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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000905608-03-000045
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20030528
FILED AS OF DATE:		20030530

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			SVI SOLUTIONS INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000866535
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SERVICES-PREPACKAGED SOFTWARE [7372]
		IRS NUMBER:				330896617
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			NV
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		12707 HIGH BLUFF DRIVE
		STREET 2:		STE 335
		CITY:			SAN DIEGO
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			92130
		BUSINESS PHONE:		8584814405

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		12707 HIGH BLUFF DRIVE
		STREET 2:		STE 335
		CITY:			SAN DIEGO
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			92120

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	SVI HOLDINGS INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19940207

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	WILSON CAPITAL INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19930328

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			ICM ASSET MANAGEMENT INC/WA
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000905608
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			WA
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-14263
		FILM NUMBER:		03724292

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		W 601 MAIN AVE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 917
		CITY:			SPOKANE
		STATE:			WA
		ZIP:			99201
		BUSINESS PHONE:		5094553588

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		601 W MAIN AVE
		STREET 2:		STE 917
		CITY:			SPOKANE
		STATE:			WA
		ZIP:			99201
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    <periodOfReport>2003-05-28</periodOfReport>


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    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000866535</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>SVI SOLUTIONS INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>SVI</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0000905608</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>ICM ASSET MANAGEMENT INC/WA</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>  </rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>  </rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>  </rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>  </rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>  </rptOwnerZipCode>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>1</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeSecurity>
        <securityTitle>
            <value>Common Stock</value>
        </securityTitle>
        <transactionDate>
            <value>2003-05-28</value>
        </transactionDate>
        <transactionCoding>
            <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
            <transactionCode>S</transactionCode>
            <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
        </transactionCoding>
        <transactionTimeliness>
            <value></value>
        </transactionTimeliness>
        <transactionAmounts>
            <transactionShares>
                <value>93900</value>
            </transactionShares>
            <transactionValue>
                <value>1.9713</value>
            </transactionValue>
            <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                <value>D</value>
            </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
        </transactionAmounts>
        <postTransactionAmounts>
            <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                <value>3335150</value>
            </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
        </postTransactionAmounts>
        <ownershipNature>
            <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <value>I</value>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            <natureOfOwnership>
                <value>See Footnote 2</value>
                <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                <footnoteId id="F3"/>
                <footnoteId id="F4"/>
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        </ownershipNature>
    </nonDerivativeSecurity>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Direct and indirect ownership.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">These securities are owned directly by investment limited partnerships of which Koyah Ventures, LLC (&quot;Koyah&quot;)is the general partner and ICM Asset Management, Inc. (&quot;ICM&quot;) is the investment adviser, including Koyah Leverage Partners, L.P.  Mr. James Simmons, ICM and Koyah each indirectly owns only a prorata interest in the securities and disclaims beneficial ownership in such securities except to the extent of each such Reporting Person's pecuniary interest therein.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">The reporting persons (the &quot;Reporting Persons&quot;) consist of (i) James M. Simmons, manager of Koyah Ventures, LLC (&quot;Koyah&quot;), and President and majority shareholder of ICM Asset Management, Inc. (&quot;ICM&quot;); (ii) ICM, a registered investment adviser; (iii)  Koyah, a general partner of investment limited partnerships of which ICM serves as investment adviser; and (iv) Koyah Leverage Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership of which ICM serves as investment adviser and of which Koyah serves as general partner.  Mr. Simmons, ICM and Koyah are filing this Form 4 jointly as a group.  Koyah Leverage Partners, L.P. is filing this report jointly with the other reporting persons, but not as a member of a group, and expressly disclaims membership in a group.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">No client account of ICM other than Koyah Leverage Partners, L.P., owns more than ten percent of the outstanding stock of the Issuer.  Mr. James M. Simmons, ICM and Koyah disclaim membership in a group with any non-Reporting Persons within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(i) and Rule 16a-1(a)(1) under the Exchange Act.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Robert J. Law</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2003-05-29</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

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