Import/export HS code 0808: Fresh apples, pears, and quinces

Fresh fruits including apples, pears, and quinces, ready to eat or use in 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 £
France 264,219,441
South Africa 185,830,347
Netherlands 130,330,737
Italy 83,877,639
New Zealand 51,919,216

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 £
France 145,951,137 118,268,304 -27,682,833
South Africa 91,207,493 94,622,854 +3,415,361
Netherlands 67,891,063 62,439,674 -5,451,389
Italy 45,169,813 38,707,826 -6,461,987
New Zealand 26,978,595 24,940,621 -2,037,974
Chile 20,291,497 24,009,719 +3,718,222
Belgium 16,619,082 21,718,539 +5,099,457
Poland 15,027,607 11,842,456 -3,185,151
Portugal 13,075,020 11,957,304 -1,117,716
Spain 8,997,122 10,037,564 +1,040,442

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 £
France 203,321,666
South Africa 192,899,063
Netherlands 99,808,896
Italy 90,758,495
Belgium 83,721,509

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 £
France 105,859,649 97,462,017 -8,397,632
South Africa 93,987,251 98,911,812 +4,924,561
Netherlands 50,872,238 48,936,658 -1,935,580
Italy 49,706,079 41,052,416 -8,653,663
Belgium 45,495,706 38,225,803 -7,269,903
New Zealand 27,119,520 21,694,831 -5,424,689
Chile 20,355,587 24,116,238 +3,760,651
Spain 19,637,345 17,251,082 -2,386,263
Poland 18,842,052 12,533,634 -6,308,418
Portugal 13,062,582 12,308,566 -754,016

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Outer London - East and North East 19
Inner London - West 16
Inner London - East 13
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 12
Outer London - West and North West 12

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 - East and North East 17 16 -1
Inner London - West 12 10 -2
Inner London - East 12 10 -2
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 12 8 -4
Outer London - West and North West 11 9 -2
Greater Manchester 7 10 +3
Kent 10 8 -2
Lincolnshire 9 7 -2
West Yorkshire 7 5 -2
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 5 3 -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) 587,062,283
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 310,096,584
Other 25,627,478
Road transport 4,694,895
Air transport 1,200,340

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) 313,843,985 273,218,298 -40,625,687
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 154,464,704 155,631,880 +1,167,176
Other 13,443,346 12,184,132 -1,259,214
Road transport 2,623,875 2,071,020 -552,855
Air transport 741,064 459,276 -281,788
Rail transport 110,905 1,726 -109,179

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Gateway Port 259,444,755
Eurotunnel 252,430,250
Dover 182,610,198
Portsmouth 57,356,567
Felixstowe 44,763,241

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 126,725,933 132,718,822 +5,992,889
Eurotunnel 127,795,516 124,634,734 -3,160,782
Dover 99,789,093 82,821,105 -16,967,988
Portsmouth 32,345,884 25,010,683 -7,335,201
Felixstowe 29,453,697 15,309,544 -14,144,153
Dover / Eurotunnel 23,039,999 14,946,846 -8,093,153
000 13,443,346 12,184,132 -1,259,214
Harwich 12,614,934 11,283,396 -1,331,538
Southampton 6,782,538 13,196,780 +6,414,242
ZLC 5,286,033 3,841,820 -1,444,213

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 129
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 25
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 8
Crop and animal production, hunting and related service activities 7
Manufacture of food products 7

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 75
2025-10 78
2025-09 77
2025-08 65
2025-07 52

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 66
54m+ 42
0-1m 31
15m-54m 29
Other 9

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 12,487,905
France 489,868
Netherlands 486,551
United Arab Emirates 470,489
Iceland 322,469

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 6,197,437 6,290,468 +93,031
France 255,629 234,239 -21,390
Netherlands 272,533 214,018 -58,515
United Arab Emirates 171,113 299,376 +128,263
Iceland 127,793 194,676 +66,883
Qatar 190,612 54,432 -136,180
Belgium 106,327 57,068 -49,259
Saudi Arabia 106,117 27,216 -78,901
Oman 104,328 27,216 -77,112
Gibraltar 62,421 58,770 -3,651

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 5,248,557
Ireland 3,771,422
XU 1,906,301
Nicaragua 677,936
France 340,630

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 2,840,673 2,407,884 -432,789
Ireland 1,563,711 2,207,711 +644,000
XU 1,003,351 902,950 -100,401
Nicaragua 318,223 359,713 +41,490
France 245,485 95,145 -150,340
South Africa 26,027 104,591 +78,564
Netherlands 14,015 86,209 +72,194
Italy 31,017 38,229 +7,212
Chile 2,826 64,765 +61,939
Germany 0 27,541 +27,541

Export volume by transport

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

Top 5 values

Transport £
Other 12,392,643
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,595,026
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 1,521,691
Air transport 17,655

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 £
Other 6,055,208 6,337,435 +282,227
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 889,869 705,157 -184,712
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 858,167 663,524 -194,643
Air transport 3,718 13,937 +10,219

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
000 12,392,643
London Gateway Port 1,121,531
Dover / Eurotunnel 663,842
Portsmouth 399,481
Middlesbrough 306,004

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 £
000 6,055,208 6,337,435 +282,227
London Gateway Port 658,859 462,672 -196,187
Dover / Eurotunnel 395,046 268,796 -126,250
Portsmouth 207,884 191,597 -16,287
Middlesbrough 113,086 192,918 +79,832
Felixstowe 105,823 125,875 +20,052
Holyhead 142,661 22,406 -120,255
Southampton 30,942 47,028 +16,086
Harwich 28,605 46,824 +18,219
Dover 36,541 0 -36,541

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 0808

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

Description: Fresh fruits including apples, pears, and quinces, ready to eat or use in recipes