Import/export HS code 18063290: Various solid chocolate

Plain chocolate without added ingredients, used in various 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 £
Ireland 239,791,097
Germany 142,993,116
Poland 122,847,850
Belgium 82,156,924
France 80,363,202

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 £
Ireland 118,823,444 120,967,653 +2,144,209
Germany 65,671,900 77,321,216 +11,649,316
Poland 57,070,720 65,777,130 +8,706,410
Belgium 36,716,595 45,440,329 +8,723,734
France 37,442,909 42,920,293 +5,477,384
Netherlands 29,710,729 26,765,602 -2,945,127
Italy 13,381,681 18,346,469 +4,964,788
Switzerland 14,293,633 10,351,658 -3,941,975
Bulgaria 9,944,332 11,248,548 +1,304,216
Egypt 7,414,561 11,132,485 +3,717,924

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 £
Ireland 198,532,814
Germany 196,085,896
Poland 136,617,819
France 78,421,386
Belgium 50,261,460

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 £
Ireland 87,582,081 110,950,733 +23,368,652
Germany 89,807,640 106,278,256 +16,470,616
Poland 61,477,798 75,140,021 +13,662,223
France 36,628,488 41,792,898 +5,164,410
Belgium 26,467,301 23,794,159 -2,673,142
Switzerland 15,919,850 19,381,186 +3,461,336
Italy 13,413,240 18,487,558 +5,074,318
Austria 26,320,590 5,171,271 -21,149,319
Netherlands 10,708,637 12,246,673 +1,538,036
Bulgaria 10,621,684 11,655,590 +1,033,906

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 45
Inner London - East 35
Inner London - West 34
Outer London - East and North East 27
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 22

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 35 32 -3
Inner London - East 27 23 -4
Inner London - West 24 24 +0
Outer London - East and North East 21 19 -2
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 14 18 +4
Greater Manchester 14 14 +0
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 14 9 -5
West Yorkshire 11 11 +0
West Midlands 7 7 +0
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough 9 6 -3

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) 761,437,492
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 104,467,037
Other 11,186,952
Road transport 8,203,042
Air transport 2,727,347

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) 361,363,929 400,073,563 +38,709,634
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 50,705,895 53,761,142 +3,055,247
Other 6,642,271 4,544,681 -2,097,590
Road transport 3,428,823 4,774,219 +1,345,396
Air transport 1,263,421 1,463,926 +200,505
Rail transport 15,497 215,076 +199,579

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 242,026,938
Liverpool Docks 222,063,218
Eurotunnel 131,911,630
London 75,473,643
Immingham Docks 46,076,129

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 123,716,032 118,310,906 -5,405,126
Liverpool Docks 106,273,682 115,789,536 +9,515,854
Eurotunnel 55,959,242 75,952,388 +19,993,146
London 31,991,066 43,482,577 +11,491,511
Immingham Docks 21,843,484 24,232,645 +2,389,161
Dover / Eurotunnel 18,273,460 17,318,182 -955,278
Middlesbrough 9,379,463 16,124,537 +6,745,074
Harwich 11,187,014 10,199,110 -987,904
London Gateway Port 7,876,209 13,180,502 +5,304,293
Felixstowe 4,762,550 7,633,679 +2,871,129

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 205
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 102
Manufacture of food products 48
Food and beverage service activities 35
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
2025-11 107
2025-10 102
2025-09 95
2025-08 82
2025-07 76

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 151
0-1m 80
54m+ 75
15m-54m 36
Other 31

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 78,604,485
Netherlands 31,668,750
Poland 11,416,593
Saudi Arabia 8,178,085
Canada 6,962,218

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 38,038,018 40,566,467 +2,528,449
Netherlands 13,478,730 18,190,020 +4,711,290
Poland 6,807,497 4,609,096 -2,198,401
Saudi Arabia 5,451,378 2,726,707 -2,724,671
Canada 3,224,536 3,737,682 +513,146
Germany 3,501,382 2,686,977 -814,405
Spain 1,935,798 2,495,817 +560,019
United States 2,378,244 2,007,917 -370,327
United Arab Emirates 1,534,951 2,636,194 +1,101,243
France 1,268,182 2,669,035 +1,400,853

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 £
XU 4,181,117
Ireland 1,207,476
XI 266,145
Belgium 201,983
Poland 199,358

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 £
XU 2,252,240 1,928,877 -323,363
Ireland 642,645 564,831 -77,814
XI 145,544 120,601 -24,943
Belgium 46,631 155,352 +108,721
Poland 120,106 79,252 -40,854
Germany 61,393 95,019 +33,626
Egypt 57,381 98,652 +41,271
France 102,436 4,220 -98,216
Switzerland 28,876 46,272 +17,396
Bulgaria 25,208 43,744 +18,536

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) 138,183,749
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 42,454,867
Other 6,900,315
Air transport 3,256,216
Road transport 924

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) 65,042,039 73,141,710 +8,099,671
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 22,620,423 19,834,444 -2,785,979
Other 3,620,385 3,279,930 -340,455
Air transport 1,826,435 1,429,781 -396,654
Road transport 924 0 -924

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Liverpool Docks 67,984,757
Dover / Eurotunnel 54,457,066
London Gateway Port 22,537,883
Immingham Docks 7,794,515
000 6,900,315

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 31,967,120 36,017,637 +4,050,517
Dover / Eurotunnel 23,297,662 31,159,404 +7,861,742
London Gateway Port 11,624,183 10,913,700 -710,483
Immingham Docks 5,224,212 2,570,303 -2,653,909
000 3,620,385 3,279,930 -340,455
Holyhead 4,179,582 2,475,762 -1,703,820
Felixstowe 3,647,269 2,269,836 -1,377,433
Southampton 1,990,195 1,865,640 -124,555
Milford 1,238,297 2,242,896 +1,004,599
London Heathrow Airport 1,317,957 841,180 -476,777

Quick facts

HS code: 18063290

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

Description: Plain chocolate without added ingredients, used in various recipes