Import/export HS code 1511: Palm oil and its fractions

Palm oil and its parts, whether refined or not, but not chemically changed

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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 £
Papua New Guinea 277,624,459
Netherlands 166,991,427
Malaysia 118,517,893
Indonesia 47,528,969
Germany 33,253,342

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 £
Papua New Guinea 149,080,693 128,543,766 -20,536,927
Netherlands 93,855,391 73,136,036 -20,719,355
Malaysia 43,314,004 75,203,889 +31,889,885
Indonesia 37,780,921 9,748,048 -28,032,873
Germany 22,295,594 10,957,748 -11,337,846
Denmark 6,706,642 4,726,634 -1,980,008
Belgium 3,831,288 4,277,069 +445,781
Spain 6,043,691 1,648,991 -4,394,700
Solomon Islands 1,738,382 2,861,934 +1,123,552
Switzerland 0 3,824,110 +3,824,110

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 £
Papua New Guinea 284,726,215
Malaysia 176,103,044
Indonesia 71,765,698
Netherlands 56,378,762
Germany 48,434,482

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 £
Papua New Guinea 160,524,743 124,201,472 -36,323,271
Malaysia 65,443,393 110,659,651 +45,216,258
Indonesia 50,403,849 21,361,849 -29,042,000
Netherlands 30,434,214 25,944,548 -4,489,666
Germany 31,207,393 17,227,089 -13,980,304
Spain 6,296,407 1,874,872 -4,421,535
Guatemala 7,310,258 36,816 -7,273,442
Colombia 1,223,162 5,799,439 +4,576,277
Solomon Islands 1,738,382 2,861,934 +1,123,552
Belgium 1,983,890 2,288,902 +305,012

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 21
Inner London - East 18
Greater Manchester 14
Essex 12
Outer London - West and North West 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 19 16 -3
Inner London - East 13 13 +0
Greater Manchester 10 12 +2
Essex 11 5 -6
Outer London - West and North West 10 7 -3
West Midlands 8 5 -3
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 5 7 +2
Inner London - West 4 4 +0
Merseyside 4 5 +1
Kent 2 3 +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) 525,277,475
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 160,208,313
Other 5,081,603
Air transport 97,109
Road transport 36,175

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) 240,076,978 285,200,497 +45,123,519
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 128,420,516 31,787,797 -96,632,719
Other 3,245,558 1,836,045 -1,409,513
Air transport 86,835 10,274 -76,561
Road transport 0 36,175 +36,175

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Liverpool Docks 312,656,730
Hull 158,659,472
London 113,394,884
Immingham Docks 44,542,231
Grangemouth Docks 13,287,032

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 £
Liverpool Docks 156,978,666 155,678,064 -1,300,602
Hull 95,752,906 62,906,566 -32,846,340
London 55,972,612 57,422,272 +1,449,660
Immingham Docks 24,447,073 20,095,158 -4,351,915
Grangemouth Docks 7,523,896 5,763,136 -1,760,760
Felixstowe 8,380,854 3,625,906 -4,754,948
Medway 7,832,445 0 -7,832,445
Dover 2,708,480 2,880,506 +172,026
000 3,245,558 1,836,045 -1,409,513
Eurotunnel 2,989,156 2,081,529 -907,627

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 70
Manufacture of food products 39
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 38
Food and beverage service activities 17
Warehousing and support activities for transportation 16

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 35
2025-11 35
2025-10 31
2025-09 36
2025-08 38

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
0-1m 73
1m-15m 37
54m+ 31
Other 15
15m-54m 6

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 55,430,051
Sweden 4,894,604
Netherlands 1,681,233
Poland 1,283,419
Spain 1,094,127

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 30,285,269 25,144,782 -5,140,487
Sweden 41,090 4,853,514 +4,812,424
Netherlands 1,602,232 79,001 -1,523,231
Poland 98,673 1,184,746 +1,086,073
Spain 670,464 423,663 -246,801
Belgium 494,482 354,170 -140,312
France 465,818 350,084 -115,734
Germany 223,492 167,047 -56,445
Malta 14,984 86,138 +71,154
Norway 60,255 14,476 -45,779

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 905,291

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 886,975 18,316 -868,659

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) 61,122,126
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 4,485,002
Other 1,556,584
Air transport 32,706

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) 32,189,718 28,932,408 -3,257,310
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 936,989 3,548,013 +2,611,024
Other 1,241,251 315,333 -925,918
Air transport 12,889 19,817 +6,928

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Liverpool Docks 52,828,978
Hull 5,986,310
Immingham Docks 2,655,056
Dover / Eurotunnel 2,026,383
000 1,556,584

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 28,535,910 24,293,068 -4,242,842
Hull 83,643 5,902,667 +5,819,024
Immingham Docks 2,269,673 385,383 -1,884,290
Dover / Eurotunnel 1,025,026 1,001,357 -23,669
000 1,241,251 315,333 -925,918
Holyhead 322,757 495,620 +172,863
Dover 247,672 129,575 -118,097
Eurotunnel 179,609 126,860 -52,749
Heysham 182,981 20,109 -162,872
London Gateway Port 109,825 58,519 -51,306

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 1511

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

Description: Palm oil and its parts, whether refined or not, but not chemically changed