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 61,979,132
India 40,445,916
Spain 34,299,094
France 32,009,569
China 13,738,145

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 25,968,262 36,010,870 +10,042,608
India 20,751,270 19,694,646 -1,056,624
Spain 19,469,658 14,829,436 -4,640,222
France 17,635,545 14,374,024 -3,261,521
China 7,518,853 6,219,292 -1,299,561
Netherlands 3,254,574 3,105,425 -149,149
Switzerland 2,676,621 2,545,841 -130,780
Belgium 2,919,903 2,021,068 -898,835
Turkey 2,521,373 1,728,888 -792,485
Ireland 2,093,902 1,827,780 -266,122

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 77,752,710
India 45,941,625
Spain 45,173,473
China 21,059,780
Indonesia 11,382,818

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 33,728,220 44,024,490 +10,296,270
India 23,945,537 21,996,088 -1,949,449
Spain 25,875,119 19,298,354 -6,576,765
China 11,525,688 9,534,092 -1,991,596
Indonesia 6,328,158 5,054,660 -1,273,498
Brazil 3,256,445 1,411,487 -1,844,958
Turkey 2,585,289 1,775,970 -809,319
Mexico 2,694,515 1,568,920 -1,125,595
Netherlands 1,130,326 1,677,469 +547,143
United States 1,403,267 363,392 -1,039,875

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 49
Outer London - East and North East 42
Inner London - East 41
Inner London - West 29
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 20

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 36 39 +3
Outer London - East and North East 36 24 -12
Inner London - East 34 30 -4
Inner London - West 24 19 -5
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 19 18 -1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 17 13 -4
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 13 13 +0
Essex 13 8 -5
Greater Manchester 14 13 -1
West Midlands 8 14 +6

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) 147,876,775
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 80,650,457
Other 4,692,906
Air transport 3,381,721
Road transport 607,977

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) 71,914,238 75,962,537 +4,048,299
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 45,555,582 35,094,875 -10,460,707
Other 2,612,036 2,080,870 -531,166
Air transport 1,876,571 1,505,150 -371,421
Road transport 379,545 228,432 -151,113

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 96,160,469
Eurotunnel 37,574,713
London Gateway Port 31,779,424
Dover 24,662,669
Southampton 15,198,039

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 46,859,724 49,300,745 +2,441,021
Eurotunnel 20,168,631 17,406,082 -2,762,549
London Gateway Port 15,037,722 16,741,702 +1,703,980
Dover 13,800,677 10,861,992 -2,938,685
Southampton 7,110,436 8,087,603 +977,167
Portsmouth 3,363,294 1,688,785 -1,674,509
Liverpool Docks 3,693,034 1,339,214 -2,353,820
000 2,612,036 2,080,870 -531,166
Harwich 1,333,676 1,702,441 +368,765
London 1,991,603 985,365 -1,006,238

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 276
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 90
Manufacture of food products 74
Food and beverage service activities 36
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
2026-01 98
2025-11 107
2025-10 116
2025-09 103
2025-08 115

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 195
54m+ 81
0-1m 75
15m-54m 65
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 8,177,976
Netherlands 6,146,680
France 1,788,140
Germany 1,238,946
Hungary 907,604

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 4,277,332 3,900,644 -376,688
Netherlands 3,470,197 2,676,483 -793,714
France 986,505 801,635 -184,870
Germany 956,310 282,636 -673,674
Hungary 540,485 367,119 -173,366
Denmark 405,504 424,181 +18,677
United Arab Emirates 500,245 309,867 -190,378
Spain 535,652 246,380 -289,272
Poland 163,259 344,592 +181,333
India 99,439 331,464 +232,025

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 111,426
Spain 72,840
China 66,911
Belgium 56,577
XI 13,335

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 44,594 66,832 +22,238
Spain 38,908 33,932 -4,976
China 33,211 33,700 +489
Belgium 20,756 35,821 +15,065
XI 7,598 5,737 -1,861
France 6,292 4,933 -1,359
India 454 10,552 +10,098
Netherlands 9,473 1,079 -8,394
Italy 6,756 3,099 -3,657
Ireland 6,398 433 -5,965

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) 19,695,517
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 4,670,214
Other 1,125,894
Air transport 328,578

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) 10,731,145 8,964,372 -1,766,773
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 2,931,136 1,739,078 -1,192,058
Other 618,332 507,562 -110,770
Air transport 133,641 194,937 +61,296

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 10,338,091
Liverpool Docks 3,373,954
Holyhead 3,239,479
London Gateway Port 2,026,486
Immingham Docks 1,524,199

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 5,861,745 4,476,346 -1,385,399
Liverpool Docks 1,630,834 1,743,120 +112,286
Holyhead 1,731,864 1,507,615 -224,249
London Gateway Port 1,220,734 805,752 -414,982
Immingham Docks 789,698 734,501 -55,197
000 618,332 507,562 -110,770
Felixstowe 556,408 528,504 -27,904
Dover 436,571 146,325 -290,246
Heysham 287,164 219,329 -67,835
Harwich 283,265 101,792 -181,473

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