Import/export HS code 180690: Various cocoa products

Other food items containing cocoa, not covered in the above categories

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 £
Germany 550,872,618
France 377,574,404
Italy 359,772,682
Belgium 347,376,242
Poland 322,938,460

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 288,514,376 262,358,242 -26,156,134
France 199,708,000 177,866,404 -21,841,596
Italy 188,251,943 171,520,739 -16,731,204
Belgium 183,039,890 164,336,352 -18,703,538
Poland 169,958,811 152,979,649 -16,979,162
Netherlands 87,712,114 90,628,169 +2,916,055
Ireland 78,312,105 70,533,064 -7,779,041
United States 39,427,889 30,641,724 -8,786,165
Spain 32,609,645 29,932,256 -2,677,389
Lithuania 26,280,691 23,922,629 -2,358,062

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 512,586,299
Italy 323,044,317
Poland 313,073,763
France 281,217,136
Belgium 233,326,992

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 267,303,320 245,282,979 -22,020,341
Italy 166,695,974 156,348,343 -10,347,631
Poland 171,103,332 141,970,431 -29,132,901
France 150,871,980 130,345,156 -20,526,824
Belgium 131,135,952 102,191,040 -28,944,912
Ireland 60,726,303 49,591,364 -11,134,939
Netherlands 54,081,854 52,135,335 -1,946,519
Switzerland 35,011,236 34,730,903 -280,333
United States 33,187,507 21,870,115 -11,317,392
Spain 27,031,454 27,199,324 +167,870

Importers across UK regions

What this shows: Number of importing companies by UK ITL2 region.

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 102
Outer London - West and North West 101
Inner London - East 90
Greater Manchester 86
Outer London - East and North East 68

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
Inner London - West 77 75 -2
Outer London - West and North West 80 73 -7
Inner London - East 70 69 -1
Greater Manchester 76 38 -38
Outer London - East and North East 58 50 -8
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 45 41 -4
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 37 30 -7
Surrey, East and West Sussex 29 36 +7
West Yorkshire 29 29 +0
Essex 26 29 +3

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) 1,957,855,259
Other 361,957,294
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 276,173,358
Air transport 19,401,325
Road transport 16,962,435

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) 1,042,938,515 914,916,744 -128,021,771
Other 185,019,529 176,937,765 -8,081,764
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 145,501,562 130,671,796 -14,829,766
Air transport 11,274,013 8,127,312 -3,146,701
Road transport 6,288,785 10,673,650 +4,384,865
Rail transport 199,421 501,053 +301,632

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 976,661,609
000 361,957,294
Eurotunnel 276,023,105
Dover / Eurotunnel 173,024,808
London 168,877,821

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 523,195,636 453,465,973 -69,729,663
000 185,019,529 176,937,765 -8,081,764
Eurotunnel 151,064,790 124,958,315 -26,106,475
Dover / Eurotunnel 95,326,854 77,697,954 -17,628,900
London 81,703,206 87,174,615 +5,471,409
Immingham Docks 86,332,234 77,951,595 -8,380,639
Middlesbrough 36,228,507 44,249,874 +8,021,367
Southampton 38,307,237 29,449,020 -8,858,217
Holyhead 33,280,307 28,027,119 -5,253,188
Harwich 31,445,283 28,761,449 -2,683,834

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 517
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 325
Manufacture of food products 164
Food and beverage service activities 98
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 51

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 289
2025-11 356
2025-10 364
2025-09 320
2025-08 284

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 462
0-1m 266
54m+ 181
15m-54m 100
Other 74

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 260,972,582
Netherlands 141,868,944
Germany 73,893,426
United States 55,025,881
Saudi Arabia 35,423,399

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 139,267,153 121,705,429 -17,561,724
Netherlands 86,254,234 55,614,710 -30,639,524
Germany 27,551,726 46,341,700 +18,789,974
United States 27,230,988 27,794,893 +563,905
Saudi Arabia 23,938,642 11,484,757 -12,453,885
Canada 17,332,128 15,937,970 -1,394,158
United Arab Emirates 19,217,149 12,838,411 -6,378,738
Singapore 16,678,467 14,002,447 -2,676,020
France 15,292,074 14,340,231 -951,843
Australia 16,065,821 9,380,101 -6,685,720

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 12,173,501
France 3,084,826
Ireland 2,421,218
Italy 1,113,859
Poland 1,057,854

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 5,988,019 6,185,482 +197,463
France 509,730 2,575,096 +2,065,366
Ireland 1,376,142 1,045,076 -331,066
Italy 567,588 546,271 -21,317
Poland 828,476 229,378 -599,098
Belgium 545,006 284,239 -260,767
Germany 349,326 234,851 -114,475
Luxembourg 82,552 387,929 +305,377
Netherlands 222,740 191,105 -31,635
United States 190,702 148,388 -42,314

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) 581,600,351
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 324,739,727
Other 35,106,977
Air transport 16,068,742
Rail transport 62,619

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) 309,053,685 272,546,666 -36,507,019
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 187,407,755 137,331,972 -50,075,783
Other 18,776,412 16,330,565 -2,445,847
Air transport 9,080,560 6,988,182 -2,092,378
Rail transport 58,859 3,760 -55,099
Road transport 18,734 8,880 -9,854

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Liverpool Docks 225,989,649
Dover / Eurotunnel 216,307,318
London Gateway Port 152,560,760
Felixstowe 64,098,353
Southampton 60,488,519

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 119,707,435 106,282,214 -13,425,221
Dover / Eurotunnel 110,765,643 105,541,675 -5,223,968
London Gateway Port 94,163,259 58,397,501 -35,765,758
Felixstowe 33,789,266 30,309,087 -3,480,179
Southampton 31,715,036 28,773,483 -2,941,553
Immingham Docks 27,215,923 18,346,558 -8,869,365
Middlesbrough 16,440,139 21,837,428 +5,397,289
000 18,776,412 16,330,565 -2,445,847
Holyhead 19,848,850 12,370,412 -7,478,438
Dover 17,357,722 7,863,584 -9,494,138

Related HS codes

What this shows: Sibling or child HS codes in the same classification branch.

Quick facts

HS code: 180690

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

Description: Other food items containing cocoa, not covered in the above categories