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 £
Netherlands 36,990,850
Germany 25,042,874
South Korea 23,975,794
United States 23,405,356
France 20,477,766

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 12,763,737 24,227,113 +11,463,376
Germany 9,998,159 15,044,715 +5,046,556
South Korea 8,986,036 14,989,758 +6,003,722
United States 11,882,586 11,522,770 -359,816
France 10,177,860 10,299,906 +122,046
Italy 12,707,826 2,441,343 -10,266,483
Singapore 2,024,494 13,010,342 +10,985,848
Switzerland 2,993,004 11,421,177 +8,428,173
China 2,728,635 11,146,297 +8,417,662
Ireland 6,477,241 2,981,791 -3,495,450

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 £
Italy 49,638,624
South Korea 24,662,211
United States 20,900,676
Singapore 19,096,483
Germany 19,034,946

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 £
Italy 16,969,367 32,669,257 +15,699,890
South Korea 8,986,036 15,676,175 +6,690,139
United States 12,793,619 8,107,057 -4,686,562
Singapore 1,963,446 17,133,037 +15,169,591
Germany 8,212,082 10,822,864 +2,610,782
China 2,763,093 11,144,711 +8,381,618
France 6,530,735 6,011,484 -519,251
Netherlands 3,567,478 2,901,059 -666,419
Ireland 3,671,421 2,768,284 -903,137
Israel 5,830,206 519,628 -5,310,578

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 13
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 12
Kent 11
Inner London - West 10
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
Outer London - West and North West 11 7 -4
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 7 8 +1
Kent 7 8 +1
Inner London - West 8 5 -3
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 7 3 -4
Outer London - East and North East 7 6 -1
Outer London - South 6 4 -2
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) 112,681,476
Air transport 71,339,703
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 22,771,480
Other 15,419,786
Road transport 10,386,183

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) 47,448,884 65,232,592 +17,783,708
Air transport 27,461,876 43,877,827 +16,415,951
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 7,398,491 15,372,989 +7,974,498
Other 8,312,579 7,107,207 -1,205,372
Road transport 9,168,300 1,217,883 -7,950,417

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 57,959,351
Dover 54,132,931
Dover / Eurotunnel 42,719,455
000 15,419,786
Felixstowe 15,228,725

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 17,192,254 40,767,097 +23,574,843
Dover 22,582,744 31,550,187 +8,967,443
Dover / Eurotunnel 18,307,217 24,412,238 +6,105,021
000 8,312,579 7,107,207 -1,205,372
Felixstowe 2,714,859 12,513,866 +9,799,007
ZLC 8,272,296 1,219,295 -7,053,001
Harwich 3,346,054 2,807,899 -538,155
Belfast Port 5,355,388 341,136 -5,014,252
Eurotunnel 1,364,160 2,801,021 +1,436,861
East Midlands Airport 3,199,060 849,544 -2,349,516

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 62
Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations 42
Human health activities 17
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
2026-01 18
2025-11 23
2025-10 35
2025-09 19
2025-08 32

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 58
15m-54m 21
0-1m 16
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 67,032,398
Egypt 64,714,872
United States 52,834,935
Morocco 30,205,851
Germany 28,749,849

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 38,531,494 28,500,904 -10,030,590
Egypt 36,048,341 28,666,531 -7,381,810
United States 26,575,304 26,259,631 -315,673
Morocco 17,727,087 12,478,764 -5,248,323
Germany 19,039,457 9,710,392 -9,329,065
France 9,949,573 10,976,998 +1,027,425
Canada 5,697,695 14,079,870 +8,382,175
Ireland 10,878,174 7,235,095 -3,643,079
Switzerland 5,242,416 7,710,307 +2,467,891
Tunisia 6,129,362 3,776,093 -2,353,269

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 381,438
Greece 233,880
France 154,728
Ireland 126,943
Spain 93,913

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 233,907 147,531 -86,376
Greece 125,584 108,296 -17,288
France 96,111 58,617 -37,494
Ireland 88,172 38,771 -49,401
Spain 48,747 45,166 -3,581
Romania 7,945 6,041 -1,904
Latvia 0 10,613 +10,613
Hungary 9,405 0 -9,405
Portugal 8,811 532 -8,279
Germany 618 8,251 +7,633

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 168,305,354
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 130,194,207
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 87,245,893
Rail transport 3,963,370
Other 1,350,727

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 92,017,978 76,287,376 -15,730,602
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 74,397,566 55,796,641 -18,600,925
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 42,496,547 44,749,346 +2,252,799
Rail transport 2,886,601 1,076,769 -1,809,832
Other 674,957 675,770 +813
Road transport 286,108 146,586 -139,522

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 155,511,229
Dover / Eurotunnel 105,278,038
London Gateway Port 73,431,193
Holyhead 15,949,465
Dover 10,042,713

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 83,678,702 71,832,527 -11,846,175
Dover / Eurotunnel 63,142,879 42,135,159 -21,007,720
London Gateway Port 38,825,718 34,605,475 -4,220,243
Holyhead 9,684,239 6,265,226 -3,419,013
Dover 3,056,533 6,986,180 +3,929,647
Southampton 521,904 6,877,540 +6,355,636
Manchester Airport 2,287,444 1,479,897 -807,547
London Stansted Airport 1,748,371 789,266 -959,105
Belfast Airport 1,407,188 1,116,522 -290,666
Felixstowe 739,353 1,414,239 +674,886

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