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 246,571,105
Germany 229,491,022
Belgium 105,137,077
Poland 99,420,099
Ireland 67,409,309

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 123,543,490 123,027,615 -515,875
Germany 110,083,821 119,407,201 +9,323,380
Belgium 57,759,905 47,377,172 -10,382,733
Poland 54,509,628 44,910,471 -9,599,157
Ireland 33,034,545 34,374,764 +1,340,219
Netherlands 10,937,504 23,759,363 +12,821,859
France 13,570,136 20,967,475 +7,397,339
Spain 10,160,241 11,877,891 +1,717,650
United States 9,059,905 11,024,716 +1,964,811
Switzerland 16,352,112 2,448,273 -13,903,839

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 207,772,376
Germany 147,382,980
Poland 103,464,571
Belgium 88,595,608
Ireland 49,001,884

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 100,270,618 107,501,758 +7,231,140
Germany 74,942,119 72,440,861 -2,501,258
Poland 63,541,086 39,923,485 -23,617,601
Belgium 45,906,664 42,688,944 -3,217,720
Ireland 27,210,553 21,791,331 -5,419,222
Switzerland 17,321,602 21,531,746 +4,210,144
France 11,868,496 14,954,051 +3,085,555
Spain 11,464,704 13,369,478 +1,904,774
United States 7,315,133 9,203,763 +1,888,630
Czechia 7,550,669 5,412,864 -2,137,805

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 43
Inner London - West 38
Inner London - East 35
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 28
Outer London - East and North East 23

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 35 33 -2
Inner London - West 25 30 +5
Inner London - East 23 27 +4
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 21 25 +4
Outer London - East and North East 13 19 +6
Greater Manchester 11 13 +2
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 16 14 -2
Essex 11 12 +1
West Yorkshire 10 11 +1
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 12 10 -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) 702,700,485
Other 155,461,630
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 51,255,765
Road transport 10,671,562
Air transport 5,222,567

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) 359,651,514 343,048,971 -16,602,543
Other 72,353,145 83,108,485 +10,755,340
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 26,590,143 24,665,622 -1,924,521
Road transport 4,298,187 6,373,375 +2,075,188
Air transport 2,542,601 2,679,966 +137,365
Rail transport 42,498 137,621 +95,123

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 405,898,791
000 155,461,630
Eurotunnel 90,386,067
London 48,604,256
Holyhead 37,679,621

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 205,074,121 200,824,670 -4,249,451
000 72,353,145 83,108,485 +10,755,340
Eurotunnel 46,959,071 43,426,996 -3,532,075
London 27,940,483 20,663,773 -7,276,710
Holyhead 19,175,161 18,504,460 -670,701
Immingham Docks 16,191,565 12,447,663 -3,743,902
Dover / Eurotunnel 13,383,507 13,500,651 +117,144
Harwich 13,569,965 12,649,049 -920,916
Middlesbrough 13,062,196 11,816,206 -1,245,990
Southampton 7,756,857 10,156,833 +2,399,976

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 219
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 127
Manufacture of food products 48
Food and beverage service activities 33
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 17

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 102
2025-11 131
2025-10 147
2025-09 117
2025-08 94

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 192
0-1m 77
54m+ 77
15m-54m 41
Other 22

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 133,770,904
Canada 16,983,285
Germany 13,323,537
United States 7,416,850
Australia 7,247,519

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 65,628,019 68,142,885 +2,514,866
Canada 8,341,090 8,642,195 +301,105
Germany 6,686,647 6,636,890 -49,757
United States 3,496,198 3,920,652 +424,454
Australia 4,669,674 2,577,845 -2,091,829
Netherlands 3,671,673 2,972,399 -699,274
United Arab Emirates 4,151,073 2,441,228 -1,709,845
France 3,319,707 2,569,070 -750,637
Spain 2,893,873 2,451,367 -442,506
Sweden 2,046,474 2,079,941 +33,467

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 6,219,018
Ireland 1,252,767
Poland 721,496
Italy 522,874
Germany 330,884

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 2,233,883 3,985,135 +1,751,252
Ireland 507,036 745,731 +238,695
Poland 625,180 96,316 -528,864
Italy 235,072 287,802 +52,730
Germany 193,113 137,771 -55,342
Switzerland 148,908 94,562 -54,346
Belgium 135,339 73,412 -61,927
Netherlands 92,519 29,672 -62,847
France 36,001 55,930 +19,929
Turkey 0 32,958 +32,958

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) 172,176,702
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 64,883,132
Other 12,628,228
Air transport 4,759,022
Road transport 6,698

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) 86,635,719 85,540,983 -1,094,736
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 35,941,444 28,941,688 -6,999,756
Other 6,186,935 6,441,293 +254,358
Air transport 2,522,238 2,236,784 -285,454
Road transport 6,698 0 -6,698

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Liverpool Docks 127,445,630
Dover / Eurotunnel 29,460,549
London Gateway Port 24,398,144
Dover 12,678,969
000 12,628,228

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 59,596,231 67,849,399 +8,253,168
Dover / Eurotunnel 14,343,502 15,117,047 +773,545
London Gateway Port 13,605,814 10,792,330 -2,813,484
Dover 8,868,080 3,810,889 -5,057,191
000 6,186,935 6,441,293 +254,358
Felixstowe 6,646,721 4,497,371 -2,149,350
Holyhead 7,548,031 2,054,804 -5,493,227
Southampton 5,450,218 3,194,712 -2,255,506
Immingham Docks 3,580,670 3,505,808 -74,862
London Heathrow Airport 1,598,049 1,475,706 -122,343

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