Import/export HS code 18069039: Unfilled cocoa products

Cocoa-based foods without fillings, used in various recipes

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 92,665,911
Poland 90,053,401
Belgium 70,340,507
France 65,553,588
Italy 48,033,677

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 46,713,121 45,952,790 -760,331
Poland 44,246,357 45,807,044 +1,560,687
Belgium 29,525,225 40,815,282 +11,290,057
France 33,162,353 32,391,235 -771,118
Italy 24,669,479 23,364,198 -1,305,281
Netherlands 17,101,654 20,405,416 +3,303,762
Lithuania 12,362,405 16,963,901 +4,601,496
Ireland 13,841,124 15,316,983 +1,475,859
Spain 3,913,847 3,513,867 -399,980
United States 901,142 1,828,818 +927,676

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 134,935,841
Poland 91,834,369
France 60,168,460
Italy 50,561,656
Belgium 35,691,001

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 58,989,881 75,945,960 +16,956,079
Poland 43,527,838 48,306,531 +4,778,693
France 30,762,033 29,406,427 -1,355,606
Italy 25,819,102 24,742,554 -1,076,548
Belgium 20,231,872 15,459,129 -4,772,743
Lithuania 12,350,419 16,749,205 +4,398,786
Ireland 12,674,240 14,183,079 +1,508,839
Netherlands 10,007,665 7,489,965 -2,517,700
Spain 3,645,226 3,653,297 +8,071
Bulgaria 1,736,732 920,475 -816,257

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 37
Inner London - East 30
Inner London - West 21
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 20
West Yorkshire 16

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 30 28 -2
Inner London - East 23 21 -2
Inner London - West 18 13 -5
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 17 15 -2
West Yorkshire 13 13 +0
Outer London - East and North East 13 12 -1
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 9 11 +2
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 12 11 -1
Greater Manchester 9 6 -3
Essex 6 8 +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) 413,409,212
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 58,315,694
Other 13,272,984
Air transport 2,546,103
Rail transport 457,505

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) 199,557,672 213,851,540 +14,293,868
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 27,122,811 31,192,883 +4,070,072
Other 6,156,130 7,116,854 +960,724
Air transport 1,299,456 1,246,647 -52,809
Rail transport 113,693 343,812 +230,119
Road transport 90,769 143,641 +52,872

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 176,674,365
Eurotunnel 76,149,927
London 58,964,227
Immingham Docks 44,374,213
Middlesbrough 32,767,614

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 90,823,535 85,850,830 -4,972,705
Eurotunnel 40,752,110 35,397,817 -5,354,293
London 23,824,003 35,140,224 +11,316,221
Immingham Docks 17,662,007 26,712,206 +9,050,199
Middlesbrough 12,169,978 20,597,636 +8,427,658
Dover / Eurotunnel 12,887,578 11,976,270 -911,308
Liverpool Docks 9,452,214 11,008,551 +1,556,337
000 6,156,130 7,116,854 +960,724
Harwich 3,550,558 2,730,599 -819,959
Hull 2,826,715 3,436,968 +610,253

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 174
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 74
Manufacture of food products 71
Food and beverage service activities 23
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
2026-01 70
2025-11 85
2025-10 100
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 146
54m+ 75
0-1m 42
15m-54m 37
Other 19

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 48,151,309
Poland 9,510,896
Netherlands 7,977,123
France 7,876,216
United States 7,643,262

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 24,408,106 23,743,203 -664,903
Poland 4,573,292 4,937,604 +364,312
Netherlands 4,132,116 3,845,007 -287,109
France 3,786,917 4,089,299 +302,382
United States 4,759,219 2,884,043 -1,875,176
Germany 1,622,744 5,339,742 +3,716,998
Australia 2,366,745 1,795,330 -571,415
United Arab Emirates 1,761,152 2,284,041 +522,889
South Africa 1,904,569 676,668 -1,227,901
Saudi Arabia 688,745 1,883,931 +1,195,186

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 £
France 2,327,385
Belgium 425,304
Slovakia 211,716
Poland 183,169
Italy 101,950

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 £
France 40,237 2,287,148 +2,246,911
Belgium 257,987 167,317 -90,670
Slovakia 158,925 52,791 -106,134
Poland 102,437 80,732 -21,705
Italy 83,527 18,423 -65,104
XI 40,859 55,060 +14,201
Ireland 52,296 34,592 -17,704
Netherlands 6,355 64,330 +57,975
Switzerland 36,153 23,207 -12,946
Germany 34,125 24,227 -9,898

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) 80,414,403
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 31,535,205
Other 5,797,345
Air transport 1,368,016

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) 38,736,341 41,678,062 +2,941,721
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 16,068,399 15,466,806 -601,593
Other 2,177,738 3,619,607 +1,441,869
Air transport 525,171 842,845 +317,674

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Liverpool Docks 37,677,215
Dover / Eurotunnel 30,488,820
London Gateway Port 18,768,513
Holyhead 7,016,345
Portsmouth 6,262,748

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 20,334,999 17,342,216 -2,992,783
Dover / Eurotunnel 12,675,719 17,813,101 +5,137,382
London Gateway Port 8,458,725 10,309,788 +1,851,063
Holyhead 4,058,460 2,957,885 -1,100,575
Portsmouth 3,447,397 2,815,351 -632,046
000 2,177,738 3,619,607 +1,441,869
Felixstowe 2,562,398 1,845,615 -716,783
Southampton 1,461,834 1,523,726 +61,892
London Heathrow Airport 374,534 502,465 +127,931
Harwich 295,542 512,179 +216,637

Quick facts

HS code: 18069039

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

Description: Cocoa-based foods without fillings, used in various recipes