Import/export HS code 230990: Various animal feed preparations

Animal feed products not listed in other categories

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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 £
Netherlands 247,735,352
Ireland 174,383,925
France 115,873,918
Faroe Islands 104,574,359
United States 70,571,555

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 £
Netherlands 106,906,646 140,828,706 +33,922,060
Ireland 83,486,338 90,897,587 +7,411,249
France 59,158,492 56,715,426 -2,443,066
Faroe Islands 58,111,480 46,462,879 -11,648,601
United States 35,881,441 34,690,114 -1,191,327
Germany 18,473,994 25,555,328 +7,081,334
Belgium 20,418,259 23,355,256 +2,936,997
Denmark 12,099,617 13,353,767 +1,254,150
Poland 8,279,198 11,409,106 +3,129,908
Italy 4,661,311 4,059,924 -601,387

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 £
Netherlands 180,436,855
Faroe Islands 102,618,239
France 95,410,757
United States 75,717,938
Germany 58,153,540

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 £
Netherlands 72,922,674 107,514,181 +34,591,507
Faroe Islands 56,155,360 46,462,879 -9,692,481
France 48,268,474 47,142,283 -1,126,191
United States 38,181,107 37,536,831 -644,276
Germany 25,523,534 32,630,006 +7,106,472
Ireland 21,886,150 22,493,390 +607,240
Belgium 15,205,700 17,781,188 +2,575,488
Denmark 10,683,960 11,264,603 +580,643
Poland 8,298,626 11,177,166 +2,878,540
Italy 6,877,852 6,597,084 -280,768

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 25
North Yorkshire 20
Suffolk 19
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 18
Inner London - West 17

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
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 17 19 +2
North Yorkshire 15 16 +1
Suffolk 14 15 +1
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 11 15 +4
Inner London - West 13 13 +0
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 14 13 -1
Cheshire 12 11 -1
Essex 11 11 +0
Shropshire and Staffordshire 12 9 -3
West Yorkshire 11 9 -2

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) 411,183,627
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 316,499,872
Other 181,305,281
Air transport 12,417,597
Road transport 470,767

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) 204,066,134 207,117,493 +3,051,359
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 144,783,768 171,716,104 +26,932,336
Other 84,508,922 96,796,359 +12,287,437
Air transport 5,594,546 6,823,051 +1,228,505
Road transport 242,448 228,319 -14,129

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
000 181,305,281
Immingham Docks 161,408,896
Aberdeen Docks 104,617,893
Dover 94,005,202
Hull 46,606,117

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 £
000 84,508,922 96,796,359 +12,287,437
Immingham Docks 71,988,415 89,420,481 +17,432,066
Aberdeen Docks 58,155,014 46,462,879 -11,692,135
Dover 46,567,993 47,437,209 +869,216
Hull 8,960,993 37,645,124 +28,684,131
Liverpool Docks 17,345,577 15,902,762 -1,442,815
Harwich 17,040,012 15,645,697 -1,394,315
Felixstowe 15,901,265 16,496,358 +595,093
Belfast Port 11,909,573 16,082,310 +4,172,737
Eurotunnel 13,297,903 11,588,655 -1,709,248

Importer companies by SIC division

What this shows: Industry breakdown (SIC divisions) of importing companies.

Top 5 values

SIC Companies
Manufacture of food products 108
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 107
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 78
Crop and animal production, hunting and related service activities 35
Other manufacturing 19

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 136
2026-03 125
2026-02 124
2026-01 113
2025-12 113

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 146
54m+ 105
0-1m 70
15m-54m 47
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 £
Norway 358,300,649
Ireland 337,320,053
Netherlands 99,618,000
Iceland 94,662,144
United States 63,101,100

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 £
Norway 183,966,991 174,333,658 -9,633,333
Ireland 173,773,112 163,546,941 -10,226,171
Netherlands 33,561,185 66,056,815 +32,495,630
Iceland 58,385,433 36,276,711 -22,108,722
United States 30,687,231 32,413,869 +1,726,638
France 18,514,851 22,824,161 +4,309,310
Saudi Arabia 17,425,786 17,868,330 +442,544
Belgium 14,347,645 17,947,927 +3,600,282
Russia 21,278,871 7,745,273 -13,533,598
Germany 14,440,082 12,889,774 -1,550,308

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 211,394,516
Ireland 14,487,788
Netherlands 1,884,701
Belgium 850,515
United States 836,845

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 98,645,131 112,749,385 +14,104,254
Ireland 5,262,904 9,224,884 +3,961,980
Netherlands 948,831 935,870 -12,961
Belgium 369,382 481,133 +111,751
United States 783,213 53,632 -729,581
Germany 302,108 307,159 +5,051
France 152,705 201,382 +48,677
Austria 188,030 36,406 -151,624
Malaysia 116,812 51,900 -64,912
Czechia 54,173 65,920 +11,747

Export volume by transport

What this shows: Export value by transport mode used to ship goods from the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 829,216,303
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 390,436,839
Other 238,378,261
Air transport 57,350,759
Road transport 953,972

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 £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 431,444,863 397,771,440 -33,673,423
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 192,213,607 198,223,232 +6,009,625
Other 111,756,936 126,621,325 +14,864,389
Air transport 22,583,126 34,767,633 +12,184,507
Road transport 667,975 285,997 -381,978

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Aberdeen Docks 397,665,087
000 238,378,261
Dover / Eurotunnel 165,239,243
London Gateway Port 138,879,894
Immingham Docks 94,191,788

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 £
Aberdeen Docks 218,319,792 179,345,295 -38,974,497
000 111,756,936 126,621,325 +14,864,389
Dover / Eurotunnel 64,156,619 101,082,624 +36,926,005
London Gateway Port 66,516,459 72,363,435 +5,846,976
Immingham Docks 50,834,408 43,357,380 -7,477,028
Southampton 39,480,630 46,056,959 +6,576,329
London 43,646,408 32,228,930 -11,417,478
Grangemouth Docks 19,722,891 28,861,096 +9,138,205
London Heathrow Airport 17,226,985 28,025,123 +10,798,138
Felixstowe 23,693,447 19,495,436 -4,198,011

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 230990

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

Description: Animal feed products not listed in other categories