Import/export HS code 0307: Molluscs, live or processed

Includes all types of molluscs, whether in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted, or in brine. Also includes smoked molluscs, whether cooked or not during smoking

Why this is important if you are looking for potential customers in the UK:

  • It helps you understand the market size for your product in the UK.
  • It provides you with a list of potential leads who have bought similar products.

* 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 £
China 33,723,368
France 19,962,954
Spain 10,937,452
New Zealand 9,017,885
Thailand 7,658,391

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 £
China 19,789,132 13,934,236 -5,854,896
France 10,632,083 9,330,871 -1,301,212
Spain 5,614,753 5,322,699 -292,054
New Zealand 4,716,591 4,301,294 -415,297
Thailand 4,188,711 3,469,680 -719,031
United States 3,956,239 2,800,802 -1,155,437
India 3,128,970 3,077,614 -51,356
Netherlands 3,685,347 1,852,021 -1,833,326
Ireland 2,396,641 3,083,166 +686,525
Canada 2,744,122 2,674,137 -69,985

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 £
China 33,798,365
Argentina 10,555,074
New Zealand 9,854,613
United States 8,886,453
Canada 8,603,636

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 £
China 19,789,852 14,008,513 -5,781,339
Argentina 5,426,003 5,129,071 -296,932
New Zealand 5,169,129 4,685,484 -483,645
United States 4,560,472 4,325,981 -234,491
Canada 5,068,663 3,534,973 -1,533,690
Thailand 4,197,135 3,406,050 -791,085
Japan 4,394,399 2,834,983 -1,559,416
India 3,543,418 3,681,663 +138,245
Spain 3,072,579 3,250,375 +177,796
Portugal 2,865,458 2,627,172 -238,286

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - East 27
Outer London - West and North West 18
Outer London - South 14
Outer London - East and North East 13
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 10

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 - East 27 19 -8
Outer London - West and North West 14 15 +1
Outer London - South 13 10 -3
Outer London - East and North East 11 9 -2
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 7 7 +0
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 6 7 +1
Essex 6 6 +0
Inner London - West 8 7 -1
Surrey, East and West Sussex 6 5 -1
Greater Manchester 6 7 +1

Import volume by transport

What this shows: Import value by transport mode used to bring goods into the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 81,747,366
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 44,335,606
Air transport 3,659,044
Other 3,473,751
Road transport 118,195

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 £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 44,219,201 37,528,165 -6,691,036
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 24,134,951 20,200,655 -3,934,296
Air transport 1,770,897 1,888,147 +117,250
Other 2,313,067 1,160,684 -1,152,383
Road transport 41,353 76,842 +35,489
Rail transport 3,708 0 -3,708

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 36,576,749
Southampton 18,198,399
Eurotunnel 12,526,106
London Gateway Port 11,312,803
Immingham Docks 11,194,736

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 £
Felixstowe 19,815,914 16,760,835 -3,055,079
Southampton 9,994,275 8,204,124 -1,790,151
Eurotunnel 6,421,483 6,104,623 -316,860
London Gateway Port 5,131,001 6,181,802 +1,050,801
Immingham Docks 7,827,441 3,367,295 -4,460,146
Dover / Eurotunnel 5,484,640 5,060,143 -424,497
Dover 5,909,732 4,063,738 -1,845,994
Liverpool Docks 3,000,600 1,781,332 -1,219,268
Portsmouth 1,842,377 2,148,893 +306,516
London Heathrow Airport 1,759,039 1,877,182 +118,143

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 129
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 33
Food and beverage service activities 23
Manufacture of food products 14
Warehousing and support activities for transportation 5

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 50
2025-11 55
2025-10 46
2025-09 48
2025-08 42

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 82
0-1m 36
54m+ 29
15m-54m 27
Other 8

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 £
France 178,032,387
Spain 29,440,802
Italy 25,813,523
South Korea 13,575,258
Ireland 11,120,770

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 £
France 96,074,725 81,957,662 -14,117,063
Spain 12,732,974 16,707,828 +3,974,854
Italy 13,878,646 11,934,877 -1,943,769
South Korea 8,409,536 5,165,722 -3,243,814
Ireland 5,592,404 5,528,366 -64,038
Netherlands 4,099,513 4,970,145 +870,632
United States 487,007 4,439,562 +3,952,555
China 3,852,895 181,747 -3,671,148
Viet Nam 1,965,496 1,275,934 -689,562
Australia 936,753 2,007,530 +1,070,777

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 14,344,487
Nicaragua 131,617
China 28,457
Singapore 9,944
Ireland 7,182

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 8,142,882 6,201,605 -1,941,277
Nicaragua 131,617 0 -131,617
China 13,853 14,604 +751
Singapore 5,014 4,930 -84
Ireland 5,323 1,859 -3,464
Canada 3,123 0 -3,123
Viet Nam 5 40 +35
Thailand 0 37 +37
Netherlands 0 18 +18

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) 232,089,323
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 36,428,213
Other 14,553,709
Rail transport 5,731,432
Air transport 112,809

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) 119,862,762 112,226,561 -7,636,201
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 19,008,369 17,419,844 -1,588,525
Other 8,310,315 6,243,394 -2,066,921
Rail transport 3,569,494 2,161,938 -1,407,556
Air transport 82,989 29,820 -53,169

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 99,172,457
Eurotunnel 87,811,421
Portsmouth 30,030,694
Grangemouth Docks 16,570,018
000 14,553,709

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 £
Dover / Eurotunnel 49,782,746 49,389,711 -393,035
Eurotunnel 45,788,306 42,023,115 -3,765,191
Portsmouth 16,877,159 13,153,535 -3,723,624
Grangemouth Docks 8,070,990 8,499,028 +428,038
000 8,310,315 6,243,394 -2,066,921
Southampton 8,107,665 3,409,805 -4,697,860
Dover 8,234,103 1,152,612 -7,081,491
Plymouth 1,391,826 5,799,051 +4,407,225
Jersey 1,206,404 1,647,169 +440,765
London Gateway Port 746,941 1,682,172 +935,231

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 0307

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

Description: Includes all types of molluscs, whether in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted, or in brine. Also includes smoked molluscs, whether cooked or not during smoking