Confectionery: volume sales United Kingdom 2008-2015

This statistic shows the total sales volume for confectionery manufactured in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2008 to 2015, by product. The sales volume of confectionery manufactured in the UK has decreased in the period under consideration, with most product groups decreasing in terms of the volume sold. Boiled sweets, sugar coated panned goods, and throat pastilles and cough drops are the exception and have increased in volume.

Sales volume of confectionery manufactured in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2008 to 2015, by product* (in kilograms)

Characteristic	Cocoa	Chocolate	Sugar confectionery	Throat pastilles and cough drops	Sugar coated panned goods	Toffees, caramels and similar sweets	Boiled sweets
2015	158,026,671	249,370,826	194,668,279	10,142,727	11,181,458	22,740,849	28,579,920
2014	187,615,416	251,714,812	204,110,630	10,764,999	12,012,718	26,405,199	25,796,592
2013	216,120,751	253,089,267	182,587,273	8,801,250	4,993,391	26,874,844	28,708,805
2012	151,018,552	237,723,772	173,913,984	6,539,607	5,151,491	26,897,836	29,718,242
2011	177,952,278	157,450,459	180,798,853	8,158,191	5,700,871	25,465,194	29,460,421
2010	266,054,292	399,845,372	201,554,565	9,556,438	4,787,534	30,094,818	29,103,918
2009	261,497,359	396,772,517	200,044,258	-	4,614,891	30,153,275	27,435,057
2008	293,316,166	478,255,965	205,752,006	9,860,696	4,381,585	32,314,357	26,179,070

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Release date

June 2016

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United Kingdom

Survey time period

2008 to 2015

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* Please note that some data may have been withheld for reasons of confidentiality.

Cocoa: Cocoa paste EXCLUDING: - containing added sugar or other sweetening matter (10821100), Cocoa butter, fat and oil (10821200), Cocoa powder EXCLUDING: - containing added sugar or other sweetening matter (10821300), Cocoa powder containing added sugar or other sweetening matter (10821400), Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa, in blocks, slabs or bars weighing more than 2kg, or in liquid, paste, powder, granular or other bulk form, in containers or immediate packings of a content (10822130), Chocolate milk crumb containing 18% or more by weight of cocoa butter and in packings weighing more than 2kg (10822150), Chocolate flavour coating containing 18% or more by weight of cocoa butter and in packings weighing more than 2kg (10822170), Food preparations containing 18% or more by weight of cocoa butter and in packings weighing more than 2kg EXCLUDING: - chocolate flavour coating - chocolate milk crumb (10822190), Preparations containing cocoa for making beverages EXCLUDING: - cocoa powder, unsweetened - cocoa powder, sweetened (10822280), Food preparations containing cocoa EXCLUDING: - cocoa paste, cocoa butter, cocoa powder - blocks, slabs, bars - liquid, paste, powder, granular and other bulk form in packagings exceeding 2kg - for making beverages - chocolate spreads (10822290).

Chocolate: Filled chocolate blocks, slabs or bars consisting of a centre INCLUDING: - of cream, liqueur or fruit paste EXCLUDING: - chocolate biscuits (10822233), Chocolate blocks, slabs or bars with added cereal, fruit or nuts EXCLUDING: - filled - chocolate biscuits (10822235), Chocolate blocks, slabs or bars EXCLUDING: - filled - with added cereal, fruit or nuts - chocolate biscuits (10822239), Chocolates containing alcohol EXCLUDING: - in blocks, slabs or bars (10822243), Chocolates EXCLUDING: - those containing alcohol - in blocks, slabs or bars (10822245), Filled chocolate confectionery EXCLUDING: - in blocks, slabs or bars - chocolate biscuits - chocolates (10822253), Chocolate confectionery EXCLUDING: - filled - in blocks, slabs or bars - chocolate biscuits - chocolates (10822255), Chocolate spreads (10822270).

Confectionery: Sugar confectionery and substitutes thereof made from sugar substitution products, containing cocoa INCLUDING: - chocolate nougat EXCLUDING: - white chocolate (10822260), Sugar confectionery pastes in immediate packings of a net content of 1kg or more INCLUDING: - marzipan, fondant, nougat and almond pastes (10822353), Gums, fruit jellies and fruit pastes in the form of sugar confectionery EXCLUDING: - chewing gum (10822365), Compressed tablets of sugar confectionery INCLUDING: - cachous (10822383), Other sugar confectionery EXCLUDING: - chewing gum; white chocolate - pastes in immediate packings of a net content 1kg or more - throat pastilles and cough drops - sugar coated (panned) goods; gums, fruit jellies and pastes - boiled (10822390).

Throat pastilles and cough drops consisting essentially of sugars and flavouring agents EXCLUDING: - pastilles or drops with flavouring agents containing medicinal properties (10822355).

Sugar coated (panned) goods INCLUDING: - sugar almonds (10822363).

Toffees, caramels and similar sweets (10822375).

Boiled sweets INCLUDING: - butterscotch (10822373).

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