Import/export HS code 17049061: Sugar-coated candies

Candies coated with a layer of sugar

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 £
Czechia 52,784,079
Ireland 39,286,055
Netherlands 38,032,046
Germany 17,935,208
Italy 7,056,142

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 £
Czechia 28,283,698 24,500,381 -3,783,317
Ireland 19,520,218 19,765,837 +245,619
Netherlands 21,585,905 16,446,141 -5,139,764
Germany 9,588,955 8,346,253 -1,242,702
Italy 2,560,089 4,496,053 +1,935,964
Bulgaria 2,530,353 1,341,138 -1,189,215
France 1,387,214 1,096,402 -290,812
Poland 1,080,368 877,490 -202,878
Belgium 1,114,770 784,475 -330,295
Austria 787,386 745,764 -41,622

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 £
Czechia 54,114,598
Netherlands 38,328,298
Ireland 21,022,265
Germany 17,997,006
Bulgaria 3,871,491

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 £
Czechia 29,252,302 24,862,296 -4,390,006
Netherlands 21,925,156 16,403,142 -5,522,014
Ireland 10,467,430 10,554,835 +87,405
Germany 9,606,647 8,390,359 -1,216,288
Bulgaria 2,530,353 1,341,138 -1,189,215
Poland 1,445,424 1,140,198 -305,226
Austria 787,386 744,832 -42,554
Pakistan 417,300 484,695 +67,395
Turkey 281,490 578,271 +296,781
United States 283,253 520,548 +237,295

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 17
Outer London - East and North East 14
Inner London - East 12
West Yorkshire 9
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 7

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 11 14 +3
Outer London - East and North East 10 8 -2
Inner London - East 9 8 -1
West Yorkshire 9 5 -4
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 4 4 +0
Inner London - West 4 4 +0
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 3 5 +2
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 3 4 +1
Greater Manchester 2 5 +3
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 4 2 -2

Import volume by transport

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

Top 5 values

Transport £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 111,374,404
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 35,477,136
Other 25,840,114
Road transport 234,993
Air transport 196,572

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 £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 59,294,441 52,079,963 -7,214,478
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 20,394,496 15,082,640 -5,311,856
Other 12,119,436 13,720,678 +1,601,242
Road transport 58,827 176,166 +117,339
Air transport 100,662 95,910 -4,752

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 53,952,026
000 25,840,114
Thamesport 21,581,838
Immingham Docks 20,190,989
Holyhead 10,222,483

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 £
Dover / Eurotunnel 28,058,537 25,893,489 -2,165,048
000 12,119,436 13,720,678 +1,601,242
Thamesport 12,677,267 8,904,571 -3,772,696
Immingham Docks 11,396,151 8,794,838 -2,601,313
Holyhead 4,440,869 5,781,614 +1,340,745
Dover 5,909,098 3,122,213 -2,786,885
Milford 5,145,711 3,146,287 -1,999,424
Middlesbrough 1,634,143 3,465,255 +1,831,112
Grangemouth Docks 2,866,986 0 -2,866,986
Liverpool Docks 850,143 1,874,781 +1,024,638

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
69
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
34
Manufacture of food products
23
Food and beverage service activities
8
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities
6

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 22
2026-04 21
2026-03 24
2026-02 23
2026-01 25

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 49
54m+ 31
0-1m 25
15m-54m 18
Other 2

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 6,258,711
Netherlands 3,206,342
Poland 1,919,712
Czechia 1,224,841
Germany 873,238

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 3,464,243 2,794,468 -669,775
Netherlands 1,627,530 1,578,812 -48,718
Poland 127,835 1,791,877 +1,664,042
Czechia 600,028 624,813 +24,785
Germany 106,508 766,730 +660,222
United Arab Emirates 140,557 574,295 +433,738
Sweden 276,547 403,470 +126,923
Israel 344,067 291,851 -52,216
United States 115,148 401,182 +286,034
Australia 229,283 146,126 -83,157

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 579,668
Czechia 369,530
Netherlands 295,898
Sweden 167,242
Ireland 166,168

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 313,816 265,852 -47,964
Czechia 225,302 144,228 -81,074
Netherlands 184,371 111,527 -72,844
Sweden 90,706 76,536 -14,170
Ireland 110,800 55,368 -55,432
Germany 32,342 34,179 +1,837
China 11,997 6,794 -5,203
United States 0 4,263 +4,263
Pakistan 0 2,525 +2,525
Austria 439 1,731 +1,292

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) 13,512,344
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 4,188,172
Other 2,885,762
Air transport 455,849

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) 5,443,807 8,068,537 +2,624,730
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,768,874 2,419,298 +650,424
Other 1,587,566 1,298,196 -289,370
Air transport 81,598 374,251 +292,653

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 7,242,497
000 2,885,762
Liverpool Docks 2,534,723
Immingham Docks 2,418,951
London Gateway Port 1,967,313

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 2,402,836 4,839,661 +2,436,825
000 1,587,566 1,298,196 -289,370
Liverpool Docks 1,033,852 1,500,871 +467,019
Immingham Docks 645,591 1,773,360 +1,127,769
London Gateway Port 1,042,038 925,275 -116,763
Holyhead 873,499 567,491 -306,008
Felixstowe 292,422 281,450 -10,972
Harwich 263,596 164,021 -99,575
Southampton 153,644 141,979 -11,665
Manchester Airport 5,045 257,860 +252,815

Quick facts

HS code: 17049061

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

Description: Candies coated with a layer of sugar