Import/export HS code 160420: Various prepared fish

Other types of prepared or preserved fish not covered in previous categories

Why this is important if you are looking for potential customers in the UK:

  • It helps you understand the market size for your product in the UK.
  • It provides you with a list of potential leads who have bought similar products.

* 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 £
Lithuania 38,888,689
Germany 20,044,114
Poland 13,856,396
Belgium 8,921,399
France 8,637,618

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 £
Lithuania 20,279,635 18,609,054 -1,670,581
Germany 9,705,304 10,338,810 +633,506
Poland 6,898,807 6,957,589 +58,782
Belgium 4,820,587 4,100,812 -719,775
France 3,921,997 4,715,621 +793,624
Malaysia 3,038,532 3,139,802 +101,270
Thailand 2,481,481 2,949,661 +468,180
Ireland 2,430,122 1,725,993 -704,129
Denmark 2,091,374 2,027,421 -63,953
Netherlands 1,917,664 1,398,907 -518,757

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 £
Lithuania 45,562,434
Germany 15,600,815
Poland 14,355,877
France 7,556,532
Malaysia 6,303,151

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 £
Lithuania 23,627,733 21,934,701 -1,693,032
Germany 7,661,593 7,939,222 +277,629
Poland 6,686,110 7,669,767 +983,657
France 4,644,819 2,911,713 -1,733,106
Malaysia 3,190,352 3,112,799 -77,553
Thailand 2,686,278 2,852,086 +165,808
Norway 2,734,594 1,074,022 -1,660,572
United States 878,568 1,951,290 +1,072,722
Mauritius 1,201,857 1,419,795 +217,938
Ecuador 766,126 1,828,518 +1,062,392

Importers across UK regions

What this shows: Number of importing companies by UK ITL2 region.

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - East 21
Inner London - West 20
Outer London - East and North East 20
Outer London - West and North West 19
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 14

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
Inner London - East 17 16 -1
Inner London - West 13 14 +1
Outer London - East and North East 16 20 +4
Outer London - West and North West 17 16 -1
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 13 9 -4
Outer London - South 10 10 +0
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 6 10 +4
Surrey, East and West Sussex 9 7 -2
East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire 3 6 +3
Kent 4 5 +1

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) 80,322,955
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 50,677,804
Other 4,033,744
Rail transport 29,888
Air transport 23,830

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) 40,753,838 39,569,117 -1,184,721
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 25,155,191 25,522,613 +367,422
Other 2,479,081 1,554,663 -924,418
Rail transport 29,888 0 -29,888
Air transport 18,548 5,282 -13,266

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 52,091,067
Immingham Docks 26,358,739
Felixstowe 13,821,948
London 6,790,719
Eurotunnel 6,503,575

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 27,462,805 24,628,262 -2,834,543
Immingham Docks 11,536,078 14,822,661 +3,286,583
Felixstowe 7,379,513 6,442,435 -937,078
London 3,935,335 2,855,384 -1,079,951
Eurotunnel 2,640,360 3,863,215 +1,222,855
Southampton 3,359,889 3,099,359 -260,530
London Gateway Port 1,963,534 4,105,473 +2,141,939
Dover / Eurotunnel 2,461,849 2,169,980 -291,869
000 2,479,081 1,554,663 -924,418
Killingholme 2,074,230 0 -2,074,230

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 142
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 44
Manufacture of food products 21
Food and beverage service activities 16
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 6

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 57
2026-03 69
2026-02 61
2026-01 56
2025-12 54

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 99
54m+ 39
15m-54m 37
0-1m 23
Other 7

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 £
United States 3,381,812
Canada 1,433,670
Ireland 1,187,982
United Arab Emirates 471,914
Denmark 430,635

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 £
United States 471,944 2,909,868 +2,437,924
Canada 867,415 566,255 -301,160
Ireland 587,879 600,103 +12,224
United Arab Emirates 238,792 233,122 -5,670
Denmark 393,732 36,903 -356,829
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 332,413 78,049 -254,364
Malta 98,195 108,568 +10,373
France 33,697 119,630 +85,933
Australia 2,430 139,547 +137,117
Singapore 50,654 40,644 -10,010

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 64,282
Poland 47,587
Germany 19,800
Ireland 7,685
Viet Nam 3,120

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 13,260 51,022 +37,762
Poland 17,414 30,173 +12,759
Germany 13,620 6,180 -7,440
Ireland 3,634 4,051 +417
Viet Nam 3,120 0 -3,120
Thailand 0 412 +412
Peru 0 129 +129
Philippines 39 41 +2
Malaysia 0 17 +17
Spain 7 0 -7

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) 3,791,809
Air transport 2,677,589
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 1,475,187
Other 402,302

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) 2,082,246 1,709,563 -372,683
Air transport 121,234 2,556,355 +2,435,121
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 916,289 558,898 -357,391
Other 174,980 227,322 +52,342

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 2,674,766
Grangemouth Docks 1,815,174
Liverpool Docks 1,216,250
London Gateway Port 755,285
Immingham Docks 418,450

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 £
London Heathrow Airport 120,207 2,554,559 +2,434,352
Grangemouth Docks 1,258,085 557,089 -700,996
Liverpool Docks 486,785 729,465 +242,680
London Gateway Port 306,518 448,767 +142,249
Immingham Docks 390,802 27,648 -363,154
000 174,980 227,322 +52,342
Felixstowe 122,101 275,911 +153,810
Southampton 315,215 13,529 -301,686
Dover / Eurotunnel 77,683 61,893 -15,790
Holyhead 39,236 68,849 +29,613

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 160420

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

Description: Other types of prepared or preserved fish not covered in previous categories