Import/export HS code 18069019: Non-alcoholic cocoa products

Cocoa-based foods or drinks without alcohol, such as cocoa spreads or powders

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  • 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 £
Italy 268,864,886
Germany 250,095,021
Belgium 116,503,979
Poland 102,647,486
Ireland 78,032,872

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 £
Italy 132,535,885 136,329,001 +3,793,116
Germany 111,774,483 138,320,538 +26,546,055
Belgium 58,090,017 58,413,962 +323,945
Poland 51,694,631 50,952,855 -741,776
Ireland 34,623,716 43,409,156 +8,785,440
Netherlands 11,611,771 34,594,090 +22,982,319
France 13,098,944 26,535,709 +13,436,765
Spain 10,576,876 14,162,886 +3,586,010
United States 9,509,067 11,083,099 +1,574,032
Switzerland 16,680,784 891,984 -15,788,800

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 £
Italy 227,210,709
Germany 163,063,226
Poland 106,368,808
Belgium 99,515,869
Ireland 52,711,787

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 £
Italy 109,548,477 117,662,232 +8,113,755
Germany 75,663,237 87,399,989 +11,736,752
Poland 61,179,572 45,189,236 -15,990,336
Belgium 45,771,547 53,744,322 +7,972,775
Ireland 27,679,832 25,031,955 -2,647,877
Switzerland 18,100,994 26,299,808 +8,198,814
France 11,367,277 19,557,843 +8,190,566
Spain 12,292,456 15,399,581 +3,107,125
United States 7,799,149 9,223,691 +1,424,542
Czechia 7,872,993 6,887,203 -985,790

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 41
Inner London - West 40
Inner London - East 37
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 28
Outer London - East and North East 27

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 33 +0
Inner London - West 26 31 +5
Inner London - East 23 30 +7
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 21 24 +3
Outer London - East and North East 15 25 +10
Greater Manchester 12 16 +4
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 16 14 -2
Essex 11 13 +2
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 12 11 -1
West Yorkshire 11 10 -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) 771,523,263
Other 170,952,346
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 53,554,060
Road transport 11,837,643
Air transport 6,065,741

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) 368,493,376 403,029,887 +34,536,511
Other 73,916,094 97,036,252 +23,120,158
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 27,800,561 25,753,499 -2,047,062
Road transport 4,909,131 6,928,512 +2,019,381
Air transport 2,843,509 3,222,232 +378,723
Rail transport 61,826 179,375 +117,549

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 438,457,464
000 170,952,346
Eurotunnel 99,357,255
London 52,921,414
Holyhead 41,466,653

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 209,626,910 228,830,554 +19,203,644
000 73,916,094 97,036,252 +23,120,158
Eurotunnel 50,189,521 49,167,734 -1,021,787
London 27,961,161 24,960,253 -3,000,908
Holyhead 19,490,723 21,975,930 +2,485,207
Immingham Docks 16,673,217 18,860,170 +2,186,953
Dover / Eurotunnel 14,322,116 17,156,379 +2,834,263
Harwich 12,321,922 16,921,746 +4,599,824
Middlesbrough 13,185,670 12,230,314 -955,356
Southampton 8,209,755 10,340,777 +2,131,022

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 231
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 132
Manufacture of food products 48
Food and beverage service activities 36
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 19

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 94
2026-03 112
2026-02 99
2026-01 102
2025-12 121

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 206
0-1m 79
54m+ 79
15m-54m 43
Other 25

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 143,652,700
Canada 16,870,130
Germany 14,784,539
United States 7,723,250
Australia 7,630,641

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 71,439,436 72,213,264 +773,828
Canada 8,176,890 8,693,240 +516,350
Germany 7,265,530 7,519,009 +253,479
United States 3,857,440 3,865,810 +8,370
Australia 4,120,688 3,509,953 -610,735
France 3,421,895 3,594,127 +172,232
Netherlands 3,606,346 3,240,772 -365,574
United Arab Emirates 4,125,523 2,646,825 -1,478,698
Spain 2,762,882 2,838,316 +75,434
Sweden 2,269,401 2,343,258 +73,857

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 8,304,926
Ireland 1,310,019
Poland 700,543
Italy 564,581
Germany 410,137

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 2,314,500 5,990,426 +3,675,926
Ireland 718,651 591,368 -127,283
Poland 579,994 120,549 -459,445
Italy 228,602 335,979 +107,377
Germany 192,752 217,385 +24,633
Switzerland 146,412 228,648 +82,236
Belgium 133,015 214,434 +81,419
Netherlands 85,127 43,810 -41,317
France 37,307 67,983 +30,676
Turkey 23,827 12,723 -11,104

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) 183,785,854
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 68,876,703
Other 15,577,107
Air transport 5,241,199

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) 93,260,482 90,525,372 -2,735,110
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 35,777,104 33,099,599 -2,677,505
Other 6,473,690 9,103,417 +2,629,727
Air transport 2,497,622 2,743,577 +245,955

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Liverpool Docks 134,412,324
Dover / Eurotunnel 32,220,325
London Gateway Port 28,870,839
000 15,577,107
Dover 13,476,179

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 64,715,502 69,696,822 +4,981,320
Dover / Eurotunnel 14,149,684 18,070,641 +3,920,957
London Gateway Port 14,279,417 14,591,422 +312,005
000 6,473,690 9,103,417 +2,629,727
Dover 9,617,517 3,858,662 -5,758,855
Felixstowe 6,003,052 4,880,597 -1,122,455
Holyhead 7,982,568 1,965,088 -6,017,480
Southampton 5,280,764 2,759,626 -2,521,138
Immingham Docks 3,939,493 3,530,463 -409,030
London Heathrow Airport 1,685,214 1,829,933 +144,719

Quick facts

HS code: 18069019

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

Description: Cocoa-based foods or drinks without alcohol, such as cocoa spreads or powders