Import/export HS code 0704: Fresh or chilled cabbages, cauliflowers, and similar vegetables

Includes all types of edible brassicas like kale, kohlrabi, and more, fresh or chilled

Why this is important if you are looking for potential customers in the UK:

  • It helps you understand the market size for your product in the UK.
  • It provides you with a list of potential leads who have bought similar products.

* UK only, last 24 months analysed

Imports by country

What this shows: Import market volume by exporter country into the UK.

Top 5 values

Country £
Spain 386,233,906
France 63,867,687
Netherlands 46,491,912
Kenya 41,366,873
Germany 20,202,081

Countries rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: Countries are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month volume, right side by second 12-month volume, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

Country First 12m £ Second 12m £ Delta £
Spain 199,599,602 186,634,304 -12,965,298
France 31,903,872 31,963,815 +59,943
Netherlands 20,752,602 25,739,310 +4,986,708
Kenya 20,306,655 21,060,218 +753,563
Germany 11,417,724 8,784,357 -2,633,367
Italy 7,572,168 10,044,324 +2,472,156
Morocco 6,214,453 7,063,061 +848,608
Portugal 7,187,212 5,749,571 -1,437,641
Poland 4,915,556 3,854,457 -1,061,099
Ireland 3,184,109 3,459,403 +275,294

Imports by country of origin

What this shows: Import volume by production origin country. Differences from exporter-country data can indicate re-export routes.

Top 5 values

Origin £
Spain 438,757,439
Kenya 41,398,777
Netherlands 40,985,495
Italy 18,792,826
France 18,228,877

Country of origin rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: Origin countries are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month import value, right side by second 12-month import value, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

Origin First 12m £ Second 12m £ Delta £
Spain 225,985,033 212,772,406 -13,212,627
Kenya 20,325,008 21,073,769 +748,761
Netherlands 18,649,280 22,336,215 +3,686,935
Italy 8,512,064 10,280,762 +1,768,698
France 9,644,987 8,583,890 -1,061,097
Portugal 8,928,376 7,900,563 -1,027,813
Morocco 7,257,563 8,351,783 +1,094,220
Poland 5,543,523 4,173,018 -1,370,505
Egypt 2,636,196 2,018,122 -618,074
Germany 1,841,901 1,351,087 -490,814

Importers across UK regions

What this shows: Number of importing companies by UK ITL2 region.

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Outer London - East and North East 26
Outer London - West and North West 23
Inner London - East 16
Lincolnshire 15
Greater Manchester 13

UK regions rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: UK regions are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month importer count, right side by second 12-month importer count, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

UK region First 12m Second 12m Delta
Outer London - East and North East 22 19 -3
Outer London - West and North West 18 18 +0
Inner London - East 15 12 -3
Lincolnshire 12 12 +0
Greater Manchester 10 9 -1
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 9 12 +3
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 11 10 -1
Kent 9 9 +0
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 4 6 +2
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough 6 7 +1

Import volume by transport

What this shows: Import value by transport mode used to bring goods into the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 564,356,495
Air transport 45,689,358
Other 14,632,454
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 4,877,065
Road transport 1,488,333

Transport rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: Transport modes are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month import value, right side by second 12-month import value, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

Transport First 12m £ Second 12m £ Delta £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 288,175,864 276,180,631 -11,995,233
Air transport 22,672,632 23,016,726 +344,094
Other 6,552,416 8,080,038 +1,527,622
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,933,873 2,943,192 +1,009,319
Road transport 249,544 1,238,789 +989,245
Rail transport 0 18,498 +18,498

Import volume by port

What this shows: Import value handled by each UK port.

Top 5 values

Port £
Eurotunnel 231,884,179
Portsmouth 137,873,736
Dover 107,696,786
London Heathrow Airport 43,334,263
Harwich 28,672,928

Port rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: Ports are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month import value, right side by second 12-month import value, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

Port First 12m £ Second 12m £ Delta £
Eurotunnel 117,728,387 114,155,792 -3,572,595
Portsmouth 66,545,856 71,327,880 +4,782,024
Dover 57,357,940 50,338,846 -7,019,094
London Heathrow Airport 21,716,567 21,617,696 -98,871
Harwich 13,829,834 14,843,094 +1,013,260
Dover / Eurotunnel 12,957,710 7,471,182 -5,486,528
000 6,552,416 8,080,038 +1,527,622
Felixstowe 6,907,533 5,779,372 -1,128,161
ZLC 3,821,759 5,958,636 +2,136,877
Newhaven 5,003,753 4,047,566 -956,187

Importer companies by SIC division

What this shows: Industry breakdown (SIC divisions) of importing companies.

