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 97,258,740
Poland 92,240,115
Belgium 73,392,114
France 69,404,145
Italy 49,231,904

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 46,135,057 51,123,683 +4,988,626
Poland 41,495,548 50,744,567 +9,249,019
Belgium 30,037,812 43,354,302 +13,316,490
France 33,784,269 35,619,876 +1,835,607
Italy 24,880,012 24,351,892 -528,120
Netherlands 17,273,548 20,733,759 +3,460,211
Ireland 13,791,854 17,719,416 +3,927,562
Lithuania 11,990,043 18,226,418 +6,236,375
Spain 3,964,721 3,568,714 -396,007
United States 1,012,451 1,859,186 +846,735

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 140,854,995
Poland 94,121,549
France 64,079,460
Italy 51,761,183
Belgium 36,933,427

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 59,079,537 81,775,458 +22,695,921
Poland 41,162,882 52,958,667 +11,795,785
France 31,298,247 32,781,213 +1,482,966
Italy 25,929,851 25,831,332 -98,519
Belgium 20,226,296 16,707,131 -3,519,165
Lithuania 11,978,057 18,011,722 +6,033,665
Ireland 12,687,426 16,143,866 +3,456,440
Netherlands 10,032,476 7,838,334 -2,194,142
Spain 3,697,283 3,708,144 +10,861
United States 1,029,261 1,645,487 +616,226

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 38
Inner London - East 32
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 21
Inner London - West 21
West Yorkshire 16

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 30 +2
Inner London - East 24 23 -1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 18 15 -3
Inner London - West 18 14 -4
West Yorkshire 13 13 +0
Outer London - East and North East 12 13 +1
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 12 11 -1
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 10 10 +0
Greater Manchester 9 6 -3
Kent 9 8 -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) 428,875,680
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 61,485,585
Other 14,017,112
Air transport 2,623,716
Rail transport 457,505

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) 198,079,943 230,795,737 +32,715,794
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 27,030,494 34,455,091 +7,424,597
Other 5,830,252 8,186,860 +2,356,608
Air transport 1,150,251 1,473,465 +323,214
Rail transport 96,171 361,334 +265,163
Road transport 53,517 185,628 +132,111

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 184,542,019
Eurotunnel 79,178,958
London 61,019,379
Immingham Docks 45,241,347
Middlesbrough 33,511,042

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 90,306,437 94,235,582 +3,929,145
Eurotunnel 40,497,221 38,681,737 -1,815,484
London 23,886,983 37,132,396 +13,245,413
Immingham Docks 16,868,820 28,372,527 +11,503,707
Middlesbrough 12,060,191 21,450,851 +9,390,660
Dover / Eurotunnel 12,784,049 13,135,923 +351,874
Liverpool Docks 9,605,534 12,189,890 +2,584,356
000 5,830,252 8,186,860 +2,356,608
Hull 3,059,960 3,461,465 +401,505
Harwich 3,405,856 2,993,596 -412,260

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 175
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 78
Manufacture of food products 72
Food and beverage service activities 23
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 18

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 70
2025-11 85
2025-10 100
2025-09 79
2025-08 66

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 47
15m-54m 38
Other 19

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 56,931,991
Poland 9,533,414
Netherlands 8,197,279
France 8,079,181
United States 7,660,195

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 30,689,269 26,242,722 -4,446,547
Poland 4,595,810 4,937,604 +341,794
Netherlands 3,797,599 4,399,680 +602,081
France 3,714,830 4,364,351 +649,521
United States 4,741,827 2,918,368 -1,823,459
Germany 1,580,560 5,389,413 +3,808,853
Australia 2,357,338 1,816,274 -541,064
United Arab Emirates 1,727,233 2,398,755 +671,522
South Africa 1,866,716 714,521 -1,152,195
Saudi Arabia 512,566 2,060,110 +1,547,544

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 £
France 2,328,226
Belgium 440,569
Slovakia 229,294
Poland 190,710
Italy 114,285

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 £
France 27,862 2,300,364 +2,272,502
Belgium 239,610 200,959 -38,651
Slovakia 160,399 68,895 -91,504
Poland 102,674 88,036 -14,638
Italy 43,102 71,183 +28,081
XI 36,549 63,042 +26,493
Ireland 35,224 59,348 +24,124
Netherlands 6,985 64,797 +57,812
Germany 36,330 27,146 -9,184
Switzerland 32,916 27,278 -5,638

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) 89,405,198
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 32,068,333
Other 6,036,156
Air transport 1,432,020

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) 44,575,350 44,829,848 +254,498
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 15,765,848 16,302,485 +536,637
Other 2,027,171 4,008,985 +1,981,814
Air transport 415,046 1,016,974 +601,928

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Liverpool Docks 45,637,275
Dover / Eurotunnel 30,722,932
London Gateway Port 18,858,009
Holyhead 7,568,258
Portsmouth 6,464,158

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 26,491,918 19,145,357 -7,346,561
Dover / Eurotunnel 12,370,083 18,352,849 +5,982,766
London Gateway Port 8,120,826 10,737,183 +2,616,357
Holyhead 4,266,288 3,301,970 -964,318
Portsmouth 3,368,713 3,095,445 -273,268
000 2,027,171 4,008,985 +1,981,814
Felixstowe 2,531,815 1,930,077 -601,738
Southampton 1,371,126 1,658,044 +286,918
London Heathrow Airport 285,393 646,833 +361,440
Harwich 125,565 682,156 +556,591

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