Import/export HS code 1504: Fish and marine mammal fats and oils

Includes all types of fats and oils from fish or marine mammals, whether refined or not, but not chemically altered

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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 £
Denmark 97,125,486
Iceland 47,836,201
Norway 42,955,825
Peru 25,075,510
Belgium 19,265,726

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 £
Denmark 43,071,373 54,054,113 +10,982,740
Iceland 35,722,263 12,113,938 -23,608,325
Norway 30,586,112 12,369,713 -18,216,399
Peru 20,031,913 5,043,597 -14,988,316
Belgium 9,870,768 9,394,958 -475,810
Ireland 10,438,658 3,236,110 -7,202,548
United States 7,531,112 5,862,594 -1,668,518
South Africa 9,983,378 0 -9,983,378
China 3,549,602 4,937,163 +1,387,561
France 2,629,419 2,551,912 -77,507

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 £
Peru 52,597,712
Iceland 50,722,743
Norway 41,725,678
United States 35,850,320
Denmark 30,792,448

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 £
Peru 39,409,160 13,188,552 -26,220,608
Iceland 37,796,789 12,925,954 -24,870,835
Norway 26,582,225 15,143,453 -11,438,772
United States 24,253,314 11,597,006 -12,656,308
Denmark 13,175,929 17,616,519 +4,440,590
Ireland 13,062,724 3,131,983 -9,930,741
South Africa 9,983,378 4,131,838 -5,851,540
Mexico 0 12,383,818 +12,383,818
Belgium 5,785,074 5,459,502 -325,572
China 3,740,873 5,191,846 +1,450,973

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Eastern Scotland 3
East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire 3
Inner London - West 3
Lancashire 3
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 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
Eastern Scotland 1 3 +2
East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire 3 2 -1
Inner London - West 2 2 +0
Lancashire 3 1 -2
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 2 2 +0
North Yorkshire 3 2 -1
West Yorkshire 3 2 -1
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 2 2 +0
Cheshire 2 1 -1
Inner London - East 2 1 -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) 279,372,694
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 14,315,264
Air transport 2,801,647
Other 627,626

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) 171,899,749 107,472,945 -64,426,804
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 7,791,178 6,524,086 -1,267,092
Air transport 2,212,572 589,075 -1,623,497
Other 308,622 319,004 +10,382

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Aberdeen Docks 109,106,413
Grangemouth Docks 97,555,732
Invergordon 22,994,926
Immingham Docks 20,566,769
Inverness 8,582,983

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 £
Aberdeen Docks 68,695,545 40,410,868 -28,284,677
Grangemouth Docks 54,036,933 43,518,799 -10,518,134
Invergordon 15,751,175 7,243,751 -8,507,424
Immingham Docks 11,218,660 9,348,109 -1,870,551
Inverness 8,582,983 0 -8,582,983
Felixstowe 3,535,943 4,938,396 +1,402,453
Liverpool Docks 5,270,898 1,396,274 -3,874,624
Ayr Harbour 4,059,201 332,043 -3,727,158
London Gateway Port 1,918,566 1,138,496 -780,070
London 1,133,750 1,051,742 -82,008

Importer companies by SIC division

What this shows: Industry breakdown (SIC divisions) of importing companies.

Top 5 values

SIC Companies
Manufacture of food products
22
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
11
Other manufacturing
6
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
5
Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities
4

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 10
2026-04 9
2026-03 14
2026-02 9
2026-01 8

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 19
54m+ 18
15m-54m 7
0-1m 6
Other 2

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 £
Netherlands 8,197,770
France 7,979,097
Ireland 1,238,347
China 1,195,850
United States 1,098,926

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 £
Netherlands 5,269,728 2,928,042 -2,341,686
France 4,808,311 3,170,786 -1,637,525
Ireland 675,660 562,687 -112,973
China 737,980 457,870 -280,110
United States 640,490 458,436 -182,054
Morocco 897,600 0 -897,600
Nigeria 641,618 145,749 -495,869
Spain 0 637,205 +637,205
Indonesia 363,680 140,289 -223,391
Australia 265,805 172,703 -93,102

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 6,178
Norway 2,218
Belgium 130

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 3,093 3,085 -8
Norway 1,466 752 -714
Belgium 130 0 -130

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) 16,863,144
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 6,107,229
Air transport 2,574,872
Other 176,615
Rail transport 76,147

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) 9,418,940 7,444,204 -1,974,736
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 4,568,668 1,538,561 -3,030,107
Air transport 1,773,969 800,903 -973,066
Other 101,316 75,299 -26,017
Rail transport 76,147 0 -76,147

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Immingham Docks 4,116,558
Aberdeen Docks 4,071,161
Middlesbrough 3,213,672
Newhaven 2,656,981
London Gateway Port 2,328,286

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 £
Immingham Docks 2,330,612 1,785,946 -544,666
Aberdeen Docks 2,129,941 1,941,220 -188,721
Middlesbrough 1,984,055 1,229,617 -754,438
Newhaven 2,656,981 0 -2,656,981
London Gateway Port 1,851,644 476,642 -1,375,002
London Heathrow Airport 1,526,377 708,458 -817,919
Grimsby 0 1,218,280 +1,218,280
Dover / Eurotunnel 717,137 361,663 -355,474
Grangemouth Docks 144,699 602,874 +458,175
Holyhead 382,541 353,751 -28,790

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 1504

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

Description: Includes all types of fats and oils from fish or marine mammals, whether refined or not, but not chemically altered