Import/export HS code 0804: Fresh or dried tropical fruits

Includes dates, figs, pineapples, avocados, guavas, mangoes, and mangosteens, either fresh or dried. Perfect for snacks or cooking

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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 £
Peru 206,788,491
Israel 155,105,786
Costa Rica 129,759,427
South Africa 102,265,859
Brazil 99,780,163

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 £
Peru 97,135,080 109,653,411 +12,518,331
Israel 84,959,092 70,146,694 -14,812,398
Costa Rica 66,525,768 63,233,659 -3,292,109
South Africa 54,731,821 47,534,038 -7,197,783
Brazil 51,919,207 47,860,956 -4,058,251
Netherlands 40,550,162 37,030,346 -3,519,816
Ghana 31,025,296 35,494,380 +4,469,084
Chile 29,089,154 33,996,619 +4,907,465
Pakistan 27,353,568 27,427,465 +73,897
Turkey 24,870,752 28,775,925 +3,905,173

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 £
Peru 238,318,289
Israel 150,495,461
Costa Rica 138,207,357
Brazil 111,625,379
South Africa 98,190,932

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 £
Peru 111,835,199 126,483,090 +14,647,891
Israel 82,262,581 68,232,880 -14,029,701
Costa Rica 69,542,485 68,664,872 -877,613
Brazil 58,431,680 53,193,699 -5,237,981
South Africa 54,104,633 44,086,299 -10,018,334
Chile 31,958,348 35,435,983 +3,477,635
Ghana 31,047,861 36,171,374 +5,123,513
Pakistan 28,649,256 28,587,354 -61,902
Colombia 26,982,389 23,217,574 -3,764,815
Turkey 18,999,318 22,267,625 +3,268,307

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 116
Inner London - East 62
Outer London - East and North East 56
Inner London - West 43
West Midlands 41

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 82 92 +10
Inner London - East 46 53 +7
Outer London - East and North East 41 53 +12
Inner London - West 29 33 +4
West Midlands 31 35 +4
Greater Manchester 26 29 +3
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 23 22 -1
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 13 20 +7
Outer London - South 16 14 -2
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 13 16 +3

Import volume by transport

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

Top 5 values

Transport £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 835,948,194
Air transport 302,201,211
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 183,020,574
Road transport 70,020,392
Other 7,455,149

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 £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 420,032,114 415,916,080 -4,116,034
Air transport 153,092,057 149,109,154 -3,982,903
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 86,024,516 96,996,058 +10,971,542
Road transport 39,158,547 30,861,845 -8,296,702
Other 3,656,994 3,798,155 +141,161
Rail transport 14,180 98,232 +84,052

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Gateway Port 529,330,675
London Heathrow Airport 258,775,724
Southampton 135,170,219
Felixstowe 119,124,848
ZLC 88,447,688

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 Gateway Port 287,803,205 241,527,470 -46,275,735
London Heathrow Airport 132,895,652 125,880,072 -7,015,580
Southampton 65,448,149 69,722,070 +4,273,921
Felixstowe 44,300,393 74,824,455 +30,524,062
ZLC 47,066,589 41,381,099 -5,685,490
Dover 31,547,062 41,070,519 +9,523,457
Eurotunnel 22,559,203 29,532,196 +6,972,993
Harwich 20,181,875 12,622,799 -7,559,076
Portsmouth 11,107,076 14,546,042 +3,438,966
Manchester Airport 12,008,677 12,119,504 +110,827

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 436
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 114
Manufacture of food products 37
Food and beverage service activities 30
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 13

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 193
2025-10 206
2025-09 175
2025-08 167
2025-07 177

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 227
0-1m 193
54m+ 82
15m-54m 60
Other 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 £
Ireland 26,551,180
Netherlands 15,008,023
Turkey 3,510,023
Spain 1,548,087
United Arab Emirates 1,438,315

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 12,358,648 14,192,532 +1,833,884
Netherlands 9,900,690 5,107,333 -4,793,357
Turkey 1,906,355 1,603,668 -302,687
Spain 640,394 907,693 +267,299
United Arab Emirates 737,600 700,715 -36,885
Iceland 539,657 692,982 +153,325
France 666,400 434,796 -231,604
Sweden 151,979 729,698 +577,719
Germany 253,985 301,441 +47,456
United States 46,884 205,243 +158,359

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 6,693,220
XU 575,278
Peru 270,559
Ghana 212,971
Israel 85,215

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 2,672,380 4,020,840 +1,348,460
XU 301,715 273,563 -28,152
Peru 153,222 117,337 -35,885
Ghana 78,065 134,906 +56,841
Israel 53,934 31,281 -22,653
South Africa 34,681 22,769 -11,912
State of Palestine 14,954 15,782 +828
Kenya 18,297 9,247 -9,050
Jordan 25,365 0 -25,365
Spain 3,910 18,578 +14,668

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) 34,586,132
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 9,371,283
Other 8,094,179
Air transport 1,572,587

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) 18,653,248 15,932,884 -2,720,364
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 4,813,565 4,557,718 -255,847
Other 3,396,048 4,698,131 +1,302,083
Air transport 1,245,148 327,439 -917,709

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Holyhead 16,485,120
Harwich 9,135,817
000 8,094,179
Felixstowe 5,765,378
Dover / Eurotunnel 5,673,054

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 7,848,187 8,636,933 +788,746
Harwich 6,393,151 2,742,666 -3,650,485
000 3,396,048 4,698,131 +1,302,083
Felixstowe 3,070,073 2,695,305 -374,768
Dover / Eurotunnel 2,513,385 3,159,669 +646,284
Liverpool Docks 1,002,095 767,203 -234,892
Immingham Docks 699,670 1,063,994 +364,324
London Heathrow Airport 1,104,097 207,155 -896,942
Middlesbrough 422,413 670,342 +247,929
London Gateway Port 795,712 136,194 -659,518

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 0804

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

Description: Includes dates, figs, pineapples, avocados, guavas, mangoes, and mangosteens, either fresh or dried. Perfect for snacks or cooking