Holyhead Port: Imports

(asked on 29th April 2025) - View Source

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask His Majesty's Government what volume of goods entered the United Kingdom through the Port of Holyhead in each of the last three years.


Answered by
Lord Livermore Portrait
Lord Livermore
Financial Secretary (HM Treasury)
This question was answered on 12th May 2025

The volume of trade entering into the United Kingdom through the Port of Holyhead in the last three years is as follows:

Table 1: The UK's goods imports into the Port of Holyhead, by trade value (£billions) and net mass (thousand tonnes)

Years

Import Value
(£billions)

Import Net Mass
(thousand tonnes)

2022

6.3

698

2023

7.8

827

2024

6.6

1,050

2025- January and February only

0.7

121

Source: HMRC Overseas Trade Statistics, uktradeinfo, compiled on 30th April 2025

Data is provisional for up to 18 months after it is published. Please see OTS methodology for details. The data can be revised and corrected during this time.


The table shown is compiled of both EU and Non-EU import trade. Due to specific customs procedures, this data may not include the following:

Goods moved through Holyhead that have been declared at another port/airport.

Goods which are transiting through Holyhead but will not stay in the UK.

Goods which are not declared on a customs declaration or excluded from trade statistics.

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) is responsible for the collection and publication of data on imports and exports of goods to and from the UK. HMRC releases this information monthly, as an accredited official statistic called the Overseas Trade in Goods Statistics (OTS), which is available via their dedicated website (www.uktradeinfo.com). From this website, it is possible to build your own data tables based upon bespoke search criteria.

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