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 681,948,790
France 189,083,071
Germany 20,144,556
United States 18,584,090
Netherlands 17,971,211

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 306,686,061 375,262,729 +68,576,668
France 90,744,795 98,338,276 +7,593,481
Germany 8,147,823 11,996,733 +3,848,910
United States 7,733,491 10,850,599 +3,117,108
Netherlands 7,849,257 10,121,954 +2,272,697
Australia 9,019,331 6,423,652 -2,595,679
Belgium 6,001,374 6,964,228 +962,854
Argentina 3,034,121 2,117,904 -916,217
Denmark 2,424,741 946,145 -1,478,596
Italy 1,350,587 1,839,653 +489,066

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 594,533,826
France 137,824,048
United Kingdom 107,785,701
United States 34,998,421
Germany 25,268,288

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 264,707,320 329,826,506 +65,119,186
France 58,390,066 79,433,982 +21,043,916
United Kingdom 54,282,235 53,503,466 -778,769
United States 15,894,499 19,103,922 +3,209,423
Germany 12,339,907 12,928,381 +588,474
Netherlands 13,976,763 10,153,495 -3,823,268
Belgium 7,659,543 11,357,920 +3,698,377
Australia 8,951,170 6,738,827 -2,212,343
Argentina 3,577,835 2,484,750 -1,093,085
Denmark 2,065,773 784,849 -1,280,924

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 18
Gloucestershire and Wiltshire 13
Surrey, East and West Sussex 12
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 10
Suffolk 9

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 11 11 +0
Gloucestershire and Wiltshire 7 8 +1
Surrey, East and West Sussex 8 9 +1
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 8 9 +1
Suffolk 8 5 -3
North Somerset, Somerset and Dorset 3 3 +0
North Yorkshire 4 4 +0
Kent 4 4 +0
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 2 2 +0
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough 2 4 +2

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) 931,247,188
Air transport 47,428,074
Road transport 1,442,818
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 328,504
Other 229,233

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) 414,323,492 516,923,696 +102,600,204
Air transport 32,687,253 14,740,821 -17,946,432
Road transport 698,574 744,244 +45,670
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 78,890 249,614 +170,724
Other 80,555 148,678 +68,123

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Holyhead 626,098,566
Dover 129,809,836
Eurotunnel 51,375,957
Portsmouth 47,824,608
London Stansted Airport 34,738,876

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 266,568,642 359,529,924 +92,961,282
Dover 55,310,797 74,499,039 +19,188,242
Eurotunnel 23,939,665 27,436,292 +3,496,627
Portsmouth 26,268,846 21,555,762 -4,713,084
London Stansted Airport 31,254,683 3,484,193 -27,770,490
Fishguard 21,671,139 2,600,532 -19,070,607
ZLC 3,822,497 11,843,357 +8,020,860
Milford 4,439,608 10,263,678 +5,824,070
Dover / Eurotunnel 6,172,045 4,028,536 -2,143,509
Harwich 4,134,720 5,390,053 +1,255,333

Importer companies by SIC division

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

Top 5 values

SIC Companies
Crop and animal production, hunting and related service activities 46
Sports activities and amusement and recreation activities 46
Land transport and transport via pipelines 8
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 7
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 6

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 18
2026-03 12
2026-02 11
2026-01 7
2025-12 7

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 70
1m-15m 45
15m-54m 5
Other 5
54m+ 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 377,544,639
United States 89,914,430
France 64,017,233
Australia 47,474,701
Japan 25,107,136

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 159,356,610 218,188,029 +58,831,419
United States 49,905,388 40,009,042 -9,896,346
France 33,422,146 30,595,087 -2,827,059
Australia 24,067,239 23,407,462 -659,777
Japan 14,022,697 11,084,439 -2,938,258
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 11,469,209 8,571,252 -2,897,957
Saudi Arabia 9,888,091 8,301,045 -1,587,046
Qatar 5,934,989 4,892,576 -1,042,413
Germany 2,608,363 6,652,204 +4,043,841
United Arab Emirates 3,318,331 4,941,811 +1,623,480

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
Nicaragua 60,000

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
Nicaragua 0 60,000 +60,000

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) 559,957,403
Air transport 166,288,693
Other 829,303
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 306,968

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) 248,417,662 311,539,741 +63,122,079
Air transport 94,993,007 71,295,686 -23,697,321
Other 375,359 453,944 +78,585
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 63,054 243,914 +180,860

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Holyhead 362,083,110
London Stansted Airport 99,295,740
Dover / Eurotunnel 88,675,803
Dover 76,143,984
London Heathrow Airport 43,121,102

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 150,346,105 211,737,005 +61,390,900
London Stansted Airport 61,066,046 38,229,694 -22,836,352
Dover / Eurotunnel 55,272,011 33,403,792 -21,868,219
Dover 24,626,036 51,517,948 +26,891,912
London Heathrow Airport 21,448,776 21,672,326 +223,550
Portsmouth 11,611,084 10,628,802 -982,282
East Midlands Airport 2,208,331 11,387,241 +9,178,910
Birmingham Airport 9,462,585 6,425 -9,456,160
Fishguard 4,010,805 1,284,137 -2,726,668
Milford 1,563,243 2,532,765 +969,522

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