Import/export HS code 18069031: Filled cocoa products

Cocoa-based foods with fillings, like chocolate-covered nuts or fruits

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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 £
Belgium 98,294,586
Germany 84,616,282
Poland 54,310,456
Netherlands 37,496,295
Italy 26,140,120

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 £
Belgium 55,565,993 42,728,593 -12,837,400
Germany 45,441,561 39,174,721 -6,266,840
Poland 25,441,509 28,868,947 +3,427,438
Netherlands 20,104,297 17,391,998 -2,712,299
Italy 13,809,624 12,330,496 -1,479,128
Lithuania 3,067,723 6,177,663 +3,109,940
Ireland 4,979,105 4,256,138 -722,967
France 2,786,700 3,180,280 +393,580
Turkey 1,602,878 4,078,234 +2,475,356
United States 1,676,437 827,431 -849,006

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 69,010,968
Belgium 51,357,046
Poland 43,372,825
Netherlands 31,734,533
Italy 24,376,249

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 37,730,479 31,280,489 -6,449,990
Belgium 30,357,247 20,999,799 -9,357,448
Poland 21,953,318 21,419,507 -533,811
Netherlands 16,509,996 15,224,537 -1,285,459
Italy 12,838,321 11,537,928 -1,300,393
Lithuania 2,791,088 6,188,096 +3,397,008
Turkey 2,051,237 4,242,895 +2,191,658
Spain 1,334,807 1,426,229 +91,422
Slovakia 2,590,512 165,721 -2,424,791
Switzerland 1,649,255 904,597 -744,658

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 33
Inner London - West 27
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 23
Inner London - East 21
Outer London - East and North East 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 28 20 -8
Inner London - West 24 15 -9
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 18 15 -3
Inner London - East 17 14 -3
Outer London - East and North East 20 9 -11
Surrey, East and West Sussex 11 8 -3
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 7 7 +0
Greater Manchester 10 6 -4
West Midlands 7 7 +0
West Yorkshire 8 8 +0

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) 223,470,433
Other 85,529,109
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 31,795,443
Road transport 4,295,028
Air transport 715,913

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) 121,745,463 101,724,970 -20,020,493
Other 43,621,877 41,907,232 -1,714,645
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 16,032,122 15,763,321 -268,801
Road transport 1,119,325 3,175,703 +2,056,378
Air transport 414,696 301,217 -113,479
Rail transport 13,311 20,171 +6,860

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 123,308,173
000 85,529,109
Eurotunnel 46,201,733
London 21,398,456
Immingham Docks 15,752,769

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 70,920,729 52,387,444 -18,533,285
000 43,621,877 41,907,232 -1,714,645
Eurotunnel 24,170,443 22,031,290 -2,139,153
London 10,455,668 10,942,788 +487,120
Immingham Docks 8,089,434 7,663,335 -426,099
Dover / Eurotunnel 6,641,146 4,153,908 -2,487,238
Middlesbrough 3,121,695 6,587,444 +3,465,749
Felixstowe 4,465,892 3,777,184 -688,708
ZLC 1,558,301 3,938,403 +2,380,102
Harwich 2,048,762 3,315,727 +1,266,965

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 158
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 80
Manufacture of food products 40
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 16
Food and beverage service activities 13

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 69
2025-11 68
2025-10 83
2025-09 79
2025-08 66

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 127
54m+ 54
0-1m 51
15m-54m 39
Other 14

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 £
Netherlands 68,963,721
Ireland 37,300,370
Saudi Arabia 25,893,527
United Arab Emirates 15,672,562
Germany 10,319,528

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 £
Netherlands 36,864,668 32,099,053 -4,765,615
Ireland 19,277,534 18,022,836 -1,254,698
Saudi Arabia 17,480,135 8,413,392 -9,066,743
United Arab Emirates 9,634,964 6,037,598 -3,597,366
Germany 6,315,207 4,004,321 -2,310,886
Libya 5,897,660 3,241,760 -2,655,900
United States 2,809,944 6,305,182 +3,495,238
Canada 3,658,646 3,947,685 +289,039
Israel 5,538,833 2,024,806 -3,514,027
Australia 3,637,919 3,586,231 -51,688

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 £
Luxembourg 470,481
XI 315,946
United States 286,889
Ireland 227,168
Belgium 150,034

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 £
Luxembourg 82,552 387,929 +305,377
XI 172,805 143,141 -29,664
United States 167,329 119,560 -47,769
Ireland 101,437 125,731 +24,294
Belgium 109,585 40,449 -69,136
Lithuania 65,871 35,872 -29,999
Netherlands 51,341 27,156 -24,185
Poland 32,856 20,650 -12,206
Italy 26,321 16,855 -9,466
Trinidad and Tobago 13,691 10,886 -2,805

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) 135,138,018
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 116,088,494
Air transport 4,374,053
Other 4,129,661
Road transport 8,880

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) 71,455,438 63,682,580 -7,772,858
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 68,372,832 47,715,662 -20,657,170
Air transport 2,588,990 1,785,063 -803,927
Other 2,255,593 1,874,068 -381,525
Road transport 0 8,880 +8,880
Rail transport 0 3,760 +3,760

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 92,652,356
London Gateway Port 70,940,592
Liverpool Docks 26,812,574
Felixstowe 19,427,087
Southampton 15,033,602

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 £
Dover / Eurotunnel 49,086,956 43,565,400 -5,521,556
London Gateway Port 45,810,547 25,130,045 -20,680,502
Liverpool Docks 13,955,613 12,856,961 -1,098,652
Felixstowe 10,690,437 8,736,650 -1,953,787
Southampton 6,303,076 8,730,526 +2,427,450
Holyhead 3,437,913 3,917,781 +479,868
Milford 3,891,812 2,583,257 -1,308,555
000 2,255,593 1,874,068 -381,525
Immingham Docks 2,778,945 1,236,188 -1,542,757
London Heathrow Airport 2,139,209 1,335,483 -803,726

Quick facts

HS code: 18069031

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

Description: Cocoa-based foods with fillings, like chocolate-covered nuts or fruits