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

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

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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 £
France 265,360,607
South Africa 185,599,764
Netherlands 130,215,189
Italy 84,149,475
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 145,292,046 120,068,561 -25,223,485
South Africa 90,956,435 94,643,329 +3,686,894
Netherlands 66,865,519 63,349,670 -3,515,849
Italy 44,818,587 39,330,888 -5,487,699
New Zealand 26,978,595 24,940,621 -2,037,974
Chile 20,291,497 24,009,719 +3,718,222
Belgium 16,377,994 23,267,482 +6,889,488
Poland 15,411,712 11,078,422 -4,333,290
Portugal 13,345,197 12,086,319 -1,258,878
Spain 9,129,267 10,420,717 +1,291,450

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 206,749,984
South Africa 192,668,480
Netherlands 99,874,032
Italy 91,073,589
Belgium 83,615,233

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 105,984,211 100,765,773 -5,218,438
South Africa 93,736,193 98,932,287 +5,196,094
Netherlands 50,179,510 49,694,522 -484,988
Italy 49,666,500 41,407,089 -8,259,411
Belgium 44,192,967 39,422,266 -4,770,701
New Zealand 27,119,520 21,694,831 -5,424,689
Chile 20,355,587 24,116,238 +3,760,651
Spain 20,023,416 17,134,072 -2,889,344
Poland 18,726,914 11,643,905 -7,083,009
Portugal 13,334,327 12,538,974 -795,353

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 17
Inner London - West 15
Inner London - East 14
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 15 16 +1
Inner London - West 12 11 -1
Inner London - East 11 11 +0
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 11 8 -3
Outer London - West and North West 11 9 -2
Greater Manchester 8 10 +2
Kent 10 8 -2
Lincolnshire 10 8 -2
West Yorkshire 6 4 -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) 590,518,457
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 309,708,425
Other 25,425,877
Road transport 4,784,646
Air transport 975,506

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) 312,143,675 278,374,782 -33,768,893
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 154,178,705 155,529,720 +1,351,015
Other 13,279,112 12,146,765 -1,132,347
Road transport 2,749,092 2,035,554 -713,538
Air transport 516,230 459,276 -56,954
Rail transport 87,989 1,726 -86,263

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Gateway Port 259,475,316
Eurotunnel 256,248,066
Dover 183,145,808
Portsmouth 56,614,335
Felixstowe 44,365,540

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 126,696,233 132,779,083 +6,082,850
Eurotunnel 128,751,046 127,497,020 -1,254,026
Dover 98,113,065 85,032,743 -13,080,322
Portsmouth 31,962,942 24,651,393 -7,311,549
Felixstowe 28,991,757 15,373,783 -13,617,974
Dover / Eurotunnel 22,636,936 14,630,040 -8,006,896
000 13,279,112 12,146,765 -1,132,347
Harwich 12,836,334 11,450,506 -1,385,828
Southampton 6,847,539 13,101,836 +6,254,297
ZLC 5,178,657 4,016,789 -1,161,868

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 125
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 23
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 9
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
2026-01 75
2025-11 75
2025-10 78
2025-09 77
2025-08 65

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
15m-54m 28
0-1m 27
Other 10

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 12,593,924
France 508,328
United Arab Emirates 480,703
Netherlands 461,387
Iceland 320,834

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 6,210,187 6,383,737 +173,550
France 260,172 248,156 -12,016
United Arab Emirates 262,975 217,728 -45,247
Netherlands 234,656 226,731 -7,925
Iceland 129,519 191,315 +61,796
Qatar 190,612 54,432 -136,180
Belgium 106,327 57,068 -49,259
Saudi Arabia 106,117 54,432 -51,685
Oman 131,544 27,216 -104,328
Gibraltar 65,523 54,137 -11,386

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 4,998,513
Ireland 4,108,328
Nicaragua 677,936
France 324,035
South Africa 136,864

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 2,641,429 2,357,084 -284,345
Ireland 1,714,679 2,393,649 +678,970
Nicaragua 318,223 359,713 +41,490
France 240,461 83,574 -156,887
South Africa 26,027 110,837 +84,810
Netherlands 14,708 89,728 +75,020
Chile 2,854 73,604 +70,750
Italy 35,256 35,421 +165
Germany 0 27,541 +27,541
New Zealand 1,419 19,303 +17,884

Export volume by transport

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

Top 5 values

Transport £
Other 12,498,662
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,613,154
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 1,522,106
Air transport 18,583

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 6,067,958 6,430,704 +362,746
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 986,932 626,222 -360,710
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 833,830 688,276 -145,554
Air transport 5,722 12,861 +7,139

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
000 12,498,662
London Gateway Port 1,210,145
Dover / Eurotunnel 590,629
Portsmouth 422,701
Middlesbrough 313,410

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 6,067,958 6,430,704 +362,746
London Gateway Port 801,905 408,240 -393,665
Dover / Eurotunnel 323,074 267,555 -55,519
Portsmouth 217,187 205,514 -11,673
Middlesbrough 122,974 190,436 +67,462
Felixstowe 82,729 123,335 +40,606
Holyhead 142,661 22,406 -120,255
Harwich 59,637 58,685 -952
Southampton 19,266 27,762 +8,496
Dover 31,781 0 -31,781

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