Import/export HS code 1805: Cocoa powder without sugar

Pure cocoa powder with no added sugar or sweeteners, perfect for baking, drinks, and desserts

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 £
Netherlands 68,247,939
Belgium 20,641,406
France 19,291,187
Spain 19,065,407
Germany 15,977,805

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 £
Netherlands 34,292,816 33,955,123 -337,693
Belgium 8,384,923 12,256,483 +3,871,560
France 8,235,648 11,055,539 +2,819,891
Spain 7,941,867 11,123,540 +3,181,673
Germany 8,242,327 7,735,478 -506,849
Turkey 2,455,782 4,818,040 +2,362,258
Malaysia 3,550,607 2,180,453 -1,370,154
Ivory Coast 1,721,476 2,898,814 +1,177,338
Switzerland 458,843 3,701,030 +3,242,187
Italy 1,490,165 2,102,214 +612,049

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 £
Netherlands 72,991,730
Germany 35,673,752
Spain 20,695,578
France 12,566,920
Malaysia 8,913,118

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 £
Netherlands 34,069,116 38,922,614 +4,853,498
Germany 15,985,215 19,688,537 +3,703,322
Spain 8,551,428 12,144,150 +3,592,722
France 6,521,014 6,045,906 -475,108
Malaysia 3,780,850 5,132,268 +1,351,418
Turkey 2,455,782 4,829,283 +2,373,501
Italy 1,456,099 1,830,648 +374,549
Hungary 1,213,986 1,417,402 +203,416
Ivory Coast 2,274,551 263,855 -2,010,696
Poland 742,940 783,573 +40,633

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
Greater Manchester 11
Inner London - West 8

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 9 13 +4
Outer London - East and North East 12 10 -2
Inner London - East 8 10 +2
Greater Manchester 8 9 +1
Inner London - West 7 5 -2
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 3 7 +4
East Central Scotland 4 5 +1
Kent 5 5 +0
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 6 4 -2
Merseyside 5 4 -1

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) 139,757,533
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 27,944,573
Road transport 5,437,109
Other 947,390
Air transport 523,808

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) 62,490,224 77,267,309 +14,777,085
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 14,013,470 13,931,103 -82,367
Road transport 2,188,501 3,248,608 +1,060,107
Other 642,166 305,224 -336,942
Air transport 253,129 270,679 +17,550
Rail transport 22,435 98,667 +76,232

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 45,127,513
Immingham Docks 41,508,815
Felixstowe 20,931,468
London 15,395,128
Killingholme 8,693,251

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 16,818,377 28,309,136 +11,490,759
Immingham Docks 21,751,345 19,757,470 -1,993,875
Felixstowe 10,225,979 10,705,489 +479,510
London 5,658,929 9,736,199 +4,077,270
Killingholme 5,553,110 3,140,141 -2,412,969
Eurotunnel 4,092,028 3,723,784 -368,244
Harwich 2,691,486 4,052,473 +1,360,987
Hull 911,679 5,440,340 +4,528,661
ZLC 2,221,311 3,586,363 +1,365,052
Avonmouth Docks 3,292,201 402,488 -2,889,713

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 76
Manufacture of food products 56
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 28
Food and beverage service activities 16
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
2026-01 40
2025-11 46
2025-10 46
2025-09 35
2025-08 38

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 70
54m+ 49
15m-54m 22
0-1m 21
Other 4

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 9,490,748
Austria 2,031,288
United Arab Emirates 1,171,177
Poland 993,088
Germany 837,441

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 7,054,779 2,435,969 -4,618,810
Austria 1,306,893 724,395 -582,498
United Arab Emirates 379,351 791,826 +412,475
Poland 353,764 639,324 +285,560
Germany 94,045 743,396 +649,351
Netherlands 162,757 596,030 +433,273
Qatar 373,808 318,773 -55,035
France 192,565 390,352 +197,787
Kuwait 297,272 257,362 -39,910
Jordan 205,091 194,581 -10,510

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 180,326
Ireland 101,619
Netherlands 21,380
Germany 7,719
Malaysia 2,608

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 84,380 95,946 +11,566
Ireland 68,918 32,701 -36,217
Netherlands 14,761 6,619 -8,142
Germany 5,671 2,048 -3,623
Malaysia 0 2,608 +2,608
Belgium 1,016 0 -1,016
San Marino 734 0 -734
Italy 120 94 -26
France 15 40 +25

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) 15,950,037
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 4,236,481
Air transport 442,367
Other 419,914

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) 9,317,006 6,633,031 -2,683,975
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 2,289,826 1,946,655 -343,171
Air transport 145,656 296,711 +151,055
Other 235,155 184,759 -50,396

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 5,821,140
Liverpool Docks 5,656,701
Holyhead 2,751,167
London Gateway Port 2,697,809
Southampton 876,651

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 2,273,221 3,547,919 +1,274,698
Liverpool Docks 3,911,570 1,745,131 -2,166,439
Holyhead 2,321,747 429,420 -1,892,327
London Gateway Port 1,645,138 1,052,671 -592,467
Southampton 320,349 556,302 +235,953
Milford 590,433 8,612 -581,821
Felixstowe 255,907 209,470 -46,437
000 235,155 184,759 -50,396
London Heathrow Airport 96,957 253,972 +157,015
Dover 3,205 345,221 +342,016

Quick facts

HS code: 1805

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

Description: Pure cocoa powder with no added sugar or sweeteners, perfect for baking, drinks, and desserts