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 73,295,056
Morocco 44,695,351
Egypt 40,316,344
Peru 23,905,444
Senegal 11,135,002

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 38,506,165 34,788,891 -3,717,274
Morocco 24,902,223 19,793,128 -5,109,095
Egypt 20,595,793 19,720,551 -875,242
Peru 12,460,844 11,444,600 -1,016,244
Senegal 5,531,909 5,603,093 +71,184
Rwanda 4,939,831 5,827,277 +887,446
Guatemala 2,911,167 1,355,976 -1,555,191
Netherlands 1,283,890 2,823,398 +1,539,508
Lithuania 1,983,701 549,481 -1,434,220
China 1,205,438 1,056,693 -148,745

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 73,308,617
Morocco 46,199,315
Egypt 41,872,230
Peru 24,402,743
Senegal 11,731,952

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 38,429,004 34,879,613 -3,549,391
Morocco 25,856,075 20,343,240 -5,512,835
Egypt 20,738,461 21,133,769 +395,308
Peru 12,747,469 11,655,274 -1,092,195
Senegal 5,728,423 6,003,529 +275,106
Rwanda 4,917,333 5,814,651 +897,318
Guatemala 3,538,049 1,458,592 -2,079,457
Zimbabwe 1,960,022 1,518,422 -441,600
Lithuania 1,983,701 549,481 -1,434,220
China 1,256,514 1,028,356 -228,158

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 30
Outer London - East and North East 21
Inner London - East 17
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 11
Greater Manchester 10

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 23 +0
Outer London - East and North East 16 15 -1
Inner London - East 11 17 +6
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 10 9 -1
Greater Manchester 7 8 +1
Outer London - South 7 7 +0
West Midlands 7 8 +1
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 6 6 +0
Merseyside 6 7 +1
Inner London - West 5 4 -1

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 122,014,253
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 67,629,208
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 41,726,675
Road transport 6,547,783
Other 1,587,900

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 62,511,416 59,502,837 -3,008,579
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 33,614,842 34,014,366 +399,524
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 23,898,573 17,828,102 -6,070,471
Road transport 4,343,604 2,204,179 -2,139,425
Other 801,484 786,416 -15,068

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 110,575,389
Portsmouth 30,279,786
ZLC 28,339,335
London Gateway Port 17,776,975
Dover 10,986,940

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 57,056,683 53,518,706 -3,537,977
Portsmouth 16,776,365 13,503,421 -3,272,944
ZLC 14,973,248 13,366,087 -1,607,161
London Gateway Port 10,759,831 7,017,144 -3,742,687
Dover 5,538,372 5,448,568 -89,804
Southampton 5,430,678 5,030,035 -400,643
London Stansted Airport 2,794,847 2,724,410 -70,437
Felixstowe 2,331,414 2,789,620 +458,206
Manchester Airport 2,241,144 2,155,319 -85,825
Eurotunnel 1,755,548 2,094,256 +338,708

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
135
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
25
Crop and animal production, hunting and related service activities
7
Manufacture of food products
7
Other personal service activities
5

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 62
2026-04 54
2026-03 63
2026-02 56
2026-01 55

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 31
54m+ 23
15m-54m 20
Other 8

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 1,852,178
Nigeria 174,749
Netherlands 108,865
Turkey 74,940
Belgium 37,144

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 1,020,148 832,030 -188,118
Nigeria 124,798 49,951 -74,847
Netherlands 62,472 46,393 -16,079
Turkey 40,944 33,996 -6,948
Belgium 37,013 131 -36,882
Iceland 21,131 14,874 -6,257
Cayman Islands 5,202 13,261 +8,059
France 9,277 0 -9,277
Spain 6,443 1,490 -4,953
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 178,218
Zimbabwe 86,727
Egypt 86,682
Rwanda 38,873
Morocco 34,384

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 60,143 118,075 +57,932
Zimbabwe 15,756 70,971 +55,215
Egypt 44,971 41,711 -3,260
Rwanda 9,718 29,155 +19,437
Morocco 5,571 28,813 +23,242
Ireland 17,228 11,312 -5,916
Peru 338 21,030 +20,692
XI 3,482 6,983 +3,501
Guatemala 874 9,217 +8,343
Belgium 6,039 2,218 -3,821

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) 887,986
Other 706,162
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 687,952
Air transport 55,829

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) 566,837 321,149 -245,688
Other 268,995 437,167 +168,172
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 464,248 223,704 -240,544
Air transport 40,955 14,874 -26,081

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Holyhead 765,315
000 706,162
Liverpool Docks 332,693
London 179,491
Dover / Eurotunnel 102,545

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 459,237 306,078 -153,159
000 268,995 437,167 +168,172
Liverpool Docks 258,407 74,286 -184,121
London 126,598 52,893 -73,705
Dover / Eurotunnel 76,096 26,449 -49,647
Harwich 63,038 26,702 -36,336
Birmingham Airport 21,131 14,874 -6,257
Fishguard 29,688 0 -29,688
Felixstowe 1,935 27,238 +25,303
London Gateway Port 5,202 13,261 +8,059

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