Import/export HS code 020130: Boneless beef

Fresh or chilled beef cuts with all bones removed, ready for cooking or further processing

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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 £
Ireland 1,435,415,327
Australia 141,976,566
Poland 120,830,458
Netherlands 49,200,667
New Zealand 44,699,223

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 £
Ireland 706,589,321 728,826,006 +22,236,685
Australia 44,215,896 97,760,670 +53,544,774
Poland 48,953,348 71,877,110 +22,923,762
Netherlands 27,252,207 21,948,460 -5,303,747
New Zealand 14,596,500 30,102,723 +15,506,223
Brazil 17,746,492 19,988,093 +2,241,601
Uruguay 15,788,924 14,800,643 -988,281
Argentina 8,209,295 9,752,088 +1,542,793
Japan 6,296,512 6,734,217 +437,705
Spain 5,273,787 5,452,078 +178,291

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 £
Ireland 1,134,884,804
Australia 142,213,401
Poland 124,113,810
New Zealand 44,699,223
Netherlands 41,158,033

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 £
Ireland 572,065,385 562,819,419 -9,245,966
Australia 44,297,589 97,915,812 +53,618,223
Poland 51,099,720 73,014,090 +21,914,370
New Zealand 14,596,500 30,102,723 +15,506,223
Netherlands 21,872,175 19,285,858 -2,586,317
Brazil 18,783,590 20,670,052 +1,886,462
Uruguay 16,660,891 14,741,475 -1,919,416
Argentina 9,478,612 9,831,838 +353,226
Japan 6,471,580 6,858,869 +387,289
Spain 4,866,002 4,827,250 -38,752

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 21
Inner London - East 13
Outer London - West and North West 13
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 10
Outer London - East and North East 9

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
Inner London - West 20 19 -1
Inner London - East 13 8 -5
Outer London - West and North West 11 11 +0
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 9 7 -2
Outer London - East and North East 9 5 -4
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 5 6 +1
West Midlands 6 5 -1
Essex 4 4 +0
Kent 5 4 -1
Greater Manchester 4 1 -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) 1,239,119,647
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 365,081,092
Other 312,105,954
Air transport 26,465,273
Rail transport 9,709

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) 619,327,169 619,792,478 +465,309
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 147,030,068 218,051,024 +71,020,956
Other 140,624,780 171,481,174 +30,856,394
Air transport 11,317,257 15,148,016 +3,830,759
Rail transport 9,709 0 -9,709

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Holyhead 812,186,269
000 312,105,954
Milford 161,485,773
London Gateway Port 121,778,565
Felixstowe 103,181,377

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 £
Holyhead 411,823,245 400,363,024 -11,460,221
000 140,624,780 171,481,174 +30,856,394
Milford 70,046,240 91,439,533 +21,393,293
London Gateway Port 55,790,140 65,988,425 +10,198,285
Felixstowe 34,586,757 68,594,620 +34,007,863
Liverpool Docks 52,022,085 39,156,381 -12,865,704
Harwich 26,921,290 51,707,580 +24,786,290
Eurotunnel 38,163,357 28,595,019 -9,568,338
Dover 23,099,168 21,618,686 -1,480,482
Southampton 7,586,824 32,963,833 +25,377,009

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 100
Manufacture of food products 25
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 20
Food and beverage service activities 17
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 3

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 47
2025-10 56
2025-09 52
2025-08 45
2025-07 49

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 61
54m+ 32
15m-54m 27
0-1m 17
Other 5

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 £
France 227,828,948
Ireland 204,839,223
Netherlands 128,660,626
Italy 39,523,950
Germany 23,996,272

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 £
France 105,928,588 121,900,360 +15,971,772
Ireland 94,754,197 110,085,026 +15,330,829
Netherlands 65,821,967 62,838,659 -2,983,308
Italy 19,921,068 19,602,882 -318,186
Germany 10,322,636 13,673,636 +3,351,000
Spain 9,106,418 12,269,290 +3,162,872
Denmark 6,244,917 5,340,142 -904,775
Poland 4,918,397 4,528,626 -389,771
Belgium 3,233,142 4,246,059 +1,012,917
Sweden 2,644,114 3,707,368 +1,063,254

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 362,567,333
XL 34,375,295
Ireland 2,958,425
XU 734,260
Netherlands 195,947

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 172,600,219 189,967,114 +17,366,895
XL 20,907,874 13,467,421 -7,440,453
Ireland 1,392,747 1,565,678 +172,931
XU 234,942 499,318 +264,376
Netherlands 46,591 149,356 +102,765
Spain 60,489 108,051 +47,562
Germany 0 42,051 +42,051
Denmark 15,038 8,648 -6,390
Italy 11,719 3,247 -8,472
China 998 6,282 +5,284

Export volume by transport

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

Top 5 values

Transport £
Other 401,102,806
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 291,635,472
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 3,213,832
Road transport 229,645
Air transport 218,543

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 195,284,710 205,818,096 +10,533,386
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 131,075,451 160,560,021 +29,484,570
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,706,599 1,507,233 -199,366
Road transport 0 229,645 +229,645
Air transport 44,525 174,018 +129,493

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
000 401,102,806
Dover / Eurotunnel 154,934,504
Eurotunnel 45,140,377
Holyhead 19,624,568
Milford 18,197,264

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 £
000 195,284,710 205,818,096 +10,533,386
Dover / Eurotunnel 75,140,330 79,794,174 +4,653,844
Eurotunnel 20,309,380 24,830,997 +4,521,617
Holyhead 6,462,072 13,162,496 +6,700,424
Milford 7,643,215 10,554,049 +2,910,834
Harwich 4,972,048 10,473,837 +5,501,789
Hull 7,903,362 7,442,835 -460,527
Immingham Docks 2,999,791 3,853,159 +853,368
Liverpool Docks 4,137,019 2,059,659 -2,077,360
Felixstowe 1,787,287 3,646,164 +1,858,877

Quick facts

HS code: 020130

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

Description: Fresh or chilled beef cuts with all bones removed, ready for cooking or further processing