Import/export HS code 1005: Maize (corn)

All types of maize (corn), including those used for food, animal feed, or industrial 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 £
France 233,270,653
Canada 212,926,654
United States 201,548,040
Poland 127,666,531
Ireland 105,356,190

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 £
France 118,495,044 114,775,609 -3,719,435
Canada 175,671,614 37,255,040 -138,416,574
United States 69,497,464 132,050,576 +62,553,112
Poland 104,994,070 22,672,461 -82,321,609
Ireland 55,804,411 49,551,779 -6,252,632
Argentina 39,553,929 38,961,627 -592,302
Ukraine 27,425,660 23,205,059 -4,220,601
Romania 28,929,329 3,722,894 -25,206,435
Germany 13,123,953 16,303,390 +3,179,437
Netherlands 11,594,389 14,330,952 +2,736,563

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 £
France 224,224,698
United States 208,893,489
Canada 205,684,799
Poland 113,518,965
Argentina 67,574,496

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 £
France 112,585,179 111,639,519 -945,660
United States 73,322,905 135,570,584 +62,247,679
Canada 171,913,825 33,770,974 -138,142,851
Poland 99,460,214 14,058,751 -85,401,463
Argentina 32,562,291 35,012,205 +2,449,914
Ukraine 34,862,977 23,901,918 -10,961,059
Brazil 10,363,712 25,282,727 +14,919,015
Spain 10,217,651 11,654,317 +1,436,666
Bulgaria 17,443,831 0 -17,443,831
Romania 11,902,424 3,932,715 -7,969,709

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 20
Outer London - West and North West 20
Greater Manchester 13
Inner London - East 13
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 11

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 14 13 -1
Outer London - West and North West 14 15 +1
Greater Manchester 6 12 +6
Inner London - East 10 11 +1
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 7 8 +1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 5 6 +1
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 4 7 +3
West Midlands 4 7 +3
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough 4 5 +1
Essex 6 5 -1

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) 913,274,354
Other 146,568,641
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 93,783,058
Air transport 98,132
Road transport 18,823

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) 545,321,340 367,953,014 -177,368,326
Other 71,107,477 75,461,164 +4,353,687
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 45,528,068 48,254,990 +2,726,922
Air transport 17,297 80,835 +63,538
Road transport 6,291 12,532 +6,241

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Belfast Port 197,265,533
Liverpool Docks 177,110,522
Middlesbrough 149,941,399
000 146,568,641
Dover 70,868,112

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 £
Belfast Port 122,383,099 74,882,434 -47,500,665
Liverpool Docks 94,856,625 82,253,897 -12,602,728
Middlesbrough 121,986,151 27,955,248 -94,030,903
000 71,107,477 75,461,164 +4,353,687
Dover 34,831,153 36,036,959 +1,205,806
ROS 39,850,423 26,195,765 -13,654,658
Glasgow 19,390,396 22,978,795 +3,588,399
Immingham Docks 22,896,951 18,765,734 -4,131,217
Avonmouth Docks 16,460,096 24,984,297 +8,524,201
Newport 18,114,583 14,194,011 -3,920,572

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
107
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
40
Manufacture of food products
21
Food and beverage service activities
15
Crop and animal production, hunting and related service activities
11

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 28
2026-04 34
2026-03 50
2026-02 31
2026-01 44

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 66
0-1m 47
54m+ 32
15m-54m 22
Other 10

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 71,957,000
France 2,420,531
Germany 1,338,888
Poland 1,333,640
Netherlands 298,557

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 34,825,068 37,131,932 +2,306,864
France 1,698,208 722,323 -975,885
Germany 1,237,893 100,995 -1,136,898
Poland 1,333,640 0 -1,333,640
Netherlands 198,826 99,731 -99,095
United States 63,268 12,400 -50,868
Belgium 48,470 0 -48,470
Norway 25,992 2,301 -23,691
Spain 16,400 8,200 -8,200
Czechia 0 5,344 +5,344

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 41,632,042
Canada 14,397,641
France 6,639,930
Brazil 5,241,188
Poland 1,381,870

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 19,498,617 22,133,425 +2,634,808
Canada 7,721,460 6,676,181 -1,045,279
France 4,093,647 2,546,283 -1,547,364
Brazil 1,381,972 3,859,216 +2,477,244
Poland 1,381,870 0 -1,381,870
United States 143,737 903,256 +759,519
Ireland 110,011 403,443 +293,432
Germany 274,984 0 -274,984

Export volume by transport

What this shows: Export value by transport mode used to ship goods from the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Other 71,591,442
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 4,437,175
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,499,408
Air transport 21,196

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 £
Other 34,658,017 36,933,425 +2,275,408
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 3,346,598 1,090,577 -2,256,021
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,445,909 53,499 -1,392,410
Air transport 6,096 15,100 +9,004

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
000 71,591,442
Dover / Eurotunnel 3,415,220
Liverpool Docks 1,476,357
Dover 331,099
Holyhead 262,507

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 34,658,017 36,933,425 +2,275,408
Dover / Eurotunnel 2,643,186 772,034 -1,871,152
Liverpool Docks 1,415,681 60,676 -1,355,005
Dover 331,099 0 -331,099
Holyhead 102,838 159,669 +56,831
Felixstowe 87,545 34,908 -52,637
Poole 0 60,102 +60,102
Immingham Docks 51,111 8,442 -42,669
Heysham 28,929 27,000 -1,929
Southampton 55,016 0 -55,016

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 1005

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

Description: All types of maize (corn), including those used for food, animal feed, or industrial purposes