Import/export HS code 18069070: Cocoa drink mixes

Powders or liquids used to make cocoa-based drinks, like hot chocolate

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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 £
Netherlands 43,862,581
Belgium 43,082,173
Germany 27,672,896
France 25,419,570
Sweden 13,756,805

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 £
Netherlands 24,327,593 19,534,988 -4,792,605
Belgium 18,790,549 24,291,624 +5,501,075
Germany 13,078,146 14,594,750 +1,516,604
France 13,788,141 11,631,429 -2,156,712
Sweden 9,429,390 4,327,415 -5,101,975
Ireland 6,101,357 5,883,261 -218,096
Switzerland 4,227,683 2,987,441 -1,240,242
Spain 3,795,182 2,622,409 -1,172,773
China 1,936,885 1,963,801 +26,916
Poland 1,689,223 1,178,521 -510,702

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 44,914,771
Belgium 31,757,817
Netherlands 26,855,682
Sweden 21,417,907
Switzerland 19,062,303

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 23,084,958 21,829,813 -1,255,145
Belgium 16,277,617 15,480,200 -797,417
Netherlands 13,380,779 13,474,903 +94,124
Sweden 9,995,781 11,422,126 +1,426,345
Switzerland 9,895,697 9,166,606 -729,091
France 7,129,418 5,456,575 -1,672,843
Ireland 5,260,898 5,500,589 +239,691
Spain 3,978,493 2,891,981 -1,086,512
Italy 3,356,588 2,960,665 -395,923
China 2,049,635 1,961,204 -88,431

Importers across UK regions

What this shows: Number of importing companies by UK ITL2 region.

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Greater Manchester 44
Inner London - East 20
Inner London - West 18
Outer London - West and North West 17
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 13

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
Greater Manchester 43 8 -35
Inner London - East 15 19 +4
Inner London - West 13 15 +2
Outer London - West and North West 13 13 +0
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 8 9 +1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 5 10 +5
Outer London - East and North East 7 8 +1
West Central Scotland 8 4 -4
Outer London - South 7 5 -2
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 6 6 +0

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) 161,605,521
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 29,573,502
Air transport 6,484,760
Other 1,449,399
Road transport 93,259

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) 86,549,098 75,056,423 -11,492,675
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 10,848,468 18,725,034 +7,876,566
Air transport 3,480,427 3,004,333 -476,094
Other 923,009 526,390 -396,619
Road transport 36,808 56,451 +19,643
Rail transport 0 4,410 +4,410

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 62,303,392
Immingham Docks 38,042,971
Felixstowe 16,294,259
Eurotunnel 16,166,785
London 12,783,002

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 31,109,684 31,193,708 +84,024
Immingham Docks 18,712,047 19,330,924 +618,877
Felixstowe 10,251,709 6,042,550 -4,209,159
Eurotunnel 6,524,885 9,641,900 +3,117,015
London 2,696,723 10,086,279 +7,389,556
Dover / Eurotunnel 8,096,418 2,669,714 -5,426,704
Liverpool Docks 2,658,052 3,554,433 +896,381
Birmingham Airport 3,096,483 2,640,234 -456,249
Purfleet 3,940,650 1,120,782 -2,819,868
Harwich 2,141,208 2,153,815 +12,607

Importer companies by SIC division

What this shows: Industry breakdown (SIC divisions) of importing companies.

Top 5 values

SIC Companies
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 105
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 105
Manufacture of food products 21
Food and beverage service activities 20
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 12

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 49
2025-11 57
2025-10 67
2025-09 59
2025-08 51

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 99
0-1m 71
54m+ 38
15m-54m 29
Other 14

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 37,966,584
Germany 37,812,425
Singapore 28,175,271
Ireland 18,920,276
France 10,131,023

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 30,848,241 7,118,343 -23,729,898
Germany 5,625,279 32,187,146 +26,561,867
Singapore 13,402,243 14,773,028 +1,370,785
Ireland 9,176,343 9,743,933 +567,590
France 4,275,412 5,855,611 +1,580,199
Turkey 4,114,518 4,896,959 +782,441
China 3,403,494 3,169,957 -233,537
United Arab Emirates 1,210,772 1,572,829 +362,057
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 1,376,191 1,058,726 -317,465
United States 476,543 1,662,848 +1,186,305

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 3,229,947
Ireland 299,357
Netherlands 63,780
France 36,834
Switzerland 24,613

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 1,661,009 1,568,938 -92,071
Ireland 131,692 167,665 +35,973
Netherlands 32,561 31,219 -1,342
France 21,108 15,726 -5,382
Switzerland 16,004 8,609 -7,395
Germany 7,131 8,983 +1,852
Portugal 1,727 338 -1,389
China 1,273 23 -1,250
Italy 65 1,188 +1,123
Sweden 162 0 -162

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) 123,297,075
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 57,483,247
Other 4,178,458
Air transport 2,514,303
Road transport 150,461

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) 54,691,875 68,605,200 +13,913,325
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 32,584,086 24,899,161 -7,684,925
Other 2,143,352 2,035,106 -108,246
Air transport 846,195 1,668,108 +821,913
Road transport 150,461 0 -150,461
Rail transport 31,220 0 -31,220

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Middlesbrough 36,029,348
Immingham Docks 27,418,919
Dover / Eurotunnel 27,316,982
Southampton 20,202,348
Liverpool Docks 18,296,816

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 £
Middlesbrough 14,918,394 21,110,954 +6,192,560
Immingham Docks 13,751,909 13,667,010 -84,899
Dover / Eurotunnel 13,501,790 13,815,192 +313,402
Southampton 10,556,420 9,645,928 -910,492
Liverpool Docks 10,222,512 8,074,304 -2,148,208
Felixstowe 7,513,651 10,467,231 +2,953,580
London Gateway Port 7,149,240 10,361,115 +3,211,875
Dover 2,676,501 2,386,097 -290,404
000 2,143,352 2,035,106 -108,246
Holyhead 1,375,374 1,629,567 +254,193

Quick facts

HS code: 18069070

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

Description: Powders or liquids used to make cocoa-based drinks, like hot chocolate