Import/export HS code 0703: Fresh or chilled onions, garlic, leeks, and similar vegetables

Includes onions, shallots, garlic, leeks, and other vegetables from the allium family, sold fresh or kept cold

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 £
Netherlands 171,331,411
Spain 155,850,141
Egypt 72,274,573
China 60,282,467
Poland 50,815,597

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 81,465,157 89,866,254 +8,401,097
Spain 74,257,999 81,592,142 +7,334,143
Egypt 38,693,767 33,580,806 -5,112,961
China 31,943,196 28,339,271 -3,603,925
Poland 27,077,554 23,738,043 -3,339,511
Germany 19,255,184 19,376,938 +121,754
France 17,304,667 17,515,865 +211,198
Senegal 8,562,994 5,378,999 -3,183,995
New Zealand 5,900,929 4,208,375 -1,692,554
Chile 3,113,966 4,403,443 +1,289,477

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 £
Spain 188,838,326
Netherlands 163,116,375
Egypt 83,812,877
China 61,691,169
Poland 51,840,969

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 £
Spain 89,291,607 99,546,719 +10,255,112
Netherlands 77,514,505 85,601,870 +8,087,365
Egypt 43,977,576 39,835,301 -4,142,275
China 32,639,101 29,052,068 -3,587,033
Poland 27,561,222 24,279,747 -3,281,475
France 7,532,257 8,472,435 +940,178
Senegal 8,655,825 5,449,484 -3,206,341
Germany 6,021,896 4,336,506 -1,685,390
New Zealand 6,066,839 4,221,173 -1,845,666
Chile 3,201,467 4,562,720 +1,361,253

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 25
Outer London - East and North East 20
Greater Manchester 17
Inner London - West 17
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 13

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 20 22 +2
Outer London - East and North East 16 15 -1
Greater Manchester 12 11 -1
Inner London - West 11 13 +2
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 12 11 -1
Merseyside 9 6 -3
West Midlands 10 10 +0
Inner London - East 9 10 +1
Lincolnshire 9 7 -2
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 8 5 -3

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) 432,471,630
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 175,806,471
Other 22,060,610
Air transport 11,029,548
Road transport 7,211,818

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) 210,290,578 222,181,052 +11,890,474
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 89,768,061 86,038,410 -3,729,651
Other 14,165,755 7,894,855 -6,270,900
Air transport 6,348,738 4,680,810 -1,667,928
Road transport 3,186,590 4,025,228 +838,638
Rail transport 1,499,749 519,355 -980,394

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Eurotunnel 166,576,118
Harwich 99,845,036
Felixstowe 85,703,903
London Gateway Port 69,786,449
Dover 56,985,736

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 £
Eurotunnel 78,620,179 87,955,939 +9,335,760
Harwich 50,055,015 49,790,021 -264,994
Felixstowe 42,828,989 42,874,914 +45,925
London Gateway Port 38,529,482 31,256,967 -7,272,515
Dover 27,374,006 29,611,730 +2,237,724
Portsmouth 19,222,825 17,242,265 -1,980,560
Immingham Docks 15,114,490 20,287,679 +5,173,189
000 14,165,755 7,894,855 -6,270,900
ZLC 5,082,934 7,572,936 +2,490,002
London 6,066,293 6,365,043 +298,750

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 175
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 41
Manufacture of food products 22
Crop and animal production, hunting and related service activities 16
Food and beverage service activities 12

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 73
2026-03 85
2026-02 83
2026-01 99
2025-12 82

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 112
54m+ 49
15m-54m 47
0-1m 29
Other 9

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 13,059,978
Netherlands 1,031,921
Romania 736,736
Falkland Islands 252,585
United Arab Emirates 250,131

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 6,592,416 6,467,562 -124,854
Netherlands 638,884 393,037 -245,847
Romania 386,124 350,612 -35,512
Falkland Islands 232,118 20,467 -211,651
United Arab Emirates 98,216 151,915 +53,699
Spain 110,516 84,749 -25,767
France 85,654 69,596 -16,058
Germany 148,730 5,917 -142,813
Poland 42,550 40,004 -2,546
Iceland 32,891 38,093 +5,202

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 2,982,340
Egypt 1,791,767
Ireland 376,792
Spain 375,245
China 364,087

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 1,565,167 1,417,173 -147,994
Egypt 983,870 807,897 -175,973
Ireland 188,296 188,496 +200
Spain 102,715 272,530 +169,815
China 86,954 277,133 +190,179
Netherlands 145,077 125,144 -19,933
Senegal 4,844 124,284 +119,440
Chile 31,661 28,808 -2,853
Belgium 26,147 24,772 -1,375
Kenya 13,736 25,970 +12,234

Export volume by transport

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

Top 5 values

Transport £
Other 8,150,708
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 5,061,056
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 2,577,681
Air transport 302,592

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 £
Other 3,944,539 4,206,169 +261,630
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 2,744,951 2,316,105 -428,846
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,607,787 969,894 -637,893
Air transport 147,493 155,099 +7,606

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
000 8,150,708
Holyhead 3,431,238
Dover / Eurotunnel 1,791,118
Liverpool Docks 1,190,745
Harwich 271,696

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 3,944,539 4,206,169 +261,630
Holyhead 1,852,646 1,578,592 -274,054
Dover / Eurotunnel 957,056 834,062 -122,994
Liverpool Docks 585,360 605,385 +20,025
Harwich 247,584 24,112 -223,472
London Gateway Port 233,164 0 -233,164
London Gatwick Airport 84,805 125,501 +40,696
Heysham 94,041 29,130 -64,911
Fishguard 96,659 24,531 -72,128
Felixstowe 56,982 20,366 -36,616

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 0703

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

Description: Includes onions, shallots, garlic, leeks, and other vegetables from the allium family, sold fresh or kept cold