Import/export HS code 020230: Boneless frozen beef

Frozen beef cuts without bones

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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 555,204,526
New Zealand 59,145,080
Brazil 48,318,578
Poland 41,133,165
Uruguay 25,455,794

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 258,240,530 296,963,996 +38,723,466
New Zealand 10,032,729 49,112,351 +39,079,622
Brazil 11,248,975 37,069,603 +25,820,628
Poland 19,587,003 21,546,162 +1,959,159
Uruguay 7,597,875 17,857,919 +10,260,044
Netherlands 10,981,186 8,984,605 -1,996,581
Australia 1,116,022 12,253,208 +11,137,186
Belgium 6,187,031 5,087,767 -1,099,264
Spain 4,883,418 4,986,628 +103,210
Italy 4,851,262 4,212,563 -638,699

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 497,931,100
New Zealand 59,457,594
Brazil 49,055,414
Poland 44,710,247
Uruguay 25,956,754

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 232,523,455 265,407,645 +32,884,190
New Zealand 10,034,993 49,422,601 +39,387,608
Brazil 11,051,088 38,004,326 +26,953,238
Poland 21,643,678 23,066,569 +1,422,891
Uruguay 8,051,781 17,904,973 +9,853,192
Netherlands 7,369,101 6,504,958 -864,143
Australia 1,210,776 11,894,512 +10,683,736
Belgium 6,801,934 5,614,612 -1,187,322
Italy 4,792,746 4,047,074 -745,672
Germany 2,812,891 1,214,643 -1,598,248

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 15
Inner London - East 12
Outer London - East and North East 12
West Midlands 11
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 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 13 10 -3
Inner London - East 10 7 -3
Outer London - East and North East 11 7 -4
West Midlands 8 6 -2
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 7 6 -1
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 6 6 +0
Outer London - West and North West 4 7 +3
Outer London - South 3 4 +1
Essex 3 5 +2
Greater Manchester 5 3 -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) 577,873,230
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 156,463,462
Other 79,880,657
Air transport 784,827
Road transport 82,387

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) 275,088,273 302,784,957 +27,696,684
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 35,896,304 120,567,158 +84,670,854
Other 37,166,518 42,714,139 +5,547,621
Air transport 265,419 519,408 +253,989
Road transport 81,288 1,099 -80,189

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Holyhead 282,033,351
Liverpool Docks 126,054,912
London Gateway Port 87,252,115
000 79,880,657
Milford 71,799,127

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 134,486,011 147,547,340 +13,061,329
Liverpool Docks 70,721,210 55,333,702 -15,387,508
London Gateway Port 17,378,830 69,873,285 +52,494,455
000 37,166,518 42,714,139 +5,547,621
Milford 20,420,187 51,378,940 +30,958,753
Dover 19,535,264 16,259,516 -3,275,748
Southampton 2,410,326 21,276,265 +18,865,939
Felixstowe 3,807,874 15,809,337 +12,001,463
Eurotunnel 10,562,132 8,836,661 -1,725,471
Harwich 7,710,042 9,023,658 +1,313,616

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 109
Manufacture of food products 33
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 23
Food and beverage service activities 9
Other personal service activities 3

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 44
2025-10 40
2025-09 38
2025-08 33
2025-07 36

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 63
54m+ 41
15m-54m 26
0-1m 17
Other 4

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 97,579,357
France 42,998,871
Canada 34,122,261
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 29,653,610
Netherlands 14,919,835

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 35,201,496 62,377,861 +27,176,365
France 15,036,401 27,962,470 +12,926,069
Canada 16,133,059 17,989,202 +1,856,143
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 16,916,593 12,737,017 -4,179,576
Netherlands 6,939,691 7,980,144 +1,040,453
Sweden 3,710,957 7,558,239 +3,847,282
Japan 3,691,693 4,983,350 +1,291,657
Spain 1,631,807 5,522,113 +3,890,306
United States 2,621,403 3,381,459 +760,056
Germany 2,712,369 2,278,236 -434,133

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 59,247,124
Ireland 3,338,687
Nicaragua 750,551
France 418,755
XU 107,824

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 22,716,114 36,531,010 +13,814,896
Ireland 1,779,737 1,558,950 -220,787
Nicaragua 201,752 548,799 +347,047
France 193,546 225,209 +31,663
XU 63,380 44,444 -18,936
Netherlands 29,922 3,458 -26,464
Sweden 0 29,280 +29,280
Romania 24,044 0 -24,044
Poland 22,172 0 -22,172
Portugal 17,502 0 -17,502

Export volume by transport

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

Top 5 values

Transport £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 139,971,812
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 72,862,510
Other 63,991,459
Air transport 1,195,048
Road transport 686,038

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 £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 51,045,996 88,925,816 +37,879,820
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 39,390,866 33,471,644 -5,919,222
Other 25,050,064 38,941,395 +13,891,331
Air transport 746,598 448,450 -298,148
Road transport 0 686,038 +686,038

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
000 63,991,459
Holyhead 40,590,072
Dover / Eurotunnel 28,549,863
Belfast Port 25,814,239
Southampton 22,319,589

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 25,050,064 38,941,395 +13,891,331
Holyhead 11,787,361 28,802,711 +17,015,350
Dover / Eurotunnel 10,337,524 18,212,339 +7,874,815
Belfast Port 12,439,783 13,374,456 +934,673
Southampton 12,655,096 9,664,493 -2,990,603
Liverpool Docks 11,453,049 10,736,548 -716,501
Portsmouth 7,146,282 12,216,786 +5,070,504
London Gateway Port 5,481,297 8,488,509 +3,007,212
Milford 5,357,493 3,381,837 -1,975,656
Grangemouth Docks 3,605,129 3,790,548 +185,419

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 020230

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

Description: Frozen beef cuts without bones