Import/export HS code 0703: Fresh or chilled onions, garlic, leeks, and similar vegetables

Includes onions, shallots, garlic, leeks, and other vegetables from the allium family, sold fresh or kept cold

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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 £
Netherlands 171,370,014
Spain 153,920,519
Egypt 68,747,197
China 58,433,788
Poland 50,416,924

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 £
Netherlands 92,370,384 78,999,630 -13,370,754
Spain 78,420,009 75,500,510 -2,919,499
Egypt 38,876,974 29,870,223 -9,006,751
China 32,416,202 26,017,586 -6,398,616
Poland 27,298,677 23,118,247 -4,180,430
Germany 19,022,591 17,267,372 -1,755,219
France 19,748,976 16,375,321 -3,373,655
Senegal 8,291,561 4,684,607 -3,606,954
New Zealand 6,948,108 4,180,648 -2,767,460
Chile 3,606,228 2,969,082 -637,146

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 £
Spain 184,566,943
Netherlands 165,023,658
Egypt 79,136,463
China 59,987,709
Poland 51,656,401

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 £
Spain 93,345,953 91,220,990 -2,124,963
Netherlands 90,099,997 74,923,661 -15,176,336
Egypt 44,224,231 34,912,232 -9,311,999
China 33,169,078 26,818,631 -6,350,447
Poland 28,009,261 23,647,140 -4,362,121
France 7,908,019 7,659,989 -248,030
Senegal 8,365,778 4,733,279 -3,632,499
New Zealand 7,096,791 4,193,446 -2,903,345
Germany 6,088,573 3,826,122 -2,262,451
Chile 3,803,209 3,109,531 -693,678

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Outer London - West and North West 26
Outer London - East and North East 18
Inner London - West 17
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 14
Greater Manchester 14

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
Outer London - West and North West 23 20 -3
Outer London - East and North East 16 15 -1
Inner London - West 10 13 +3
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 13 11 -2
Greater Manchester 10 12 +2
West Midlands 10 10 +0
Inner London - East 11 9 -2
Merseyside 8 8 +0
Lincolnshire 10 7 -3
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 8 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 £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 428,109,397
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 167,594,548
Other 25,126,131
Air transport 11,560,882
Road transport 5,657,623

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) 227,870,075 200,239,322 -27,630,753
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 90,268,820 77,325,728 -12,943,092
Other 16,728,029 8,398,102 -8,329,927
Air transport 7,008,013 4,552,869 -2,455,144
Road transport 2,245,527 3,412,096 +1,166,569
Rail transport 1,069,769 991,782 -77,987

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Eurotunnel 162,508,357
Harwich 98,920,969
Felixstowe 84,348,158
London Gateway Port 69,238,567
Dover 57,633,276

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 £
Eurotunnel 82,887,316 79,621,041 -3,266,275
Harwich 53,711,911 45,209,058 -8,502,853
Felixstowe 46,266,536 38,081,622 -8,184,914
London Gateway Port 41,606,957 27,631,610 -13,975,347
Dover 30,280,939 27,352,337 -2,928,602
Portsmouth 20,211,868 16,128,732 -4,083,136
Immingham Docks 15,257,355 18,479,762 +3,222,407
000 16,728,029 8,398,102 -8,329,927
London Heathrow Airport 6,908,582 4,376,992 -2,531,590
London 4,494,517 5,263,020 +768,503

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 169
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 43
Manufacture of food products 21
Crop and animal production, hunting and related service activities 14
Food and beverage service activities 12

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 99
2025-11 82
2025-10 72
2025-09 62
2025-08 60

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 112
54m+ 47
15m-54m 44
0-1m 27
Other 9

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 12,215,244
Netherlands 996,973
Romania 899,575
Spain 314,625
Germany 306,944

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 6,417,679 5,797,565 -620,114
Netherlands 503,381 493,592 -9,789
Romania 445,925 453,650 +7,725
Spain 252,992 61,633 -191,359
Germany 168,291 138,653 -29,638
Falkland Islands 223,000 25,432 -197,568
United Arab Emirates 69,822 93,838 +24,016
France 41,477 106,423 +64,946
Belarus 103,521 0 -103,521
Poland 58,741 12,249 -46,492

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 2,975,461
Egypt 1,539,679
Ireland 348,152
Netherlands 276,155
Spain 238,045

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 1,544,015 1,431,446 -112,569
Egypt 919,538 620,141 -299,397
Ireland 141,268 206,884 +65,616
Netherlands 143,346 132,809 -10,537
Spain 64,541 173,504 +108,963
Senegal 0 94,844 +94,844
Belgium 28,220 21,506 -6,714
Kenya 11,131 10,897 -234
Singapore 14,626 0 -14,626
China 7,634 5,080 -2,554

Export volume by transport

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

Top 5 values

Transport £
Other 7,276,815
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 5,302,722
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 2,890,600
Air transport 215,151

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 3,824,369 3,452,446 -371,923
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 2,781,451 2,521,271 -260,180
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,699,655 1,190,945 -508,710
Air transport 112,933 102,218 -10,715

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
000 7,276,815
Holyhead 3,551,775
Dover / Eurotunnel 2,086,063
Liverpool Docks 1,151,028
Harwich 433,152

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 3,824,369 3,452,446 -371,923
Holyhead 1,815,763 1,736,012 -79,751
Dover / Eurotunnel 1,091,291 994,772 -96,519
Liverpool Docks 548,569 602,459 +53,890
Harwich 296,713 136,439 -160,274
London Gateway Port 270,098 15,718 -254,380
London Gatwick Airport 56,411 92,943 +36,532
Heysham 94,041 9,600 -84,441
Fishguard 96,659 0 -96,659
Immingham Docks 51,704 35,516 -16,188

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 0703

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

Description: Includes onions, shallots, garlic, leeks, and other vegetables from the allium family, sold fresh or kept cold