Import/export HS code 07031019: Various fresh or chilled onions and shallots

Fresh or chilled onions and shallots, excluding sets. Ideal for cooking or raw use

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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 141,748,909
Spain 71,698,104
Egypt 65,576,318
Poland 47,982,090
France 24,448,038

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 76,764,068 64,984,841 -11,779,227
Spain 33,881,265 37,816,839 +3,935,574
Egypt 38,737,868 26,838,450 -11,899,418
Poland 27,132,800 20,849,290 -6,283,510
France 13,399,580 11,048,458 -2,351,122
Germany 8,576,344 6,286,107 -2,290,237
Senegal 8,594,350 3,366,153 -5,228,197
New Zealand 6,948,108 4,180,648 -2,767,460
China 4,253,131 3,090,441 -1,162,690
Chile 3,558,186 2,969,082 -589,104

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 142,750,617
Spain 77,842,577
Egypt 75,855,461
Poland 49,142,528
Senegal 12,064,778

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 77,926,393 64,824,224 -13,102,169
Spain 36,845,359 40,997,218 +4,151,859
Egypt 44,021,852 31,833,609 -12,188,243
Poland 27,796,230 21,346,298 -6,449,932
Senegal 8,668,567 3,396,211 -5,272,356
New Zealand 7,096,791 4,193,446 -2,903,345
Germany 5,660,538 3,700,088 -1,960,450
China 4,312,044 3,028,925 -1,283,119
Chile 3,753,899 3,104,514 -649,385
Mexico 3,567,567 1,822,741 -1,744,826

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 14
Inner London - West 13
Outer London - East and North East 12
Greater Manchester 10
Merseyside 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
Outer London - West and North West 12 9 -3
Inner London - West 7 11 +4
Outer London - East and North East 10 10 +0
Greater Manchester 8 6 -2
Merseyside 7 6 -1
West Midlands 8 8 +0
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 7 3 -4
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 7 4 -3
Inner London - East 7 6 -1
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough 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) 284,541,370
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 117,747,445
Other 9,245,619
Air transport 8,391,534
Road transport 4,729,712

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) 152,449,094 132,092,276 -20,356,818
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 68,598,801 49,148,644 -19,450,157
Other 4,971,627 4,273,992 -697,635
Air transport 5,244,046 3,147,488 -2,096,558
Road transport 2,167,466 2,562,246 +394,780
Rail transport 1,175,414 877,262 -298,152

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Eurotunnel 85,642,081
Harwich 82,497,636
London Gateway Port 65,967,725
Felixstowe 40,095,568
Dover 37,059,020

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 41,844,490 43,797,591 +1,953,101
Harwich 46,377,904 36,119,732 -10,258,172
London Gateway Port 40,953,092 25,014,633 -15,938,459
Felixstowe 23,923,814 16,171,754 -7,752,060
Dover 19,789,813 17,269,207 -2,520,606
Immingham Docks 12,817,935 15,769,693 +2,951,758
Portsmouth 12,654,733 9,055,619 -3,599,114
London 5,107,277 4,221,642 -885,635
000 4,971,627 4,273,992 -697,635
ZLC 3,702,934 4,823,525 +1,120,591

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 111
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 17
Manufacture of food products 13
Food and beverage service activities 7
Crop and animal production, hunting and related service activities 6

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 51
2025-11 52
2025-10 48
2025-09 27
2025-08 30

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 54
15m-54m 32
54m+ 31
0-1m 19
Other 7

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 7,523,133
Falkland Islands 238,718
Netherlands 188,458
France 76,492
Spain 68,323

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 4,252,423 3,270,710 -981,713
Falkland Islands 227,639 11,079 -216,560
Netherlands 108,590 79,868 -28,722
France 5,914 70,578 +64,664
Spain 68,179 144 -68,035
Poland 42,550 6,669 -35,881
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 31,257 0 -31,257
Iran (Islamic Republic of) 11,646 0 -11,646
Belgium 0 4,932 +4,932
Czechia 0 2,600 +2,600

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 2,774,353
Egypt 1,362,890
Spain 129,803
Senegal 94,844
Netherlands 62,473

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 1,448,950 1,325,403 -123,547
Egypt 903,686 459,204 -444,482
Spain 64,006 65,797 +1,791
Senegal 0 94,844 +94,844
Netherlands 36,380 26,093 -10,287
Belgium 24,115 15,853 -8,262
Kenya 12,553 9,475 -3,078
Singapore 14,626 0 -14,626
Ireland 6,353 3,493 -2,860
Chile 4,120 2,511 -1,609

Export volume by transport

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

Top 5 values

Transport £
Other 5,814,120
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 1,585,844
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 764,681
Air transport 33,133

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 3,223,789 2,590,331 -633,458
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 837,984 747,860 -90,124
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 655,106 109,575 -545,531
Air transport 33,133 0 -33,133

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
000 5,814,120
Holyhead 1,442,433
London Gateway Port 238,718
Liverpool Docks 129,415
Dover / Eurotunnel 111,657

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 3,223,789 2,590,331 -633,458
Holyhead 837,345 605,088 -232,257
London Gateway Port 227,639 11,079 -216,560
Liverpool Docks 80,075 49,340 -30,735
Dover / Eurotunnel 70,270 41,387 -28,883
Heysham 73,473 9,600 -63,873
Felixstowe 56,982 15,917 -41,065
Portsmouth 35,568 30,179 -5,389
Dover 6,719 51,608 +44,889
London 31,279 0 -31,279

Quick facts

HS code: 07031019

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

Description: Fresh or chilled onions and shallots, excluding sets. Ideal for cooking or raw use