Import/export HS code 0302: Fresh or chilled fish, not fillets or other fish meat

Includes all types of fresh or chilled fish, except fillets and other fish meat from heading 0304

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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 £
Norway 747,984,550
Faroe Islands 202,027,151
Turkey 105,690,242
Iceland 96,562,404
Denmark 29,300,430

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 £
Norway 371,170,228 376,814,322 +5,644,094
Faroe Islands 116,936,102 85,091,049 -31,845,053
Turkey 51,849,900 53,840,342 +1,990,442
Iceland 43,503,736 53,058,668 +9,554,932
Denmark 10,143,268 19,157,162 +9,013,894
Spain 11,725,531 11,594,111 -131,420
Sri Lanka 10,598,614 10,568,518 -30,096
Sweden 19,291,216 1,193,963 -18,097,253
Netherlands 14,799,233 4,906,612 -9,892,621
Ireland 7,107,301 7,397,573 +290,272

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 £
Norway 794,389,896
Faroe Islands 201,767,649
Turkey 108,519,613
Iceland 105,830,194
Spain 23,148,092

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 £
Norway 403,909,637 390,480,259 -13,429,378
Faroe Islands 116,991,678 84,775,971 -32,215,707
Turkey 53,103,820 55,415,793 +2,311,973
Iceland 49,134,090 56,696,104 +7,562,014
Spain 11,737,878 11,410,214 -327,664
Sri Lanka 10,782,382 10,554,588 -227,794
Greece 7,161,498 6,329,241 -832,257
Denmark 4,535,915 5,842,962 +1,307,047
France 3,279,359 3,231,612 -47,747
Ireland 3,043,417 2,004,410 -1,039,007

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire 20
Inner London - East 19
Outer London - West and North West 10
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 7
Inner London - West 7

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
East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire 17 11 -6
Inner London - East 18 16 -2
Outer London - West and North West 7 9 +2
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 6 4 -2
Inner London - West 6 5 -1
North Eastern Scotland 3 4 +1
Outer London - East and North East 4 4 +0
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 3 2 -1
Lancashire 4 1 -3
Surrey, East and West Sussex 3 4 +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) 684,413,106
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 586,980,824
Air transport 37,818,445
Other 10,101,940
Road transport 5,253,977

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) 333,064,940 351,348,166 +18,283,226
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 319,174,668 267,806,156 -51,368,512
Air transport 19,383,021 18,435,424 -947,597
Other 4,009,968 6,091,972 +2,082,004
Road transport 5,195,557 58,420 -5,137,137
Rail transport 63,564 0 -63,564

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Immingham Docks 835,740,682
Dover / Eurotunnel 80,951,322
Eurotunnel 78,907,666
Felixstowe 72,547,175
Harwich 57,008,857

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 408,746,715 426,993,967 +18,247,252
Dover / Eurotunnel 37,335,945 43,615,377 +6,279,432
Eurotunnel 45,674,939 33,232,727 -12,442,212
Felixstowe 28,224,670 44,322,505 +16,097,835
Harwich 51,000,140 6,008,717 -44,991,423
Inverness 42,739,593 0 -42,739,593
ZLC 11,091,553 28,189,996 +17,098,443
Dover 11,134,334 27,727,711 +16,593,377
London Heathrow Airport 18,221,183 17,088,421 -1,132,762
Killingholme 17,914,899 1,630,822 -16,284,077

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 77
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 27
Manufacture of food products 15
Food and beverage service activities 10
Fishing and aquaculture 8

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 41
2025-11 31
2025-10 34
2025-09 30
2025-08 28

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 60
0-1m 23
54m+ 17
15m-54m 13
Other 7

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 987,196,262
United States 533,208,450
China 180,877,540
Taiwan 52,921,016
Canada 35,273,367

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 587,146,708 400,049,554 -187,097,154
United States 262,273,626 270,934,824 +8,661,198
China 88,288,785 92,588,755 +4,299,970
Taiwan 29,104,787 23,816,229 -5,288,558
Canada 8,389,290 26,884,077 +18,494,787
Ireland 20,407,566 11,758,450 -8,649,116
Spain 6,697,541 5,344,939 -1,352,602
United Arab Emirates 4,818,135 3,427,881 -1,390,254
Singapore 7,065,645 1,029,854 -6,035,791
Lebanon 2,891,458 4,174,198 +1,282,740

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 12,132,483
Nicaragua 9,084,879
France 228,833
Poland 32,210
XL 18,859

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 6,528,580 5,603,903 -924,677
Nicaragua 5,870,381 3,214,498 -2,655,883
France 228,833 0 -228,833
Poland 19,867 12,343 -7,524
XL 8,159 10,700 +2,541
Ireland 92 761 +669
Turkey 48 162 +114
Greece 101 107 +6

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) 1,006,376,613
Air transport 850,336,584
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 27,730,844
Other 21,636,080
Rail transport 250,935

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) 595,997,767 410,378,846 -185,618,921
Air transport 413,836,454 436,500,130 +22,663,676
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 23,715,121 4,015,723 -19,699,398
Other 12,739,913 8,896,167 -3,843,746
Rail transport 97,089 153,846 +56,757

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 728,351,649
London Heathrow Airport 718,299,102
Eurotunnel 199,355,058
London Gatwick Airport 68,307,592
Portsmouth 67,026,224

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 £
Dover / Eurotunnel 455,768,381 272,583,268 -183,185,113
London Heathrow Airport 343,345,070 374,954,032 +31,608,962
Eurotunnel 93,062,298 106,292,760 +13,230,462
London Gatwick Airport 34,124,463 34,183,129 +58,666
Portsmouth 39,854,094 27,172,130 -12,681,964
London Stansted Airport 30,445,939 15,880,773 -14,565,166
000 12,739,913 8,896,167 -3,843,746
Ayr Harbour 14,532,976 3,735,960 -10,797,016
Glasgow Airport 5,722,920 9,545,142 +3,822,222
Dover 14,980,432 36,031 -14,944,401

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 0302

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

Description: Includes all types of fresh or chilled fish, except fillets and other fish meat from heading 0304