Import/export HS code 160249: Various meat mixtures

Processed or preserved meat mixtures, including combinations of different cuts

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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 £
Ireland 273,417,786
Poland 69,998,370
Denmark 63,212,272
Germany 31,166,431
Spain 25,722,246

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 £
Ireland 146,976,352 126,441,434 -20,534,918
Poland 38,879,066 31,119,304 -7,759,762
Denmark 34,675,871 28,536,401 -6,139,470
Germany 17,825,111 13,341,320 -4,483,791
Spain 13,449,336 12,272,910 -1,176,426
Belgium 12,692,129 10,742,425 -1,949,704
France 8,940,372 9,400,683 +460,311
Romania 9,863,504 7,333,215 -2,530,289
Netherlands 6,359,398 4,588,135 -1,771,263
Sweden 4,507,258 4,806,403 +299,145

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 £
Ireland 244,623,994
Poland 74,686,665
Denmark 59,062,600
Germany 34,042,016
Spain 29,578,780

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 £
Ireland 131,873,725 112,750,269 -19,123,456
Poland 39,842,592 34,844,073 -4,998,519
Denmark 31,520,643 27,541,957 -3,978,686
Germany 19,197,469 14,844,547 -4,352,922
Spain 15,903,269 13,675,511 -2,227,758
Romania 10,507,577 7,903,668 -2,603,909
Belgium 9,453,964 7,838,392 -1,615,572
Netherlands 7,714,025 4,806,131 -2,907,894
Sweden 4,859,141 4,738,995 -120,146
Greece 4,772,133 4,427,834 -344,299

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 38
Outer London - West and North West 32
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 27
Inner London - East 26
Inner London - West 24

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 30 31 +1
Outer London - West and North West 30 24 -6
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 25 24 -1
Inner London - East 23 22 -1
Inner London - West 19 19 +0
Greater Manchester 13 13 +0
Surrey, East and West Sussex 11 11 +0
West Midlands 11 10 -1
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 8 8 +0
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 10 7 -3

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) 500,347,160
Other 31,649,562
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 30,494,946
Air transport 194,565

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) 273,320,709 227,026,451 -46,294,258
Other 16,807,948 14,841,614 -1,966,334
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 15,295,635 15,199,311 -96,324
Air transport 127,684 66,881 -60,803

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Holyhead 156,765,396
Immingham Docks 82,202,144
Dover 77,436,633
Liverpool Docks 71,357,489
Eurotunnel 50,793,750

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 £
Holyhead 73,963,885 82,801,511 +8,837,626
Immingham Docks 43,984,299 38,217,845 -5,766,454
Dover 42,590,202 34,846,431 -7,743,771
Liverpool Docks 48,544,676 22,812,813 -25,731,863
Eurotunnel 25,667,856 25,125,894 -541,962
000 16,807,948 14,841,614 -1,966,334
Dover / Eurotunnel 15,512,924 9,844,410 -5,668,514
Harwich 10,424,047 7,222,372 -3,201,675
Middlesbrough 7,416,692 6,306,804 -1,109,888
Milford 4,267,898 2,810,556 -1,457,342

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 193
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 83
Food and beverage service activities 45
Manufacture of food products 43
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 8

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 126
2025-11 146
2025-10 148
2025-09 136
2025-08 131

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 147
0-1m 74
54m+ 69
15m-54m 36
Other 18

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 58,488,298
France 21,723,719
Belgium 3,216,109
Spain 3,076,272
Denmark 617,232

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 34,645,263 23,843,035 -10,802,228
France 11,788,287 9,935,432 -1,852,855
Belgium 1,833,304 1,382,805 -450,499
Spain 660,635 2,415,637 +1,755,002
Denmark 223,078 394,154 +171,076
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 346,509 225,250 -121,259
Netherlands 257,712 278,967 +21,255
Gibraltar 239,560 131,770 -107,790
Germany 141,867 124,684 -17,183
Italy 101,090 74,680 -26,410

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 £
Ireland 28,991,594
XI 13,642,835
Spain 173,330
Belgium 130,061
Poland 101,111

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 £
Ireland 16,428,290 12,563,304 -3,864,986
XI 8,518,958 5,123,877 -3,395,081
Spain 107,060 66,270 -40,790
Belgium 71,698 58,363 -13,335
Poland 42,469 58,642 +16,173
Denmark 27,877 30,899 +3,022
Netherlands 19,591 14,085 -5,506
Germany 22,744 9,319 -13,425
Italy 14,624 6,222 -8,402
China 1,756 3,778 +2,022

Export volume by transport

What this shows: Export value by transport mode used to ship goods from the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Other 45,930,715
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 42,256,510
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 2,527,573
Air transport 129,488

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 £
Other 27,084,307 18,846,408 -8,237,899
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 22,575,733 19,680,777 -2,894,956
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,423,301 1,104,272 -319,029
Air transport 94,249 35,239 -59,010

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
000 45,930,715
Dover / Eurotunnel 28,022,894
Holyhead 10,549,819
Liverpool Docks 3,053,415
London Gateway Port 1,032,146

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 £
000 27,084,307 18,846,408 -8,237,899
Dover / Eurotunnel 14,098,924 13,923,970 -174,954
Holyhead 6,129,470 4,420,349 -1,709,121
Liverpool Docks 1,845,282 1,208,133 -637,149
London Gateway Port 306,400 725,746 +419,346
Southampton 398,734 105,915 -292,819
Immingham Docks 254,120 56,286 -197,834
London 192,698 70,406 -122,292
Eurotunnel 158,560 79,504 -79,056
Fishguard 141,123 7,960 -133,163

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 160249

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

Description: Processed or preserved meat mixtures, including combinations of different cuts