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 211,457,003
Ireland 151,613,997
Faroe Islands 104,782,641
France 102,059,841
United States 61,601,880

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 105,686,634 105,770,369 +83,735
Ireland 86,008,710 65,605,287 -20,403,423
Faroe Islands 67,324,364 37,458,277 -29,866,087
France 58,627,417 43,432,424 -15,194,993
United States 39,002,176 22,599,704 -16,402,472
Germany 19,603,392 19,060,031 -543,361
Belgium 20,611,910 15,838,949 -4,772,961
Denmark 12,621,211 10,433,984 -2,187,227
Poland 8,040,943 7,662,487 -378,456
Italy 4,567,457 3,130,068 -1,437,389

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 152,132,961
Faroe Islands 102,826,521
France 83,526,774
United States 66,425,964
Germany 51,471,789

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 72,165,930 79,967,031 +7,801,101
Faroe Islands 65,368,244 37,458,277 -27,909,967
France 48,155,655 35,371,119 -12,784,536
United States 41,438,335 24,987,629 -16,450,706
Germany 25,567,099 25,904,690 +337,591
Ireland 23,134,672 16,779,573 -6,355,099
Belgium 15,289,452 12,391,150 -2,898,302
Denmark 11,210,011 9,050,193 -2,159,818
Poland 8,312,317 7,230,064 -1,082,253
Bulgaria 7,460,530 4,936,095 -2,524,435

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 21
Suffolk 19
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 17
Inner London - West 16
North Yorkshire 16

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 15 16 +1
Suffolk 14 16 +2
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 12 13 +1
Inner London - West 13 12 -1
North Yorkshire 15 13 -2
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 14 9 -5
Essex 12 10 -2
Cheshire 12 10 -2
Shropshire and Staffordshire 12 8 -4
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) 361,398,713
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 284,758,837
Other 152,152,416
Air transport 10,365,966
Road transport 413,527

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) 205,312,728 156,085,985 -49,226,743
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 159,182,776 125,576,061 -33,606,715
Other 84,481,283 67,671,133 -16,810,150
Air transport 5,439,596 4,926,370 -513,226
Road transport 242,448 171,079 -71,369

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
000 152,152,416
Immingham Docks 137,220,175
Aberdeen Docks 92,939,189
Dover 85,395,845
Hull 35,529,679

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 84,481,283 67,671,133 -16,810,150
Immingham Docks 70,428,807 66,791,368 -3,637,439
Aberdeen Docks 55,480,912 37,458,277 -18,022,635
Dover 47,741,317 37,654,528 -10,086,789
Hull 8,368,212 27,161,467 +18,793,255
Liverpool Docks 20,057,504 12,771,932 -7,285,572
Harwich 17,970,947 12,056,638 -5,914,309
Felixstowe 16,112,285 12,880,486 -3,231,799
Eurotunnel 13,232,133 8,472,829 -4,759,304
Belfast Port 13,038,974 7,162,409 -5,876,565

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 99
Manufacture of food products 96
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 77
Crop and animal production, hunting and related service activities 31
Other manufacturing 19

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 113
2025-11 132
2025-10 144
2025-09 124
2025-08 124

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 134
54m+ 96
0-1m 69
15m-54m 44
Other 26

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 330,457,237
Ireland 288,309,703
Iceland 87,202,003
Netherlands 76,600,654
United States 52,944,569

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 168,030,101 162,427,136 -5,602,965
Ireland 172,493,132 115,816,571 -56,676,561
Iceland 58,408,541 28,793,462 -29,615,079
Netherlands 32,946,080 43,654,574 +10,708,494
United States 29,282,656 23,661,913 -5,620,743
France 19,064,285 16,697,390 -2,366,895
Saudi Arabia 17,051,303 12,595,223 -4,456,080
Belgium 14,633,973 13,185,700 -1,448,273
Russia 20,016,806 6,895,061 -13,121,745
Germany 14,650,137 9,560,518 -5,089,619

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 177,030,667
Ireland 10,727,635
Netherlands 1,387,214
United States 995,618
Belgium 643,867

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 96,901,887 80,128,780 -16,773,107
Ireland 4,946,315 5,781,320 +835,005
Netherlands 835,633 551,581 -284,052
United States 952,241 43,377 -908,864
Belgium 382,370 261,497 -120,873
Germany 300,327 233,283 -67,044
France 141,999 148,383 +6,384
Austria 209,876 0 -209,876
Malaysia 120,193 55,567 -64,626
Czechia 48,311 54,714 +6,403

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) 744,201,839
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 336,557,341
Other 198,761,811
Air transport 49,069,381
Road transport 931,880

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) 413,486,752 330,715,087 -82,771,665
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 192,291,298 144,266,043 -48,025,255
Other 110,084,478 88,677,333 -21,407,145
Air transport 22,193,067 26,876,314 +4,683,247
Road transport 667,975 263,905 -404,070

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Aberdeen Docks 367,263,701
000 198,761,811
Dover / Eurotunnel 133,310,652
London Gateway Port 120,338,640
Immingham Docks 84,722,444

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 201,343,995 165,919,706 -35,424,289
000 110,084,478 88,677,333 -21,407,145
Dover / Eurotunnel 65,063,623 68,247,029 +3,183,406
London Gateway Port 66,772,019 53,566,621 -13,205,398
Immingham Docks 50,484,178 34,238,266 -16,245,912
Southampton 38,667,212 33,225,217 -5,441,995
London 41,859,462 27,021,307 -14,838,155
Grangemouth Docks 19,676,516 24,580,784 +4,904,268
London Heathrow Airport 16,987,073 21,645,868 +4,658,795
Felixstowe 23,827,971 13,425,138 -10,402,833

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