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 69,381,948
India 43,245,868
Spain 35,827,249
France 35,232,402
China 14,960,489

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 32,894,706 36,487,242 +3,592,536
India 24,224,319 19,021,549 -5,202,770
Spain 19,681,552 16,145,697 -3,535,855
France 17,168,204 18,064,198 +895,994
China 8,002,095 6,958,394 -1,043,701
Netherlands 3,509,763 2,512,071 -997,692
Belgium 2,461,524 2,847,586 +386,062
Switzerland 2,803,072 1,652,437 -1,150,635
Turkey 2,339,160 2,069,097 -270,063
Ireland 2,268,578 1,631,655 -636,923

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 86,140,143
India 47,896,036
Spain 47,075,221
China 22,305,381
Indonesia 13,480,564

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 41,018,544 45,121,599 +4,103,055
India 27,637,091 20,258,945 -7,378,146
Spain 25,608,411 21,466,810 -4,141,601
China 11,632,183 10,673,198 -958,985
Indonesia 7,042,514 6,438,050 -604,464
Turkey 2,259,344 2,111,830 -147,514
Mexico 2,432,371 1,643,598 -788,773
Brazil 3,228,824 806,455 -2,422,369
Netherlands 1,516,241 1,233,313 -282,928
Italy 1,096,531 873,842 -222,689

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 51
Inner London - East 41
Outer London - East and North East 39
Inner London - West 31
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 41 +2
Inner London - East 31 32 +1
Outer London - East and North East 33 29 -4
Inner London - West 20 25 +5
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 20 21 +1
West Yorkshire 14 18 +4
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 13 13 +0
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 14 13 -1
West Midlands 10 16 +6
Greater Manchester 14 11 -3

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) 159,259,385
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 84,236,556
Other 4,741,684
Air transport 3,903,501
Road transport 596,533

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) 83,771,145 75,488,240 -8,282,905
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 44,493,570 39,742,986 -4,750,584
Other 2,860,277 1,881,407 -978,870
Air transport 2,041,712 1,861,789 -179,923
Road transport 299,713 296,820 -2,893

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 99,646,506
Eurotunnel 38,694,011
London Gateway Port 38,372,959
Dover 27,647,970
Southampton 16,175,271

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 52,318,025 47,328,481 -4,989,544
Eurotunnel 21,511,838 17,182,173 -4,329,665
London Gateway Port 18,468,876 19,904,083 +1,435,207
Dover 13,387,406 14,260,564 +873,158
Southampton 10,053,058 6,122,213 -3,930,845
Portsmouth 2,833,048 2,696,594 -136,454
000 2,860,277 1,881,407 -978,870
Liverpool Docks 3,171,927 1,230,764 -1,941,163
Harwich 1,722,423 1,384,468 -337,955
London 1,489,957 1,389,691 -100,266

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
281
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
96
Manufacture of food products
81
Food and beverage service activities
40
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities
12

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 108
2026-04 112
2026-03 112
2026-02 119
2026-01 98

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 198
54m+ 84
0-1m 81
15m-54m 69
Other 13

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 8,979,077
Netherlands 6,105,260
France 1,624,772
Germany 1,535,199
Spain 905,706

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 4,371,691 4,607,386 +235,695
Netherlands 3,882,677 2,222,583 -1,660,094
France 1,057,579 567,193 -490,386
Germany 729,978 805,221 +75,243
Spain 516,936 388,770 -128,166
United Arab Emirates 393,273 485,151 +91,878
Hungary 564,797 276,768 -288,029
Denmark 557,821 277,284 -280,537
Poland 196,330 412,453 +216,123
India 259,203 184,412 -74,791

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 138,076
Spain 91,587
China 86,362
Belgium 78,296
India 24,395

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 61,030 77,046 +16,016
Spain 43,766 47,821 +4,055
China 41,743 44,619 +2,876
Belgium 11,380 66,916 +55,536
India 3,953 20,442 +16,489
XI 6,162 12,095 +5,933
France 7,366 7,277 -89
Netherlands 9,131 0 -9,131
Italy 6,227 1,284 -4,943
Ireland 5,063 48 -5,015

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) 20,825,119
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 4,183,330
Other 1,316,639
Air transport 396,690

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) 11,403,287 9,421,832 -1,981,455
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 2,660,343 1,522,987 -1,137,356
Other 657,591 659,048 +1,457
Air transport 199,012 197,678 -1,334

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 10,646,804
Liverpool Docks 3,798,017
Holyhead 3,398,990
London Gateway Port 1,884,997
Immingham Docks 1,565,539

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 6,328,068 4,318,736 -2,009,332
Liverpool Docks 1,692,887 2,105,130 +412,243
Holyhead 1,669,853 1,729,137 +59,284
London Gateway Port 1,069,950 815,047 -254,903
Immingham Docks 990,089 575,450 -414,639
000 657,591 659,048 +1,457
Felixstowe 569,200 527,869 -41,331
Dover 391,942 146,110 -245,832
Heysham 341,595 176,151 -165,444
Southampton 201,401 135,577 -65,824

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