Import/export HS code 1509: Olive oil and its fractions, refined or not, but not chemically changed

Includes all types of olive oil, whether processed or unprocessed, used in cooking or other applications

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  • It helps you understand the market size for your product in the UK.
  • It provides you with a list of potential leads who have bought similar products.

* 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 £
Spain 314,912,752
Italy 156,669,160
Germany 72,084,501
Belgium 53,430,001
Greece 40,263,823

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 £
Spain 178,574,430 136,338,322 -42,236,108
Italy 79,092,593 77,576,567 -1,516,026
Germany 47,644,760 24,439,741 -23,205,019
Belgium 30,410,350 23,019,651 -7,390,699
Greece 19,248,706 21,015,117 +1,766,411
Tunisia 3,242,674 8,989,986 +5,747,312
France 6,362,293 5,680,408 -681,885
Netherlands 1,362,686 1,004,533 -358,153
Portugal 1,065,360 1,177,272 +111,912
State of Palestine 566,086 1,182,600 +616,514

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 £
Spain 400,575,362
Italy 196,346,067
Greece 48,843,257
Tunisia 12,754,089
Portugal 3,011,595

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 £
Spain 235,602,504 164,972,858 -70,629,646
Italy 99,711,223 96,634,844 -3,076,379
Greece 24,293,368 24,549,889 +256,521
Tunisia 3,650,922 9,103,167 +5,452,245
Portugal 1,507,672 1,503,923 -3,749
State of Palestine 1,072,134 1,496,367 +424,233
France 569,304 1,030,434 +461,130
Lebanon 1,040,280 434,788 -605,492
Turkey 792,397 499,673 -292,724
Morocco 565,542 675,617 +110,075

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - East 61
Inner London - West 59
Outer London - West and North West 58
Outer London - East and North East 38
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 26

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
Inner London - East 47 45 -2
Inner London - West 48 42 -6
Outer London - West and North West 53 45 -8
Outer London - East and North East 33 31 -2
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 22 19 -3
Outer London - South 17 16 -1
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 16 16 +0
Greater Manchester 11 11 +0
Kent 9 10 +1
North Somerset, Somerset and Dorset 11 9 -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) 402,175,462
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 265,555,400
Air transport 5,023,923
Other 4,603,921
Road transport 186,770

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) 233,191,004 168,984,458 -64,206,546
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 134,555,148 131,000,252 -3,554,896
Air transport 2,516,425 2,507,498 -8,927
Other 2,895,252 1,708,669 -1,186,583
Road transport 37,708 149,062 +111,354
Rail transport 0 4,846 +4,846

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London 227,663,386
London Gateway Port 155,345,441
Dover 83,026,874
Eurotunnel 37,363,483
Immingham Docks 34,400,624

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 141,952,309 85,711,077 -56,241,232
London Gateway Port 62,760,488 92,584,953 +29,824,465
Dover 42,609,154 40,417,720 -2,191,434
Eurotunnel 21,200,379 16,163,104 -5,037,275
Immingham Docks 19,583,089 14,817,535 -4,765,554
Dover / Eurotunnel 16,744,520 15,866,172 -878,348
Felixstowe 19,398,580 11,881,723 -7,516,857
Liverpool Docks 15,254,864 6,970,970 -8,283,894
Middlesbrough 4,263,008 3,077,180 -1,185,828
Killingholme 3,820,049 2,339,200 -1,480,849

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
273
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
117
Food and beverage service activities
93
Manufacture of food products
40
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities
13

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 139
2026-04 126
2026-03 120
2026-02 142
2026-01 107

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 209
0-1m 149
54m+ 80
15m-54m 49
Other 25

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 12,918,175
United Arab Emirates 937,700
Spain 856,138
United States 755,011
Iceland 551,522

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 7,613,668 5,304,507 -2,309,161
United Arab Emirates 434,874 502,826 +67,952
Spain 201,568 654,570 +453,002
United States 337,836 417,175 +79,339
Iceland 293,581 257,941 -35,640
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 86,849 246,527 +159,678
Netherlands 129,162 108,924 -20,238
Italy 15,899 221,029 +205,130
France 47,198 189,308 +142,110
South Korea 110,977 102,322 -8,655

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 £
Italy 1,166,362
Spain 356,137
XI 137,322
Netherlands 31,065
Ireland 28,328

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 £
Italy 544,270 622,092 +77,822
Spain 209,764 146,373 -63,391
XI 71,472 65,850 -5,622
Netherlands 825 30,240 +29,415
Ireland 11,272 17,056 +5,784
Greece 1,135 1,946 +811
France 6 153 +147
El Salvador 106 0 -106
Turkey 90 0 -90
China 74 0 -74

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) 10,774,485
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 4,563,167
Other 3,783,016
Air transport 329,296

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) 6,307,723 4,466,762 -1,840,961
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,945,415 2,617,752 +672,337
Other 1,947,185 1,835,831 -111,354
Air transport 182,756 146,540 -36,216

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Liverpool Docks 6,544,990
000 3,783,016
Holyhead 1,932,280
London Gateway Port 1,877,229
Dover / Eurotunnel 1,109,432

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 £
Liverpool Docks 4,008,707 2,536,283 -1,472,424
000 1,947,185 1,835,831 -111,354
Holyhead 1,166,001 766,279 -399,722
London Gateway Port 969,682 907,547 -62,135
Dover / Eurotunnel 391,786 717,646 +325,860
Southampton 299,998 345,106 +45,108
Heysham 361,888 269,266 -92,622
London 47,345 570,774 +523,429
Middlesbrough 273,861 260,943 -12,918
Felixstowe 201,418 282,391 +80,973

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 1509

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

Description: Includes all types of olive oil, whether processed or unprocessed, used in cooking or other applications