Import/export HS code 20059980: Various prepared vegetables

Vegetables prepared or preserved in ways not covered by other codes

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  • 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 £
Italy 50,769,418
Netherlands 29,329,583
Spain 21,453,918
France 21,407,559
Belgium 11,849,876

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 £
Italy 24,178,221 26,591,197 +2,412,976
Netherlands 15,783,141 13,546,442 -2,236,699
Spain 9,889,477 11,564,441 +1,674,964
France 10,977,123 10,430,436 -546,687
Belgium 5,210,468 6,639,408 +1,428,940
Turkey 6,026,025 5,115,640 -910,385
Poland 3,946,005 4,405,130 +459,125
China 3,734,573 4,332,926 +598,353
India 4,422,575 3,236,484 -1,186,091
Lithuania 2,740,400 3,612,769 +872,369

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 £
Italy 56,118,655
Netherlands 25,900,513
Spain 23,085,510
France 17,590,327
Turkey 11,406,628

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 £
Italy 26,629,150 29,489,505 +2,860,355
Netherlands 14,047,763 11,852,750 -2,195,013
Spain 10,737,637 12,347,873 +1,610,236
France 8,894,423 8,695,904 -198,519
Turkey 6,065,341 5,341,287 -724,054
Poland 5,331,941 5,737,511 +405,570
China 4,714,860 4,655,121 -59,739
India 4,423,339 3,332,072 -1,091,267
Greece 3,104,866 4,002,321 +897,455
Lithuania 2,691,891 3,535,219 +843,328

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 88
Outer London - East and North East 70
Inner London - East 56
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 44
Inner London - West 40

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 73 69 -4
Outer London - East and North East 49 59 +10
Inner London - East 46 44 -2
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 40 39 -1
Inner London - West 30 33 +3
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 27 29 +2
West Midlands 21 22 +1
Outer London - South 25 23 -2
West Yorkshire 22 19 -3
Greater Manchester 20 17 -3

Import volume by transport

What this shows: Import value by transport mode used to bring goods into the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 118,381,939
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 87,729,681
Other 6,287,332
Road transport 1,017,386
Air transport 518,005

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 £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 58,442,537 59,939,402 +1,496,865
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 43,609,107 44,120,574 +511,467
Other 3,020,493 3,266,839 +246,346
Road transport 606,225 411,161 -195,064
Air transport 264,130 253,875 -10,255
Rail transport 2,096 17,487 +15,391

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Gateway Port 43,164,295
Felixstowe 42,830,051
Dover 38,708,173
Eurotunnel 14,563,850
London 13,847,800

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 £
London Gateway Port 22,051,501 21,112,794 -938,707
Felixstowe 21,047,108 21,782,943 +735,835
Dover 18,610,011 20,098,162 +1,488,151
Eurotunnel 8,522,231 6,041,619 -2,480,612
London 5,890,008 7,957,792 +2,067,784
Immingham Docks 5,666,631 7,460,597 +1,793,966
Southampton 5,192,649 5,465,919 +273,270
000 3,020,493 3,266,839 +246,346
Killingholme 2,947,737 2,255,731 -692,006
Harwich 2,020,091 2,649,192 +629,101

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
416
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
133
Manufacture of food products
81
Food and beverage service activities
74
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities
21

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 199
2026-04 234
2026-03 222
2026-02 220
2026-01 194

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 306
0-1m 132
54m+ 111
15m-54m 80
Other 40

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 19,074,286
France 880,474
Italy 503,043
Netherlands 484,748
Germany 247,330

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 8,419,445 10,654,841 +2,235,396
France 357,269 523,205 +165,936
Italy 276,935 226,108 -50,827
Netherlands 362,657 122,091 -240,566
Germany 225,321 22,009 -203,312
Japan 225,542 1,356 -224,186
United States 33,514 160,467 +126,953
Sweden 66,325 72,516 +6,191
Singapore 44,382 81,340 +36,958
Thailand 57,768 61,874 +4,106

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 3,637,101
Ireland 266,869
Netherlands 199,734
Italy 144,427
France 26,752

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 2,006,458 1,630,643 -375,815
Ireland 106,626 160,243 +53,617
Netherlands 21,318 178,416 +157,098
Italy 74,400 70,027 -4,373
France 16,385 10,367 -6,018
Belgium 20,385 5,729 -14,656
Spain 9,273 6,125 -3,148
China 7,624 7,569 -55
Poland 1,339 3,438 +2,099
South Africa 1,478 0 -1,478

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) 11,442,927
Other 8,914,619
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 2,126,235
Air transport 369,342

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) 6,067,255 5,375,672 -691,583
Other 3,233,900 5,680,719 +2,446,819
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,073,639 1,052,596 -21,043
Air transport 188,806 180,536 -8,270

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
000 8,914,619
Holyhead 6,860,207
Liverpool Docks 2,988,526
Dover / Eurotunnel 1,783,503
Felixstowe 434,973

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 3,233,900 5,680,719 +2,446,819
Holyhead 3,103,779 3,756,428 +652,649
Liverpool Docks 1,733,649 1,254,877 -478,772
Dover / Eurotunnel 1,051,712 731,791 -319,921
Felixstowe 402,405 32,568 -369,837
London Heathrow Airport 145,713 164,512 +18,799
Milford 142,616 97,421 -45,195
Dover 21,669 216,317 +194,648
London Gateway Port 83,079 128,593 +45,514
Heysham 130,129 25,480 -104,649

Quick facts

HS code: 20059980

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

Description: Vegetables prepared or preserved in ways not covered by other codes