Import/export HS code 180631: Filled chocolate

Chocolate with a filling inside, such as caramel, nuts, or cream

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  • It helps you understand the market size for your product in the UK.
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* 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 £
Germany 279,870,112
Poland 271,853,485
Netherlands 236,661,873
Ireland 74,765,616
Belgium 52,577,076

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 £
Germany 131,790,354 148,079,758 +16,289,404
Poland 132,731,737 139,121,748 +6,390,011
Netherlands 103,951,445 132,710,428 +28,758,983
Ireland 33,530,695 41,234,921 +7,704,226
Belgium 20,560,516 32,016,560 +11,456,044
Italy 20,499,794 31,296,854 +10,797,060
Lithuania 14,797,598 28,858,678 +14,061,080
Croatia 11,730,886 21,702,505 +9,971,619
Austria 9,525,754 13,917,647 +4,391,893
France 14,243,427 8,199,068 -6,044,359

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 £
Germany 294,356,709
Poland 275,580,107
Netherlands 227,827,222
Ireland 53,858,461
Lithuania 45,257,761

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 £
Germany 138,068,723 156,287,986 +18,219,263
Poland 132,780,047 142,800,060 +10,020,013
Netherlands 96,335,576 131,491,646 +35,156,070
Ireland 26,196,089 27,662,372 +1,466,283
Lithuania 16,129,553 29,128,208 +12,998,655
Italy 13,868,594 17,978,825 +4,110,231
Croatia 9,882,499 20,519,845 +10,637,346
Austria 9,809,878 12,322,327 +2,512,449
Slovakia 6,430,211 11,344,216 +4,914,005
Spain 4,098,003 7,244,511 +3,146,508

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 34
Outer London - East and North East 31
Inner London - East 24
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 23
Inner London - West 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 26 26 +0
Outer London - East and North East 22 22 +0
Inner London - East 16 18 +2
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 14 18 +4
Inner London - West 16 15 -1
Greater Manchester 8 13 +5
Essex 11 7 -4
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 8 8 +0
West Midlands 7 10 +3
West Yorkshire 7 9 +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) 980,711,296
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 109,027,754
Other 74,034,853
Air transport 8,861,385
Road transport 3,967,203

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) 446,642,689 534,068,607 +87,425,918
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 39,572,407 69,455,347 +29,882,940
Other 32,341,220 41,693,633 +9,352,413
Air transport 4,771,281 4,090,104 -681,177
Road transport 1,545,993 2,421,210 +875,217
Rail transport 0 58,071 +58,071
Own propulsion (e.g. imported vehicle driven across land boundary) 0 7,470 +7,470

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 394,946,308
Eurotunnel 179,061,885
Immingham Docks 139,364,823
Dover / Eurotunnel 81,029,057
London 75,881,060

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 192,469,917 202,476,391 +10,006,474
Eurotunnel 82,605,589 96,456,296 +13,850,707
Immingham Docks 51,891,053 87,473,770 +35,582,717
Dover / Eurotunnel 36,992,192 44,036,865 +7,044,673
London 28,332,338 47,548,722 +19,216,384
000 32,341,220 41,693,633 +9,352,413
Liverpool Docks 25,839,139 33,993,375 +8,154,236
Middlesbrough 14,521,029 28,694,528 +14,173,499
Felixstowe 13,792,332 14,933,925 +1,141,593
Hull 13,139,850 13,087,017 -52,833

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 177
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 88
Manufacture of food products 24
Food and beverage service activities 16
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 16

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 91
2026-03 89
2026-02 81
2026-01 72
2025-12 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 129
0-1m 70
54m+ 44
15m-54m 33
Other 18

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 87,783,807
Netherlands 55,851,861
United States 15,001,480
Australia 11,625,506
Canada 5,832,416

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 40,063,213 47,720,594 +7,657,381
Netherlands 29,407,641 26,444,220 -2,963,421
United States 7,562,479 7,439,001 -123,478
Australia 4,448,196 7,177,310 +2,729,114
Canada 2,289,868 3,542,548 +1,252,680
Jordan 1,727,070 4,048,396 +2,321,326
United Arab Emirates 3,030,404 1,740,057 -1,290,347
France 2,736,144 1,941,084 -795,060
Israel 2,600,713 1,152,250 -1,448,463
Kuwait 1,966,042 1,482,640 -483,402

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 1,579,074
Ireland 1,578,454
Poland 1,490,836
Netherlands 1,012,726
Luxembourg 648,786

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 528,435 1,050,639 +522,204
Ireland 821,504 756,950 -64,554
Poland 916,800 574,036 -342,764
Netherlands 487,522 525,204 +37,682
Luxembourg 290,785 358,001 +67,216
Germany 168,681 182,406 +13,725
Croatia 93,009 102,679 +9,670
Italy 133,987 24,471 -109,516
Lithuania 64,508 37,442 -27,066
United States 50,934 36,421 -14,513

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) 148,388,272
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 67,796,443
Other 13,986,461
Air transport 7,912,401

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) 71,419,491 76,968,781 +5,549,290
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 32,492,567 35,303,876 +2,811,309
Other 7,023,019 6,963,442 -59,577
Air transport 3,681,567 4,230,834 +549,267

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Liverpool Docks 76,587,774
Dover / Eurotunnel 49,409,667
London Gateway Port 32,301,330
Immingham Docks 15,133,669
000 13,986,461

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 £
Liverpool Docks 32,875,771 43,712,003 +10,836,232
Dover / Eurotunnel 25,473,513 23,936,154 -1,537,359
London Gateway Port 15,930,148 16,371,182 +441,034
Immingham Docks 8,391,679 6,741,990 -1,649,689
000 7,023,019 6,963,442 -59,577
Southampton 6,052,445 6,124,791 +72,346
Holyhead 4,727,114 3,586,759 -1,140,355
London Heathrow Airport 2,553,781 3,253,007 +699,226
Milford 2,809,530 2,917,181 +107,651
Felixstowe 2,065,460 2,665,834 +600,374

Quick facts

HS code: 180631

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

Description: Chocolate with a filling inside, such as caramel, nuts, or cream