Import/export HS code 1514: Rape, colza, or mustard oil and their parts

Includes all types of rape, colza, or mustard oil, whether processed or not, but not chemically changed

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  • It helps you understand the market size for your product in the UK.
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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 £
Netherlands 180,437,882
Belgium 62,922,721
Germany 59,859,359
France 32,392,674
Romania 4,322,206

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 £
Netherlands 74,251,624 106,186,258 +31,934,634
Belgium 37,371,004 25,551,717 -11,819,287
Germany 26,055,076 33,804,283 +7,749,207
France 14,821,491 17,571,183 +2,749,692
Romania 1,638,177 2,684,029 +1,045,852
Ireland 1,283,513 2,745,470 +1,461,957
Denmark 2,467,709 238,893 -2,228,816
Ukraine 754,738 1,269,178 +514,440
India 975,010 1,035,409 +60,399
Italy 1,269,689 677,202 -592,487

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 £
Netherlands 151,162,997
Germany 93,889,772
Belgium 63,089,117
France 26,178,428
Italy 4,079,659

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 £
Netherlands 51,315,183 99,847,814 +48,532,631
Germany 49,292,921 44,596,851 -4,696,070
Belgium 38,029,326 25,059,791 -12,969,535
France 13,768,472 12,409,956 -1,358,516
Italy 1,538,213 2,541,446 +1,003,233
Romania 1,554,586 1,002,915 -551,671
Ukraine 778,816 1,347,223 +568,407
India 950,390 1,029,241 +78,851
Bangladesh 630,100 619,186 -10,914
Spain 865,810 376,222 -489,588

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
Outer London - West and North West 16
Inner London - West 11
West Midlands 11
West Yorkshire 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 15 18 +3
Outer London - West and North West 14 12 -2
Inner London - West 8 10 +2
West Midlands 9 11 +2
West Yorkshire 7 5 -2
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 6 6 +0
Greater Manchester 6 6 +0
Inner London - East 5 4 -1
Surrey, East and West Sussex 6 5 -1
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 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) 205,176,729
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 146,694,813
Other 9,613,872
Road transport 343,779
Air transport 118,657

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) 80,676,300 124,500,429 +43,824,129
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 80,182,509 66,512,304 -13,670,205
Other 5,326,474 4,287,398 -1,039,076
Road transport 267,793 75,986 -191,807
Air transport 30,212 88,445 +58,233

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London 88,453,702
Medway 69,708,034
Immingham Docks 53,766,163
Aberdeen Docks 27,465,779
Liverpool Docks 20,681,279

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 56,051,557 32,402,145 -23,649,412
Medway 1,635,326 68,072,708 +66,437,382
Immingham Docks 34,552,578 19,213,585 -15,338,993
Aberdeen Docks 4,617,265 22,848,514 +18,231,249
Liverpool Docks 19,863,229 818,050 -19,045,179
Hull 7,815,457 11,936,754 +4,121,297
Goole 6,931,383 11,701,877 +4,770,494
Eurotunnel 6,913,896 7,614,660 +700,764
000 5,326,474 4,287,398 -1,039,076
Grangemouth Docks 5,472,583 3,482,710 -1,989,873

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 82
Manufacture of food products 44
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 26
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 8
Food and beverage service activities 6

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 49
2026-03 46
2026-02 44
2026-01 45
2025-12 51

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 53
54m+ 48
0-1m 28
Other 14
15m-54m 13

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 56,491,937
Ireland 21,133,682
Switzerland 15,880,213
Germany 12,871,741
Sweden 12,046,055

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 21,146,343 35,345,594 +14,199,251
Ireland 10,973,993 10,159,689 -814,304
Switzerland 10,373,244 5,506,969 -4,866,275
Germany 2,478,431 10,393,310 +7,914,879
Sweden 307,610 11,738,445 +11,430,835
Norway 1,218,773 9,559,987 +8,341,214
Australia 3,040,019 520,844 -2,519,175
France 418,076 3,061,279 +2,643,203
Faroe Islands 3,780 2,754,659 +2,750,879
Philippines 1,438,871 934,389 -504,482

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 £
Netherlands 3,542,612
XI 1,654,410
Ireland 100,425
Spain 48,058
Argentina 44,797

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 £
Netherlands 2,137,710 1,404,902 -732,808
XI 689,867 964,543 +274,676
Ireland 73,862 26,563 -47,299
Spain 28,819 19,239 -9,580
Argentina 21,227 23,570 +2,343
France 1,021 1,299 +278
Germany 0 700 +700
Italy 571 0 -571
Thailand 10 0 -10

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) 97,189,000
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 47,740,364
Other 5,738,657
Air transport 69,727

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) 31,231,208 65,957,792 +34,726,584
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 22,505,723 25,234,641 +2,728,918
Other 3,108,908 2,629,749 -479,159
Air transport 12,648 57,079 +44,431

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Medway 51,754,628
London 28,371,722
Liverpool Docks 27,100,659
Immingham Docks 7,289,708
Dover / Eurotunnel 7,143,074

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 £
Medway 4,623,258 47,131,370 +42,508,112
London 23,125,306 5,246,416 -17,878,890
Liverpool Docks 4,593,392 22,507,267 +17,913,875
Immingham Docks 3,775,714 3,513,994 -261,720
Dover / Eurotunnel 3,406,305 3,736,769 +330,464
London Gateway Port 4,892,036 1,737,704 -3,154,332
000 3,108,908 2,629,749 -479,159
Holyhead 2,134,084 2,272,933 +138,849
Felixstowe 1,928,409 2,177,772 +249,363
Heysham 1,120,889 2,157,141 +1,036,252

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 1514

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

Description: Includes all types of rape, colza, or mustard oil, whether processed or not, but not chemically changed