Import/export HS code 230990: Various animal feed preparations

Animal feed products not listed in other categories

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  • It helps you understand the market size for your product in the UK.
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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 £
Netherlands 221,314,831
Ireland 167,952,174
Faroe Islands 121,193,586
France 114,617,800
United States 67,398,976

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 £
Netherlands 99,654,213 121,660,618 +22,006,405
Ireland 91,183,935 76,768,239 -14,415,696
Faroe Islands 74,265,979 46,927,607 -27,338,372
France 60,975,125 53,642,675 -7,332,450
United States 33,225,497 34,173,479 +947,982
Germany 19,993,661 21,665,145 +1,671,484
Belgium 21,638,781 18,362,082 -3,276,699
Denmark 13,470,966 11,822,358 -1,648,608
Poland 7,853,372 9,530,699 +1,677,327
Italy 4,895,001 3,929,062 -965,939

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 £
Netherlands 157,709,314
Faroe Islands 119,237,466
France 94,020,159
United States 72,807,727
Germany 55,899,515

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 £
Netherlands 67,151,450 90,557,864 +23,406,414
Faroe Islands 74,265,979 44,971,487 -29,294,492
France 50,742,024 43,278,135 -7,463,889
United States 35,682,958 37,124,769 +1,441,811
Germany 26,254,817 29,644,698 +3,389,881
Ireland 23,186,060 20,494,744 -2,691,316
Belgium 15,450,611 14,084,961 -1,365,650
Denmark 11,936,363 10,296,508 -1,639,855
Poland 8,279,910 9,169,572 +889,662
Bulgaria 7,474,751 6,285,422 -1,189,329

Importers across UK regions

What this shows: Number of importing companies by UK ITL2 region.

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 22
Inner London - West 18
Suffolk 18
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 17
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 16

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
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 15 16 +1
Inner London - West 15 14 -1
Suffolk 14 15 +1
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 11 15 +4
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 14 11 -3
North Yorkshire 14 12 -2
Cheshire 12 11 -1
Essex 12 11 -1
Shropshire and Staffordshire 12 13 +1
West Yorkshire 12 9 -3

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) 396,245,484
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 312,364,379
Other 168,769,025
Air transport 11,117,966
Road transport 445,275

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) 206,438,644 189,806,840 -16,631,804
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 159,040,394 153,323,985 -5,716,409
Other 89,999,221 78,769,804 -11,229,417
Air transport 5,790,983 5,326,983 -464,000
Road transport 196,707 248,568 +51,861

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
000 168,769,025
Immingham Docks 144,451,225
Dover 98,161,588
Aberdeen Docks 89,036,442
Liverpool Docks 35,851,052

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 £
000 89,999,221 78,769,804 -11,229,417
Immingham Docks 64,278,516 80,172,709 +15,894,193
Dover 52,869,928 45,291,660 -7,578,268
Aberdeen Docks 42,108,835 46,927,607 +4,818,772
Liverpool Docks 18,552,033 17,299,019 -1,253,014
Hull 7,043,788 26,669,090 +19,625,302
Harwich 19,035,599 14,087,082 -4,948,517
Stornoway 32,520,992 0 -32,520,992
Felixstowe 17,068,884 14,881,992 -2,186,892
Belfast Port 11,593,809 12,727,930 +1,134,121

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 104
Manufacture of food products 95
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 84
Crop and animal production, hunting and related service activities 32
Other manufacturing 21

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 132
2025-10 144
2025-09 124
2025-08 124
2025-07 142

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 141
54m+ 99
0-1m 78
15m-54m 42
Other 26

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 £
Norway 338,792,173
Ireland 322,369,623
Iceland 87,857,540
Netherlands 77,704,065
United States 57,801,283

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 £
Norway 157,172,086 181,620,087 +24,448,001
Ireland 171,235,979 151,133,644 -20,102,335
Iceland 44,425,504 43,432,036 -993,468
Netherlands 31,400,796 46,303,269 +14,902,473
United States 29,935,728 27,865,555 -2,070,173
France 18,926,398 20,610,282 +1,683,884
Saudi Arabia 16,358,175 16,182,061 -176,114
Belgium 16,245,795 14,697,961 -1,547,834
Russia 18,292,040 11,650,923 -6,641,117
Finland 13,852,522 11,839,729 -2,012,793

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 193,550,156
Ireland 11,068,332
XU 7,563,595
United States 1,619,552
Netherlands 1,407,092

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 96,153,694 97,396,462 +1,242,768
Ireland 4,316,751 6,751,581 +2,434,830
XU 6,001,996 1,561,599 -4,440,397
United States 1,543,368 76,184 -1,467,184
Netherlands 638,336 768,756 +130,420
Belgium 402,274 293,674 -108,600
Germany 309,337 289,605 -19,732
France 143,305 169,828 +26,523
Austria 281,361 0 -281,361
Malaysia 124,828 65,839 -58,989

Export volume by transport

What this shows: Export value by transport mode used to ship goods from the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 802,762,193
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 352,675,909
Other 217,619,937
Air transport 50,419,534
Road transport 1,273,169

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 £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 406,408,564 396,353,629 -10,054,935
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 174,516,178 178,159,731 +3,643,553
Other 110,034,108 107,585,829 -2,448,279
Air transport 18,947,139 31,472,395 +12,525,256
Road transport 935,100 338,069 -597,031

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Aberdeen Docks 373,055,609
000 217,619,937
Dover / Eurotunnel 140,648,995
London Gateway Port 132,683,605
Immingham Docks 91,502,324

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 £
Aberdeen Docks 175,761,844 197,293,765 +21,531,921
000 110,034,108 107,585,829 -2,448,279
Dover / Eurotunnel 65,166,650 75,482,345 +10,315,695
London Gateway Port 67,921,614 64,761,991 -3,159,623
Immingham Docks 46,749,112 44,753,212 -1,995,900
Southampton 42,005,514 37,479,933 -4,525,581
London 36,282,036 35,865,840 -416,196
Grangemouth Docks 20,649,749 25,565,488 +4,915,739
Felixstowe 26,054,236 17,219,516 -8,834,720
London Heathrow Airport 13,980,140 25,030,657 +11,050,517

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 230990

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

Description: Animal feed products not listed in other categories