Import/export HS code 18069031: Filled cocoa products

Cocoa-based foods with fillings, like chocolate-covered nuts or fruits

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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 £
Belgium 108,141,519
Germany 90,615,100
Poland 56,866,316
Netherlands 41,891,904
Italy 26,066,827

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 £
Belgium 53,850,126 54,291,393 +441,267
Germany 45,674,846 44,940,254 -734,592
Poland 23,092,288 33,774,028 +10,681,740
Netherlands 19,677,636 22,214,268 +2,536,632
Italy 14,918,895 11,147,932 -3,770,963
Lithuania 1,841,104 7,449,862 +5,608,758
Ireland 2,903,675 5,728,645 +2,824,970
France 1,417,188 4,495,607 +3,078,419
Turkey 387,916 5,295,084 +4,907,168
United States 1,516,960 1,315,619 -201,341

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 73,336,551
Belgium 56,743,876
Poland 45,566,392
Netherlands 35,426,062
Italy 25,444,958

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 36,884,297 36,452,254 -432,043
Belgium 29,610,126 27,133,750 -2,476,376
Poland 19,112,321 26,454,071 +7,341,750
Netherlands 16,343,648 19,082,414 +2,738,766
Italy 13,687,578 11,757,380 -1,930,198
Lithuania 1,548,144 7,471,932 +5,923,788
Turkey 442,503 5,858,748 +5,416,245
Slovakia 2,744,088 181,781 -2,562,307
Romania 2,193,348 614,076 -1,579,272
Spain 223,093 2,538,582 +2,315,489

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 32
Inner London - West 29
Inner London - East 23
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 22
Outer London - East and North East 19

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 25 23 -2
Inner London - West 25 17 -8
Inner London - East 18 17 -1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 15 14 -1
Outer London - East and North East 19 11 -8
Surrey, East and West Sussex 7 11 +4
Greater Manchester 11 6 -5
West Yorkshire 8 8 +0
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 7 8 +1
West Midlands 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) 238,876,126
Other 91,678,685
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 33,563,041
Road transport 4,349,750
Air transport 744,645

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) 115,644,817 123,231,309 +7,586,492
Other 42,735,091 48,943,594 +6,208,503
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 14,447,955 19,115,086 +4,667,131
Road transport 308,569 4,041,181 +3,732,612
Air transport 362,727 381,918 +19,191
Rail transport 0 33,482 +33,482

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 134,981,077
000 91,678,685
Eurotunnel 47,060,726
London 22,305,962
Immingham Docks 16,716,117

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 72,627,626 62,353,451 -10,274,175
000 42,735,091 48,943,594 +6,208,503
Eurotunnel 19,829,393 27,231,333 +7,401,940
London 9,065,489 13,240,473 +4,174,984
Immingham Docks 6,629,114 10,087,003 +3,457,889
Dover / Eurotunnel 6,774,718 5,057,726 -1,716,992
Middlesbrough 2,022,339 7,662,180 +5,639,841
Felixstowe 3,986,043 4,560,671 +574,628
Harwich 2,415,704 3,561,664 +1,145,960
ZLC 559,134 5,025,171 +4,466,037

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 154
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 82
Manufacture of food products 40
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 15
Food and beverage service activities 13

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 68
2025-10 83
2025-09 79
2025-08 66
2025-07 71

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 125
0-1m 54
54m+ 52
15m-54m 39
Other 17

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 £
Netherlands 77,682,900
Ireland 40,597,898
Saudi Arabia 30,987,378
United Arab Emirates 17,038,619
Germany 12,183,086

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 £
Netherlands 42,412,648 35,270,252 -7,142,396
Ireland 18,466,198 22,131,700 +3,665,502
Saudi Arabia 19,984,201 11,003,177 -8,981,024
United Arab Emirates 9,659,528 7,379,091 -2,280,437
Germany 7,246,357 4,936,729 -2,309,628
Libya 5,859,840 3,855,602 -2,004,238
United States 2,611,045 6,653,655 +4,042,610
Israel 5,036,769 3,235,214 -1,801,555
Australia 3,372,389 4,127,759 +755,370
Canada 2,875,347 4,493,220 +1,617,873

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 2,816,682
Luxembourg 475,488
United States 326,101
XI 318,820
Ireland 255,759

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 1,509,679 1,307,003 -202,676
Luxembourg 64,085 411,403 +347,318
United States 166,932 159,169 -7,763
XI 159,794 159,026 -768
Ireland 117,153 138,606 +21,453
Belgium 114,642 47,869 -66,773
Lithuania 55,409 49,334 -6,075
Netherlands 43,887 32,655 -11,232
Poland 28,096 29,540 +1,444
Italy 19,130 30,158 +11,028

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) 147,822,762
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 127,484,253
Other 4,718,331
Air transport 4,669,563
Road transport 8,880

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) 74,789,794 73,032,968 -1,756,826
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 69,952,274 57,531,979 -12,420,295
Other 2,315,881 2,402,450 +86,569
Air transport 2,468,255 2,201,308 -266,947
Road transport 0 8,880 +8,880
Rail transport 0 3,760 +3,760

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 102,781,742
London Gateway Port 79,319,701
Liverpool Docks 27,516,480
Felixstowe 20,175,581
Southampton 16,113,837

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 £
Dover / Eurotunnel 54,135,653 48,646,089 -5,489,564
London Gateway Port 47,074,918 32,244,783 -14,830,135
Liverpool Docks 12,557,662 14,958,818 +2,401,156
Felixstowe 9,620,094 10,555,487 +935,393
Southampton 7,065,129 9,048,708 +1,983,579
Holyhead 3,681,798 4,816,808 +1,135,010
Milford 3,665,797 3,349,729 -316,068
000 2,315,881 2,402,450 +86,569
Immingham Docks 2,758,900 1,597,115 -1,161,785
London Heathrow Airport 2,074,886 1,695,379 -379,507

Quick facts

HS code: 18069031

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

Description: Cocoa-based foods with fillings, like chocolate-covered nuts or fruits