Import/export HS code 07031019: Various fresh or chilled onions and shallots

Fresh or chilled onions and shallots, excluding sets. Ideal for cooking or raw use

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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 150,333,006
Spain 75,351,865
Egypt 67,801,306
Poland 50,218,945
France 26,109,557

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 80,048,287 70,284,719 -9,763,568
Spain 35,743,543 39,608,322 +3,864,779
Egypt 38,409,974 29,391,332 -9,018,642
Poland 27,214,239 23,004,706 -4,209,533
France 14,167,012 11,942,545 -2,224,467
Germany 8,731,352 6,497,867 -2,233,485
Senegal 8,264,128 4,684,607 -3,579,521
New Zealand 6,948,108 4,180,648 -2,767,460
China 4,321,765 3,390,816 -930,949
Chile 3,558,186 2,969,082 -589,104

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 £
Netherlands 152,494,993
Spain 81,790,716
Egypt 78,089,402
Poland 51,508,532
Senegal 13,053,010

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 £
Netherlands 81,947,882 70,547,111 -11,400,771
Spain 38,800,323 42,990,393 +4,190,070
Egypt 43,724,921 34,364,481 -9,360,440
Poland 27,951,299 23,557,233 -4,394,066
Senegal 8,338,345 4,714,665 -3,623,680
New Zealand 7,096,791 4,193,446 -2,903,345
Germany 5,652,832 3,707,794 -1,945,038
China 4,402,303 3,329,300 -1,073,003
Chile 3,752,767 3,105,646 -647,121
Mexico 3,556,483 1,941,924 -1,614,559

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 14
Inner London - West 13
Outer London - East and North East 12
Greater Manchester 11
Inner London - East 8

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 11 10 -1
Inner London - West 7 11 +4
Outer London - East and North East 10 10 +0
Greater Manchester 8 7 -1
Inner London - East 8 6 -2
Merseyside 6 6 +0
West Midlands 8 8 +0
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 7 3 -4
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 7 4 -3
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough 3 3 +0

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) 300,139,873
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 121,884,955
Other 9,696,766
Air transport 8,617,922
Road transport 4,922,667

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) 158,417,206 141,722,667 -16,694,539
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 68,167,814 53,717,141 -14,450,673
Other 5,091,784 4,604,982 -486,802
Air transport 5,288,004 3,329,918 -1,958,086
Road transport 1,978,148 2,944,519 +966,371
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 89,739,479
Harwich 86,678,984
London Gateway Port 67,846,047
Felixstowe 42,466,917
Dover 38,926,946

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 43,421,243 46,318,236 +2,896,993
Harwich 47,120,345 39,558,639 -7,561,706
London Gateway Port 40,736,238 27,109,809 -13,626,429
Felixstowe 25,509,485 16,957,432 -8,552,053
Dover 20,869,021 18,057,925 -2,811,096
Immingham Docks 13,077,529 16,779,455 +3,701,926
Portsmouth 12,954,799 10,272,059 -2,682,740
London 4,489,481 5,256,449 +766,968
000 5,091,784 4,604,982 -486,802
ZLC 3,471,598 5,363,571 +1,891,973

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 112
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 18
Manufacture of food products 13
Food and beverage service activities 7
Crop and animal production, hunting and related service activities 6

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 51
2025-11 52
2025-10 48
2025-09 27
2025-08 30

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 56
15m-54m 33
54m+ 30
0-1m 19
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 £
Ireland 8,104,340
Falkland Islands 238,718
Netherlands 188,458
France 76,492
Spain 72,861

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 4,427,651 3,676,689 -750,962
Falkland Islands 223,000 15,718 -207,282
Netherlands 108,590 79,868 -28,722
France 5,914 70,578 +64,664
Spain 72,620 241 -72,379
Poland 58,741 6,669 -52,072
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 31,257 0 -31,257
Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0 11,646 +11,646
Belgium 0 4,932 +4,932
Czechia 0 2,600 +2,600

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 2,775,893
Egypt 1,449,536
Spain 131,210
Senegal 94,844
Netherlands 68,964

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 1,446,216 1,329,677 -116,539
Egypt 917,848 531,688 -386,160
Spain 58,169 73,041 +14,872
Senegal 0 94,844 +94,844
Netherlands 41,124 27,840 -13,284
Belgium 24,423 17,560 -6,863
Kenya 11,131 10,897 -234
Singapore 14,626 0 -14,626
Ireland 5,910 4,102 -1,808
Chile 4,120 2,511 -1,609

Export volume by transport

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

Top 5 values

Transport £
Other 5,974,860
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 1,711,243
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,080,478
Air transport 33,133

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 3,251,816 2,723,044 -528,772
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 930,006 781,237 -148,769
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 714,632 365,846 -348,786
Air transport 33,133 0 -33,133

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
000 5,974,860
Holyhead 1,774,742
London Gateway Port 238,718
Liverpool Docks 217,671
Dover / Eurotunnel 127,848

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 3,251,816 2,723,044 -528,772
Holyhead 923,906 850,836 -73,070
London Gateway Port 223,000 15,718 -207,282
Liverpool Docks 129,070 88,601 -40,469
Dover / Eurotunnel 86,461 41,387 -45,074
Heysham 73,473 9,600 -63,873
Felixstowe 56,982 15,917 -41,065
Portsmouth 35,568 30,179 -5,389
Dover 6,719 51,608 +44,889
London 31,279 0 -31,279

Quick facts

HS code: 07031019

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

Description: Fresh or chilled onions and shallots, excluding sets. Ideal for cooking or raw use