Import/export HS code 16023230: Chicken meat with 25-57% poultry

Processed chicken products containing 25-57% poultry meat or offal

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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 £
Poland 113,807,281
Germany 82,474,915
Thailand 69,530,977
Ireland 54,015,152
Netherlands 25,067,733

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 £
Poland 64,596,846 49,210,435 -15,386,411
Germany 37,746,581 44,728,334 +6,981,753
Thailand 35,767,080 33,763,897 -2,003,183
Ireland 25,317,691 28,697,461 +3,379,770
Netherlands 13,767,718 11,300,015 -2,467,703
France 15,196,781 6,937,920 -8,258,861
Denmark 7,486,468 6,521,669 -964,799
Brazil 6,569,544 6,360,403 -209,141
Hungary 5,099,608 4,825,039 -274,569
China 3,570,838 2,476,187 -1,094,651

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 £
Poland 125,926,337
Thailand 70,544,509
Germany 68,511,070
Ireland 32,762,724
Netherlands 22,525,368

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 £
Poland 67,253,521 58,672,816 -8,580,705
Thailand 36,839,577 33,704,932 -3,134,645
Germany 34,122,186 34,388,884 +266,698
Ireland 13,884,044 18,878,680 +4,994,636
Netherlands 12,133,263 10,392,105 -1,741,158
France 13,348,606 6,067,821 -7,280,785
Denmark 7,610,596 6,517,905 -1,092,691
Brazil 6,589,126 6,404,416 -184,710
Hungary 5,046,354 4,870,400 -175,954
China 3,515,572 2,538,884 -976,688

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 15
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 11
Inner London - West 9
Outer London - West and North West 9
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 8

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 13 11 -2
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 11 10 -1
Inner London - West 8 6 -2
Outer London - West and North West 6 7 +1
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 7 7 +0
Greater Manchester 7 6 -1
Outer London - South 4 6 +2
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 5 5 +0
Inner London - East 6 3 -3
West Midlands 6 4 -2

Import volume by transport

What this shows: Import value by transport mode used to bring goods into the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 275,070,959
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 105,704,990
Other 46,361,660
Air transport 103,738
Road transport 42,134

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 £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 146,148,355 128,922,604 -17,225,751
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 52,311,266 53,393,724 +1,082,458
Other 26,485,741 19,875,919 -6,609,822
Air transport 56,288 47,450 -8,838
Road transport 0 42,134 +42,134

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 167,839,538
000 46,361,660
Eurotunnel 39,356,138
Liverpool Docks 31,184,738
Felixstowe 31,148,318

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 £
Dover 92,352,701 75,486,837 -16,865,864
000 26,485,741 19,875,919 -6,609,822
Eurotunnel 23,197,666 16,158,472 -7,039,194
Liverpool Docks 13,132,210 18,052,528 +4,920,318
Felixstowe 16,719,856 14,428,462 -2,291,394
Dover / Eurotunnel 8,638,709 11,977,925 +3,339,216
Southampton 10,139,862 9,396,171 -743,691
Hull 9,670,053 9,441,448 -228,605
Immingham Docks 9,005,204 7,477,057 -1,528,147
London Gateway Port 7,599,534 6,649,485 -950,049

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 88
Manufacture of food products 23
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 22
Food and beverage service activities 7
Other personal service activities 4

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 58
2025-11 57
2025-10 59
2025-09 60
2025-08 57

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
54m+ 51
1m-15m 47
15m-54m 21
0-1m 10
Other 8

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 28,637,268
France 7,035,843
Germany 6,754,033
Poland 6,710,729
Italy 4,981,834

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 17,641,585 10,995,683 -6,645,902
France 5,608,285 1,427,558 -4,180,727
Germany 2,788,841 3,965,192 +1,176,351
Poland 6,683,758 26,971 -6,656,787
Italy 1,788,012 3,193,822 +1,405,810
Portugal 1,721,264 1,351,362 -369,902
Netherlands 1,446,115 42,775 -1,403,340
Spain 594,323 782,989 +188,666
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 267,323 269,649 +2,326
Belgium 152,784 138,828 -13,956

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 6,419,373
Brazil 629,128
Poland 212,805
Germany 69,803
Ireland 57,063

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 2,762,286 3,657,087 +894,801
Brazil 356,707 272,421 -84,286
Poland 110,505 102,300 -8,205
Germany 28,987 40,816 +11,829
Ireland 14,857 42,206 +27,349
Thailand 11,560 6,344 -5,216
France 4,377 0 -4,377
Netherlands 2,124 832 -1,292
Malaysia 1,064 0 -1,064
Bulgaria 0 190 +190

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) 50,965,356
Other 9,174,415
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,707,428
Road transport 72,432
Air transport 5,723

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) 33,277,854 17,687,502 -15,590,352
Other 4,522,448 4,651,967 +129,519
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,222,075 485,353 -736,722
Road transport 72,432 0 -72,432
Air transport 3,362 2,361 -1,001

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 23,834,130
Holyhead 10,209,170
Liverpool Docks 9,972,945
000 9,174,415
Harwich 6,662,582

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 £
Dover / Eurotunnel 13,542,837 10,291,293 -3,251,544
Holyhead 7,491,864 2,717,306 -4,774,558
Liverpool Docks 6,040,059 3,932,886 -2,107,173
000 4,522,448 4,651,967 +129,519
Harwich 6,662,582 0 -6,662,582
London 0 558,612 +558,612
Southampton 343,361 89,797 -253,564
London Gateway Port 22,447 277,240 +254,793
Eurotunnel 277,745 0 -277,745
Middlesbrough 0 139,597 +139,597

Quick facts

HS code: 16023230

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

Description: Processed chicken products containing 25-57% poultry meat or offal