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

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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 162,777,288
Spain 145,592,285
Egypt 60,410,551
China 56,100,135
Poland 48,286,024

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 81,745,583 81,031,705 -713,878
Spain 74,297,366 71,294,919 -3,002,447
Egypt 34,145,490 26,265,061 -7,880,429
China 31,025,838 25,074,297 -5,951,541
Poland 27,058,638 21,227,386 -5,831,252
Germany 19,304,907 17,074,938 -2,229,969
France 16,580,992 16,001,204 -579,788
Senegal 7,504,853 6,204,437 -1,300,416
Chile 2,931,282 4,932,785 +2,001,503
New Zealand 4,112,707 3,613,576 -499,131

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 177,279,808
Netherlands 157,505,769
Egypt 69,355,880
China 57,355,097
Poland 49,014,626

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 89,230,127 88,049,681 -1,180,446
Netherlands 78,212,117 79,293,652 +1,081,535
Egypt 38,882,367 30,473,513 -8,408,854
China 31,827,391 25,527,706 -6,299,685
Poland 27,349,847 21,664,779 -5,685,068
France 7,336,188 7,333,137 -3,051
Senegal 7,553,525 6,244,864 -1,308,661
Germany 5,770,548 3,448,942 -2,321,606
Chile 3,062,069 5,036,235 +1,974,166
New Zealand 4,339,051 3,613,576 -725,475

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 19
Greater Manchester 16
Inner London - West 16
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 18 21 +3
Outer London - East and North East 15 15 +0
Greater Manchester 11 11 +0
Inner London - West 12 12 +0
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 12 11 -1
Inner London - East 9 10 +1
Merseyside 7 7 +0
West Midlands 8 6 -2
Lincolnshire 8 7 -1
Surrey, East and West Sussex 5 6 +1

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) 406,465,438
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 160,367,737
Other 19,319,790
Air transport 10,018,964
Road transport 6,860,210

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) 208,571,201 197,894,237 -10,676,964
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 83,258,993 77,108,744 -6,150,249
Other 13,318,516 6,001,274 -7,317,242
Air transport 5,742,933 4,276,031 -1,466,902
Road transport 3,098,317 3,761,893 +663,576
Rail transport 1,779,985 7,990 -1,771,995

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Eurotunnel 157,807,677
Harwich 94,251,838
Felixstowe 77,313,846
London Gateway Port 59,411,155
Dover 51,576,600

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 79,450,984 78,356,693 -1,094,291
Harwich 49,661,557 44,590,281 -5,071,276
Felixstowe 41,021,043 36,292,803 -4,728,240
London Gateway Port 32,756,666 26,654,489 -6,102,177
Dover 26,057,741 25,518,859 -538,882
Immingham Docks 16,378,224 18,215,360 +1,837,136
Portsmouth 18,184,653 15,961,735 -2,222,918
000 13,318,516 6,001,274 -7,317,242
London 5,997,663 7,332,585 +1,334,922
ZLC 5,041,451 7,659,424 +2,617,973

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
169
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
41
Manufacture of food products
22
Crop and animal production, hunting and related service activities
14
Food and beverage service activities
12

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 62
2026-04 73
2026-03 85
2026-02 83
2026-01 99

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 105
15m-54m 49
54m+ 45
0-1m 30
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 £
Ireland 12,085,225
Netherlands 893,363
Romania 736,736
Falkland Islands 252,585
United Arab Emirates 250,041

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 6,726,698 5,358,527 -1,368,171
Netherlands 500,326 393,037 -107,289
Romania 386,124 350,612 -35,512
Falkland Islands 241,832 10,753 -231,079
United Arab Emirates 110,914 139,127 +28,213
Spain 110,354 84,700 -25,654
Germany 139,434 5,917 -133,517
France 106,492 30,364 -76,128
Iceland 34,704 46,571 +11,867
Poland 28,217 36,860 +8,643

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 2,792,585
Egypt 1,495,519
Ireland 383,489
China 382,708
Spain 373,121

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 1,608,760 1,183,825 -424,935
Egypt 834,691 660,828 -173,863
Ireland 251,862 131,627 -120,235
China 176,661 206,047 +29,386
Spain 130,527 242,594 +112,067
Netherlands 194,376 74,089 -120,287
Senegal 66,311 64,242 -2,069
Chile 50,548 13,652 -36,896
Belgium 25,495 22,785 -2,710
Kenya 15,559 24,135 +8,576

Export volume by transport

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

Top 5 values

Transport £
Other 7,574,605
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 4,684,846
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 2,397,780
Air transport 299,242

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 4,163,303 3,411,302 -752,001
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 2,662,883 2,021,963 -640,920
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,482,535 915,245 -567,290
Air transport 156,931 142,311 -14,620

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
000 7,574,605
Holyhead 3,052,254
Dover / Eurotunnel 1,748,165
Liverpool Docks 1,212,250
London Gateway Port 233,164

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 4,163,303 3,411,302 -752,001
Holyhead 1,749,468 1,302,786 -446,682
Dover / Eurotunnel 921,012 827,153 -93,859
Liverpool Docks 635,717 576,533 -59,184
London Gateway Port 233,164 0 -233,164
London Gatwick Airport 99,895 112,713 +12,818
Harwich 145,213 24,112 -121,101
Fishguard 96,659 24,531 -72,128
Heysham 62,259 19,530 -42,729
Middlesbrough 30,540 45,601 +15,061

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