Import/export HS code 18069039: Unfilled cocoa products

Cocoa-based foods without fillings, used in various recipes

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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 £
Germany 97,150,644
Poland 88,846,052
France 66,990,301
Belgium 56,666,730
Italy 52,758,510

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 45,813,200 51,337,444 +5,524,244
Poland 40,614,482 48,231,570 +7,617,088
France 32,062,232 34,928,069 +2,865,837
Belgium 30,465,365 26,201,365 -4,264,000
Italy 28,975,649 23,782,861 -5,192,788
Netherlands 17,598,200 20,492,299 +2,894,099
Ireland 13,782,284 17,892,098 +4,109,814
Lithuania 12,588,009 18,474,763 +5,886,754
Spain 4,052,914 3,400,743 -652,171
United States 1,054,312 1,590,573 +536,261

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 123,021,648
Poland 90,049,789
France 61,693,493
Italy 53,744,019
Belgium 38,282,120

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 59,005,480 64,016,168 +5,010,688
Poland 40,319,541 49,730,248 +9,410,707
France 29,619,577 32,073,916 +2,454,339
Italy 28,036,413 25,707,606 -2,328,807
Belgium 20,401,743 17,880,377 -2,521,366
Lithuania 12,576,023 18,260,067 +5,684,044
Ireland 12,624,753 16,378,022 +3,753,269
Netherlands 10,196,743 7,938,310 -2,258,433
Spain 3,692,048 3,513,691 -178,357
Switzerland 1,442,177 1,304,942 -137,235

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 39
Inner London - East 33
Inner London - West 21
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 20
West Yorkshire 17

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 28 31 +3
Inner London - East 25 23 -2
Inner London - West 18 15 -3
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 17 13 -4
West Yorkshire 14 13 -1
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 10 10 +0
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 12 11 -1
Outer London - East and North East 11 12 +1
Greater Manchester 9 6 -3
Kent 10 8 -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) 409,631,504
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 61,314,926
Other 15,665,040
Air transport 2,246,949
Rail transport 456,132

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) 199,343,927 210,287,577 +10,943,650
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 27,149,324 34,165,602 +7,016,278
Other 7,858,471 7,806,569 -51,902
Air transport 743,890 1,503,059 +759,169
Rail transport 76,595 379,537 +302,942
Road transport 57,268 193,847 +136,579

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 183,466,931
Eurotunnel 78,842,797
London 52,232,518
Immingham Docks 39,227,892
Middlesbrough 30,371,355

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 90,994,508 92,472,423 +1,477,915
Eurotunnel 40,040,625 38,802,172 -1,238,453
London 24,439,029 27,793,489 +3,354,460
Immingham Docks 16,713,745 22,514,147 +5,800,402
Middlesbrough 12,491,659 17,879,696 +5,388,037
Dover / Eurotunnel 12,238,035 12,800,778 +562,743
Liverpool Docks 9,171,533 12,520,432 +3,348,899
000 7,858,471 7,806,569 -51,902
Felixstowe 4,183,093 2,578,775 -1,604,318
Hull 3,230,939 3,474,286 +243,347

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 174
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 83
Manufacture of food products 72
Food and beverage service activities 24
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
2025-11 85
2025-10 100
2025-09 79
2025-08 66
2025-07 67

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 147
54m+ 75
0-1m 51
15m-54m 36
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 62,232,020
Poland 9,468,814
Netherlands 8,121,461
France 7,721,766
United States 7,404,642

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 35,387,342 26,844,678 -8,542,664
Poland 4,487,324 4,981,490 +494,166
Netherlands 3,740,172 4,381,289 +641,117
France 3,565,208 4,156,558 +591,350
United States 3,424,551 3,980,091 +555,540
Germany 1,442,916 4,546,698 +3,103,782
Australia 2,349,843 1,878,754 -471,089
United Arab Emirates 1,708,507 2,338,213 +629,706
South Africa 1,821,736 693,835 -1,127,901
Saudi Arabia 409,818 1,940,637 +1,530,819

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 2,345,678
France 2,098,226
Belgium 454,304
Slovakia 249,539
Poland 194,594

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 1,208,867 1,136,811 -72,056
France 23,609 2,074,617 +2,051,008
Belgium 235,706 218,598 -17,108
Slovakia 175,791 73,748 -102,043
Poland 99,047 95,547 -3,500
Italy 41,544 79,016 +37,472
XI 36,738 64,330 +27,592
Ireland 41,197 54,796 +13,599
Germany 48,239 28,151 -20,088
Netherlands 12,557 58,985 +46,428

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) 93,050,660
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 31,411,612
Other 5,953,594
Air transport 1,296,815

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) 49,028,904 44,021,756 -5,007,148
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 13,919,547 17,492,065 +3,572,518
Other 2,015,127 3,938,467 +1,923,340
Air transport 391,439 905,376 +513,937

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Liverpool Docks 50,355,947
Dover / Eurotunnel 29,097,090
London Gateway Port 18,425,203
Holyhead 8,198,554
Portsmouth 6,357,088

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 30,742,285 19,613,662 -11,128,623
Dover / Eurotunnel 12,139,115 16,957,975 +4,818,860
London Gateway Port 6,749,592 11,675,611 +4,926,019
Holyhead 4,793,274 3,405,280 -1,387,994
Portsmouth 3,318,957 3,038,131 -280,826
000 2,015,127 3,938,467 +1,923,340
Felixstowe 1,817,548 2,471,863 +654,315
Southampton 1,519,876 1,481,157 -38,719
London Heathrow Airport 266,411 654,420 +388,009
Harwich 124,152 685,900 +561,748

Quick facts

HS code: 18069039

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

Description: Cocoa-based foods without fillings, used in various recipes