Import/export HS code 2004: Frozen prepared vegetables

Vegetables preserved or prepared without vinegar, frozen, excluding products from heading 2006

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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 £
Belgium 1,258,060,828
Netherlands 934,452,929
Germany 76,736,031
France 45,241,800
Ireland 41,767,199

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 £
Belgium 581,740,765 676,320,063 +94,579,298
Netherlands 553,769,639 380,683,290 -173,086,349
Germany 41,267,034 35,468,997 -5,798,037
France 24,279,893 20,961,907 -3,317,986
Ireland 21,838,595 19,928,604 -1,909,991
Spain 9,934,825 10,408,663 +473,838
India 5,348,147 7,651,336 +2,303,189
Poland 5,116,025 6,201,075 +1,085,050
Austria 3,901,709 2,529,892 -1,371,817
Sweden 1,920,307 2,453,300 +532,993

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 £
Belgium 1,423,825,895
Netherlands 732,408,354
Germany 67,034,156
Spain 30,083,433
Austria 22,071,872

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 £
Belgium 717,497,002 706,328,893 -11,168,109
Netherlands 398,274,921 334,133,433 -64,141,488
Germany 37,955,505 29,078,651 -8,876,854
Spain 14,579,944 15,503,489 +923,545
Austria 11,609,618 10,462,254 -1,147,364
France 12,464,256 9,194,366 -3,269,890
India 5,360,535 7,703,960 +2,343,425
Poland 5,458,847 7,140,699 +1,681,852
Ireland 2,625,746 3,079,281 +453,535
Sweden 2,767,605 2,498,511 -269,094

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Outer London - West and North West 55
Outer London - East and North East 44
Inner London - East 34
Inner London - West 30
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 27

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 - West and North West 41 37 -4
Outer London - East and North East 29 37 +8
Inner London - East 25 30 +5
Inner London - West 24 20 -4
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 21 18 -3
Greater Manchester 12 15 +3
Outer London - South 14 14 +0
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 11 13 +2
Surrey, East and West Sussex 10 8 -2
West Midlands 8 11 +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) 1,823,356,108
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 540,571,353
Other 75,520,341
Road transport 315,532
Air transport 58,668

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) 931,912,669 891,443,439 -40,469,230
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 291,323,994 249,247,359 -42,076,635
Other 39,199,647 36,320,694 -2,878,953
Road transport 134,454 181,078 +46,624
Air transport 34,370 24,298 -10,072

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 609,431,466
Eurotunnel 502,274,083
Immingham Docks 273,598,264
Killingholme 263,956,954
Harwich 166,285,341

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 302,364,079 307,067,387 +4,703,308
Eurotunnel 245,320,800 256,953,283 +11,632,483
Immingham Docks 147,698,409 125,899,855 -21,798,554
Killingholme 123,849,237 140,107,717 +16,258,480
Harwich 92,031,037 74,254,304 -17,776,733
Purfleet 79,648,218 53,524,762 -26,123,456
Dover / Eurotunnel 60,872,009 52,151,330 -8,720,679
London 41,974,253 43,220,466 +1,246,213
000 39,199,647 36,320,694 -2,878,953
Felixstowe 43,575,871 29,618,185 -13,957,686

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 256
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 68
Food and beverage service activities 64
Manufacture of food products 61
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 12

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 116
2026-03 125
2026-02 127
2026-01 113
2025-12 134

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 185
54m+ 83
0-1m 63
15m-54m 57
Other 23

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 71,834,713
France 5,231,812
Australia 3,620,394
Belgium 3,547,073
Netherlands 2,489,031

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 34,434,701 37,400,012 +2,965,311
France 3,651,647 1,580,165 -2,071,482
Australia 1,412,135 2,208,259 +796,124
Belgium 2,369,730 1,177,343 -1,192,387
Netherlands 1,424,076 1,064,955 -359,121
United Arab Emirates 930,581 937,975 +7,394
United States 664,057 1,045,844 +381,787
Germany 675,316 748,951 +73,635
Malta 715,385 672,723 -42,662
Spain 733,561 608,362 -125,199

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 £
Belgium 7,624,935
XI 5,845,750
Netherlands 3,897,234
Ireland 241,352
Italy 89,563

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 £
Belgium 3,131,016 4,493,919 +1,362,903
XI 2,883,761 2,961,989 +78,228
Netherlands 1,603,575 2,293,659 +690,084
Ireland 163,173 78,179 -84,994
Italy 19,134 70,429 +51,295
India 33,492 44,320 +10,828
Germany 27,931 33,168 +5,237
China 17,246 21,494 +4,248
Austria 20,193 14,716 -5,477
Spain 15,634 12,696 -2,938

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) 66,089,430
Other 21,375,991
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 13,839,433
Air transport 389,440

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) 34,584,913 31,504,517 -3,080,396
Other 9,484,056 11,891,935 +2,407,879
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 6,681,212 7,158,221 +477,009
Air transport 187,992 201,448 +13,456

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Liverpool Docks 45,941,142
000 21,375,991
Dover / Eurotunnel 11,268,337
London Gateway Port 7,955,300
Holyhead 5,265,945

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 £
Liverpool Docks 22,909,038 23,032,104 +123,066
000 9,484,056 11,891,935 +2,407,879
Dover / Eurotunnel 7,203,719 4,064,618 -3,139,101
London Gateway Port 3,990,471 3,964,829 -25,642
Holyhead 2,525,695 2,740,250 +214,555
Southampton 821,301 1,764,225 +942,924
Felixstowe 1,209,711 913,880 -295,831
Immingham Docks 855,904 587,460 -268,444
Harwich 707,054 721,218 +14,164
London 174,560 281,876 +107,316

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 2004

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

Description: Vegetables preserved or prepared without vinegar, frozen, excluding products from heading 2006