How to export sugar confectionery to the United Kingdom? GTİP code, documents, customs duty and buyers
Imports of heading 1704 from Türkiye into the United Kingdom came to £77.5m in the last 12 months (September 2025–August 2026): 8.4% of its imports. Against the 12 months before: -2.9%.
Figures are for heading 1704: the official statistics go no deeper. Each figure has its source and date beside it.
Imports from Türkiye into the United Kingdom
Heading 1704 · September 2025 – August 2026
£77.5m-2.9% on the 12 months before
The 12 months before: £79.8m
- From Türkiye
- Other origins
Reported by the United Kingdom, from its own import statistics.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: HM Revenue & Customs, overseas trade statistics; imports by the country goods were consigned from. Growth rates and shares are calculated by Birlesa.
The customs watch computed these figures on 2 November 2026.
The market in the United Kingdom
The market's own import figures for heading 1704, last 12 months.
- Imports from the world, 12 months
- £928m-0.3% on the 12 months before
- Türkiye's share
- 8.4%8.6% in the 12 months before
The largest suppliers
| Origin | 12 months | Share |
|---|---|---|
 Belgium | £169m | 18.2% |
 Germany | £135m | 14.6% |
 Czechia | £89m | 9.6% |
 Türkiye | £77.5m | 8.4% |
 Spain | £69.2m | 7.5% |
The code
HS subheading (6 digits), the same in every country
GTİP 1704.90
Sugar confectionery; (excluding chewing gum, including white chocolate), not containing cocoa
Official Turkish title: Kakao içermeyen diğer şeker mamulleri
Heading 1704Sugar confectionery (including white chocolate), not containing cocoa
Türkiye exported €735m of HS 1704.90 in 2025: rank 40 of 5,132 subheadings.
Source: Eurostat, Comext DS-059341 (the figures Türkiye declared). The ranking is calculated by Birlesa from Eurostat's figures; Eurostat bears no responsibility for it.
17 national tariff lines (12 digits)
Declarations in Türkiye use one of these lines; each has its own page.
- 1704.90.10.00.00Liquorice extract containing > 10% sucrose, without other added substances
- 1704.90.30.00.00White chocolate
- 1704.90.51.00.00Pastes, incl. marzipan, in immediate packings of >= 1 kg
- 1704.90.55.00.00Throat pastilles and cough drops
- 1704.90.61.00.11Drajeler; sadece fındık içerenler, kakao içermeyen
- 1704.90.61.00.19Drajeler; diğer, kakao içermeyen
- 1704.90.65.00.00Gum and jelly confectionery, incl. fruit pastes in the form of sugar confectionery
- 1704.90.71.00.00Boiled sweets, whether or not filled
- 1704.90.75.00.00Toffees, caramels and similar sweets
- 1704.90.81.00.00Compressed tablets of sugar confectionery, whether or not manufactured with binding agents, not containing cocoa (excl. chewing gum, white chocolate, throat pastilles and cough drops, gum confectionery and jelly confectionery incl. fruit pastes in the form of sugar confectionery, boiled sweets, whether or not filled, pastes, incl. marzipan, in immediate packings of a net content of >= 1 kg)
- 1704.90.99.10.11Tahin helvası; kakao içermeyen
- 1704.90.99.10.19Helvalar (tahin helvası HARİÇ); kakao içermeyen
- 1704.90.99.20.00Sade lokum; kakao içermeyen
- 1704.90.99.30.00Kaymaklı lokum; kakao içermeyen
- 1704.90.99.90.11Fondan; kakao içermeyen
- 1704.90.99.90.12Lokumlar; diğer, kakao içermeyen
- 1704.90.99.90.19Diğer şekercilik mamulleri; kakao içermeyen
Its page in the codes guideTÜİK Sınıflama Sunucusu: GTİP 2026(opens in a new tab)
Frequently asked questions
- Where does Türkiye rank among the United Kingdom's suppliers of sugar confectionery?
- From September 2025 to August 2026, Türkiye supplied 8.4% of the United Kingdom's imports of HS 1704: No. 4 of 90 supplying countries.
- Are Türkiye's exports of sugar confectionery to the United Kingdom growing?
- Over the last 12 months (September 2025 to August 2026), £77.5m of goods under HS 1704 went from Türkiye to the United Kingdom: -2.9% on the 12 months before.