Import/export HS code 0904: Pepper and chili products

Includes all types of peppers and chili, such as black pepper, white pepper, and dried or crushed chili peppers

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 £
Viet Nam 71,389,607
India 44,034,292
Spain 37,466,631
France 36,007,557
China 15,408,649

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 £
Viet Nam 30,746,402 40,643,205 +9,896,803
India 21,704,922 22,329,370 +624,448
Spain 19,541,308 17,925,323 -1,615,985
France 17,180,941 18,826,616 +1,645,675
China 8,265,836 7,142,813 -1,123,023
Netherlands 3,433,604 2,894,196 -539,408
Belgium 2,758,809 2,973,466 +214,657
Switzerland 2,584,914 2,295,665 -289,249
Turkey 2,343,902 2,231,319 -112,583
Ireland 2,158,086 1,969,670 -188,416

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 £
Viet Nam 88,853,257
India 49,215,898
Spain 49,029,889
China 23,208,089
Indonesia 13,696,032

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 £
Viet Nam 38,496,185 50,357,072 +11,860,887
India 24,935,942 24,279,956 -655,986
Spain 25,679,220 23,350,669 -2,328,551
China 12,050,684 11,157,405 -893,279
Indonesia 6,565,620 7,130,412 +564,792
Turkey 2,198,335 2,282,171 +83,836
Brazil 3,109,287 1,299,126 -1,810,161
Mexico 2,540,827 1,866,391 -674,436
Netherlands 1,414,274 1,442,248 +27,974
Italy 1,058,414 938,075 -120,339

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 53
Inner London - East 43
Outer London - East and North East 41
Inner London - West 32
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 23

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 39 43 +4
Inner London - East 31 33 +2
Outer London - East and North East 35 29 -6
Inner London - West 23 23 +0
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 20 21 +1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 16 14 -2
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 14 14 +0
West Midlands 9 17 +8
West Yorkshire 13 17 +4
Greater Manchester 13 13 +0

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) 164,300,630
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 87,922,573
Other 5,007,580
Air transport 3,987,527
Road transport 642,902

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) 78,439,509 85,861,121 +7,421,612
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 44,656,410 43,266,163 -1,390,247
Other 2,764,190 2,243,390 -520,800
Air transport 1,988,681 1,998,846 +10,165
Road transport 355,299 287,603 -67,696

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 104,345,030
Eurotunnel 40,544,687
London Gateway Port 38,313,961
Dover 28,143,747
Southampton 16,126,223

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 £
Felixstowe 49,808,209 54,536,821 +4,728,612
Eurotunnel 21,001,943 19,542,744 -1,459,199
London Gateway Port 16,746,581 21,567,380 +4,820,799
Dover 13,610,165 14,533,582 +923,417
Southampton 8,673,074 7,453,149 -1,219,925
Portsmouth 3,073,165 2,702,933 -370,232
000 2,764,190 2,243,390 -520,800
Liverpool Docks 3,285,628 1,601,083 -1,684,545
Harwich 1,704,439 1,554,320 -150,119
London 1,761,889 1,485,046 -276,843

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 293
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 98
Manufacture of food products 81
Food and beverage service activities 44
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 14

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 111
2026-03 111
2026-02 119
2026-01 98
2025-12 109

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 200
0-1m 91
54m+ 88
15m-54m 69
Other 14

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 9,224,379
Netherlands 6,240,201
France 1,700,215
Germany 1,533,818
United Arab Emirates 876,263

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 4,281,773 4,942,606 +660,833
Netherlands 3,507,221 2,732,980 -774,241
France 956,659 743,556 -213,103
Germany 828,158 705,660 -122,498
United Arab Emirates 452,875 423,388 -29,487
Hungary 527,538 333,934 -193,604
Denmark 459,963 394,081 -65,882
Spain 498,872 346,530 -152,342
Poland 149,437 470,902 +321,465
India 171,596 272,019 +100,423

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 £
Viet Nam 139,277
Spain 96,526
China 88,908
Belgium 75,710
India 22,067

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 £
Viet Nam 50,342 88,935 +38,593
Spain 46,758 49,768 +3,010
China 40,933 47,975 +7,042
Belgium 9,478 66,232 +56,754
India 223 21,844 +21,621
XI 6,274 12,568 +6,294
France 7,460 7,862 +402
Netherlands 10,552 0 -10,552
Italy 6,556 2,253 -4,303
Ireland 6,272 30 -6,242

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) 21,311,843
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 4,584,093
Other 1,340,306
Air transport 380,232

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) 10,672,120 10,639,723 -32,397
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 2,764,484 1,819,609 -944,875
Other 633,171 707,135 +73,964
Air transport 150,867 229,365 +78,498

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 10,850,324
Liverpool Docks 3,857,442
Holyhead 3,536,323
London Gateway Port 2,063,496
Immingham Docks 1,585,868

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 £
Dover / Eurotunnel 5,770,471 5,079,853 -690,618
Liverpool Docks 1,602,439 2,255,003 +652,564
Holyhead 1,706,705 1,829,618 +122,913
London Gateway Port 1,156,087 907,409 -248,678
Immingham Docks 864,362 721,506 -142,856
000 633,171 707,135 +73,964
Felixstowe 619,441 649,334 +29,893
Heysham 322,831 221,958 -100,873
Dover 320,028 224,047 -95,981
Southampton 182,544 147,173 -35,371

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 0904

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

Description: Includes all types of peppers and chili, such as black pepper, white pepper, and dried or crushed chili peppers