Import/export HS code 3003: Mixed medicinal products

Medicines made by mixing two or more ingredients for treatment or prevention, not packaged for retail

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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 £
United States 68,763,753
Netherlands 37,961,333
Germany 24,534,491
South Korea 21,389,687
France 21,289,145

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 £
United States 57,285,171 11,478,582 -45,806,589
Netherlands 11,243,561 26,717,772 +15,474,211
Germany 8,615,841 15,918,650 +7,302,809
South Korea 8,800,252 12,589,435 +3,789,183
France 11,359,453 9,929,692 -1,429,761
Italy 14,428,934 2,670,739 -11,758,195
Singapore 40,576 14,967,108 +14,926,532
China 4,393,403 10,164,331 +5,770,928
Switzerland 3,141,102 9,576,708 +6,435,606
Ireland 6,612,309 3,546,301 -3,066,008

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 £
United States 66,238,752
Italy 49,941,257
South Korea 22,076,104
Singapore 19,096,483
Germany 18,921,651

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 £
United States 57,907,059 8,331,693 -49,575,366
Italy 16,602,711 33,338,546 +16,735,835
South Korea 8,800,252 13,275,852 +4,475,600
Singapore 3,098 19,093,385 +19,090,287
Germany 6,554,280 12,367,371 +5,813,091
China 4,426,761 10,166,170 +5,739,409
France 7,320,567 5,480,663 -1,839,904
Ireland 4,450,965 2,712,167 -1,738,798
Israel 6,537,114 519,628 -6,017,486
Netherlands 3,998,594 3,002,596 -995,998

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 13
Outer London - West and North West 13
Inner London - West 12
Kent 11
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 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
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 7 8 +1
Outer London - West and North West 11 7 -4
Inner London - West 9 6 -3
Kent 6 9 +3
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 6 3 -3
Outer London - East and North East 7 6 -1
Outer London - South 5 5 +0
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough 5 5 +0
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 6 5 -1
Greater Manchester 3 5 +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) 120,239,255
Air transport 117,253,586
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 21,663,571
Other 15,932,113
Road transport 11,290,095

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) 54,239,764 65,999,491 +11,759,727
Air transport 73,606,831 43,646,755 -29,960,076
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 7,461,465 14,202,106 +6,740,641
Other 8,038,199 7,893,914 -144,285
Road transport 10,050,535 1,239,560 -8,810,975

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 58,318,091
Dover 58,293,079
Belfast Port 50,357,708
Dover / Eurotunnel 44,579,863
000 15,932,113

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 £
London Heathrow Airport 17,727,836 40,590,255 +22,862,419
Dover 28,714,802 29,578,277 +863,475
Belfast Port 49,615,058 742,650 -48,872,408
Dover / Eurotunnel 17,832,006 26,747,857 +8,915,851
000 8,038,199 7,893,914 -144,285
Felixstowe 2,578,013 11,147,556 +8,569,543
ZLC 9,292,526 1,239,560 -8,052,966
Harwich 4,472,019 2,984,080 -1,487,939
East Midlands Airport 4,484,101 839,269 -3,644,832
Southampton 2,234,806 1,958,744 -276,062

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 63
Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations 43
Human health activities 19
Scientific research and development 15
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 14

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 23
2025-10 35
2025-09 19
2025-08 32
2025-07 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
54m+ 77
1m-15m 59
15m-54m 21
0-1m 19
Other 10

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 £
Algeria 71,379,565
Egypt 68,047,426
United States 55,364,872
Morocco 30,726,079
Germany 28,963,022

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 £
Algeria 38,357,122 33,022,443 -5,334,679
Egypt 34,098,342 33,949,084 -149,258
United States 25,766,823 29,598,049 +3,831,226
Morocco 18,512,562 12,213,517 -6,299,045
Germany 18,583,166 10,379,856 -8,203,310
France 10,421,352 10,976,486 +555,134
Ireland 11,493,095 7,496,915 -3,996,180
Canada 5,687,002 8,913,381 +3,226,379
Tunisia 9,240,610 3,776,093 -5,464,517
Switzerland 4,308,779 8,194,834 +3,886,055

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 438,822
XU 295,488
Greece 260,343
France 166,117
Ireland 130,832

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 300,769 138,053 -162,716
XU 42,108 253,380 +211,272
Greece 133,978 126,365 -7,613
France 97,369 68,748 -28,621
Ireland 83,118 47,714 -35,404
Spain 53,891 48,912 -4,979
Romania 7,473 7,516 +43
Germany 3,749 8,386 +4,637
Latvia 0 10,613 +10,613
Hungary 7,026 2,917 -4,109

Export volume by transport

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

Top 5 values

Transport £
Air transport 173,432,762
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 135,108,650
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 89,569,085
Rail transport 3,963,370
Other 1,460,707

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 £
Air transport 92,327,731 81,105,031 -11,222,700
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 77,390,359 57,718,291 -19,672,068
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 40,720,222 48,848,863 +8,128,641
Rail transport 2,836,388 1,126,982 -1,709,406
Other 741,260 719,447 -21,813
Road transport 450,012 146,586 -303,426

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 160,162,572
Dover / Eurotunnel 107,462,934
London Gateway Port 75,459,184
Holyhead 16,572,628
Dover 9,848,887

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 £
London Heathrow Airport 84,301,338 75,861,234 -8,440,104
Dover / Eurotunnel 62,500,968 44,961,966 -17,539,002
London Gateway Port 36,713,619 38,745,565 +2,031,946
Holyhead 10,208,262 6,364,366 -3,843,896
Dover 3,949,295 5,899,592 +1,950,297
Southampton 780,889 6,875,505 +6,094,616
Manchester Airport 2,203,255 1,562,286 -640,969
Belfast Airport 1,182,263 1,452,543 +270,280
London Stansted Airport 1,686,323 920,798 -765,525
Eurotunnel 2,186,384 156,230 -2,030,154

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 3003

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

Description: Medicines made by mixing two or more ingredients for treatment or prevention, not packaged for retail