🇬🇧 Grimsby trade data: imports and exports
Grimsby handled £8.49 billion of UK trade in the 12 months to Aug 2026: £7.13 billion of imports and £1.36 billion of exports. That is close to the previous 12 months.
Public port statistics, Sep 2025 - Aug 2026. Values in pounds sterling.
Grimsby trade by month
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Where Grimsby imports come from
Germany is the main origin, with 68% of the value. 98% of this trade is with the European Union.
| Origin | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 🇩🇪 Germany | £4.88B | 69% |
| 🇪🇸 Spain | £917.0M | 13% |
| 🇧🇪 Belgium | £768.3M | 11% |
| 🇵🇹 Portugal | £239.6M | 3.4% |
| 🇳🇴 Norway | £121.0M | 1.7% |
| 🇵🇱 Poland | £48.9M | 0.7% |
| 🇳🇱 Netherlands | £36.1M | 0.5% |
| 🇮🇹 Italy | £29.7M | 0.4% |
| 🇫🇷 France | £19.7M | 0.3% |
| 🇹🇷 Turkey | £16.7M | 0.2% |
Goods traded through Grimsby
The largest product groups are cars (86%), trucks (10%), fish fillets (1%).
Top imports
- 1Cars · HS 8703£6.16B86%
- 2Trucks · HS 8704£735.3M10%
- 3Fish fillets · HS 0304£56.3M0.8%
- 4Frozen fish · HS 0303£51.6M0.7%
- 5Ferro-alloys · HS 7202£30.6M0.4%
- 6Iron and steel scrap · HS 7204£22.0M0.3%
- 7Prepared crustaceans and molluscs · HS 1605£16.0M0.2%
- 8Fresh fish · HS 0302£10.5M0.2%
- 9Sawn wood · HS 4407£8.2M0.1%
- 10Nitrogen fertilizer · HS 3102£7.6M0.1%
- 11Steel shapes · HS 7216£5.7M0.1%
- 12Clay · HS 2508£5.3M0.1%
Top exports
- 1Cars · HS 8703£1.34B99%
- 2Steel shapes · HS 7216£8.9M0.7%
- 3Iron and steel scrap · HS 7204£3.5M0.3%
- 4Trucks · HS 8704£2.3M0.2%
- 5Animal feed · HS 2309£1.7M0.1%
- 6Meat and fish meal · HS 2301£1.4M0.1%
- 7Fish and marine oil · HS 1504£807K0.1%
- 8Chemical waste · HS 3825£569K0%
- 9Bread and baked goods · HS 1905£134K0%
- 10Plastic bottle · HS 3923£124K0%
- 11Malt extract · HS 1901£112K0%
- 12Pleasure vessels · HS 8903£57K0%
Who is behind these numbers in Grimsby?
Public statistics stop at country totals and the last published year. EximDataX shows the shipment records underneath: the companies, dates, quantities and declared values, updated weekly.
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Grimsby: questions
How much trade goes through Grimsby?
In the 12 months to Aug 2026: imports £7.13 billion, exports £1.36 billion.
Which countries trade most through Grimsby?
Imports mainly from Germany, Spain, Belgium. Exports mainly to United States, Belgium, Germany.
What goods are imported through Grimsby?
By value: Cars, Trucks, Fish fillets, Frozen fish, Ferro-alloys.
Can I see which companies ship through Grimsby?
Port statistics stop at totals. EximDataX has a direct UK customs feed with shipment-level records, updated weekly, including the companies behind them.
More United Kingdom port data
- Tyne trade data
- Portsmouth trade data
- Peterhead trade data
- Medway trade data
- Middlesbrough trade data
- Grangemouth trade data
- All United Kingdom ports
- United Kingdom trade data by product
Source: HMRC Overseas Trade Statistics (uktradeinfo.com), port level, Open Government Licence v3.0.
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