Import/export HS code 0708: Fresh or chilled leguminous vegetables, shelled or unshelled

Includes all types of fresh or chilled legumes, whether shelled or not, like peas, beans, and other similar vegetables

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 £
Kenya 73,889,534
Morocco 45,598,444
Egypt 40,222,117
Peru 23,919,300
Senegal 9,857,463

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 £
Kenya 39,716,045 34,173,489 -5,542,556
Morocco 26,642,263 18,956,181 -7,686,082
Egypt 21,091,901 19,130,216 -1,961,685
Peru 12,467,310 11,451,990 -1,015,320
Senegal 4,296,314 5,561,149 +1,264,835
Rwanda 3,275,860 5,724,595 +2,448,735
Guatemala 3,266,969 2,705,633 -561,336
Netherlands 2,035,430 2,006,412 -29,018
Lithuania 3,119,032 553,867 -2,565,165
South Africa 1,511,248 1,132,450 -378,798

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 £
Kenya 73,724,969
Morocco 47,009,647
Egypt 40,692,135
Peru 24,389,726
Senegal 10,470,854

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 £
Kenya 39,647,889 34,077,080 -5,570,809
Morocco 27,384,782 19,624,865 -7,759,917
Egypt 21,395,761 19,296,374 -2,099,387
Peru 12,839,881 11,549,845 -1,290,036
Senegal 4,614,344 5,856,510 +1,242,166
Rwanda 3,262,351 5,702,206 +2,439,855
Guatemala 3,808,291 3,189,187 -619,104
Zimbabwe 1,957,860 2,364,558 +406,698
Lithuania 3,119,032 553,867 -2,565,165
China 1,049,730 1,216,855 +167,125

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 29
Outer London - East and North East 22
Inner London - East 18
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 12
Greater Manchester 11

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 22 22 +0
Outer London - East and North East 19 18 -1
Inner London - East 14 13 -1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 11 9 -2
Greater Manchester 6 8 +2
West Midlands 7 9 +2
Outer London - South 4 9 +5
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 6 6 +0
Inner London - West 5 5 +0
Merseyside 5 6 +1

Import volume by transport

What this shows: Import value by transport mode used to bring goods into the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Air transport 123,017,865
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 60,630,291
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 46,970,889
Road transport 7,983,489
Other 1,525,247

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 £
Air transport 64,471,249 58,546,616 -5,924,633
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 31,166,828 29,463,463 -1,703,365
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 26,032,063 20,938,826 -5,093,237
Road transport 5,371,507 2,611,982 -2,759,525
Other 770,061 755,186 -14,875

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 112,013,155
Portsmouth 31,472,300
ZLC 25,985,485
London Gateway Port 20,634,702
Dover 10,906,570

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 £
London Heathrow Airport 59,242,285 52,770,870 -6,471,415
Portsmouth 17,515,858 13,956,442 -3,559,416
ZLC 13,089,276 12,896,209 -193,067
London Gateway Port 11,750,223 8,884,479 -2,865,744
Dover 5,832,375 5,074,195 -758,180
Southampton 4,840,374 5,288,948 +448,574
London Stansted Airport 2,776,778 3,060,262 +283,484
Felixstowe 1,612,707 3,023,939 +1,411,232
Manchester Airport 2,196,902 1,941,201 -255,701
Eurotunnel 2,072,552 1,665,981 -406,571

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 134
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 24
Manufacture of food products 9
Crop and animal production, hunting and related service activities 6
Other personal service activities 6

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 55
2025-11 56
2025-10 50
2025-09 40
2025-08 41

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 88
0-1m 33
54m+ 24
15m-54m 20
Other 6

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 1,819,822
Nigeria 149,691
Netherlands 137,691
Turkey 63,654
Belgium 37,067

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 1,189,674 630,148 -559,526
Nigeria 124,798 24,893 -99,905
Netherlands 76,283 61,408 -14,875
Turkey 20,615 43,039 +22,424
Belgium 32,813 4,254 -28,559
Iceland 15,629 14,152 -1,477
Cayman Islands 1,461 10,264 +8,803
Spain 8,662 2,060 -6,602
France 1,041 8,236 +7,195
Kuwait 7,500 0 -7,500

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 £
Kenya 78,430
Ireland 34,419
Egypt 21,941
Morocco 16,497
Belgium 11,499

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 £
Kenya 51,943 26,487 -25,456
Ireland 24,055 10,364 -13,691
Egypt 19,817 2,124 -17,693
Morocco 3,471 13,026 +9,555
Belgium 10,594 905 -9,689
Peru 313 7,416 +7,103
XI 2,655 3,619 +964
Guatemala 868 4,208 +3,340
Zimbabwe 672 66 -606
Italy 354 25 -329

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) 1,200,217
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 708,518
Other 341,887
Air transport 49,605

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) 791,176 409,041 -382,135
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 484,378 224,140 -260,238
Other 194,743 147,144 -47,599
Air transport 24,053 25,552 +1,499

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Holyhead 1,106,402
Liverpool Docks 343,615
000 341,887
London 169,192
Harwich 105,728

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 £
Holyhead 748,055 358,347 -389,708
Liverpool Docks 217,947 125,668 -92,279
000 194,743 147,144 -47,599
London 139,557 29,635 -109,922
Harwich 57,225 48,503 -8,722
Dover / Eurotunnel 49,246 45,128 -4,118
Birmingham Airport 15,629 14,152 -1,477
Fishguard 29,688 0 -29,688
Felixstowe 8,501 15,636 +7,135
East Midlands Airport 924 11,400 +10,476

Related HS codes

What this shows: Sibling or child HS codes in the same classification branch.

Quick facts

HS code: 0708

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

Description: Includes all types of fresh or chilled legumes, whether shelled or not, like peas, beans, and other similar vegetables