Import/export HS code 310210: Urea fertilizers

Urea, a common nitrogen fertilizer, available in solid form or dissolved in water

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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 £
Algeria 120,988,212
Egypt 107,671,851
Netherlands 99,276,763
Finland 97,588,405
Germany 69,400,923

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 £
Algeria 44,251,485 76,736,727 +32,485,242
Egypt 61,424,522 46,247,329 -15,177,193
Netherlands 39,085,717 60,191,046 +21,105,329
Finland 46,108,063 51,480,342 +5,372,279
Germany 26,576,893 42,824,030 +16,247,137
Poland 29,023,435 26,050,586 -2,972,849
Nigeria 1,639,296 24,184,266 +22,544,970
France 14,906,327 9,087,739 -5,818,588
Ireland 7,262,341 5,009,780 -2,252,561
Belgium 2,659,493 3,686,279 +1,026,786

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 £
Algeria 123,038,423
Egypt 111,897,191
Russia 97,698,179
Germany 87,556,451
Netherlands 67,671,324

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 £
Algeria 41,354,348 81,684,075 +40,329,727
Egypt 65,566,254 46,330,937 -19,235,317
Russia 46,217,837 51,480,342 +5,262,505
Germany 36,331,892 51,224,559 +14,892,667
Netherlands 29,697,660 37,973,664 +8,276,004
Poland 24,066,138 22,025,721 -2,040,417
Nigeria 1,639,296 24,184,266 +22,544,970
France 14,783,492 9,011,303 -5,772,189
China 159,588 6,716,798 +6,557,210
United States 2,608,521 2,290,272 -318,249

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 8
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 6
Greater Manchester 5
Inner London - West 5
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 5

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 6 8 +2
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 4 6 +2
Greater Manchester 3 3 +0
Inner London - West 2 4 +2
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 5 2 -3
Surrey, East and West Sussex 3 4 +1
West Midlands 3 4 +1
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 3 3 +0
West Yorkshire 4 2 -2
Cheshire 2 3 +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) 585,407,753
Other 36,285,233
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 19,543,274
Road transport 347,917
Air transport 249,016

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) 256,626,771 328,780,982 +72,154,211
Other 17,104,501 19,180,732 +2,076,231
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 10,147,124 9,396,150 -750,974
Road transport 0 347,917 +347,917
Air transport 209,003 40,013 -168,990
Rail transport 0 28,619 +28,619

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Immingham Docks 145,698,923
Liverpool Docks 98,341,430
Avonmouth Docks 51,685,196
Sunderland 43,953,851
000 36,285,233

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 £
Immingham Docks 64,489,908 81,209,015 +16,719,107
Liverpool Docks 49,228,250 49,113,180 -115,070
Avonmouth Docks 18,858,583 32,826,613 +13,968,030
Sunderland 20,521,932 23,431,919 +2,909,987
000 17,104,501 19,180,732 +2,076,231
Ipswich Dock 12,477,176 21,991,875 +9,514,699
Newport 13,997,907 19,686,355 +5,688,448
Boston 11,588,658 11,459,309 -129,349
Hull 6,620,398 15,606,719 +8,986,321
London 10,296,349 10,939,452 +643,103

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 25
Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products 21
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 11
Crop and animal production, hunting and related service activities 9
Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities 4

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 28
2026-03 38
2026-02 27
2026-01 25
2025-12 29

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
54m+ 47
1m-15m 29
Other 8
15m-54m 5
0-1m 3

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 18,465,347
France 1,008,941
Netherlands 844,331
India 758,181
Norway 684,190

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 9,256,710 9,208,637 -48,073
France 517,108 491,833 -25,275
Netherlands 538,477 305,854 -232,623
India 291,960 466,221 +174,261
Norway 347,680 336,510 -11,170
Malaysia 231,923 2,474 -229,449
Sweden 90,573 111,465 +20,892
United States 111,614 81,879 -29,735
Luxembourg 51,637 102,588 +50,951
Denmark 118,513 20,002 -98,511

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 8,232,643
Netherlands 4,588,157
Algeria 1,552,700
Ireland 919,169
Germany 53,849

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 3,008,430 5,224,213 +2,215,783
Netherlands 2,375,032 2,213,125 -161,907
Algeria 1,542,426 10,274 -1,532,152
Ireland 503,815 415,354 -88,461
Germany 34,640 19,209 -15,431
France 7,219 10,744 +3,525
Hungary 2,936 0 -2,936
Czechia 403 0 -403
Italy 0 32 +32
China 0 18 +18

Export volume by transport

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

Top 5 values

Transport £
Other 15,626,456
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 5,704,735
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 2,133,990
Air transport 243,463

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 £
Other 7,610,790 8,015,666 +404,876
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 3,177,907 2,526,828 -651,079
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,207,035 926,955 -280,080
Air transport 154,191 89,272 -64,919

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
000 15,626,456
Liverpool Docks 1,970,797
Holyhead 1,393,572
Immingham Docks 1,077,591
Felixstowe 825,247

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 7,610,790 8,015,666 +404,876
Liverpool Docks 900,603 1,070,194 +169,591
Holyhead 868,085 525,487 -342,598
Immingham Docks 795,667 281,924 -513,743
Felixstowe 553,276 271,971 -281,305
London Gateway Port 315,129 434,673 +119,544
Southampton 326,195 150,481 -175,714
Dover / Eurotunnel 157,715 244,704 +86,989
Heysham 141,678 157,070 +15,392
London Heathrow Airport 138,801 72,570 -66,231

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 310210

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

Description: Urea, a common nitrogen fertilizer, available in solid form or dissolved in water