Import/export HS code 0603: Cut flowers and buds

Fresh, dried, or prepared flowers and buds used for bouquets or decoration

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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 741,956,201
Kenya 314,656,251
Colombia 131,322,861
France 71,689,496
Turkey 20,620,875

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 367,943,737 374,012,464 +6,068,727
Kenya 145,728,659 168,927,592 +23,198,933
Colombia 66,292,688 65,030,173 -1,262,515
France 25,325,659 46,363,837 +21,038,178
Turkey 10,315,569 10,305,306 -10,263
Ethiopia 10,569,037 6,403,966 -4,165,071
Ecuador 6,987,488 7,241,354 +253,866
South Africa 4,650,669 6,488,545 +1,837,876
Ireland 4,262,145 4,833,216 +571,071
Morocco 4,051,009 3,452,384 -598,625

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 £
Netherlands 646,957,545
Kenya 361,304,149
Colombia 142,798,926
Ethiopia 45,778,844
Turkey 32,184,283

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 £
Netherlands 317,526,443 329,431,102 +11,904,659
Kenya 166,715,259 194,588,890 +27,873,631
Colombia 71,447,827 71,351,099 -96,728
Ethiopia 22,608,941 23,169,903 +560,962
Turkey 15,509,679 16,674,604 +1,164,925
Ecuador 13,617,304 14,883,845 +1,266,541
Spain 8,650,503 10,398,489 +1,747,986
South Africa 4,974,011 6,721,904 +1,747,893
Morocco 5,358,644 4,173,625 -1,185,019
Uganda 3,962,797 3,063,251 -899,546

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 - West and North West 13
Outer London - East and North East 11
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 10
Inner London - East 9

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 14 11 -3
Outer London - West and North West 11 6 -5
Outer London - East and North East 7 9 +2
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 9 7 -2
Inner London - East 8 6 -2
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 6 5 -1
Lincolnshire 6 4 -2
West Yorkshire 6 5 -1
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 5 2 -3
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 6 6 +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) 650,848,817
Air transport 409,801,936
Road transport 168,542,620
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 103,293,365
Other 27,119,768

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) 320,540,802 330,308,015 +9,767,213
Air transport 190,975,394 218,826,542 +27,851,148
Road transport 76,848,839 91,693,781 +14,844,942
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 55,063,050 48,230,315 -6,832,735
Other 13,436,600 13,683,168 +246,568
Rail transport 0 37,727 +37,727

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 384,982,992
Eurotunnel 272,679,517
Felixstowe 177,942,319
499 161,848,411
Harwich 120,964,376

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 179,359,665 205,623,327 +26,263,662
Eurotunnel 131,994,743 140,684,774 +8,690,031
Felixstowe 79,419,059 98,523,260 +19,104,201
499 73,012,210 88,836,201 +15,823,991
Harwich 66,301,764 54,662,612 -11,639,152
Hull 34,383,500 29,043,309 -5,340,191
000 13,436,600 13,683,168 +246,568
Southampton 10,126,148 16,001,433 +5,875,285
Killingholme 18,765,731 31,288 -18,734,443
Immingham Docks 5,456,388 13,132,925 +7,676,537

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 88
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 35
Crop and animal production, hunting and related service activities 9
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 5
Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities 4

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 55
2026-03 68
2026-02 66
2026-01 55
2025-12 57

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 62
0-1m 44
54m+ 18
Other 12
15m-54m 6

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 £
Netherlands 36,169,304
United States 20,743,693
Canada 2,603,490
Ireland 2,332,115
Poland 1,520,577

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 £
Netherlands 16,438,019 19,731,285 +3,293,266
United States 6,435,722 14,307,971 +7,872,249
Canada 1,681,847 921,643 -760,204
Ireland 1,175,950 1,156,165 -19,785
Poland 710,172 810,405 +100,233
Gibraltar 187,737 197,151 +9,414
Barbados 75,675 23,676 -51,999
Portugal 16,128 38,196 +22,068
Malta 29,813 5,497 -24,316
Spain 27,493 2,185 -25,308

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 £
Netherlands 1,675,857
XI 194,646
Kenya 73,612
Colombia 1,687
India 397

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 £
Netherlands 831,004 844,853 +13,849
XI 118,215 76,431 -41,784
Kenya 450 73,162 +72,712
Colombia 0 1,687 +1,687
India 0 397 +397

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) 38,322,019
Air transport 23,674,376
Other 2,182,143
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 18,793

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) 17,446,865 20,875,154 +3,428,289
Air transport 8,339,038 15,335,338 +6,996,300
Other 1,111,428 1,070,715 -40,713
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 16,365 2,428 -13,937

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Harwich 26,910,925
London Heathrow Airport 19,192,169
Felixstowe 4,624,503
London Gatwick Airport 4,368,137
Dover / Eurotunnel 4,350,962

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 £
Harwich 12,417,509 14,493,416 +2,075,907
London Heathrow Airport 6,743,934 12,448,235 +5,704,301
Felixstowe 2,095,153 2,529,350 +434,197
London Gatwick Airport 1,537,639 2,830,498 +1,292,859
Dover / Eurotunnel 1,399,542 2,951,420 +1,551,878
000 1,111,428 1,070,715 -40,713
Hull 975,169 39,390 -935,779
Immingham Docks 399,464 432,489 +33,025
London 0 343,879 +343,879
Holyhead 61,073 85,450 +24,377

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 0603

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

Description: Fresh, dried, or prepared flowers and buds used for bouquets or decoration