Import/export HS code 070190: Various Potatoes

Fresh or chilled potatoes not classified as seeds, including those for general use

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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 18,451,586
Israel 14,759,762
Cyprus 14,747,065
Netherlands 9,394,339
Belgium 7,704,006

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 10,275,348 8,176,238 -2,099,110
Israel 11,139,153 3,620,609 -7,518,544
Cyprus 9,195,497 5,551,568 -3,643,929
Netherlands 7,420,152 1,974,187 -5,445,965
Belgium 4,893,176 2,810,830 -2,082,346
Egypt 4,170,891 3,028,722 -1,142,169
France 4,547,578 1,344,889 -3,202,689
Spain 2,060,336 746,828 -1,313,508
Italy 775,260 685,654 -89,606
Poland 877,334 182,047 -695,287

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 14,767,545
Cyprus 12,698,925
Egypt 7,358,267
France 7,053,836
Netherlands 4,400,234

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 11,143,406 3,624,139 -7,519,267
Cyprus 7,036,300 5,662,625 -1,373,675
Egypt 4,430,891 2,927,376 -1,503,515
France 6,055,266 998,570 -5,056,696
Netherlands 3,945,414 454,820 -3,490,594
Spain 1,788,513 662,853 -1,125,660
Belgium 1,676,031 213,785 -1,462,246
Italy 836,520 665,864 -170,656
Poland 862,111 262,666 -599,445
Hungary 918,419 0 -918,419

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Outer London - East and North East 4
Outer London - West and North West 4
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough 3
Essex 3
Inner London - West 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 - East and North East 3 3 +0
Outer London - West and North West 4 2 -2
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough 3 1 -2
Essex 3 1 -2
Inner London - West 3 2 -1
Lincolnshire 3 2 -1
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 1 1 +0
Cheshire 1 2 +1
Greater Manchester 0 2 +2
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 1 1 +0

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) 34,351,960
Other 30,048,199
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 20,365,016
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) 22,232,016 12,119,944 -10,112,072
Other 17,478,429 12,569,770 -4,908,659
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 16,878,598 3,486,418 -13,392,180
Road transport 224,610 0 -224,610
Air transport 2,377 21,950 +19,573
Rail transport 9,867 0 -9,867

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
000 30,048,199
London Gateway Port 17,607,895
Felixstowe 10,036,882
Dover 6,965,582
Eurotunnel 6,592,635

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 17,478,429 12,569,770 -4,908,659
London Gateway Port 12,586,582 5,021,313 -7,565,269
Felixstowe 6,549,211 3,487,671 -3,061,540
Dover 6,106,795 858,787 -5,248,008
Eurotunnel 4,965,757 1,626,878 -3,338,879
Liverpool Docks 1,827,181 1,005,753 -821,428
London 0 2,613,630 +2,613,630
Dover / Eurotunnel 1,798,394 277,876 -1,520,518
Killingholme 1,736,164 0 -1,736,164
Immingham Docks 1,591,200 31,235 -1,559,965

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
24
Manufacture of food products
7
Crop and animal production, hunting and related service activities
4
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
4
Land transport and transport via pipelines
2

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 8
2026-04 12
2026-03 14
2026-02 10
2026-01 6

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 21
54m+ 8
0-1m 4
15m-54m 3
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 £
Ireland 59,461,986
Spain 41,534,299
Germany 8,288,486
Norway 6,448,112
Belgium 5,459,106

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 36,239,704 23,222,282 -13,017,422
Spain 23,448,486 18,085,813 -5,362,673
Germany 4,841,725 3,446,761 -1,394,964
Norway 3,499,783 2,948,329 -551,454
Belgium 2,344,564 3,114,542 +769,978
France 4,438,598 819,074 -3,619,524
Netherlands 1,984,726 2,902,762 +918,036
Denmark 2,654,662 757,797 -1,896,865
Iceland 1,248,640 1,202,487 -46,153
Portugal 1,012,050 883,401 -128,649

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 21,618,946
Netherlands 757,024
Belgium 586,753
France 140,313
Nicaragua 113,869

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 12,449,785 9,169,161 -3,280,624
Netherlands 248,973 508,051 +259,078
Belgium 291,233 295,520 +4,287
France 138,730 1,583 -137,147
Nicaragua 0 113,869 +113,869
Ireland 37,081 75,022 +37,941
Cyprus 42,615 2,919 -39,696
Spain 28,155 13,268 -14,887
Egypt 8,493 6,131 -2,362
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 £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 61,587,940
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 54,639,221
Other 29,803,729
Air transport 807,751

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) 38,141,382 23,446,558 -14,694,824
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 30,363,178 24,276,043 -6,087,135
Other 16,864,325 12,939,404 -3,924,921
Air transport 633,341 174,410 -458,931

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
000 29,803,729
Dover / Eurotunnel 25,365,963
London Gateway Port 16,357,450
Holyhead 15,503,483
London 15,307,001

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 £
000 16,864,325 12,939,404 -3,924,921
Dover / Eurotunnel 14,854,479 10,511,484 -4,342,995
London Gateway Port 7,858,309 8,499,141 +640,832
Holyhead 9,160,917 6,342,566 -2,818,351
London 12,158,910 3,148,091 -9,010,819
Immingham Docks 7,130,163 5,175,028 -1,955,135
Liverpool Docks 5,927,497 2,992,391 -2,935,106
Thamesport 2,168,188 5,753,651 +3,585,463
Dover 2,174,814 1,925,395 -249,419
Heysham 2,330,642 854,495 -1,476,147

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 070190

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

Description: Fresh or chilled potatoes not classified as seeds, including those for general use