# HS 030353 Frozen global trade data overview | Yugalinks

Reported global trade in frozen, sardines (sardina pilchardus, sardinops spp.), sardinella (sardinella spp.), brisling or sprats (sprattus sprattus), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99 reached $714.3M in 2024, with five-year annual growth of +1.7%.

## Annual trade evidence

| Year | Global trade | Year-on-year growth | 3-year growth |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2013 | $687.8M | -7% | +12% |
| 2014 | $623.5M | -9.4% | -3.3% |
| 2015 | $536.6M | -13.9% | -10.1% |
| 2016 | $593.4M | +10.6% | -4.8% |
| 2017 | $604.7M | +1.9% | -1% |
| 2018 | $690.0M | +14.1% | +8.7% |
| 2019 | $655.0M | -5.1% | +3.3% |
| 2020 | $677.4M | +3.4% | +3.9% |
| 2021 | $656.7M | -3.1% | -1.6% |
| 2022 | $739.0M | +12.5% | +4.1% |
| 2023 | $668.2M | -9.6% | -0.5% |
| 2024 | $714.3M | +6.9% | +2.8% |

## Leading buyer markets

| Buyer market | Latest imports | 5-year growth | Suppliers |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| China | $134.8M | +44.3% | 16 |
| South Africa | $91.6M | +7.6% | 19 |
| Thailand | $78.8M | +0.7% | 17 |
| Côte d\'Ivoire | $43.6M | -9.5% | 13 |
| Brazil | $33.4M | -13% | 5 |
| Spain | $31.2M | -4.6% | 22 |
| Portugal | $21.5M | +5.1% | 16 |
| Malaysia | $19.4M | +8% | 15 |
| Ukraine | $17.7M | +9.6% | 15 |
| France | $16.0M | +12.3% | 23 |
| Republic of Korea | $15.2M | +0.3% | 13 |
| Egypt | $13.9M | +11.4% | 11 |

_Source: reported merchandise trade data. Updated 2026-08-14._