Import/export HS code 18063290: Various solid chocolate

Plain chocolate without added ingredients, used in various recipes

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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 £
Ireland 248,721,409
Germany 161,267,852
Poland 127,051,958
Belgium 92,764,937
France 84,028,964

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 £
Ireland 125,756,582 122,964,827 -2,791,755
Germany 75,847,376 85,420,476 +9,573,100
Poland 58,663,047 68,388,911 +9,725,864
Belgium 43,423,167 49,341,770 +5,918,603
France 43,197,719 40,831,245 -2,366,474
Netherlands 25,518,978 36,177,405 +10,658,427
Italy 15,482,019 21,559,115 +6,077,096
Switzerland 17,055,914 7,381,441 -9,674,473
Bulgaria 10,723,564 12,840,162 +2,116,598
Egypt 9,998,324 9,890,333 -107,991

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 218,760,553
Ireland 214,650,817
Poland 141,642,338
France 82,309,522
Belgium 55,834,836

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 101,218,435 117,542,118 +16,323,683
Ireland 98,605,665 116,045,152 +17,439,487
Poland 66,712,546 74,929,792 +8,217,246
France 42,349,001 39,960,521 -2,388,480
Belgium 26,174,744 29,660,092 +3,485,348
Switzerland 18,798,972 19,933,398 +1,134,426
Italy 15,605,066 21,486,313 +5,881,247
Austria 18,800,370 7,859,073 -10,941,297
Netherlands 10,194,141 14,996,466 +4,802,325
Bulgaria 11,911,643 12,882,734 +971,091

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 45
Inner London - West 37
Inner London - East 35
Outer London - East and North East 28
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 24

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 33 32 -1
Inner London - West 27 25 -2
Inner London - East 23 28 +5
Outer London - East and North East 22 19 -3
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 18 16 -2
Greater Manchester 15 14 -1
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 14 11 -3
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 9 11 +2
West Yorkshire 10 12 +2
Essex 6 7 +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) 818,315,898
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 110,351,871
Other 11,122,503
Road transport 8,986,300
Air transport 2,893,138

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) 395,148,277 423,167,621 +28,019,344
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 52,105,273 58,246,598 +6,141,325
Other 6,194,237 4,928,266 -1,265,971
Road transport 4,066,509 4,919,791 +853,282
Air transport 1,466,283 1,426,855 -39,428
Rail transport 84,680 179,550 +94,870

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 253,142,595
Liverpool Docks 231,138,286
Eurotunnel 149,308,129
London 89,850,417
Immingham Docks 50,201,738

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 129,933,936 123,208,659 -6,725,277
Liverpool Docks 114,479,842 116,658,444 +2,178,602
Eurotunnel 66,331,339 82,976,790 +16,645,451
London 35,638,631 54,211,786 +18,573,155
Immingham Docks 25,419,829 24,781,909 -637,920
Dover / Eurotunnel 19,248,677 18,886,465 -362,212
Middlesbrough 11,722,252 16,205,772 +4,483,520
Harwich 10,414,218 13,662,007 +3,247,789
London Gateway Port 10,538,839 9,273,517 -1,265,322
Felixstowe 3,772,679 9,431,870 +5,659,191

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 216
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 102
Manufacture of food products 54
Food and beverage service activities 40
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 18

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 83
2026-03 103
2026-02 97
2026-01 82
2025-12 101

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 162
0-1m 80
54m+ 77
15m-54m 39
Other 34

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 81,916,798
Netherlands 33,435,781
Poland 11,554,612
Saudi Arabia 8,671,743
Canada 7,839,663

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 41,268,964 40,647,834 -621,130
Netherlands 11,589,874 21,845,907 +10,256,033
Poland 6,755,166 4,799,446 -1,955,720
Saudi Arabia 5,418,068 3,253,675 -2,164,393
Canada 3,588,108 4,251,555 +663,447
Germany 3,368,613 2,927,114 -441,499
Spain 2,361,358 2,695,423 +334,065
Gibraltar 2,021,667 2,615,909 +594,242
United States 2,818,609 1,613,282 -1,205,327
United Arab Emirates 1,749,488 2,583,178 +833,690

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 £
Ireland 1,127,407
XI 326,889
Belgium 295,840
Poland 179,496
Germany 161,520

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 £
Ireland 638,424 488,983 -149,441
XI 157,820 169,069 +11,249
Belgium 77,482 218,358 +140,876
Poland 120,367 59,129 -61,238
Germany 63,217 98,303 +35,086
Egypt 69,973 86,471 +16,498
Switzerland 33,170 69,669 +36,499
Italy 30,329 53,835 +23,506
France 77,034 1,992 -75,042
Bulgaria 37,175 31,557 -5,618

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) 146,713,865
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 44,196,230
Other 6,934,232
Air transport 3,219,629

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) 68,643,552 78,070,313 +9,426,761
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 22,879,876 21,316,354 -1,563,522
Other 3,688,335 3,245,897 -442,438
Air transport 1,715,185 1,504,444 -210,741

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Liverpool Docks 71,986,377
Dover / Eurotunnel 59,136,219
London Gateway Port 24,588,204
Immingham Docks 7,594,722
000 6,934,232

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 35,428,955 36,557,422 +1,128,467
Dover / Eurotunnel 23,121,985 36,014,234 +12,892,249
London Gateway Port 13,067,289 11,520,915 -1,546,374
Immingham Docks 5,198,205 2,396,517 -2,801,688
000 3,688,335 3,245,897 -442,438
Holyhead 4,031,230 2,326,960 -1,704,270
Felixstowe 3,257,750 2,619,165 -638,585
Milford 1,449,477 2,490,364 +1,040,887
Southampton 1,978,021 1,855,854 -122,167
London Heathrow Airport 1,210,810 810,117 -400,693

Quick facts

HS code: 18063290

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

Description: Plain chocolate without added ingredients, used in various recipes