Import/export HS code 0101: Live horses, donkeys, mules, and hinnies

All types of live equine animals, including horses for riding, racing, or breeding, donkeys, mules, and hinnies

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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 £
Ireland 685,637,609
France 177,231,178
United States 18,726,438
Germany 18,531,167
Australia 15,405,124

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 £
Ireland 347,474,243 338,163,366 -9,310,877
France 92,274,855 84,956,323 -7,318,532
United States 11,208,620 7,517,818 -3,690,802
Germany 7,885,770 10,645,397 +2,759,627
Australia 8,776,012 6,629,112 -2,146,900
Netherlands 7,414,825 7,723,121 +308,296
Belgium 4,181,748 7,670,364 +3,488,616
Denmark 4,103,745 1,216,959 -2,886,786
Argentina 2,313,224 2,724,254 +411,030
Italy 1,402,638 1,533,253 +130,615

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 £
Ireland 570,230,096
France 128,634,340
United Kingdom 110,094,054
Germany 36,385,776
United States 34,453,756

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 £
Ireland 271,168,019 299,062,077 +27,894,058
France 59,889,164 68,745,176 +8,856,012
United Kingdom 61,753,635 48,340,419 -13,413,216
Germany 24,816,702 11,569,074 -13,247,628
United States 19,512,394 14,941,362 -4,571,032
Belgium 20,991,316 7,098,130 -13,893,186
Netherlands 12,308,942 9,728,621 -2,580,321
Australia 8,677,005 6,812,714 -1,864,291
Argentina 2,858,847 3,100,551 +241,704
Denmark 3,840,726 1,094,852 -2,745,874

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 16
Gloucestershire and Wiltshire 16
Surrey, East and West Sussex 12
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 11
Suffolk 8

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 9 11 +2
Gloucestershire and Wiltshire 7 10 +3
Surrey, East and West Sussex 8 9 +1
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 9 8 -1
Suffolk 7 4 -3
Kent 5 5 +0
North Somerset, Somerset and Dorset 3 3 +0
North Yorkshire 4 4 +0
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 1 4 +3
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough 3 4 +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) 919,196,491
Air transport 46,016,071
Road transport 1,487,274
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 281,224
Other 81,240

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) 456,037,926 463,158,565 +7,120,639
Air transport 34,825,900 11,190,171 -23,635,729
Road transport 998,837 488,437 -510,400
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 88,890 192,334 +103,444
Other 80,555 685 -79,870

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Holyhead 634,656,286
Dover 121,458,162
Portsmouth 45,742,414
Eurotunnel 44,529,553
London Stansted Airport 36,549,454

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 £
Holyhead 309,686,867 324,969,419 +15,282,552
Dover 52,112,969 69,345,193 +17,232,224
Portsmouth 26,328,692 19,413,722 -6,914,970
Eurotunnel 26,279,748 18,249,805 -8,029,943
London Stansted Airport 33,492,513 3,056,941 -30,435,572
Fishguard 16,547,045 8,531,496 -8,015,549
ZLC 4,172,222 11,136,327 +6,964,105
Dover / Eurotunnel 7,837,809 4,612,095 -3,225,714
Milford 7,279,122 2,345,034 -4,934,088
Harwich 4,144,452 4,449,555 +305,103

Importer companies by SIC division

What this shows: Industry breakdown (SIC divisions) of importing companies.

Top 5 values

SIC Companies
Sports activities and amusement and recreation activities 48
Crop and animal production, hunting and related service activities 43
Land transport and transport via pipelines 9
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 6
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 5

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 7
2025-11 18
2025-10 17
2025-09 11
2025-08 12

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
0-1m 69
1m-15m 43
15m-54m 6
54m+ 4
Other 4

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 304,767,059
United States 81,332,393
France 57,567,195
Australia 45,434,486
Japan 23,792,136

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 155,422,436 149,344,623 -6,077,813
United States 50,312,833 31,019,560 -19,293,273
France 32,983,653 24,583,542 -8,400,111
Australia 29,992,233 15,442,253 -14,549,980
Japan 14,022,697 9,769,439 -4,253,258
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 11,719,209 7,455,225 -4,263,984
Saudi Arabia 9,035,447 8,963,414 -72,033
Qatar 5,934,989 4,147,501 -1,787,488
Germany 2,804,206 5,883,979 +3,079,773
United Arab Emirates 3,362,312 4,675,766 +1,313,454

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 348,046
Ireland 302,609
Belgium 78,287

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 65,933 282,113 +216,180
Ireland 269,065 33,544 -235,521
Belgium 0 78,287 +78,287

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) 469,669,642
Air transport 157,143,111
Other 769,303
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 303,815

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) 243,271,343 226,398,299 -16,873,044
Air transport 101,427,779 55,715,332 -45,712,447
Other 375,359 393,944 +18,585
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 63,054 240,761 +177,707

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Holyhead 292,463,800
London Stansted Airport 89,593,551
Dover / Eurotunnel 85,023,890
Dover 65,141,006
London Heathrow Airport 45,883,644

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 £
Holyhead 147,055,462 145,408,338 -1,647,124
London Stansted Airport 61,333,016 28,260,535 -33,072,481
Dover / Eurotunnel 55,596,481 29,427,409 -26,169,072
Dover 22,482,310 42,658,696 +20,176,386
London Heathrow Airport 27,599,270 18,284,374 -9,314,896
Portsmouth 11,827,341 5,273,179 -6,554,162
East Midlands Airport 2,225,639 9,163,998 +6,938,359
Birmingham Airport 9,462,585 6,425 -9,456,160
Fishguard 3,489,398 1,947,412 -1,541,986
Milford 1,847,033 1,358,120 -488,913

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 0101

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

Description: All types of live equine animals, including horses for riding, racing, or breeding, donkeys, mules, and hinnies