Top 5 values

SIC Companies
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 161
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 27
Manufacture of food products 22
Crop and animal production, hunting and related service activities 20
Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities 6

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 93
2026-03 101
2026-02 90
2026-01 84
2025-12 98

Top importers

What this shows: Companies with the highest number of months traded for this HS code.

Importer company size by revenue band

What this shows: Distribution of importers across company revenue bands.

Top 5 values

Revenue Companies
1m-15m 92
54m+ 52
15m-54m 44
0-1m 30
Other 10

Import seasonality

What this shows: Average monthly import pattern from historical data.

Exports by country

What this shows: Export market volume by destination country from the UK.

Top 5 values

Country £
Ireland 19,421,059
Netherlands 4,646,225
Poland 2,718,276
Italy 2,707,739
Spain 1,498,242

Export countries rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: Destination countries are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month export volume, right side by second 12-month export volume, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

Country First 12m £ Second 12m £ Delta £
Ireland 9,990,815 9,430,244 -560,571
Netherlands 3,477,221 1,169,004 -2,308,217
Poland 2,235,858 482,418 -1,753,440
Italy 1,940,061 767,678 -1,172,383
Spain 1,193,962 304,280 -889,682
France 878,658 488,132 -390,526
Portugal 248,277 35,637 -212,640
Belgium 265,833 12,575 -253,258
United Arab Emirates 217,724 56,838 -160,886
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 118,951 3,334 -115,617

Exports by country of origin

What this shows: Export volume by production origin country. For re-exports, indicates where goods originated before UK export.

Top 5 values

Origin £
Spain 4,573,730
XI 2,351,154
Ireland 840,056
Kenya 368,130
Nicaragua 162,018

Export origin countries rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: Origin countries are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month export value, right side by second 12-month export value, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

Origin First 12m £ Second 12m £ Delta £
Spain 2,507,703 2,066,027 -441,676
XI 1,487,701 863,453 -624,248
Ireland 460,063 379,993 -80,070
Kenya 178,804 189,326 +10,522
Nicaragua 0 162,018 +162,018
Netherlands 21,421 33,799 +12,378
Egypt 2,664 34,112 +31,448
Morocco 0 32,435 +32,435
Portugal 7,262 8,020 +758
France 4,498 7,053 +2,555

Export volume by transport

What this shows: Export value by transport mode used to ship goods from the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 17,506,873
Other 15,316,592
Air transport 422,173
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 291,496
Road transport 38,376

Export transport rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: Transport modes are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month export value, right side by second 12-month export value, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

Transport First 12m £ Second 12m £ Delta £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 12,433,651 5,073,222 -7,360,429
Other 7,786,796 7,529,796 -257,000
Air transport 345,447 76,726 -268,721
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 172,502 118,994 -53,508
Road transport 38,376 0 -38,376

Export volume by port

What this shows: Export value handled by each UK port.

Top 5 values

Port £
000 15,316,592
Dover / Eurotunnel 8,588,934
Holyhead 3,423,310
Harwich 1,658,028
Felixstowe 1,348,340

Export port rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: Ports are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month export value, right side by second 12-month export value, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

Port First 12m £ Second 12m £ Delta £
000 7,786,796 7,529,796 -257,000
Dover / Eurotunnel 6,718,695 1,870,239 -4,848,456
Holyhead 1,735,542 1,687,768 -47,774
Harwich 1,220,411 437,617 -782,794
Felixstowe 953,169 395,171 -557,998
Immingham Docks 908,761 234,412 -674,349
Liverpool Docks 438,430 212,680 -225,750
Portsmouth 185,649 71,538 -114,111
Tyne 177,570 57,465 -120,105
London Gatwick Airport 196,252 34,867 -161,385

Related HS codes

What this shows: Sibling or child HS codes in the same classification branch.

Quick facts

HS code: 0704

Coverage: United Kingdom, most metrics for the last 24 months

Description: Includes all types of edible brassicas like kale, kohlrabi, and more, fresh or chilled