Import/export HS code 0701: Fresh or Chilled Potatoes

All types of fresh or chilled potatoes, used for cooking, eating, or processing

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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 27,532,606
Israel 21,661,960
Ireland 19,354,004
Cyprus 16,116,034
Egypt 13,603,313

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 £
Netherlands 19,211,059 8,321,547 -10,889,512
Israel 12,906,171 8,755,789 -4,150,382
Ireland 10,477,247 8,876,757 -1,600,490
Cyprus 9,196,595 6,919,439 -2,277,156
Egypt 9,767,550 3,835,763 -5,931,787
France 9,894,558 2,174,495 -7,720,063
Belgium 7,250,329 3,436,682 -3,813,647
Spain 2,911,408 962,628 -1,948,780
Italy 943,446 675,385 -268,061
Poland 893,660 281,735 -611,925

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 £
Israel 21,878,276
Netherlands 20,282,619
Cyprus 13,816,841
Egypt 13,718,787
France 13,081,343

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 £
Israel 13,118,957 8,759,319 -4,359,638
Netherlands 13,737,161 6,545,458 -7,191,703
Cyprus 7,381,177 6,435,664 -945,513
Egypt 9,984,370 3,734,417 -6,249,953
France 11,063,779 2,017,564 -9,046,215
Belgium 5,754,060 295,690 -5,458,370
Spain 2,894,282 861,386 -2,032,896
Italy 1,007,706 667,981 -339,725
Germany 1,118,518 349,889 -768,629
Poland 889,382 366,497 -522,885

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Outer London - West and North West 5
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough 4
Lincolnshire 4
Outer London - East and North East 4
Essex 3

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 - West and North West 5 2 -3
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough 4 1 -3
Lincolnshire 4 2 -2
Outer London - East and North East 3 3 +0
Essex 3 1 -2
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 2 1 -1
Inner London - West 3 2 -1
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 1 1 +0
Cheshire 2 2 +0
Devon 2 0 -2

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) 54,311,029
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 44,497,111
Other 31,881,207
Road transport 224,610
Air transport 24,327

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) 34,272,722 20,038,307 -14,234,415
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 34,407,214 10,089,897 -24,317,317
Other 17,404,390 14,476,817 -2,927,573
Road transport 87,450 137,160 +49,710
Air transport 2,377 21,950 +19,573
Rail transport 21,031 0 -21,031

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
000 31,881,207
London Gateway Port 30,617,101
Felixstowe 16,470,883
Dover 13,606,498
Harwich 9,443,662

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 17,404,390 14,476,817 -2,927,573
London Gateway Port 23,009,549 7,607,552 -15,401,997
Felixstowe 7,408,102 9,062,781 +1,654,679
Dover 11,599,811 2,006,687 -9,593,124
Harwich 4,928,840 4,514,822 -414,018
Eurotunnel 7,113,734 2,027,457 -5,086,277
Dover / Eurotunnel 5,083,948 319,321 -4,764,627
Immingham Docks 3,090,784 670,344 -2,420,440
Liverpool Docks 2,014,685 954,476 -1,060,209
Killingholme 2,795,994 0 -2,795,994

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 28
Crop and animal production, hunting and related service activities 8
Manufacture of food products 8
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 5
Land transport and transport via pipelines 2

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 12
2026-03 15
2026-02 10
2026-01 6
2025-12 5

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 26
54m+ 12
0-1m 4
15m-54m 4
Other 1

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 £
Egypt 92,822,261
Ireland 69,008,964
Spain 47,473,049
Morocco 20,068,087
Germany 8,202,501

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 £
Egypt 62,329,940 30,492,321 -31,837,619
Ireland 41,607,611 27,401,353 -14,206,258
Spain 26,948,906 20,524,143 -6,424,763
Morocco 11,537,766 8,530,321 -3,007,445
Germany 4,807,366 3,395,135 -1,412,231
Thailand 3,367,082 3,853,090 +486,008
Netherlands 2,546,147 4,509,120 +1,962,973
Norway 3,408,206 3,409,822 +1,616
Belgium 2,954,231 3,123,293 +169,062
France 4,474,680 1,101,225 -3,373,455

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 25,595,695
Netherlands 891,511
France 737,716
Belgium 616,621
Nicaragua 209,348

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 14,477,297 11,118,398 -3,358,899
Netherlands 320,276 571,235 +250,959
France 733,100 4,616 -728,484
Belgium 290,405 326,216 +35,811
Nicaragua 0 209,348 +209,348
Ireland 74,132 65,896 -8,236
Cyprus 26,264 20,991 -5,273
Spain 28,155 13,268 -14,887
Egypt 8,910 6,409 -2,501
Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0 8,848 +8,848

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) 201,271,149
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 74,158,969
Other 35,220,613
Air transport 870,352

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) 123,127,286 78,143,863 -44,983,423
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 44,519,355 29,639,614 -14,879,741
Other 19,634,656 15,585,957 -4,048,699
Air transport 644,400 225,952 -418,448

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Grangemouth Docks 115,785,229
000 35,220,613
Dover / Eurotunnel 29,989,647
London Gateway Port 29,007,649
Holyhead 17,975,790

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 £
Grangemouth Docks 69,103,319 46,681,910 -22,421,409
000 19,634,656 15,585,957 -4,048,699
Dover / Eurotunnel 16,689,807 13,299,840 -3,389,967
London Gateway Port 19,565,541 9,442,108 -10,123,433
Holyhead 10,859,181 7,116,609 -3,742,572
London 14,486,849 3,208,664 -11,278,185
Immingham Docks 8,818,561 7,232,678 -1,585,883
Liverpool Docks 7,002,208 3,681,351 -3,320,857
Greenock 8,787,092 1,386,432 -7,400,660
Thamesport 2,100,148 6,431,597 +4,331,449

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 0701

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

Description: All types of fresh or chilled potatoes, used for cooking, eating, or processing