Import/export HS code 200520: Prepared potatoes

Potatoes prepared or preserved, not frozen

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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 70,753,549
Netherlands 49,186,801
Spain 41,634,173
France 15,715,587
Germany 14,053,779

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 30,445,592 40,307,957 +9,862,365
Netherlands 29,161,925 20,024,876 -9,137,049
Spain 20,681,808 20,952,365 +270,557
France 8,873,344 6,842,243 -2,031,101
Germany 6,634,157 7,419,622 +785,465
Ireland 5,200,223 5,101,058 -99,165
Poland 5,255,811 4,419,386 -836,425
Lithuania 4,170,278 2,756,075 -1,414,203
China 2,586,612 2,599,160 +12,548
United States 1,734,454 1,332,452 -402,002

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 £
Spain 57,711,473
Belgium 51,242,404
Netherlands 48,031,798
Poland 27,593,870
Germany 10,905,577

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 £
Spain 26,061,125 31,650,348 +5,589,223
Belgium 26,098,334 25,144,070 -954,264
Netherlands 27,189,507 20,842,291 -6,347,216
Poland 13,545,199 14,048,671 +503,472
Germany 5,102,060 5,803,517 +701,457
China 3,061,613 2,585,399 -476,214
France 2,405,119 1,864,762 -540,357
Romania 1,582,917 1,604,579 +21,662
Portugal 2,168,036 887,524 -1,280,512
United States 1,641,135 1,340,553 -300,582

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 67
Outer London - East and North East 49
Inner London - East 39
Inner London - West 26
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 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 - West and North West 52 52 +0
Outer London - East and North East 41 33 -8
Inner London - East 31 31 +0
Inner London - West 20 21 +1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 19 19 +0
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 14 19 +5
Greater Manchester 15 17 +2
West Midlands 12 17 +5
West Yorkshire 10 14 +4
Essex 12 8 -4

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) 180,019,350
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 52,470,140
Other 12,455,739
Air transport 361,566
Road transport 327,779

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) 91,211,934 88,807,416 -2,404,518
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 28,103,156 24,366,984 -3,736,172
Other 6,210,982 6,244,757 +33,775
Air transport 291,723 69,843 -221,880
Road transport 251,873 75,906 -175,967
Own propulsion (e.g. imported vehicle driven across land boundary) 0 994 +994

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 57,975,583
London 33,215,970
Eurotunnel 32,719,257
Immingham Docks 28,128,384
Harwich 17,431,853

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 30,984,107 26,991,476 -3,992,631
London 15,263,381 17,952,589 +2,689,208
Eurotunnel 16,029,033 16,690,224 +661,191
Immingham Docks 11,671,830 16,456,554 +4,784,724
Harwich 9,439,496 7,992,357 -1,447,139
000 6,210,982 6,244,757 +33,775
Dover / Eurotunnel 5,221,098 6,679,967 +1,458,869
Killingholme 7,939,272 3,435,333 -4,503,939
Felixstowe 4,465,738 3,505,377 -960,361
Southampton 2,405,588 2,969,129 +563,541

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
278
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
120
Food and beverage service activities
47
Manufacture of food products
30
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities
17

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 124
2026-04 122
2026-03 149
2026-02 129
2026-01 118

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 192
0-1m 125
54m+ 58
Other 38
15m-54m 35

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 70,654,811
France 8,918,605
United States 7,926,946
United Arab Emirates 7,393,169
Nigeria 4,429,647

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 34,673,473 35,981,338 +1,307,865
France 5,420,144 3,498,461 -1,921,683
United States 4,603,890 3,323,056 -1,280,834
United Arab Emirates 4,250,917 3,142,252 -1,108,665
Nigeria 3,298,260 1,131,387 -2,166,873
Netherlands 1,787,797 1,886,451 +98,654
Canada 2,195,798 1,268,387 -927,411
Australia 1,083,746 1,174,008 +90,262
Singapore 986,632 987,971 +1,339
Italy 834,209 1,040,902 +206,693

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 19,702,486
Ireland 1,307,830
Netherlands 568,419
Spain 232,931
Belgium 140,363

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 10,163,596 9,538,890 -624,706
Ireland 613,006 694,824 +81,818
Netherlands 270,542 297,877 +27,335
Spain 85,068 147,863 +62,795
Belgium 75,217 65,146 -10,071
Denmark 85,299 45,505 -39,794
Italy 28,962 47,701 +18,739
France 24,396 49,822 +25,426
Poland 19,188 19,673 +485
Germany 2,794 2,899 +105

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) 70,746,890
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 39,835,665
Other 29,857,650
Air transport 5,490,655

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) 35,095,572 35,651,318 +555,746
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 24,125,634 15,710,031 -8,415,603
Other 14,861,207 14,996,443 +135,236
Air transport 2,839,987 2,650,668 -189,319

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
000 29,857,650
Liverpool Docks 27,338,469
Dover / Eurotunnel 21,075,128
Holyhead 20,705,097
London Gateway Port 13,730,714

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 14,861,207 14,996,443 +135,236
Liverpool Docks 12,908,360 14,430,109 +1,521,749
Dover / Eurotunnel 10,800,183 10,274,945 -525,238
Holyhead 10,676,379 10,028,718 -647,661
London Gateway Port 8,410,894 5,319,820 -3,091,074
Southampton 2,878,701 2,328,300 -550,401
London 3,579,084 1,434,943 -2,144,141
Felixstowe 3,218,419 1,774,215 -1,444,204
Heysham 1,798,093 1,382,124 -415,969
Harwich 1,052,176 1,843,198 +791,022

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 200520

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

Description: Potatoes prepared or preserved, not frozen