Import/export HS code 220190: Various Waters and Ice

Includes all other types of water, ice, and snow not covered in the above 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 £
Turkey 34,875,165
Netherlands 4,289,204
France 3,502,433
United States 1,698,299
Belgium 907,779

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 £
Turkey 19,371,361 15,503,804 -3,867,557
Netherlands 2,537,466 1,751,738 -785,728
France 1,128,299 2,374,134 +1,245,835
United States 1,059,827 638,472 -421,355
Belgium 106,694 801,085 +694,391
Spain 467,077 435,748 -31,329
Ireland 275,027 478,370 +203,343
China 308,395 438,338 +129,943
Viet Nam 498,463 189,346 -309,117
Albania 273,369 228,172 -45,197

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 £
Turkey 34,948,113
France 3,834,470
United States 2,076,645
Netherlands 2,011,773
Iceland 1,735,143

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 £
Turkey 19,444,332 15,503,781 -3,940,551
France 1,079,271 2,755,199 +1,675,928
United States 1,190,882 885,763 -305,119
Netherlands 1,319,641 692,132 -627,509
Iceland 935,529 799,614 -135,915
Spain 466,118 743,709 +277,591
China 489,018 616,445 +127,427
Viet Nam 487,112 189,346 -297,766
Poland 355,654 181,898 -173,756
Albania 273,369 232,364 -41,005

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Outer London - East and North East 43
Outer London - West and North West 30
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 19
Greater Manchester 19
West Midlands 19

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 - East and North East 28 32 +4
Outer London - West and North West 20 20 +0
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 12 15 +3
Greater Manchester 13 14 +1
West Midlands 12 14 +2
Inner London - East 12 11 -1
Essex 8 13 +5
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 7 11 +4
Inner London - West 6 8 +2
Surrey, East and West Sussex 6 7 +1

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) 44,109,332
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 7,866,289
Air transport 862,393
Other 554,654
Road transport 93,310

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) 24,663,897 19,445,435 -5,218,462
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 2,806,463 5,059,826 +2,253,363
Air transport 517,939 344,454 -173,485
Other 252,691 301,963 +49,272
Road transport 45,899 47,411 +1,512

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 33,644,724
London Gateway Port 3,130,780
Southampton 2,930,970
London 2,665,710
Dover 2,148,769

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 £
Felixstowe 18,912,462 14,732,262 -4,180,200
London Gateway Port 1,812,453 1,318,327 -494,126
Southampton 1,065,282 1,865,688 +800,406
London 1,465,199 1,200,511 -264,688
Dover 1,102,566 1,046,203 -56,363
Immingham Docks 414,750 1,733,930 +1,319,180
Hull 904,487 525,713 -378,774
Eurotunnel 547,608 457,974 -89,634
Portsmouth 387,614 348,584 -39,030
Killingholme 10,544 725,258 +714,714

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
203
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
73
Food and beverage service activities
22
Land transport and transport via pipelines
11
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities
9

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 65
2026-04 61
2026-03 45
2026-02 53
2026-01 48

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 112
0-1m 77
Other 47
54m+ 38
15m-54m 21

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 4,641,913
Netherlands 1,934,375
Gibraltar 1,916,513
France 1,576,375
Malta 1,010,826

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 2,485,835 2,156,078 -329,757
Netherlands 1,586,039 348,336 -1,237,703
Gibraltar 841,265 1,075,248 +233,983
France 645,596 930,779 +285,183
Malta 269,527 741,299 +471,772
United States 605,921 178,175 -427,746
United Arab Emirates 446,808 149,812 -296,996
Australia 426,221 50,431 -375,790
Denmark 323,911 97,675 -226,236
Saudi Arabia 113,616 261,929 +148,313

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 £
Ireland 112,425
Italy 67,016
XI 26,091
Austria 1,930
Norway 1,149

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 £
Ireland 45,677 66,748 +21,071
Italy 36,231 30,785 -5,446
XI 11,144 14,947 +3,803
Austria 1,930 0 -1,930
Norway 1,149 0 -1,149
Spain 0 69 +69
Belgium 22 0 -22

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) 10,048,757
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 4,740,935
Air transport 1,013,988
Other 704,616

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) 5,365,214 4,683,543 -681,671
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 3,011,731 1,729,204 -1,282,527
Air transport 652,096 361,892 -290,204
Other 300,848 403,768 +102,920

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 4,307,415
Liverpool Docks 2,844,938
London Gateway Port 2,259,167
Immingham Docks 1,249,688
Holyhead 1,008,726

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 £
Dover / Eurotunnel 1,883,246 2,424,169 +540,923
Liverpool Docks 1,574,122 1,270,816 -303,306
London Gateway Port 1,374,607 884,560 -490,047
Immingham Docks 1,027,295 222,393 -804,902
Holyhead 584,164 424,562 -159,602
Felixstowe 565,843 420,270 -145,573
000 300,848 403,768 +102,920
Southampton 457,273 220,168 -237,105
Hull 606,660 8,114 -598,546
London Heathrow Airport 409,397 42,835 -366,562

Quick facts

HS code: 220190

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

Description: Includes all other types of water, ice, and snow not covered in the above categories