Import/export HS code 020230: Boneless frozen beef

Frozen beef cuts without bones

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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 £
Ireland 584,508,213
New Zealand 113,267,882
Brazil 66,674,687
Poland 40,800,389
Uruguay 25,651,636

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 £
Ireland 297,306,334 287,201,879 -10,104,455
New Zealand 21,275,085 91,992,797 +70,717,712
Brazil 25,910,413 40,764,274 +14,853,861
Poland 24,777,689 16,022,700 -8,754,989
Uruguay 13,241,319 12,410,317 -831,002
Australia 2,569,724 18,271,667 +15,701,943
Netherlands 8,205,890 7,878,906 -326,984
Italy 6,560,820 3,575,370 -2,985,450
Belgium 6,674,935 2,981,541 -3,693,394
Spain 5,677,320 3,903,358 -1,773,962

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 £
Ireland 520,785,392
New Zealand 113,578,132
Brazil 68,323,585
Poland 43,764,368
Uruguay 25,272,269

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 £
Ireland 269,649,486 251,135,906 -18,513,580
New Zealand 21,135,611 92,442,521 +71,306,910
Brazil 26,223,688 42,099,897 +15,876,209
Poland 26,778,875 16,985,493 -9,793,382
Uruguay 13,689,060 11,583,209 -2,105,851
Australia 2,592,025 17,899,235 +15,307,210
Netherlands 5,584,912 5,703,439 +118,527
Belgium 7,273,824 3,287,600 -3,986,224
Italy 6,443,796 3,543,120 -2,900,676
Spain 1,721,983 1,354,544 -367,439

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 14
Outer London - East and North East 12
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 9
Inner London - East 9
Outer London - West and North West 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
Inner London - West 11 8 -3
Outer London - East and North East 10 6 -4
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 7 7 +0
Inner London - East 7 5 -2
Outer London - West and North West 6 6 +0
West Midlands 7 3 -4
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 6 4 -2
Essex 4 4 +0
Outer London - South 2 4 +2
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough 4 2 -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) 584,975,544
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 240,292,174
Other 83,027,476
Road transport 4,768,343
Air transport 1,154,072

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) 307,942,554 277,032,990 -30,909,564
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 72,470,676 167,821,498 +95,350,822
Other 42,777,719 40,249,757 -2,527,962
Road transport 0 4,768,343 +4,768,343
Air transport 203,747 950,325 +746,578

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Holyhead 304,342,737
London Gateway Port 141,563,334
Liverpool Docks 100,981,942
Milford 95,069,708
000 83,027,476

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 £
Holyhead 143,915,040 160,427,697 +16,512,657
London Gateway Port 31,488,962 110,074,372 +78,585,410
Liverpool Docks 70,160,571 30,821,371 -39,339,200
Milford 43,347,689 51,722,019 +8,374,330
000 42,777,719 40,249,757 -2,527,962
Southampton 14,703,623 19,583,955 +4,880,332
Dover 21,103,337 10,145,683 -10,957,654
Felixstowe 6,944,156 18,054,085 +11,109,929
Eurotunnel 11,188,790 5,039,429 -6,149,361
Fishguard 10,409,692 5,732,879 -4,676,813

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
96
Manufacture of food products
30
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
20
Food and beverage service activities
7
Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities
2

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 35
2026-04 39
2026-03 36
2026-02 41
2026-01 35

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 57
54m+ 38
15m-54m 21
0-1m 11
Other 5

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 112,455,312
France 49,895,618
Canada 32,930,920
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 27,847,838
Netherlands 16,522,091

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 49,089,154 63,366,158 +14,277,004
France 22,858,068 27,037,550 +4,179,482
Canada 21,276,481 11,654,439 -9,622,042
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 15,057,937 12,789,901 -2,268,036
Netherlands 9,732,907 6,789,184 -2,943,723
Sweden 7,221,582 6,910,250 -311,332
Spain 4,009,746 6,470,070 +2,460,324
Japan 4,876,269 3,474,028 -1,402,241
United States 2,585,010 5,103,430 +2,518,420
Germany 2,755,041 2,004,569 -750,472

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 67,195,447
Ireland 3,229,148
Nicaragua 1,123,933
France 418,224
Netherlands 33,314

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 32,399,205 34,796,242 +2,397,037
Ireland 1,911,453 1,317,695 -593,758
Nicaragua 476,810 647,123 +170,313
France 418,224 0 -418,224
Netherlands 30,120 3,194 -26,926
Sweden 0 29,280 +29,280
Romania 24,044 0 -24,044
Portugal 17,502 0 -17,502
Poland 3,356 0 -3,356
Spain 245 0 -245

Export volume by transport

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

Top 5 values

Transport £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 165,399,259
Other 72,159,029
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 65,324,583
Air transport 1,041,645
Road transport 686,038

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 £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 76,802,236 88,597,023 +11,794,787
Other 35,335,537 36,823,492 +1,487,955
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 36,968,356 28,356,227 -8,612,129
Air transport 166,512 875,133 +708,621
Road transport 461,568 224,470 -237,098

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
000 72,159,029
Holyhead 50,756,808
Dover / Eurotunnel 32,802,105
Belfast Port 28,223,102
Portsmouth 22,340,850

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 35,335,537 36,823,492 +1,487,955
Holyhead 18,562,600 32,194,208 +13,631,608
Dover / Eurotunnel 17,201,677 15,600,428 -1,601,249
Belfast Port 13,536,813 14,686,289 +1,149,476
Portsmouth 9,984,452 12,356,398 +2,371,946
Liverpool Docks 13,722,918 7,625,873 -6,097,045
Southampton 11,492,149 7,409,897 -4,082,252
London Gateway Port 7,373,792 9,392,390 +2,018,598
Eurotunnel 3,312,070 5,831,240 +2,519,170
Milford 4,751,546 2,039,417 -2,712,129

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 020230

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

Description: Frozen beef cuts without bones