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 373,939,564
France 61,232,461
Netherlands 42,655,651
Kenya 40,641,151
Germany 18,876,761

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 192,689,419 181,250,145 -11,439,274
France 29,015,457 32,217,004 +3,201,547
Netherlands 19,779,691 22,875,960 +3,096,269
Kenya 20,649,367 19,991,784 -657,583
Germany 10,090,648 8,786,113 -1,304,535
Italy 7,670,672 10,108,417 +2,437,745
Morocco 6,080,029 6,864,279 +784,250
Portugal 6,628,227 5,616,599 -1,011,628
Ireland 3,265,073 3,058,041 -207,032
Poland 2,635,850 3,085,074 +449,224

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 425,932,335
Kenya 40,677,491
Netherlands 37,703,432
Italy 18,628,218
France 16,659,543

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 217,671,617 208,260,718 -9,410,899
Kenya 20,670,974 20,006,517 -664,457
Netherlands 17,299,167 20,404,265 +3,105,098
Italy 8,344,193 10,284,025 +1,939,832
France 8,265,277 8,394,266 +128,989
Portugal 8,617,071 7,186,554 -1,430,517
Morocco 7,234,312 7,893,128 +658,816
Poland 2,603,890 3,404,637 +800,747
Egypt 2,639,912 2,128,401 -511,511
Turkey 1,569,932 1,495,368 -74,564

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 24
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 20 18 -2
Outer London - West and North West 17 20 +3
Inner London - East 15 12 -3
Lincolnshire 12 12 +0
Greater Manchester 10 9 -1
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 10 10 +0
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 11 9 -2
Kent 9 8 -1
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 5 5 +0
Inner London - West 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) 541,068,805
Air transport 44,935,092
Other 14,071,707
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 4,355,801
Road transport 1,478,906

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) 273,648,628 267,420,177 -6,228,451
Air transport 23,055,741 21,879,351 -1,176,390
Other 6,919,195 7,152,512 +233,317
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,316,401 3,039,400 +1,722,999
Road transport 258,415 1,220,491 +962,076
Rail transport 18,498 0 -18,498

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Eurotunnel 224,608,911
Portsmouth 137,193,384
Dover 99,514,720
London Heathrow Airport 42,594,651
Harwich 26,322,362

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 114,715,899 109,893,012 -4,822,887
Portsmouth 63,313,890 73,879,494 +10,565,604
Dover 51,527,727 47,986,993 -3,540,734
London Heathrow Airport 22,058,644 20,536,007 -1,522,637
Harwich 13,059,219 13,263,143 +203,924
Dover / Eurotunnel 12,398,264 7,206,378 -5,191,886
000 6,919,195 7,152,512 +233,317
Felixstowe 5,609,069 4,916,556 -692,513
ZLC 4,112,494 5,721,669 +1,609,175
Newhaven 5,820,062 3,284,060 -2,536,002

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
159
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
26
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
2026-05 100
2026-04 93
2026-03 101
2026-02 90
2026-01 84

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 89
54m+ 50
15m-54m 44
0-1m 30
Other 11

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 18,184,586
Netherlands 4,581,992
Italy 2,786,643
Poland 2,755,811
Spain 1,486,404

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 10,479,476 7,705,110 -2,774,366
Netherlands 3,607,527 974,465 -2,633,062
Italy 2,118,927 667,716 -1,451,211
Poland 2,382,316 373,495 -2,008,821
Spain 1,241,295 245,109 -996,186
France 1,119,135 248,103 -871,032
Portugal 248,277 35,637 -212,640
Belgium 262,777 16,690 -246,087
United Arab Emirates 138,648 70,752 -67,896
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 99,901 1,904 -97,997

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 3,859,869
XI 2,171,768
Ireland 835,481
Kenya 361,785
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 2,390,857 1,469,012 -921,845
XI 1,338,464 833,304 -505,160
Ireland 458,461 377,020 -81,441
Kenya 193,518 168,267 -25,251
Nicaragua 0 162,018 +162,018
Netherlands 30,538 20,125 -10,413
Egypt 2,664 34,234 +31,570
Morocco 0 32,886 +32,886
Portugal 10,278 17,474 +7,196
France 5,131 7,682 +2,551

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) 17,298,599
Other 14,330,452
Air transport 340,527
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 299,906
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) 13,272,509 4,026,090 -9,246,419
Other 8,193,798 6,136,654 -2,057,144
Air transport 249,477 91,050 -158,427
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 155,687 144,219 -11,468
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 14,330,452
Dover / Eurotunnel 8,657,467
Holyhead 3,203,428
Harwich 1,632,820
Felixstowe 1,348,163

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 8,193,798 6,136,654 -2,057,144
Dover / Eurotunnel 7,328,773 1,328,694 -6,000,079
Holyhead 1,824,873 1,378,555 -446,318
Harwich 1,305,918 326,902 -979,016
Felixstowe 1,003,173 344,990 -658,183
Immingham Docks 921,176 211,857 -709,319
Liverpool Docks 430,758 189,901 -240,857
Portsmouth 185,649 71,538 -114,111
Tyne 177,570 57,465 -120,105
Dover 73,651 157,396 +83,745

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