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 522,464,664
New Zealand 64,549,541
Brazil 53,506,615
Poland 38,046,399
Uruguay 25,570,580

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 264,130,977 258,333,687 -5,797,290
New Zealand 10,548,932 54,000,609 +43,451,677
Brazil 13,889,830 39,616,785 +25,726,955
Poland 22,485,185 15,561,214 -6,923,971
Uruguay 7,297,471 18,273,109 +10,975,638
Netherlands 7,324,969 7,907,011 +582,042
Australia 1,324,470 13,005,358 +11,680,888
Belgium 6,417,246 3,697,373 -2,719,873
Italy 6,277,786 2,479,886 -3,797,900
Spain 5,140,407 3,378,411 -1,761,996

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 469,685,102
New Zealand 64,862,055
Brazil 54,344,250
Poland 41,439,008
Uruguay 25,758,172

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 239,512,864 230,172,238 -9,340,626
New Zealand 10,551,196 54,310,859 +43,759,663
Brazil 13,983,030 40,361,220 +26,378,190
Poland 24,596,206 16,842,802 -7,753,404
Uruguay 7,302,344 18,455,828 +11,153,484
Australia 1,346,771 12,624,361 +11,277,590
Belgium 7,027,640 4,177,957 -2,849,683
Netherlands 4,969,671 6,045,675 +1,076,004
Italy 6,127,858 2,397,186 -3,730,672
Germany 1,690,510 1,180,226 -510,284

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
Inner London - East 10
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 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 12 9 -3
Outer London - East and North East 12 5 -7
Inner London - East 9 7 -2
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 6 8 +2
Outer London - West and North West 5 7 +2
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 5 6 +1
West Midlands 6 4 -2
Essex 4 4 +0
Greater Manchester 5 2 -3
Mid and South West Wales 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) 538,949,294
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 166,428,871
Other 73,651,132
Air transport 780,756
Road transport 698,168

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) 279,101,696 259,847,598 -19,254,098
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 39,541,209 126,887,662 +87,346,453
Other 38,538,275 35,112,857 -3,425,418
Air transport 288,056 492,700 +204,644
Road transport 0 698,168 +698,168

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Holyhead 263,363,151
Liverpool Docks 114,548,316
London Gateway Port 93,339,698
000 73,651,132
Milford 73,434,132

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 128,234,899 135,128,252 +6,893,353
Liverpool Docks 71,581,966 42,966,350 -28,615,616
London Gateway Port 17,898,760 75,440,938 +57,542,178
000 38,538,275 35,112,857 -3,425,418
Milford 29,657,730 43,776,402 +14,118,672
Dover 22,746,516 9,868,464 -12,878,052
Southampton 2,574,420 24,033,870 +21,459,450
Felixstowe 3,861,199 15,887,991 +12,026,792
Eurotunnel 10,894,427 6,827,782 -4,066,645
Fishguard 8,857,294 6,645,739 -2,211,555

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 101
Manufacture of food products 33
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 21
Food and beverage service activities 7
Other personal service activities 2

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 35
2025-11 44
2025-10 40
2025-09 38
2025-08 33

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 61
54m+ 40
15m-54m 24
0-1m 12
Other 3

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 97,063,688
France 41,425,026
Canada 32,570,151
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 27,940,666
Netherlands 14,232,965

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 40,291,375 56,772,313 +16,480,938
France 17,275,876 24,149,150 +6,873,274
Canada 17,880,414 14,689,737 -3,190,677
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 17,244,522 10,696,144 -6,548,378
Netherlands 8,730,487 5,502,478 -3,228,009
Sweden 4,044,954 7,700,770 +3,655,816
Japan 3,813,934 3,835,126 +21,192
Spain 2,605,008 4,976,678 +2,371,670
United States 2,224,535 3,400,318 +1,175,783
Germany 2,726,199 1,946,835 -779,364

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 57,543,920
Ireland 2,954,141
Nicaragua 820,983
France 418,755
Netherlands 33,380

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 24,904,271 32,639,649 +7,735,378
Ireland 1,809,871 1,144,270 -665,601
Nicaragua 296,084 524,899 +228,815
France 290,124 128,631 -161,493
Netherlands 29,922 3,458 -26,464
Sweden 0 29,280 +29,280
Romania 24,044 0 -24,044
Poland 18,375 0 -18,375
Portugal 17,502 0 -17,502
Spain 1,795 245 -1,550

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) 141,389,105
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 64,244,423
Other 61,954,986
Air transport 1,219,521
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) 62,941,401 78,447,704 +15,506,303
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 36,310,751 27,933,672 -8,377,079
Other 27,452,433 34,502,553 +7,050,120
Air transport 621,901 597,620 -24,281
Road transport 0 686,038 +686,038

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
000 61,954,986
Holyhead 40,912,448
Dover / Eurotunnel 28,359,120
Belfast Port 23,677,061
Liverpool Docks 21,914,794

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 27,452,433 34,502,553 +7,050,120
Holyhead 12,991,285 27,921,163 +14,929,878
Dover / Eurotunnel 14,691,213 13,667,907 -1,023,306
Belfast Port 12,090,215 11,586,846 -503,369
Liverpool Docks 11,499,945 10,414,849 -1,085,096
Southampton 13,728,103 7,426,409 -6,301,694
Portsmouth 8,025,029 10,803,701 +2,778,672
London Gateway Port 6,279,441 7,538,509 +1,259,068
Milford 5,273,321 2,805,513 -2,467,808
Grangemouth Docks 3,947,117 2,687,610 -1,259,507

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