Import/export HS code 18069019: Non-alcoholic cocoa products

Cocoa-based foods or drinks without alcohol, such as cocoa spreads or powders

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  • 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 £
Italy 253,122,021
Germany 236,668,356
Belgium 107,012,626
Poland 106,426,231
Ireland 71,575,427

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 £
Italy 121,941,093 131,180,928 +9,239,835
Germany 111,465,231 125,203,125 +13,737,894
Belgium 56,697,817 50,314,809 -6,383,008
Poland 57,057,200 49,369,031 -7,688,169
Ireland 34,572,472 37,002,955 +2,430,483
Netherlands 10,684,496 25,716,984 +15,032,488
France 13,208,893 21,725,800 +8,516,907
Spain 10,203,062 12,360,533 +2,157,471
Switzerland 16,745,257 3,425,756 -13,319,501
United States 7,950,069 12,146,020 +4,195,951

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 £
Italy 212,574,723
Germany 151,690,197
Poland 110,648,358
Belgium 91,023,885
Ireland 52,812,683

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 £
Italy 98,346,162 114,228,561 +15,882,399
Germany 75,112,159 76,578,038 +1,465,879
Poland 65,850,172 44,798,186 -21,051,986
Belgium 45,080,896 45,942,989 +862,093
Ireland 28,949,577 23,863,106 -5,086,471
Switzerland 17,680,765 22,538,207 +4,857,442
France 11,683,074 15,503,214 +3,820,140
Spain 11,620,606 13,944,560 +2,323,954
United States 6,503,820 10,032,079 +3,528,259
Czechia 7,712,340 5,782,132 -1,930,208

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 44
Inner London - West 41
Inner London - East 36
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 28
Outer London - East and North East 24

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 34 35 +1
Inner London - West 26 32 +6
Inner London - East 25 28 +3
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 21 25 +4
Outer London - East and North East 14 19 +5
Greater Manchester 11 14 +3
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 15 16 +1
Essex 10 12 +2
West Yorkshire 9 12 +3
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 12 10 -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) 728,073,403
Other 160,875,776
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 53,156,727
Road transport 10,736,798
Air transport 5,268,761

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) 361,565,412 366,507,991 +4,942,579
Other 73,446,880 87,428,896 +13,982,016
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 26,015,862 27,140,865 +1,125,003
Road transport 3,866,569 6,870,229 +3,003,660
Air transport 2,420,952 2,847,809 +426,857
Rail transport 19,739 160,380 +140,641

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 419,356,626
000 160,875,776
Eurotunnel 93,581,610
London 50,982,785
Holyhead 39,704,678

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 206,025,223 213,331,403 +7,306,180
000 73,446,880 87,428,896 +13,982,016
Eurotunnel 46,419,042 47,162,568 +743,526
London 28,416,222 22,566,563 -5,849,659
Holyhead 19,558,529 20,146,149 +587,620
Immingham Docks 16,265,966 13,289,332 -2,976,634
Dover / Eurotunnel 12,829,020 14,691,465 +1,862,445
Harwich 13,740,762 13,129,280 -611,482
Middlesbrough 12,608,472 13,077,606 +469,134
Southampton 6,942,285 11,067,585 +4,125,300

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 221
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 130
Manufacture of food products 49
Food and beverage service activities 34
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 17

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 102
2025-11 131
2025-10 147
2025-09 117
2025-08 94

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 194
54m+ 79
0-1m 78
15m-54m 41
Other 24

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 137,176,862
Canada 17,483,665
Germany 13,610,635
United States 7,493,308
Australia 7,312,106

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 61,826,596 75,350,266 +13,523,670
Canada 8,797,688 8,685,977 -111,711
Germany 6,374,414 7,236,221 +861,807
United States 2,916,228 4,577,080 +1,660,852
Australia 4,552,690 2,759,416 -1,793,274
Netherlands 3,907,310 3,275,349 -631,961
United Arab Emirates 4,278,574 2,714,805 -1,563,769
France 3,652,230 2,986,933 -665,297
Spain 2,746,744 2,737,348 -9,396
Sweden 1,994,459 2,257,348 +262,889

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 6,500,138
Ireland 1,302,552
Poland 741,133
Italy 534,358
Germany 348,604

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 2,313,602 4,186,536 +1,872,934
Ireland 493,656 808,896 +315,240
Poland 592,051 149,082 -442,969
Italy 232,539 301,819 +69,280
Germany 195,375 153,229 -42,146
Switzerland 134,120 109,350 -24,770
Belgium 118,499 90,252 -28,247
Netherlands 91,951 30,257 -61,694
France 35,431 58,285 +22,854
Turkey 0 32,958 +32,958

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) 177,192,694
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 67,082,398
Other 13,108,103
Air transport 5,115,438
Road transport 12,745

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) 82,716,552 94,476,142 +11,759,590
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 35,905,501 31,176,897 -4,728,604
Other 6,118,534 6,989,569 +871,035
Air transport 2,720,213 2,395,225 -324,988
Road transport 12,745 0 -12,745

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Liverpool Docks 130,277,022
Dover / Eurotunnel 31,369,812
London Gateway Port 25,135,386
000 13,108,103
Dover 12,755,146

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 56,624,591 73,652,431 +17,027,840
Dover / Eurotunnel 14,728,232 16,641,580 +1,913,348
London Gateway Port 13,099,641 12,035,745 -1,063,896
000 6,118,534 6,989,569 +871,035
Dover 8,500,211 4,254,935 -4,245,276
Felixstowe 6,800,974 4,804,109 -1,996,865
Holyhead 7,035,720 2,996,605 -4,039,115
Southampton 5,339,452 3,717,645 -1,621,807
Immingham Docks 3,728,175 3,661,238 -66,937
London Heathrow Airport 1,808,262 1,560,514 -247,748

Quick facts

HS code: 18069019

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

Description: Cocoa-based foods or drinks without alcohol, such as cocoa spreads or powders