Import/export HS code 180631: Filled chocolate

Chocolate with a filling inside, such as caramel, nuts, or cream

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 £
Germany 265,573,054
Poland 259,488,130
Netherlands 221,957,891
Ireland 69,016,466
Belgium 47,790,923

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 £
Germany 130,320,406 135,252,648 +4,932,242
Poland 128,974,464 130,513,666 +1,539,202
Netherlands 103,966,527 117,991,364 +14,024,837
Ireland 31,288,795 37,727,671 +6,438,876
Belgium 19,161,962 28,628,961 +9,466,999
Italy 19,826,010 27,806,351 +7,980,341
Lithuania 9,685,578 25,734,282 +16,048,704
France 24,105,394 8,082,347 -16,023,047
Croatia 11,353,283 15,434,504 +4,081,221
Austria 11,547,852 9,501,272 -2,046,580

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 £
Germany 279,394,108
Poland 260,389,045
Netherlands 216,985,918
Ireland 51,611,020
Lithuania 40,082,082

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 £
Germany 135,969,112 143,424,996 +7,455,884
Poland 128,840,408 131,548,637 +2,708,229
Netherlands 100,384,225 116,601,693 +16,217,468
Ireland 25,365,724 26,245,296 +879,572
Lithuania 14,410,623 25,671,459 +11,260,836
Italy 13,601,146 15,857,644 +2,256,498
Croatia 10,661,637 13,589,057 +2,927,420
Austria 11,755,211 9,322,116 -2,433,095
Slovakia 5,957,698 10,862,642 +4,904,944
Spain 4,359,568 5,870,319 +1,510,751

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 33
Outer London - East and North East 30
Inner London - East 22
Inner London - West 21
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 20

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 24 26 +2
Outer London - East and North East 21 22 +1
Inner London - East 15 17 +2
Inner London - West 17 15 -2
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 16 14 -2
Greater Manchester 5 12 +7
Essex 10 8 -2
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 11 8 -3
West Midlands 6 10 +4
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 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) 925,037,372
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 94,701,463
Other 69,387,596
Air transport 8,454,946
Road transport 3,540,917

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) 446,559,676 478,477,696 +31,918,020
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 36,331,640 58,369,823 +22,038,183
Other 30,719,867 38,667,729 +7,947,862
Air transport 2,278,922 6,176,024 +3,897,102
Road transport 1,329,213 2,211,704 +882,491
Rail transport 0 29,965 +29,965

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 388,176,186
Eurotunnel 167,629,193
Immingham Docks 126,243,050
Dover / Eurotunnel 73,038,940
000 69,387,596

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 202,729,230 185,446,956 -17,282,274
Eurotunnel 81,534,119 86,095,074 +4,560,955
Immingham Docks 48,839,663 77,403,387 +28,563,724
Dover / Eurotunnel 34,093,282 38,945,658 +4,852,376
000 30,719,867 38,667,729 +7,947,862
London 26,330,752 39,981,112 +13,650,360
Liverpool Docks 24,675,343 30,418,259 +5,742,916
Middlesbrough 11,658,497 23,941,752 +12,283,255
Hull 14,033,258 13,239,669 -793,589
Felixstowe 11,840,723 11,488,743 -351,980

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 169
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 78
Manufacture of food products 24
Food and beverage service activities 16
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 15

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 72
2025-11 99
2025-10 98
2025-09 97
2025-08 73

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 124
0-1m 63
54m+ 44
15m-54m 31
Other 14

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 82,754,066
Netherlands 57,010,811
United States 13,544,721
Australia 9,763,946
Jordan 5,416,908

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 38,372,463 44,381,603 +6,009,140
Netherlands 31,021,566 25,989,245 -5,032,321
United States 7,000,658 6,544,063 -456,595
Australia 4,555,784 5,208,162 +652,378
Jordan 1,958,764 3,458,144 +1,499,380
France 2,404,615 2,748,337 +343,722
Canada 2,126,608 2,888,199 +761,591
United Arab Emirates 3,341,082 1,511,906 -1,829,176
Israel 2,284,448 1,591,365 -693,083
Kuwait 2,024,787 1,417,532 -607,255

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 £
Ireland 1,684,414
Poland 1,583,082
XI 1,518,825
Netherlands 905,750
Luxembourg 528,141

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 £
Ireland 886,626 797,788 -88,838
Poland 876,978 706,104 -170,874
XI 766,555 752,270 -14,285
Netherlands 494,225 411,525 -82,700
Luxembourg 201,479 326,662 +125,183
Germany 177,489 182,627 +5,138
Italy 177,812 18,487 -159,325
Croatia 91,653 92,846 +1,193
Lithuania 70,748 45,915 -24,833
United States 42,093 46,624 +4,531

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) 141,596,036
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 66,349,150
Other 13,593,290
Air transport 7,685,498
Road transport 57,821

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) 67,453,306 74,142,730 +6,689,424
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 34,915,713 31,433,437 -3,482,276
Other 7,287,209 6,306,081 -981,128
Air transport 4,036,654 3,648,844 -387,810
Road transport 57,821 0 -57,821

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Liverpool Docks 70,290,498
Dover / Eurotunnel 48,772,146
London Gateway Port 30,134,648
Immingham Docks 16,761,670
000 13,593,290

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 £
Liverpool Docks 31,682,231 38,608,267 +6,926,036
Dover / Eurotunnel 25,045,604 23,726,542 -1,319,062
London Gateway Port 16,455,333 13,679,315 -2,776,018
Immingham Docks 9,189,306 7,572,364 -1,616,942
000 7,287,209 6,306,081 -981,128
Southampton 5,108,618 5,898,188 +789,570
Holyhead 4,639,115 3,850,368 -788,747
London Heathrow Airport 3,069,791 2,732,930 -336,861
Milford 2,128,644 3,475,377 +1,346,733
Felixstowe 2,106,101 2,396,765 +290,664

Quick facts

HS code: 180631

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

Description: Chocolate with a filling inside, such as caramel, nuts, or cream