Import/export HS code 0804: Fresh or dried tropical fruits

Includes dates, figs, pineapples, avocados, guavas, mangoes, and mangosteens, either fresh or dried. Perfect for snacks or cooking

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* 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 £
Peru 199,205,284
Israel 144,563,506
Costa Rica 124,459,103
Brazil 99,953,516
South Africa 93,952,740

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 £
Peru 116,249,175 82,956,109 -33,293,066
Israel 77,983,175 66,580,331 -11,402,844
Costa Rica 71,527,158 52,931,945 -18,595,213
Brazil 52,910,428 47,043,088 -5,867,340
South Africa 52,409,224 41,543,516 -10,865,708
Chile 33,878,371 46,898,874 +13,020,503
Netherlands 40,999,439 27,886,534 -13,112,905
Ghana 37,213,828 29,265,879 -7,947,949
Turkey 26,646,130 29,083,195 +2,437,065
Colombia 22,527,990 24,141,967 +1,613,977

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 £
Peru 229,137,414
Israel 144,271,458
Costa Rica 133,122,651
Brazil 109,808,767
South Africa 89,212,232

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 £
Peru 134,807,719 94,329,695 -40,478,024
Israel 76,741,051 67,530,407 -9,210,644
Costa Rica 75,830,236 57,292,415 -18,537,821
Brazil 59,248,623 50,560,144 -8,688,479
South Africa 49,493,208 39,719,024 -9,774,184
Chile 36,907,026 47,993,228 +11,086,202
Ghana 37,624,080 30,007,450 -7,616,630
Colombia 26,661,346 27,291,076 +629,730
Turkey 20,839,029 22,182,618 +1,343,589
Morocco 22,023,746 20,722,063 -1,301,683

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 118
Inner London - East 62
Outer London - East and North East 60
West Midlands 52
Inner London - West 46

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 90 89 -1
Inner London - East 52 40 -12
Outer London - East and North East 49 51 +2
West Midlands 30 45 +15
Inner London - West 33 35 +2
Greater Manchester 28 27 -1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 24 27 +3
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 20 18 -2
Outer London - South 15 19 +4
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 13 15 +2

Import volume by transport

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

Top 5 values

Transport £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 842,086,605
Air transport 274,434,707
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 190,010,924
Road transport 63,482,887
Other 7,231,682

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 £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 444,499,064 397,587,541 -46,911,523
Air transport 162,276,160 112,158,547 -50,117,613
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 103,950,631 86,060,293 -17,890,338
Road transport 35,527,498 27,955,389 -7,572,109
Other 3,968,743 3,262,939 -705,804
Rail transport 112,412 7,955 -104,457

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Gateway Port 511,049,950
London Heathrow Airport 238,451,268
Southampton 146,416,297
Felixstowe 125,724,444
ZLC 83,457,213

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 Gateway Port 268,119,378 242,930,572 -25,188,806
London Heathrow Airport 138,119,128 100,332,140 -37,786,988
Southampton 78,009,345 68,406,952 -9,602,393
Felixstowe 70,009,659 55,714,785 -14,294,874
ZLC 46,386,791 37,070,422 -9,316,369
Dover 42,254,677 28,560,098 -13,694,579
Eurotunnel 30,371,799 28,725,907 -1,645,892
Portsmouth 14,649,506 13,691,043 -958,463
Harwich 17,017,373 10,671,589 -6,345,784
Manchester Airport 12,981,444 4,907,899 -8,073,545

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
474
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
123
Manufacture of food products
41
Food and beverage service activities
33
Warehousing and support activities for transportation
13

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 179
2026-04 181
2026-03 187
2026-02 201
2026-01 189

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 230
0-1m 202
54m+ 92
15m-54m 64
Other 44

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 30,460,190
Netherlands 14,260,928
Turkey 3,292,913
Spain 1,581,359
Iceland 1,273,011

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 14,851,533 15,608,657 +757,124
Netherlands 9,618,290 4,642,638 -4,975,652
Turkey 1,643,929 1,648,984 +5,055
Spain 837,824 743,535 -94,289
Iceland 630,599 642,412 +11,813
Sweden 484,286 783,541 +299,255
United Arab Emirates 700,870 338,188 -362,682
France 573,414 390,946 -182,468
Germany 231,790 295,743 +63,953
United States 131,944 198,398 +66,454

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 £
XI 7,896,905
Ghana 502,993
Peru 461,490
Israel 139,768
South Africa 74,499

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 £
XI 3,918,763 3,978,142 +59,379
Ghana 189,520 313,473 +123,953
Peru 221,086 240,404 +19,318
Israel 85,905 53,863 -32,042
South Africa 38,138 36,361 -1,777
Spain 31,272 28,805 -2,467
Kenya 24,919 21,080 -3,839
State of Palestine 31,549 5,805 -25,744
Mexico 3,276 31,879 +28,603
Brazil 15,071 15,019 -52

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) 36,737,788
Other 10,207,929
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 8,562,382
Air transport 837,687

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) 20,546,703 16,191,085 -4,355,618
Other 5,003,191 5,204,738 +201,547
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 4,532,204 4,030,178 -502,026
Air transport 398,885 438,802 +39,917

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Holyhead 18,526,241
000 10,207,929
Harwich 8,796,330
Dover / Eurotunnel 5,803,254
Felixstowe 5,279,823

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 8,301,477 10,224,764 +1,923,287
000 5,003,191 5,204,738 +201,547
Harwich 6,001,771 2,794,559 -3,207,212
Dover / Eurotunnel 3,067,142 2,736,112 -331,030
Felixstowe 3,860,914 1,418,909 -2,442,005
Immingham Docks 950,311 1,368,680 +418,369
Liverpool Docks 1,194,728 522,563 -672,165
Middlesbrough 593,022 653,544 +60,522
London Heathrow Airport 301,764 90,793 -210,971
Fishguard 382,538 0 -382,538

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 0804

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

Description: Includes dates, figs, pineapples, avocados, guavas, mangoes, and mangosteens, either fresh or dried. Perfect for snacks or cooking