Import/export HS code 0303: Frozen fish, not fillets or other processed fish

Frozen fish, whole or in pieces, excluding fillets and other processed fish meat

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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 170,894,386
Myanmar 35,484,637
China 20,354,739
Iceland 13,410,929
United States 10,602,848

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 88,012,786 82,881,600 -5,131,186
Myanmar 20,499,855 14,984,782 -5,515,073
China 10,499,636 9,855,103 -644,533
Iceland 8,047,972 5,362,957 -2,685,015
United States 4,675,738 5,927,110 +1,251,372
Ireland 5,626,697 4,933,157 -693,540
Turkey 5,446,543 4,982,575 -463,968
Bangladesh 5,964,478 4,151,506 -1,812,972
India 6,030,734 3,823,132 -2,207,602
Faroe Islands 2,715,151 6,820,067 +4,104,916

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 165,770,032
Myanmar 38,108,492
China 20,398,432
Iceland 13,720,161
United States 12,225,554

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 83,517,401 82,252,631 -1,264,770
Myanmar 22,316,593 15,791,899 -6,524,694
China 10,574,166 9,824,266 -749,900
Iceland 8,227,582 5,492,579 -2,735,003
United States 6,235,803 5,989,751 -246,052
Turkey 5,640,518 5,339,935 -300,583
Bangladesh 5,964,478 4,165,481 -1,798,997
India 6,331,895 3,793,277 -2,538,618
Faroe Islands 2,709,080 7,180,085 +4,471,005
Viet Nam 3,860,312 3,572,408 -287,904

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - East 28
Outer London - East and North East 23
East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire 14
Outer London - West and North West 14
West Midlands 13

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 - East 22 24 +2
Outer London - East and North East 18 19 +1
East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire 13 8 -5
Outer London - West and North West 12 11 -1
West Midlands 10 11 +1
Greater Manchester 7 9 +2
Outer London - South 10 7 -3
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 7 7 +0
Essex 7 4 -3
Surrey, East and West Sussex 2 5 +3

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) 326,117,405
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 33,069,401
Other 6,656,488
Air transport 225,367
Road transport 4,850

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) 169,615,488 156,501,917 -13,113,571
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 16,315,152 16,754,249 +439,097
Other 4,528,387 2,128,101 -2,400,286
Air transport 77,118 148,249 +71,131
Road transport 0 4,850 +4,850

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Grimsby 106,772,469
Hull 55,986,208
Southampton 55,538,185
Felixstowe 49,359,285
Immingham Docks 47,921,203

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 £
Grimsby 57,140,385 49,632,084 -7,508,301
Hull 30,493,153 25,493,055 -5,000,098
Southampton 30,770,515 24,767,670 -6,002,845
Felixstowe 27,379,082 21,980,203 -5,398,879
Immingham Docks 17,543,244 30,377,959 +12,834,715
London Gateway Port 10,200,487 7,578,178 -2,622,309
Eurotunnel 4,574,836 3,789,296 -785,540
000 4,528,387 2,128,101 -2,400,286
Dover 2,520,364 1,959,840 -560,524
Holyhead 2,023,925 1,411,908 -612,017

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 141
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 36
Manufacture of food products 22
Food and beverage service activities 17
Fishing and aquaculture 6

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 53
2025-11 59
2025-10 53
2025-09 52
2025-08 53

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 101
15m-54m 32
0-1m 31
54m+ 31
Other 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 £
Netherlands 127,900,835
Lithuania 41,319,665
Viet Nam 32,038,639
France 22,605,895
China 20,231,914

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 £
Netherlands 68,875,478 59,025,357 -9,850,121
Lithuania 24,788,796 16,530,869 -8,257,927
Viet Nam 18,015,968 14,022,671 -3,993,297
France 15,294,782 7,311,113 -7,983,669
China 10,216,328 10,015,586 -200,742
Japan 12,240,604 4,782,495 -7,458,109
Spain 5,620,404 7,485,453 +1,865,049
Ukraine 7,151,017 4,787,743 -2,363,274
Philippines 6,037,390 3,199,656 -2,837,734
South Korea 3,813,304 3,584,573 -228,731

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 18,390,304
XL 227,789
Ireland 27,306
Poland 22,784
Germany 21,966

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 10,195,447 8,194,857 -2,000,590
XL 218,603 9,186 -209,417
Ireland 21,704 5,602 -16,102
Poland 11,758 11,026 -732
Germany 14,642 7,324 -7,318
Nicaragua 6,131 0 -6,131
Turkey 0 4,257 +4,257
Netherlands 199 3,408 +3,209
Norway 0 1,873 +1,873
India 192 33 -159

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) 267,833,713
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 84,263,036
Other 18,791,949
Air transport 446,059

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) 153,076,429 114,757,284 -38,319,145
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 47,852,715 36,410,321 -11,442,394
Other 10,493,320 8,298,629 -2,194,691
Air transport 201,328 244,731 +43,403

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Grangemouth Docks 137,123,286
Lerwick 31,484,222
Peterhead 26,244,577
Felixstowe 24,889,995
Portsmouth 20,462,005

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 £
Grangemouth Docks 87,601,151 49,522,135 -38,079,016
Lerwick 8,613,392 22,870,830 +14,257,438
Peterhead 14,423,450 11,821,127 -2,602,323
Felixstowe 8,502,425 16,387,570 +7,885,145
Portsmouth 12,913,315 7,548,690 -5,364,625
Dover / Eurotunnel 12,967,577 6,751,553 -6,216,024
Tyne 9,330,612 10,146,998 +816,386
000 10,493,320 8,298,629 -2,194,691
Middlesbrough 6,554,897 5,228,851 -1,326,046
Immingham Docks 8,074,615 3,297,815 -4,776,800

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 0303

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

Description: Frozen fish, whole or in pieces, excluding fillets and other processed fish meat