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 279,234,100
Netherlands 177,800,276
Malaysia 141,387,414
Indonesia 39,546,573
Germany 36,449,343

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 142,737,868 136,496,232 -6,241,636
Netherlands 97,806,761 79,993,515 -17,813,246
Malaysia 62,018,385 79,369,029 +17,350,644
Indonesia 30,786,797 8,759,776 -22,027,021
Germany 25,148,798 11,300,545 -13,848,253
Denmark 6,149,421 6,701,663 +552,242
Belgium 4,450,991 5,149,264 +698,273
Colombia 960,902 6,992,930 +6,032,028
Solomon Islands 1,738,382 5,771,485 +4,033,103
Spain 3,651,940 2,009,383 -1,642,557

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 279,310,592
Malaysia 213,986,521
Indonesia 66,202,798
Netherlands 62,374,855
Germany 48,496,908

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 158,050,643 121,259,949 -36,790,694
Malaysia 83,110,797 130,875,724 +47,764,927
Indonesia 44,484,298 21,718,500 -22,765,798
Netherlands 33,947,249 28,427,606 -5,519,643
Germany 30,724,488 17,772,420 -12,952,068
Colombia 2,253,850 11,508,099 +9,254,249
Solomon Islands 1,738,382 5,771,485 +4,033,103
Spain 3,903,120 2,265,412 -1,637,708
Guatemala 5,115,484 72,540 -5,042,944
Belgium 2,231,980 2,607,648 +375,668

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 22
Inner London - East 19
Greater Manchester 14
Essex 11
Outer London - West and North West 9

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 20 16 -4
Inner London - East 12 14 +2
Greater Manchester 12 12 +0
Essex 8 7 -1
Outer London - West and North West 8 8 +0
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 6 7 +1
Inner London - West 4 5 +1
West Midlands 7 5 -2
Merseyside 5 5 +0
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 3 5 +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) 585,848,898
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 140,741,057
Other 6,304,355
Air transport 91,431
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) 269,102,523 316,746,375 +47,643,852
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 108,626,645 32,114,412 -76,512,233
Other 3,262,355 3,042,000 -220,355
Air transport 77,484 13,947 -63,537
Road transport 36,175 0 -36,175

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Liverpool Docks 325,294,471
Hull 173,673,197
London 123,882,359
Immingham Docks 49,994,881
Grangemouth Docks 14,858,682

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 163,745,311 161,549,160 -2,196,151
Hull 100,416,034 73,257,163 -27,158,871
London 58,406,945 65,475,414 +7,068,469
Immingham Docks 25,579,419 24,415,462 -1,163,957
Grangemouth Docks 8,374,567 6,484,115 -1,890,452
Felixstowe 7,156,877 5,913,325 -1,243,552
000 3,262,355 3,042,000 -220,355
Dover 3,229,342 3,052,586 -176,756
Eurotunnel 2,633,062 2,479,337 -153,725
London Gateway Port 1,656,497 2,050,224 +393,727

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
76
Manufacture of food products
41
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
41
Food and beverage service activities
24
Warehousing and support activities for transportation
16

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 34
2026-04 42
2026-03 27
2026-02 34
2026-01 35

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 85
1m-15m 34
54m+ 33
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 61,103,446
Sweden 17,078,590
Netherlands 2,172,592
Poland 1,893,103
Spain 1,195,824

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 30,121,387 30,982,059 +860,672
Sweden 1,093,249 15,985,341 +14,892,092
Netherlands 1,372,086 800,506 -571,580
Poland 96,901 1,796,202 +1,699,301
Spain 781,120 414,704 -366,416
Belgium 476,274 581,634 +105,360
France 462,955 419,275 -43,680
Germany 223,821 492,392 +268,571
Denmark 18,334 131,234 +112,900
Malta 14,984 86,138 +71,154

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 547,142

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 514,463 32,679 -481,784

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) 72,539,142
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 13,018,576
Other 1,322,209
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) 32,422,804 40,116,338 +7,693,534
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,744,699 11,273,877 +9,529,178
Other 896,608 425,601 -471,007
Air transport 17,542 15,164 -2,378

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Liverpool Docks 58,586,759
Hull 18,349,670
Immingham Docks 3,827,637
Dover / Eurotunnel 2,417,308
000 1,322,209

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 28,580,935 30,005,824 +1,424,889
Hull 1,148,667 17,201,003 +16,052,336
Immingham Docks 2,017,882 1,809,755 -208,127
Dover / Eurotunnel 1,154,552 1,262,756 +108,204
000 896,608 425,601 -471,007
Holyhead 479,831 494,834 +15,003
Dover 175,116 348,235 +173,119
Eurotunnel 226,314 88,880 -137,434
Heysham 160,275 43,392 -116,883
London Gateway Port 115,994 21,601 -94,393

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