Import/export HS code 220850: Gin and Geneva

Clear spirits flavored with juniper berries, including gin and Geneva

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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 £
United States 10,558,981
Italy 5,602,413
Belgium 4,936,500
France 4,914,093
Netherlands 3,506,586

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 £
United States 6,079,368 4,479,613 -1,599,755
Italy 2,845,180 2,757,233 -87,947
Belgium 1,636,498 3,300,002 +1,663,504
France 2,581,767 2,332,326 -249,441
Netherlands 1,728,902 1,777,684 +48,782
Ireland 1,679,536 1,734,387 +54,851
Japan 1,963,932 837,316 -1,126,616
Germany 1,742,525 910,315 -832,210
Spain 953,687 1,531,689 +578,002
Sweden 763,184 462,674 -300,510

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 £
United Kingdom 14,929,589
Germany 7,162,697
Italy 5,168,555
Japan 3,450,035
Spain 2,373,189

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 £
United Kingdom 8,555,699 6,373,890 -2,181,809
Germany 3,101,320 4,061,377 +960,057
Italy 2,576,929 2,591,626 +14,697
Japan 2,211,024 1,239,011 -972,013
Spain 876,915 1,496,274 +619,359
France 1,037,975 1,096,597 +58,622
Netherlands 1,147,129 563,176 -583,953
Ireland 718,842 556,858 -161,984
United States 656,247 332,105 -324,142
Poland 21,760 718,213 +696,453

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 29
Outer London - West and North West 15
Inner London - East 12
Outer London - East and North East 8
Greater Manchester 7

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 22 24 +2
Outer London - West and North West 13 12 -1
Inner London - East 11 10 -1
Outer London - East and North East 5 6 +1
Greater Manchester 6 4 -2
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 3 5 +2
Essex 5 5 +0
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 4 4 +0
Kent 5 3 -2
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 4 3 -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) 28,338,944
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 11,716,807
Other 4,125,104
Own propulsion (e.g. imported vehicle driven across land boundary) 495,325
Air transport 202,439

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) 15,485,417 12,853,527 -2,631,890
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 5,756,831 5,959,976 +203,145
Other 2,226,510 1,898,594 -327,916
Own propulsion (e.g. imported vehicle driven across land boundary) 0 495,325 +495,325
Air transport 158,220 44,219 -114,001
Road transport 0 151,875 +151,875

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Grangemouth Docks 11,939,716
London 8,804,053
000 4,125,104
Dover 3,669,331
Immingham Docks 2,604,579

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 £
Grangemouth Docks 7,669,128 4,270,588 -3,398,540
London 3,663,994 5,140,059 +1,476,065
000 2,226,510 1,898,594 -327,916
Dover 1,524,938 2,144,393 +619,455
Immingham Docks 891,352 1,713,227 +821,875
London Gateway Port 1,580,678 597,298 -983,380
Southampton 763,572 1,122,235 +358,663
Hull 1,208,191 668,934 -539,257
Middlesbrough 362,218 971,083 +608,865
Eurotunnel 784,434 447,753 -336,681

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 93
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 29
Manufacture of beverages 20
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 9
Warehousing and support activities for transportation 9

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 35
2026-03 20
2026-02 16
2026-01 30
2025-12 31

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 53
54m+ 41
0-1m 21
15m-54m 21
Other 14

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 363,149,947
Italy 122,801,671
Germany 60,793,215
Spain 50,289,094
Brazil 49,685,393

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 165,426,023 197,723,924 +32,297,901
Italy 61,615,440 61,186,231 -429,209
Germany 30,261,037 30,532,178 +271,141
Spain 24,382,495 25,906,599 +1,524,104
Brazil 21,015,935 28,669,458 +7,653,523
Canada 20,245,691 19,965,069 -280,622
France 16,567,209 16,651,174 +83,965
Australia 16,134,180 16,574,911 +440,731
Turkey 14,245,262 17,876,734 +3,631,472
Greece 11,243,017 10,906,366 -336,651

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 £
Japan 2,623,740
XI 589,599
Italy 456,978
Ireland 97,953
Mexico 18,637

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 £
Japan 1,150,719 1,473,021 +322,302
XI 264,145 325,454 +61,309
Italy 195,300 261,678 +66,378
Ireland 34,783 63,170 +28,387
Mexico 18,637 0 -18,637
China 4,844 0 -4,844
Germany 1,720 0 -1,720

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) 1,080,423,777
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 40,586,471
Road transport 29,622,720
Other 3,872,374
Air transport 3,206,433

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) 515,159,677 565,264,100 +50,104,423
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 17,574,934 23,011,537 +5,436,603
Road transport 11,081,036 18,541,684 +7,460,648
Other 1,702,162 2,170,212 +468,050
Air transport 1,017,855 2,188,578 +1,170,723

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
ZLC 1,038,970,645
Southampton 20,399,631
Grangemouth Docks 16,942,477
Dover / Eurotunnel 16,479,539
Immingham Docks 10,489,994

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 488,672,036 550,298,609 +61,626,573
Southampton 8,081,388 12,318,243 +4,236,855
Grangemouth Docks 11,471,873 5,470,604 -6,001,269
Dover / Eurotunnel 8,099,622 8,379,917 +280,295
Immingham Docks 5,317,702 5,172,292 -145,410
London Gateway Port 4,908,872 5,074,656 +165,784
Hull 3,234,891 4,555,081 +1,320,190
Dover 3,340,406 2,596,358 -744,048
Heysham 379,090 5,437,734 +5,058,644
Felixstowe 3,176,780 2,343,138 -833,642

Related HS codes

What this shows: Sibling or child HS codes in the same classification branch.

Quick facts

HS code: 220850

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

Description: Clear spirits flavored with juniper berries, including gin and Geneva