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 27,326,156
Israel 22,082,604
Ireland 17,463,464
France 15,341,256
Cyprus 15,192,425

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 21,010,577 6,315,579 -14,694,998
Israel 14,041,126 8,041,478 -5,999,648
Ireland 10,067,512 7,395,952 -2,671,560
France 13,162,509 2,178,747 -10,983,762
Cyprus 9,029,731 6,162,694 -2,867,037
Egypt 10,409,720 3,618,914 -6,790,806
Belgium 10,281,653 2,848,579 -7,433,074
Spain 2,797,346 1,067,662 -1,729,684
Italy 956,239 509,068 -447,171
Germany 910,946 389,088 -521,858

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 22,295,390
Netherlands 19,216,614
France 16,537,369
Egypt 14,124,629
Cyprus 12,593,630

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 14,253,912 8,041,478 -6,212,434
Netherlands 14,732,218 4,484,396 -10,247,822
France 13,954,510 2,582,859 -11,371,651
Egypt 10,350,715 3,773,914 -6,576,801
Cyprus 7,247,371 5,346,259 -1,901,112
Belgium 9,726,497 435,941 -9,290,556
Spain 2,887,648 1,054,718 -1,832,930
Germany 1,268,027 583,281 -684,746
Italy 1,055,602 511,732 -543,870
Poland 931,491 379,890 -551,601

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough 5
Lincolnshire 5
Outer London - West and North West 5
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 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
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough 5 2 -3
Lincolnshire 4 3 -1
Outer London - West and North West 5 2 -3
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 4 1 -3
Essex 2 2 +0
Inner London - West 2 2 +0
Outer London - East and North East 3 2 -1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 2 1 -1
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) 54,546,077
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 50,912,814
Other 29,188,773
Road transport 224,610
Rail transport 21,031

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) 36,460,670 18,085,407 -18,375,263
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 41,701,515 9,211,299 -32,490,216
Other 17,335,712 11,853,061 -5,482,651
Road transport 87,450 137,160 +49,710
Rail transport 21,031 0 -21,031
Air transport 2,377 0 -2,377

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Gateway Port 32,371,343
000 29,188,773
Dover 17,149,931
Felixstowe 15,802,100
Eurotunnel 10,071,039

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 £
London Gateway Port 24,732,747 7,638,596 -17,094,151
000 17,335,712 11,853,061 -5,482,651
Dover 14,734,718 2,415,213 -12,319,505
Felixstowe 7,590,610 8,211,490 +620,880
Eurotunnel 8,258,138 1,812,901 -6,445,237
Dover / Eurotunnel 8,476,708 421,510 -8,055,198
Harwich 4,430,350 2,711,184 -1,719,166
Immingham Docks 3,773,823 774,911 -2,998,912
Killingholme 3,279,774 452,639 -2,827,135
Liverpool Docks 2,008,775 946,226 -1,062,549

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 30
Manufacture of food products 8
Crop and animal production, hunting and related service activities 7
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 7
Land transport and transport via pipelines 2

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 6
2025-11 4
2025-10 6
2025-09 7
2025-08 4

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 6
15m-54m 6
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 87,595,008
Ireland 69,759,432
Spain 41,941,288
Morocco 12,187,891
Thailand 7,220,172

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 25,265,068 -37,064,872
Ireland 44,511,581 25,247,851 -19,263,730
Spain 26,210,723 15,730,565 -10,480,158
Morocco 11,537,766 650,125 -10,887,641
Thailand 3,170,332 4,049,840 +879,508
Germany 4,297,613 2,887,006 -1,410,607
Norway 4,016,460 3,123,501 -892,959
France 4,038,754 1,412,799 -2,625,955
Netherlands 2,335,485 2,821,869 +486,384
Saudi Arabia 3,295,571 1,276,900 -2,018,671

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 24,520,901
France 1,427,084
Netherlands 718,204
Belgium 538,345
Nicaragua 112,805

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 14,577,161 9,943,740 -4,633,421
France 1,414,746 12,338 -1,402,408
Netherlands 286,127 432,077 +145,950
Belgium 276,036 262,309 -13,727
Nicaragua 0 112,805 +112,805
Ireland 71,800 37,412 -34,388
Spain 28,155 1 -28,154
Egypt 9,763 5,895 -3,868
Cyprus 10,924 2,633 -8,291
Italy 1,711 2,726 +1,015

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) 180,757,194
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 69,147,390
Other 33,469,716
Air transport 778,389

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) 122,643,917 58,113,277 -64,530,640
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 43,723,968 25,423,422 -18,300,546
Other 20,197,845 13,271,871 -6,925,974
Air transport 456,716 321,673 -135,043

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Grangemouth Docks 100,614,730
000 33,469,716
London Gateway Port 26,412,082
Dover / Eurotunnel 24,375,927
Holyhead 19,488,323

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 68,998,799 31,615,931 -37,382,868
000 20,197,845 13,271,871 -6,925,974
London Gateway Port 19,872,894 6,539,188 -13,333,706
Dover / Eurotunnel 14,077,750 10,298,177 -3,779,573
Holyhead 13,176,145 6,312,178 -6,863,967
London 14,033,291 2,539,791 -11,493,500
Immingham Docks 9,100,121 5,905,867 -3,194,254
Liverpool Docks 7,163,105 3,640,266 -3,522,839
Greenock 8,344,342 1,804,244 -6,540,098
Thamesport 1,893,067 5,695,545 +3,802,478

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