Import/export HS code 0708: Fresh or chilled leguminous vegetables, shelled or unshelled

Includes all types of fresh or chilled legumes, whether shelled or not, like peas, beans, and other similar vegetables

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 £
Kenya 71,092,126
Morocco 44,115,192
Egypt 36,853,541
Peru 23,919,300
Rwanda 8,906,013

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 £
Kenya 39,421,216 31,670,910 -7,750,306
Morocco 26,489,977 17,625,215 -8,864,762
Egypt 21,101,649 15,751,892 -5,349,757
Peru 12,512,395 11,406,905 -1,105,490
Rwanda 3,472,738 5,433,275 +1,960,537
Senegal 4,492,159 4,236,947 -255,212
Guatemala 2,851,548 2,361,357 -490,191
Netherlands 1,817,119 1,974,964 +157,845
South Africa 1,506,846 1,132,450 -374,396
Lithuania 2,004,862 512,893 -1,491,969

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 £
Kenya 70,945,819
Morocco 45,514,367
Egypt 37,310,731
Peru 24,389,726
Senegal 9,207,379

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 £
Kenya 39,371,318 31,574,501 -7,796,817
Morocco 27,259,692 18,254,675 -9,005,017
Egypt 21,362,191 15,948,540 -5,413,651
Peru 12,839,881 11,549,845 -1,290,036
Senegal 4,735,624 4,471,755 -263,869
Rwanda 3,459,229 5,410,886 +1,951,657
Guatemala 3,402,312 2,725,103 -677,209
Zimbabwe 1,957,860 2,364,558 +406,698
Lithuania 2,004,862 512,893 -1,491,969
China 1,054,908 1,211,677 +156,769

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Outer London - West and North West 29
Outer London - East and North East 22
Inner London - East 18
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 12
Greater Manchester 11

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 - West and North West 23 20 -3
Outer London - East and North East 19 17 -2
Inner London - East 14 13 -1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 11 9 -2
Greater Manchester 6 8 +2
West Midlands 7 9 +2
Outer London - South 4 9 +5
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 6 6 +0
Inner London - West 5 5 +0
Merseyside 6 6 +0

Import volume by transport

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

Top 5 values

Transport £
Air transport 117,515,572
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 58,980,487
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 43,263,057
Road transport 7,223,450
Other 1,462,794

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 £
Air transport 63,815,707 53,699,865 -10,115,842
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 32,089,725 26,890,762 -5,198,963
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 24,496,641 18,766,416 -5,730,225
Road transport 5,146,670 2,076,780 -3,069,890
Other 781,540 681,254 -100,286

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 106,828,722
Portsmouth 29,609,598
ZLC 25,120,363
London Gateway Port 19,044,829
Dover 10,668,150

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 £
London Heathrow Airport 58,430,159 48,398,563 -10,031,596
Portsmouth 17,219,183 12,390,415 -4,828,768
ZLC 13,617,879 11,502,484 -2,115,395
London Gateway Port 11,626,037 7,418,792 -4,207,245
Dover 6,126,802 4,541,348 -1,585,454
Southampton 4,851,653 5,274,314 +422,661
London Stansted Airport 2,813,763 2,855,201 +41,438
Felixstowe 1,583,602 3,020,331 +1,436,729
Manchester Airport 2,243,647 1,768,841 -474,806
Eurotunnel 2,158,268 1,497,843 -660,425

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 133
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 24
Manufacture of food products 9
Crop and animal production, hunting and related service activities 6
Other personal service activities 6

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 55
2025-11 56
2025-10 50
2025-09 40
2025-08 41

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 88
0-1m 32
54m+ 24
15m-54m 20
Other 6

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 1,768,931
Nigeria 149,691
Netherlands 136,992
Turkey 63,654
Belgium 37,067

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 1,262,524 506,407 -756,117
Nigeria 124,798 24,893 -99,905
Netherlands 77,384 59,608 -17,776
Turkey 24,513 39,141 +14,628
Belgium 32,813 4,254 -28,559
Iceland 15,629 14,152 -1,477
Cayman Islands 3,894 7,831 +3,937
Spain 9,470 1,252 -8,218
France 1,041 8,236 +7,195
Kuwait 7,500 0 -7,500

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 £
Kenya 78,131
Ireland 33,561
Egypt 21,907
Morocco 16,497
Belgium 11,499

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 £
Kenya 57,240 20,891 -36,349
Ireland 23,994 9,567 -14,427
Egypt 21,722 185 -21,537
Morocco 4,029 12,468 +8,439
Belgium 11,499 0 -11,499
Peru 338 7,391 +7,053
XI 2,668 3,457 +789
Guatemala 894 4,132 +3,238
Zimbabwe 672 66 -606
Italy 344 25 -319

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) 1,150,395
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 701,418
Other 340,119
Air transport 49,605

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) 824,558 325,837 -498,721
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 509,879 191,539 -318,340
Other 209,947 130,172 -79,775
Air transport 24,053 25,552 +1,499

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Holyhead 1,059,677
Liverpool Docks 341,217
000 340,119
London 169,192
Harwich 105,728

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 £
Holyhead 754,522 305,155 -449,367
Liverpool Docks 270,031 71,186 -198,845
000 209,947 130,172 -79,775
London 141,357 27,835 -113,522
Harwich 57,225 48,503 -8,722
Dover / Eurotunnel 52,445 41,230 -11,215
Birmingham Airport 15,629 14,152 -1,477
Fishguard 29,688 0 -29,688
Felixstowe 8,501 15,636 +7,135
East Midlands Airport 924 11,400 +10,476

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 0708

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

Description: Includes all types of fresh or chilled legumes, whether shelled or not, like peas, beans, and other similar vegetables