Import/export HS code 20052020: Fried or baked potato slices

Thin potato slices, fried or baked, ready to eat, packed airtight

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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 £
Spain 15,109,610
Belgium 12,656,182
France 10,673,034
Ireland 9,003,075
Poland 8,824,163

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 £
Spain 8,415,317 6,694,293 -1,721,024
Belgium 2,835,416 9,820,766 +6,985,350
France 4,207,283 6,465,751 +2,258,468
Ireland 4,324,891 4,678,184 +353,293
Poland 5,052,117 3,772,046 -1,280,071
Germany 3,761,424 4,551,858 +790,434
Lithuania 4,624,544 2,947,993 -1,676,551
China 2,692,541 2,136,495 -556,046
Netherlands 1,427,542 1,329,331 -98,211
Denmark 2,479,016 209,177 -2,269,839

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 £
Poland 26,265,018
Spain 23,575,562
China 5,218,501
Germany 4,577,762
Denmark 3,472,722

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 £
Poland 12,866,588 13,398,430 +531,842
Spain 9,071,930 14,503,632 +5,431,702
China 3,067,432 2,151,069 -916,363
Germany 1,926,890 2,650,872 +723,982
Denmark 3,336,111 136,611 -3,199,500
Romania 1,421,467 1,796,031 +374,564
Portugal 2,126,183 674,978 -1,451,205
France 1,055,864 1,441,582 +385,718
Belgium 1,025,192 679,119 -346,073
Italy 595,987 747,438 +151,451

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 51
Outer London - East and North East 46
Inner London - East 30
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 20
Greater Manchester 20

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 36 41 +5
Outer London - East and North East 31 35 +4
Inner London - East 23 20 -3
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 15 16 +1
Greater Manchester 13 17 +4
Inner London - West 14 15 +1
West Midlands 9 15 +6
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 10 13 +3
West Yorkshire 9 13 +4
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough 10 6 -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) 59,627,549
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 25,009,042
Other 10,592,754
Air transport 159,182
Road transport 117,387

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) 26,471,408 33,156,141 +6,684,733
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 14,834,104 10,174,938 -4,659,166
Other 5,047,607 5,545,147 +497,540
Air transport 123,237 35,945 -87,292
Road transport 38,769 78,618 +39,849
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 31,606,550
000 10,592,754
London 10,552,822
Immingham Docks 8,634,919
Harwich 7,540,590

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 14,518,124 17,088,426 +2,570,302
000 5,047,607 5,545,147 +497,540
London 4,082,527 6,470,295 +2,387,768
Immingham Docks 3,825,617 4,809,302 +983,685
Harwich 3,627,054 3,913,536 +286,482
Felixstowe 3,767,130 2,329,879 -1,437,251
Liverpool Docks 4,387,944 718,255 -3,669,689
Eurotunnel 2,040,776 1,513,267 -527,509
Southampton 931,323 1,785,476 +854,153
Portsmouth 1,024,656 1,056,925 +32,269

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 233
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 96
Food and beverage service activities 40
Manufacture of food products 15
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 89
2026-03 122
2026-02 99
2026-01 91
2025-12 97

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 166
0-1m 105
54m+ 34
15m-54m 29
Other 28

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 55,974,851
France 8,442,837
United Arab Emirates 4,954,542
Netherlands 3,761,782
United States 3,009,011

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 25,937,271 30,037,580 +4,100,309
France 4,612,835 3,830,002 -782,833
United Arab Emirates 2,451,223 2,503,319 +52,096
Netherlands 1,756,287 2,005,495 +249,208
United States 1,911,999 1,097,012 -814,987
Canada 1,535,824 1,023,019 -512,805
Singapore 1,066,557 924,430 -142,127
Australia 949,564 924,948 -24,616
Italy 795,452 1,066,433 +270,981
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 796,669 927,363 +130,694

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 13,350,155
Ireland 840,158
Netherlands 404,594
Belgium 137,575
Spain 85,501

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 6,292,916 7,057,239 +764,323
Ireland 411,941 428,217 +16,276
Netherlands 214,982 189,612 -25,370
Belgium 64,886 72,689 +7,803
Spain 2,347 83,154 +80,807
Denmark 60,580 8,848 -51,732
France 19,999 47,339 +27,340
Poland 11,491 16,613 +5,122
United States 92 303 +211
Nicaragua 0 386 +386

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) 66,090,906
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 18,894,302
Other 17,929,004
Air transport 6,374,505

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) 30,434,777 35,656,129 +5,221,352
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 9,229,469 9,664,833 +435,364
Other 8,472,808 9,456,196 +983,388
Air transport 3,666,812 2,707,693 -959,119

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Liverpool Docks 21,076,787
Dover / Eurotunnel 19,952,425
000 17,929,004
Holyhead 17,865,888
London Gateway Port 5,725,895

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 8,745,498 12,331,289 +3,585,791
Dover / Eurotunnel 9,021,639 10,930,786 +1,909,147
000 8,472,808 9,456,196 +983,388
Holyhead 9,019,467 8,846,421 -173,046
London Gateway Port 2,524,424 3,201,471 +677,047
Southampton 2,774,835 2,109,638 -665,197
Felixstowe 1,573,718 1,791,686 +217,968
Heysham 1,757,612 1,584,446 -173,166
Harwich 953,322 1,512,242 +558,920
Dover 1,124,812 1,038,342 -86,470

Quick facts

HS code: 20052020

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

Description: Thin potato slices, fried or baked, ready to eat, packed airtight