Import/export HS code 22030001: Bottled malt beer

Malt beer packaged in bottles for easy consumption

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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 £
Italy 120,459,992
Germany 40,796,577
Spain 37,656,601
Netherlands 35,741,475
Belgium 22,769,528

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 £
Italy 66,691,953 53,768,039 -12,923,914
Germany 21,446,385 19,350,192 -2,096,193
Spain 21,423,848 16,232,753 -5,191,095
Netherlands 22,870,818 12,870,657 -10,000,161
Belgium 12,995,735 9,773,793 -3,221,942
Poland 9,065,466 8,433,720 -631,746
France 9,287,058 6,494,668 -2,792,390
Mexico 3,538,856 4,265,910 +727,054
Nigeria 3,706,124 2,916,533 -789,591
China 1,591,836 4,384,885 +2,793,049

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 £
Italy 124,684,056
Spain 37,438,186
Netherlands 35,424,482
Germany 29,796,664
France 25,835,009

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 £
Italy 69,178,790 55,505,266 -13,673,524
Spain 21,230,130 16,208,056 -5,022,074
Netherlands 22,717,419 12,707,063 -10,010,356
Germany 16,206,694 13,589,970 -2,616,724
France 14,329,928 11,505,081 -2,824,847
Poland 9,125,771 8,526,778 -598,993
Belgium 9,089,318 7,489,800 -1,599,518
Mexico 3,918,648 4,303,246 +384,598
Nigeria 3,708,153 2,914,240 -793,913
China 1,625,001 4,384,885 +2,759,884

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - East 25
Outer London - East and North East 25
Outer London - West and North West 24
Outer London - South 20
Essex 18

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 - East 18 20 +2
Outer London - East and North East 21 19 -2
Outer London - West and North West 20 19 -1
Outer London - South 16 18 +2
Essex 15 13 -2
Inner London - West 12 12 +0
Greater Manchester 8 10 +2
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 9 6 -3
West Yorkshire 8 9 +1
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 4 5 +1

Import volume by transport

What this shows: Import value by transport mode used to bring goods into the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 190,208,512
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 148,418,035
Other 6,487,855
Own propulsion (e.g. imported vehicle driven across land boundary) 495,071
Air transport 170,740

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 £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 100,978,682 89,229,830 -11,748,852
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 85,045,957 63,372,078 -21,673,879
Other 4,130,811 2,357,044 -1,773,767
Own propulsion (e.g. imported vehicle driven across land boundary) 0 495,071 +495,071
Air transport 56,297 114,443 +58,146
Road transport 12,113 90,367 +78,254

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London 73,162,757
London Gateway Port 62,285,298
Immingham Docks 40,359,569
Dover 30,800,959
Liverpool Docks 29,012,411

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 £
London 40,922,629 32,240,128 -8,682,501
London Gateway Port 35,160,678 27,124,620 -8,036,058
Immingham Docks 25,492,695 14,866,874 -10,625,821
Dover 16,640,494 14,160,465 -2,480,029
Liverpool Docks 17,123,066 11,889,345 -5,233,721
Grangemouth Docks 15,167,046 13,161,420 -2,005,626
Felixstowe 4,749,121 9,564,727 +4,815,606
Eurotunnel 5,675,533 4,703,304 -972,229
Thamesport 6,655,138 3,023,113 -3,632,025
Southampton 2,007,095 6,154,253 +4,147,158

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 144
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 67
Food and beverage service activities 22
Manufacture of beverages 18
Warehousing and support activities for transportation 10

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 66
2025-11 71
2025-10 74
2025-09 69
2025-08 69

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 90
0-1m 86
54m+ 33
15m-54m 18
Other 10

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 119,978,191
Ireland 63,346,740
Italy 25,328,005
Netherlands 20,475,100
France 18,591,684

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 70,364,239 49,613,952 -20,750,287
Ireland 35,153,025 28,193,715 -6,959,310
Italy 10,900,884 14,427,121 +3,526,237
Netherlands 12,595,759 7,879,341 -4,716,418
France 10,619,759 7,971,925 -2,647,834
Sweden 3,204,354 2,507,781 -696,573
Spain 2,288,828 3,033,901 +745,073
South Korea 2,866,178 2,162,662 -703,516
Canada 2,402,056 2,320,604 -81,452
Singapore 2,797,653 1,899,699 -897,954

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 934,691
Italy 214,053
Portugal 45,908
Ireland 34,927
United States 18,270

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 621,154 313,537 -307,617
Italy 123,439 90,614 -32,825
Portugal 28,978 16,930 -12,048
Ireland 28,102 6,825 -21,277
United States 0 18,270 +18,270
Belgium 8,837 0 -8,837

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) 194,468,599
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 115,410,571
Other 3,474,014
Air transport 129,864

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) 114,796,295 79,672,304 -35,123,991
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 58,987,285 56,423,286 -2,563,999
Other 1,931,216 1,542,798 -388,418
Air transport 63,567 66,297 +2,730

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
ZLC 126,979,585
Dover / Eurotunnel 34,870,888
Liverpool Docks 33,060,357
London 20,612,077
Milford 20,332,402

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 £
ZLC 78,041,124 48,938,461 -29,102,663
Dover / Eurotunnel 16,107,135 18,763,753 +2,656,618
Liverpool Docks 16,991,042 16,069,315 -921,727
London 10,668,272 9,943,805 -724,467
Milford 11,463,884 8,868,518 -2,595,366
London Gateway Port 8,819,641 6,003,185 -2,816,456
Immingham Docks 6,218,070 6,515,827 +297,757
Felixstowe 6,162,738 4,876,481 -1,286,257
Fishguard 5,557,501 2,210,770 -3,346,731
Southampton 2,689,801 3,099,352 +409,551

Quick facts

HS code: 22030001

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

Description: Malt beer packaged in bottles for easy consumption