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 43,782,363
Belgium 42,550,254
Germany 26,453,691
France 25,476,562
Sweden 14,480,432

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 24,289,212 19,493,151 -4,796,061
Belgium 19,757,899 22,792,355 +3,034,456
Germany 12,763,813 13,689,878 +926,065
France 13,447,631 12,028,931 -1,418,700
Sweden 8,185,834 6,294,598 -1,891,236
Ireland 6,238,612 6,218,509 -20,103
Switzerland 4,541,001 3,029,708 -1,511,293
Spain 3,552,162 2,941,522 -610,640
China 1,918,336 1,982,218 +63,882
Poland 1,481,877 1,325,716 -156,161

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 44,135,394
Belgium 32,485,113
Netherlands 25,958,922
Sweden 20,505,455
Switzerland 19,156,709

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 22,838,002 21,297,392 -1,540,610
Belgium 17,753,571 14,731,542 -3,022,029
Netherlands 13,081,887 12,877,035 -204,852
Sweden 8,568,672 11,936,783 +3,368,111
Switzerland 9,742,552 9,414,157 -328,395
France 7,065,028 5,635,949 -1,429,079
Ireland 5,383,226 5,837,784 +454,558
Spain 3,826,144 3,119,139 -707,005
Italy 3,370,434 2,972,653 -397,781
China 2,031,624 1,982,102 -49,522

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
Outer London - West and North West 18
Inner London - 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 34 30 -4
Inner London - East 16 18 +2
Outer London - West and North West 13 15 +2
Inner London - West 13 13 +0
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 8 9 +1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 6 10 +4
West Central Scotland 10 8 -2
Outer London - East and North East 8 7 -1
Outer London - South 6 6 +0
West Midlands 7 5 -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) 162,082,817
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 27,880,907
Air transport 6,419,109
Other 1,456,479
Road transport 82,568

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) 85,824,283 76,258,534 -9,565,749
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 10,426,224 17,454,683 +7,028,459
Air transport 3,439,657 2,979,452 -460,205
Other 930,551 525,928 -404,623
Road transport 36,808 45,760 +8,952
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 62,152,742
Immingham Docks 36,919,698
Felixstowe 17,047,088
Eurotunnel 15,385,542
London 11,524,801

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 29,942,974 32,209,768 +2,266,794
Immingham Docks 18,030,127 18,889,571 +859,444
Felixstowe 10,489,431 6,557,657 -3,931,774
Eurotunnel 6,711,987 8,673,555 +1,961,568
London 2,287,342 9,237,459 +6,950,117
Dover / Eurotunnel 8,872,384 2,608,661 -6,263,723
Liverpool Docks 2,529,756 3,810,068 +1,280,312
Birmingham Airport 3,094,018 2,636,645 -457,373
Purfleet 4,004,314 1,416,186 -2,588,128
Holyhead 1,932,869 2,214,672 +281,803

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 109
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 103
Food and beverage service activities 22
Manufacture of food products 20
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 13

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 57
2025-10 67
2025-09 59
2025-08 51
2025-07 55

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 102
0-1m 71
54m+ 38
15m-54m 30
Other 13

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 40,733,037
Germany 35,188,114
Singapore 28,872,898
Ireland 18,998,244
France 9,566,248

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 33,054,164 7,678,873 -25,375,291
Germany 4,488,726 30,699,388 +26,210,662
Singapore 12,782,900 16,089,998 +3,307,098
Ireland 9,054,689 9,943,555 +888,866
France 4,400,219 5,166,029 +765,810
Turkey 4,023,067 5,084,510 +1,061,443
China 3,446,221 3,106,010 -340,211
United Arab Emirates 1,195,733 1,584,478 +388,745
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 1,498,216 990,928 -507,288
India 1,661,012 324,341 -1,336,671

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 3,361,782
XU 502,502
Ireland 283,993
Netherlands 63,260
France 36,931

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 1,923,994 1,437,788 -486,206
XU 263,936 238,566 -25,370
Ireland 131,955 152,038 +20,083
Netherlands 32,186 31,074 -1,112
France 20,183 16,748 -3,435
Switzerland 13,291 11,505 -1,786
Germany 4,835 10,430 +5,595
Portugal 1,516 455 -1,061
China 1,273 23 -1,250
Italy 65 1,188 +1,123

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) 119,636,814
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 60,834,882
Other 4,293,225
Air transport 2,493,651
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) 51,061,581 68,575,233 +17,513,652
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 37,345,008 23,489,874 -13,855,134
Other 2,393,403 1,899,822 -493,581
Air transport 797,813 1,695,838 +898,025
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 34,268,013
Dover / Eurotunnel 27,669,402
Immingham Docks 26,764,353
Southampton 20,196,131
Liverpool Docks 18,401,476

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 14,581,796 19,686,217 +5,104,421
Dover / Eurotunnel 14,052,241 13,617,161 -435,080
Immingham Docks 12,847,763 13,916,590 +1,068,827
Southampton 11,084,712 9,111,419 -1,973,293
Liverpool Docks 8,776,220 9,625,256 +849,036
Felixstowe 7,956,474 10,416,083 +2,459,609
London Gateway Port 7,242,847 9,595,856 +2,353,009
Dover 2,570,602 2,212,325 -358,277
000 2,393,403 1,899,822 -493,581
Killingholme 3,072,932 251,378 -2,821,554

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