Onions, shallots, garlic, leeks and other alliaceous vegetables; fresh or chilled (heading 0703): importing markets

Fact sheet

Code

0703

Chapter

07 · Vegetables and certain roots and tubers; edible

Subheadings

3

What to know before exporting HS 0703 from Spain

HS 0703 is the heading for onions, shallots, garlic, leeks and other alliaceous vegetables, fresh or chilled. It sits in Chapter 07 and is divided into three subheadings. Frozen, dried or prepared products fall under other headings, so the state of the product decides the code.

The importer list mixes very different markets. The United States, Indonesia and Malaysia top the ranking, but Germany, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, France, Italy, Spain and Belgium also appear among the main importers. A Spanish exporter can therefore look at destinations inside the EU single market and at third countries, and the paperwork differs between the two.

The tariff depends on the six-digit subheading, the destination and the agreement in force between the EU and that country. For a company exporting from Spain, the duty and the preferential treatment are checked by destination and code in Access2Markets. The same tool lists product requirements and rules of origin.

Fresh vegetables are subject to plant-health rules. Whether a phytosanitary certificate is required depends on the destination: shipments to EU countries follow EU plant-health rules, while third countries set their own conditions. Check them with the destination's plant-protection authority and with the Spanish export inspection services before the first shipment.

The ranking shows imports declared by each country from the world, not from Spain. It measures market size, not how open a market is to Spanish product. Countries report with a delay, so 2025 is the latest period with consolidated data.

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