Import/export HS code 180690: Various cocoa products

Other food items containing cocoa, not covered in the above categories

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 587,019,942
France 412,643,239
Italy 377,532,538
Belgium 373,987,244
Poland 345,155,479

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 283,998,586 303,021,356 +19,022,770
France 206,407,508 206,235,731 -171,777
Italy 182,016,510 195,516,028 +13,499,518
Belgium 179,980,738 194,006,506 +14,025,768
Poland 166,191,002 178,964,477 +12,773,475
Netherlands 88,011,470 103,452,325 +15,440,855
Ireland 74,518,929 87,376,986 +12,858,057
United States 40,236,145 35,930,155 -4,305,990
Spain 31,677,747 34,259,650 +2,581,903
Lithuania 25,100,112 29,257,643 +4,157,531

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 546,481,504
Italy 337,686,386
Poland 335,494,679
France 304,879,618
Belgium 253,021,245

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 263,014,194 283,467,310 +20,453,116
Italy 158,463,388 179,222,998 +20,759,610
Poland 167,781,703 167,712,976 -68,727
France 152,527,457 152,352,161 -175,296
Belgium 130,009,779 123,011,466 -6,998,313
Ireland 58,903,901 61,700,985 +2,797,084
Netherlands 53,743,072 60,245,276 +6,502,204
Switzerland 34,795,559 40,095,572 +5,300,013
United States 36,144,452 25,074,552 -11,069,900
Spain 25,375,846 31,179,644 +5,803,798

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 108
Inner London - West 105
Inner London - East 91
Greater Manchester 85
Outer London - East and North East 70

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 85 +3
Inner London - West 74 79 +5
Inner London - East 67 74 +7
Greater Manchester 74 43 -31
Outer London - East and North East 59 55 -4
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 46 44 -2
Surrey, East and West Sussex 27 40 +13
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 35 34 -1
West Yorkshire 28 31 +3
Essex 25 30 +5

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) 2,093,757,821
Other 390,596,937
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 297,519,693
Air transport 20,453,832
Road transport 17,479,782

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) 1,029,510,431 1,064,247,390 +34,736,959
Other 185,140,542 205,456,395 +20,315,853
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 140,579,965 156,939,728 +16,359,763
Air transport 9,910,166 10,543,666 +633,500
Road transport 4,930,509 12,549,273 +7,618,764
Rail transport 115,910 589,366 +473,456

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 1,043,777,342
000 390,596,937
Eurotunnel 293,665,321
Dover / Eurotunnel 185,741,282
London 180,378,345

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 514,910,446 528,866,896 +13,956,450
000 185,140,542 205,456,395 +20,315,853
Eurotunnel 146,984,656 146,680,665 -303,991
Dover / Eurotunnel 94,274,154 91,467,128 -2,807,026
London 79,899,904 100,478,441 +20,578,537
Immingham Docks 85,294,642 90,417,844 +5,123,202
Middlesbrough 34,314,187 50,063,713 +15,749,526
Southampton 39,078,416 34,362,550 -4,715,866
Holyhead 31,666,076 35,134,591 +3,468,515
Harwich 31,942,521 32,617,194 +674,673

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 531
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 334
Manufacture of food products 168
Food and beverage service activities 100
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 52

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 289
2025-11 356
2025-10 364
2025-09 320
2025-08 284

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 467
0-1m 279
54m+ 186
15m-54m 102
Other 77

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 282,992,102
Netherlands 159,739,155
Germany 76,936,239
United States 55,987,839
Saudi Arabia 41,660,135

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 134,710,369 148,281,733 +13,571,364
Netherlands 94,541,881 65,197,274 -29,344,607
Germany 23,821,801 53,114,438 +29,292,637
United States 25,579,005 30,408,834 +4,829,829
Saudi Arabia 26,613,907 15,046,228 -11,567,679
United Arab Emirates 18,991,240 15,488,132 -3,503,108
Singapore 16,689,939 17,716,592 +1,026,653
Canada 16,859,917 17,266,487 +406,570
France 15,801,959 17,212,199 +1,410,240
Australia 16,204,585 10,442,007 -5,762,578

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 13,267,037
France 3,167,269
Ireland 2,614,941
Italy 1,170,149
Poland 1,145,865

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 6,154,863 7,112,174 +957,311
France 516,035 2,651,234 +2,135,199
Ireland 1,175,248 1,439,693 +264,445
Italy 480,515 689,634 +209,119
Poland 813,776 332,089 -481,687
Belgium 521,914 364,178 -157,736
Germany 314,202 316,004 +1,802
Luxembourg 60,103 416,782 +356,679
Netherlands 213,635 211,222 -2,413
United States 196,835 184,448 -12,387

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) 623,600,853
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 355,486,190
Other 37,969,569
Air transport 17,666,287
Road transport 194,505

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) 297,437,788 326,163,065 +28,725,277
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 196,343,761 159,142,429 -37,201,332
Other 18,276,802 19,692,767 +1,415,965
Air transport 8,696,081 8,970,206 +274,125
Road transport 185,625 8,880 -176,745
Rail transport 90,079 3,760 -86,319

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Liverpool Docks 242,575,163
Dover / Eurotunnel 236,350,038
London Gateway Port 164,020,688
Felixstowe 68,423,443
Southampton 66,352,268

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 115,116,534 127,458,629 +12,342,095
Dover / Eurotunnel 114,086,534 122,263,504 +8,176,970
London Gateway Port 93,349,890 70,670,798 -22,679,092
Felixstowe 32,902,077 35,521,366 +2,619,289
Southampton 34,240,528 32,111,740 -2,128,788
Immingham Docks 26,186,380 23,617,353 -2,569,027
Middlesbrough 16,923,872 23,536,720 +6,612,848
000 18,276,802 19,692,767 +1,415,965
Holyhead 18,774,996 16,299,967 -2,475,029
Dover 16,077,045 10,447,181 -5,629,864

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 180690

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

Description: Other food items containing cocoa, not covered in the above categories