 101,982 330,289 +228,307

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 £
Ireland 96,264
Italy 61,736
XI 30,601
Austria 5,123
Belgium 1,358

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 £
Ireland 36,774 59,490 +22,716
Italy 26,445 35,291 +8,846
XI 22,584 8,017 -14,567
Austria 4,852 271 -4,581
Belgium 1,358 0 -1,358
Norway 783 366 -417

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) 10,495,954
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 5,944,391
Air transport 1,290,338
Other 557,261

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) 5,890,530 4,605,424 -1,285,106
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 3,566,619 2,377,772 -1,188,847
Air transport 864,344 425,994 -438,350
Other 189,326 367,935 +178,609

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 4,131,051
Liverpool Docks 3,084,868
Immingham Docks 2,182,622
London Gateway Port 2,078,656
Holyhead 1,186,390

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 1,895,967 2,235,084 +339,117
Liverpool Docks 1,818,614 1,266,254 -552,360
Immingham Docks 1,900,570 282,052 -1,618,518
London Gateway Port 863,307 1,215,349 +352,042
Holyhead 645,092 541,298 -103,794
Felixstowe 416,761 648,505 +231,744
Hull 943,489 83,607 -859,882
Southampton 671,840 232,239 -439,601
London Heathrow Airport 636,184 33,664 -602,520
000 189,326 367,935 +178,609

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