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 285,088,896
Poland 73,364,736
Denmark 62,843,043
Germany 30,488,499
Spain 26,970,652

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 146,948,030 138,140,866 -8,807,164
Poland 40,802,065 32,562,671 -8,239,394
Denmark 32,561,984 30,281,059 -2,280,925
Germany 15,822,377 14,666,122 -1,156,255
Spain 14,143,672 12,826,980 -1,316,692
Belgium 12,760,100 13,685,189 +925,089
France 9,042,278 13,910,502 +4,868,224
Romania 9,079,256 8,644,000 -435,256
Netherlands 5,631,463 5,422,498 -208,965
Sweden 4,573,804 5,261,785 +687,981

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 252,878,508
Poland 81,241,491
Denmark 59,157,100
Germany 33,719,669
Spain 31,861,409

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 131,651,638 121,226,870 -10,424,768
Poland 41,790,609 39,450,882 -2,339,727
Denmark 29,978,449 29,178,651 -799,798
Germany 17,227,310 16,492,359 -734,951
Spain 16,838,291 15,023,118 -1,815,173
Belgium 9,871,296 10,380,304 +509,008
Romania 9,658,145 9,395,705 -262,440
Netherlands 6,609,466 5,829,467 -779,999
Sweden 4,958,428 5,009,305 +50,877
Greece 5,041,428 3,942,103 -1,099,325

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 33
Outer London - West and North West 31
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 29
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 29 29 +0
Outer London - West and North West 29 25 -4
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 28 23 -5
Inner London - East 25 21 -4
Inner London - West 18 21 +3
Greater Manchester 13 10 -3
Surrey, East and West Sussex 11 8 -3
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 8 7 -1
Outer London - South 10 8 -2
West Midlands 10 10 +0

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) 514,416,154
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 36,910,037
Other 34,949,891
Air transport 188,275

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) 269,043,969 245,372,185 -23,671,784
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 16,166,078 20,743,959 +4,577,881
Other 16,802,651 18,147,240 +1,344,589
Air transport 104,447 83,828 -20,619

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Holyhead 172,411,732
Immingham Docks 83,200,894
Dover 80,015,585
Liverpool Docks 61,595,598
Eurotunnel 56,645,305

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 71,895,856 100,515,876 +28,620,020
Immingham Docks 42,027,012 41,173,882 -853,130
Dover 42,138,037 37,877,548 -4,260,489
Liverpool Docks 49,114,552 12,481,046 -36,633,506
Eurotunnel 28,412,445 28,232,860 -179,585
000 16,802,651 18,147,240 +1,344,589
Dover / Eurotunnel 13,622,030 12,832,603 -789,427
Harwich 9,391,192 8,126,339 -1,264,853
Middlesbrough 8,595,764 7,288,624 -1,307,140
Milford 4,859,636 3,187,392 -1,672,244

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
189
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
79
Manufacture of food products
46
Food and beverage service activities
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
2026-05 126
2026-04 124
2026-03 139
2026-02 132
2026-01 126

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 146
0-1m 69
54m+ 65
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 60,222,255
France 22,515,838
Spain 4,354,532
Belgium 3,672,733
Netherlands 600,371

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 34,420,886 25,801,369 -8,619,517
France 11,334,380 11,181,458 -152,922
Spain 750,946 3,603,586 +2,852,640
Belgium 1,936,625 1,736,108 -200,517
Netherlands 229,207 371,164 +141,957
Denmark 207,499 344,989 +137,490
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 289,505 206,038 -83,467
Gibraltar 256,022 172,085 -83,937
Germany 99,363 104,710 +5,347
Italy 81,227 106,320 +25,093

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 30,986,363
XI 12,324,331
Spain 169,242
Poland 164,645
Belgium 140,335

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 16,645,425 14,340,938 -2,304,487
XI 8,641,301 3,683,030 -4,958,271
Spain 98,901 70,341 -28,560
Poland 59,759 104,886 +45,127
Belgium 87,471 52,864 -34,607
Denmark 32,340 29,525 -2,815
Netherlands 21,139 19,745 -1,394
Germany 22,193 9,137 -13,056
Italy 13,084 11,496 -1,588
China 3,485 3,446 -39

Export volume by transport

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

Top 5 values

Transport £
Other 47,485,591
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 44,964,348
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 2,417,752
Air transport 198,337

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 27,438,378 20,047,213 -7,391,165
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 21,836,843 23,127,505 +1,290,662
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,431,047 986,705 -444,342
Air transport 100,660 97,677 -2,983

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
000 47,485,591
Dover / Eurotunnel 30,743,097
Holyhead 10,652,850
Liverpool Docks 2,988,367
London Gateway Port 1,110,247

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 27,438,378 20,047,213 -7,391,165
Dover / Eurotunnel 14,132,205 16,610,892 +2,478,687
Holyhead 5,518,420 5,134,430 -383,990
Liverpool Docks 1,679,891 1,308,476 -371,415
London Gateway Port 632,746 477,501 -155,245
Southampton 259,658 136,717 -122,941
Eurotunnel 163,062 85,309 -77,753
London 200,466 20,383 -180,083
Immingham Docks 93,034 63,443 -29,591
Fishguard 149,083 0 -149,083

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