Import/export HS code 18069090: Various cocoa-based foods

Other food items containing cocoa, not listed in the above categories

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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 £
Poland 25,532,684
Germany 19,787,326
Belgium 19,425,863
France 12,013,492
Spain 11,312,254

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 £
Poland 11,645,571 13,887,113 +2,241,542
Germany 10,044,000 9,743,326 -300,674
Belgium 9,457,016 9,968,847 +511,831
France 5,709,168 6,304,324 +595,156
Spain 4,116,401 7,195,853 +3,079,452
Netherlands 6,141,964 3,853,377 -2,288,587
Ireland 2,124,359 6,586,673 +4,462,314
Cyprus 1,223,166 6,675,427 +5,452,261
Italy 1,863,647 2,780,915 +917,268
Greece 1,336,672 1,350,056 +13,384

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 £
Poland 27,992,976
Germany 21,004,601
Netherlands 18,786,744
Belgium 13,399,793
Spain 11,349,917

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 £
Poland 12,460,299 15,532,677 +3,072,378
Germany 10,396,340 10,608,261 +211,921
Netherlands 8,119,856 10,666,888 +2,547,032
Belgium 6,940,879 6,458,914 -481,965
Spain 4,139,391 7,210,526 +3,071,135
France 4,995,826 5,174,490 +178,664
Ireland 823,671 5,733,152 +4,909,481
Italy 2,210,885 2,839,377 +628,492
Greece 1,652,207 1,484,815 -167,392
United States 1,109,058 629,825 -479,233

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 43
Outer London - West and North West 36
Inner London - East 34
Outer London - East and North East 34
Greater Manchester 25

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
Inner London - West 25 27 +2
Outer London - West and North West 24 29 +5
Inner London - East 22 23 +1
Outer London - East and North East 28 26 -2
Greater Manchester 17 18 +1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 18 16 -2
Surrey, East and West Sussex 11 13 +2
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 9 9 +0
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 11 6 -5
Essex 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) 96,924,704
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 30,101,113
Air transport 2,304,620
Other 2,254,754
Road transport 541,063

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) 42,111,999 54,812,705 +12,700,706
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 14,174,573 15,926,540 +1,751,967
Air transport 867,510 1,437,110 +569,600
Other 985,831 1,268,923 +283,092
Road transport 193,179 347,884 +154,705
Rail transport 0 1,074 +1,074

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 44,373,965
London 14,817,068
Immingham Docks 12,927,683
Eurotunnel 11,568,701
Liverpool Docks 9,278,326

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 18,888,758 25,485,207 +6,596,449
London 6,663,727 8,153,341 +1,489,614
Immingham Docks 6,250,070 6,677,613 +427,543
Eurotunnel 6,648,070 4,920,631 -1,727,439
Liverpool Docks 2,006,227 7,272,099 +5,265,872
Thamesport 3,002,137 3,594,740 +592,603
Felixstowe 1,713,877 4,305,380 +2,591,503
Middlesbrough 2,753,529 2,643,927 -109,602
Dover / Eurotunnel 1,557,484 1,707,803 +150,319
Killingholme 2,091,728 777,498 -1,314,230

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 198
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 97
Manufacture of food products 69
Food and beverage service activities 37
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 22

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 73
2025-11 106
2025-10 92
2025-09 86
2025-08 76

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 160
0-1m 81
54m+ 80
15m-54m 40
Other 38

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 £
United States 24,637,876
Netherlands 17,393,994
Ireland 11,276,971
Germany 5,921,263
Australia 5,494,258

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 £
United States 12,562,837 12,075,039 -487,798
Netherlands 9,955,243 7,438,751 -2,516,492
Ireland 5,244,983 6,031,988 +787,005
Germany 2,595,761 3,325,502 +729,741
Australia 4,908,549 585,709 -4,322,840
Poland 2,061,243 3,306,192 +1,244,949
Spain 938,751 1,697,119 +758,368
France 1,381,430 1,182,828 -198,602
Canada 1,318,449 1,233,858 -84,591
Singapore 1,116,575 1,007,617 -108,958

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 1,280,405
Ireland 428,727
Norway 103,994
Italy 95,774
Poland 71,589

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 982,120 298,285 -683,835
Ireland 294,048 134,679 -159,369
Norway 44,843 59,151 +14,308
Italy 43,453 52,321 +8,868
Poland 31,819 39,770 +7,951
Netherlands 14,489 27,032 +12,543
Belgium 18,498 11,734 -6,764
Ghana 6,198 10,246 +4,048
France 3,539 9,049 +5,510
Greece 5,752 4,444 -1,308

Export volume by transport

What this shows: Export value by transport mode used to ship goods from the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 47,067,108
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 45,576,559
Other 4,830,528
Air transport 2,147,283
Rail transport 58,859

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 £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 28,516,428 18,550,680 -9,965,748
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 21,211,862 24,364,697 +3,152,835
Other 2,968,055 1,862,473 -1,105,582
Air transport 1,308,133 839,150 -468,983
Rail transport 58,859 0 -58,859
Road transport 18,734 0 -18,734

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 26,386,920
London Gateway Port 13,913,766
Southampton 13,334,362
Liverpool Docks 10,635,913
Felixstowe 9,886,423

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 11,272,418 15,114,502 +3,842,084
London Gateway Port 11,066,030 2,847,736 -8,218,294
Southampton 8,244,971 5,089,391 -3,155,580
Liverpool Docks 3,336,989 7,298,924 +3,961,935
Felixstowe 4,667,317 5,219,106 +551,789
000 2,968,055 1,862,473 -1,105,582
Immingham Docks 2,779,958 1,455,257 -1,324,701
Dover 2,285,147 1,530,003 -755,144
Eurotunnel 1,507,586 1,359,885 -147,701
Holyhead 857,602 1,388,691 +531,089

Quick facts

HS code: 18069090

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

Description: Other food items containing cocoa, not listed in the above categories