Import/export HS code 18069090: Various cocoa-based foods

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

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* 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 £
Poland 24,602,319
Belgium 18,893,704
Germany 18,860,387
France 11,638,836
Spain 11,069,353

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 £
Poland 11,751,498 12,850,821 +1,099,323
Belgium 9,800,485 9,093,219 -707,266
Germany 9,798,884 9,061,503 -737,381
France 5,705,194 5,933,642 +228,448
Spain 4,611,945 6,457,408 +1,845,463
Netherlands 5,724,868 3,463,887 -2,260,981
Ireland 2,413,410 6,037,227 +3,623,817
Cyprus 1,315,713 6,582,880 +5,267,167
Italy 1,991,971 2,582,295 +590,324
Greece 1,315,192 1,269,164 -46,028

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 £
Poland 26,931,200
Germany 20,163,360
Netherlands 18,139,169
Belgium 12,984,295
Spain 11,107,016

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 £
Poland 12,437,675 14,493,525 +2,055,850
Germany 10,312,689 9,850,671 -462,018
Netherlands 7,974,587 10,164,582 +2,189,995
Belgium 7,227,495 5,756,800 -1,470,695
Spain 4,678,454 6,428,562 +1,750,108
France 5,034,197 4,837,784 -196,413
Ireland 1,082,811 5,322,095 +4,239,284
Italy 2,191,159 2,669,157 +477,998
Greece 1,625,699 1,392,555 -233,144
United States 1,074,565 612,198 -462,367

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 42
Outer London - West and North West 36
Inner London - East 34
Outer London - East and North East 32
Greater Manchester 26

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 24 26 +2
Outer London - West and North West 25 28 +3
Inner London - East 21 24 +3
Outer London - East and North East 27 25 -2
Greater Manchester 19 19 +0
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 17 16 -1
Surrey, East and West Sussex 11 13 +2
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 8 9 +1
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 10 7 -3
Essex 8 7 -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) 93,392,890
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 29,249,779
Air transport 2,282,607
Other 2,158,827
Road transport 531,682

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) 41,974,683 51,418,207 +9,443,524
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 14,929,321 14,320,458 -608,863
Air transport 1,122,648 1,159,959 +37,311
Other 1,053,714 1,105,113 +51,399
Road transport 204,385 327,297 +122,912
Rail transport 0 1,074 +1,074

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 42,837,922
London 14,334,023
Immingham Docks 12,480,808
Eurotunnel 11,370,721
Liverpool Docks 9,269,359

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 19,471,386 23,366,536 +3,895,150
London 6,859,956 7,474,067 +614,111
Immingham Docks 6,261,621 6,219,187 -42,434
Eurotunnel 6,760,325 4,610,396 -2,149,929
Liverpool Docks 2,606,862 6,662,497 +4,055,635
Thamesport 3,060,829 3,343,929 +283,100
Felixstowe 1,420,303 4,253,068 +2,832,765
Middlesbrough 2,680,422 2,395,796 -284,626
Dover / Eurotunnel 1,483,706 1,633,376 +149,670
Killingholme 1,978,969 774,191 -1,204,778

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 192
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 97
Manufacture of food products 67
Food and beverage service activities 36
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 22

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 73
2025-11 106
2025-10 92
2025-09 86
2025-08 76

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 158
54m+ 79
0-1m 78
Other 38
15m-54m 37

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 £
United States 24,593,789
Netherlands 16,637,594
Ireland 10,963,073
Germany 5,831,121
Poland 5,355,698

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 £
United States 12,851,889 11,741,900 -1,109,989
Netherlands 9,701,105 6,936,489 -2,764,616
Ireland 5,547,954 5,415,119 -132,835
Germany 2,866,375 2,964,746 +98,371
Poland 2,090,009 3,265,689 +1,175,680
Australia 4,766,645 507,967 -4,258,678
Spain 1,196,245 1,415,494 +219,249
Canada 1,358,789 1,193,518 -165,271
France 1,397,594 1,026,652 -370,942
Singapore 1,097,518 926,131 -171,387

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 1,228,959
Ireland 424,159
Norway 98,792
Italy 93,515
Poland 66,932

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 945,576 283,383 -662,193
Ireland 301,930 122,229 -179,701
Norway 46,219 52,573 +6,354
Italy 45,995 47,520 +1,525
Poland 30,251 36,681 +6,430
Netherlands 15,503 26,018 +10,515
Belgium 20,389 9,843 -10,546
Ghana 6,198 10,246 +4,048
France 3,878 8,671 +4,793
Greece 5,706 3,963 -1,743

Export volume by transport

What this shows: Export value by transport mode used to ship goods from the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 46,214,608
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 44,147,702
Other 4,677,886
Air transport 1,977,932
Rail transport 58,859

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 £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 28,394,573 17,820,035 -10,574,538
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 21,986,504 22,161,198 +174,694
Other 2,986,564 1,691,322 -1,295,242
Air transport 1,263,051 714,881 -548,170
Rail transport 58,859 0 -58,859
Road transport 18,734 0 -18,734

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 25,387,495
London Gateway Port 13,705,369
Southampton 13,174,520
Liverpool Docks 10,507,011
Felixstowe 9,666,194

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 11,592,716 13,794,779 +2,202,063
London Gateway Port 11,023,525 2,681,844 -8,341,681
Southampton 8,235,757 4,938,763 -3,296,994
Liverpool Docks 3,739,969 6,767,042 +3,027,073
Felixstowe 4,566,334 5,099,860 +533,526
000 2,986,564 1,691,322 -1,295,242
Immingham Docks 2,839,115 1,312,598 -1,526,517
Dover 2,160,915 1,349,404 -811,511
Eurotunnel 1,507,586 1,359,885 -147,701
Holyhead 1,015,252 1,203,510 +188,258

Quick facts

HS code: 18069090

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

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