Import/export HS code 010129: Various live horses

Live horses not used for breeding, including those for riding, work, or other purposes

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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 59,828,256
France 27,476,563
Belgium 4,537,850
Netherlands 4,269,610
Germany 4,211,313

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 27,283,698 32,544,558 +5,260,860
France 16,546,145 10,930,418 -5,615,727
Belgium 453,603 4,084,247 +3,630,644
Netherlands 1,872,892 2,396,718 +523,826
Germany 1,270,760 2,940,553 +1,669,793
Argentina 1,181,909 1,331,346 +149,437
Denmark 815,230 669,399 -145,831
United States 590,457 679,295 +88,838
Spain 405,764 416,479 +10,715
Australia 196,174 429,089 +232,915

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 40,380,546
France 27,909,907
Belgium 16,926,819
Netherlands 8,059,592
Germany 5,406,053

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 13,443,711 26,936,835 +13,493,124
France 13,338,906 14,571,001 +1,232,095
Belgium 13,840,164 3,086,655 -10,753,509
Netherlands 4,330,317 3,729,275 -601,042
Germany 2,092,249 3,313,804 +1,221,555
Argentina 1,564,990 1,572,797 +7,807
United Kingdom 585,250 1,312,548 +727,298
Denmark 700,125 673,757 -26,368
Sweden 381,217 498,037 +116,820
United States 375,401 465,806 +90,405

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) 106,961,603
Air transport 2,754,383
Road transport 822,191
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 72,687
Other 58,019

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) 50,582,558 56,379,045 +5,796,487
Air transport 1,438,621 1,315,762 -122,859
Road transport 623,157 199,034 -424,123
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 10,000 62,687 +52,687
Other 57,334 685 -56,649

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Holyhead 48,553,971
Dover 25,457,759
Portsmouth 11,054,517
Fishguard 7,607,962
Eurotunnel 6,658,259

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 23,550,063 25,003,908 +1,453,845
Dover 10,880,313 14,577,446 +3,697,133
Portsmouth 5,644,086 5,410,431 -233,655
Fishguard 2,990,770 4,617,192 +1,626,422
Eurotunnel 4,443,262 2,214,997 -2,228,265
ZLC 1,666,598 1,340,303 -326,295
Milford 757,838 1,756,050 +998,212
London Stansted Airport 822,988 801,995 -20,993
Harwich 570,897 791,776 +220,879
Dover / Eurotunnel 649,248 640,813 -8,435

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 5
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 19,849,797
United States 15,633,824
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 14,144,021
Australia 9,899,681
Saudi Arabia 8,385,913

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 9,754,504 10,095,293 +340,789
United States 9,219,533 6,414,291 -2,805,242
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 9,746,109 4,397,912 -5,348,197
Australia 6,748,674 3,151,007 -3,597,667
Saudi Arabia 4,055,825 4,330,088 +274,263
France 2,093,599 4,776,643 +2,683,044
Qatar 2,645,857 2,030,976 -614,881
United Arab Emirates 1,387,315 2,207,478 +820,163
Bahrain 1,729,602 1,497,953 -231,649
Kuwait 1,747,985 976,899 -771,086

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 302,609
XI 65,933

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 269,065 33,544 -235,521
XI 65,933 0 -65,933

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) 57,647,645
Air transport 41,636,633
Other 408,903
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 249,740

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) 27,537,972 30,109,673 +2,571,701
Air transport 26,975,740 14,660,893 -12,314,847
Other 375,359 33,544 -341,815
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 8,979 240,761 +231,782

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Stansted Airport 22,103,900
Dover 19,354,251
Holyhead 18,007,341
Dover / Eurotunnel 17,822,683
London Heathrow Airport 16,810,286

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 £
London Stansted Airport 12,314,009 9,789,891 -2,524,118
Dover 5,980,994 13,373,257 +7,392,263
Holyhead 8,670,810 9,336,531 +665,721
Dover / Eurotunnel 11,197,561 6,625,122 -4,572,439
London Heathrow Airport 12,483,366 4,326,920 -8,156,446
East Midlands Airport 1,729,602 544,082 -1,185,520
Fishguard 785,515 228,796 -556,719
Portsmouth 616,617 240,942 -375,675
000 375,359 33,544 -341,815
Milford 121,475 167,309 +45,834

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 010129

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

Description: Live horses not used for breeding, including those for riding, work, or other purposes