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 242,170,924
Ireland 168,809,616
France 111,940,529
Faroe Islands 100,145,497
United States 70,677,799

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 109,289,637 132,881,287 +23,591,650
Ireland 81,611,933 87,197,683 +5,585,750
France 59,665,013 52,275,516 -7,389,497
Faroe Islands 59,430,948 40,714,549 -18,716,399
United States 42,652,742 28,025,057 -14,627,685
Germany 20,530,491 22,579,588 +2,049,097
Belgium 20,635,597 21,913,675 +1,278,078
Denmark 12,187,096 12,156,966 -30,130
Poland 9,450,905 10,107,401 +656,496
Italy 4,818,363 3,523,882 -1,294,481

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 179,850,820
Faroe Islands 98,189,377
France 91,168,855
United States 75,788,963
Germany 56,258,849

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 75,676,959 104,173,861 +28,496,902
Faroe Islands 57,474,828 40,714,549 -16,760,279
France 47,788,837 43,380,018 -4,408,819
United States 45,580,569 30,208,394 -15,372,175
Germany 28,230,919 28,027,930 -202,989
Ireland 21,520,467 21,319,840 -200,627
Belgium 15,545,848 16,437,734 +891,886
Denmark 10,815,011 9,910,443 -904,568
Poland 9,310,953 9,891,320 +580,367
Italy 7,584,443 5,529,329 -2,055,114

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 26
North Yorkshire 20
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 18
Suffolk 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 20 +3
North Yorkshire 15 16 +1
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 12 15 +3
Suffolk 14 13 -1
Inner London - West 13 14 +1
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 13 14 +1
Cheshire 12 11 -1
Essex 11 13 +2
West Yorkshire 12 10 -2
Shropshire and Staffordshire 12 9 -3

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) 396,057,431
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 311,494,657
Other 176,596,617
Air transport 12,473,893
Road transport 450,094

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) 205,194,182 190,863,249 -14,330,933
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 158,285,584 153,209,073 -5,076,511
Other 82,957,334 93,639,283 +10,681,949
Air transport 5,504,192 6,969,701 +1,465,509
Road transport 212,223 237,871 +25,648

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
000 176,596,617
Immingham Docks 158,576,077
Aberdeen Docks 100,232,727
Dover 89,726,308
Hull 48,501,614

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 82,957,334 93,639,283 +10,681,949
Immingham Docks 76,045,145 82,530,932 +6,485,787
Aberdeen Docks 59,518,178 40,714,549 -18,803,629
Dover 46,996,627 42,729,681 -4,266,946
Hull 12,790,864 35,710,750 +22,919,886
Liverpool Docks 22,152,924 11,843,206 -10,309,718
Harwich 16,858,628 14,434,016 -2,424,612
Felixstowe 15,385,616 15,367,236 -18,380
Belfast Port 12,661,317 15,707,006 +3,045,689
Eurotunnel 12,601,788 10,366,562 -2,235,226

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
104
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
78
Crop and animal production, hunting and related service activities
36
Other manufacturing
20

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 135
2026-04 136
2026-03 125
2026-02 124
2026-01 113

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 144
54m+ 105
0-1m 70
15m-54m 45
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 350,883,236
Ireland 323,590,240
Netherlands 99,839,127
Iceland 86,167,453
United States 57,221,638

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 190,211,477 160,671,759 -29,539,718
Ireland 172,874,671 150,715,569 -22,159,102
Netherlands 35,000,929 64,838,198 +29,837,269
Iceland 47,745,154 38,422,299 -9,322,855
United States 26,447,578 30,774,060 +4,326,482
France 19,316,604 20,925,874 +1,609,270
Saudi Arabia 19,352,381 17,385,443 -1,966,938
Belgium 14,768,132 16,276,916 +1,508,784
Germany 14,091,236 12,039,196 -2,052,040
Russia 19,527,204 5,833,361 -13,693,843

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 203,623,271
Ireland 14,517,562
Netherlands 1,845,988
Belgium 791,467
United States 751,119

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 99,659,839 103,963,432 +4,303,593
Ireland 6,129,164 8,388,398 +2,259,234
Netherlands 939,389 906,599 -32,790
Belgium 337,271 454,196 +116,925
United States 699,870 51,249 -648,621
Germany 298,815 282,805 -16,010
France 161,659 162,123 +464
Austria 140,934 36,406 -104,528
Malaysia 119,759 28,770 -90,989
Czechia 65,957 57,736 -8,221

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) 795,820,612
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 377,316,528
Other 229,583,099
Air transport 56,599,765
Road transport 861,849

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) 421,349,912 374,470,700 -46,879,212
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 192,461,067 184,855,461 -7,605,606
Other 112,836,101 116,746,998 +3,910,897
Air transport 27,046,492 29,553,273 +2,506,781
Road transport 651,377 210,472 -440,905

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Aberdeen Docks 383,017,154
000 229,583,099
Dover / Eurotunnel 162,574,496
London Gateway Port 138,928,766
Immingham Docks 90,355,009

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 213,072,854 169,944,300 -43,128,554
000 112,836,101 116,746,998 +3,910,897
Dover / Eurotunnel 64,181,967 98,392,529 +34,210,562
London Gateway Port 66,572,183 72,356,583 +5,784,400
Immingham Docks 52,881,801 37,473,208 -15,408,593
Southampton 36,500,041 43,573,213 +7,073,172
London 45,267,100 26,824,053 -18,443,047
Grangemouth Docks 21,240,383 25,238,782 +3,998,399
London Heathrow Airport 21,189,924 23,296,322 +2,106,398
Felixstowe 23,159,630 17,928,013 -5,231,617

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