Import/export HS code 6913: Decorative ceramic items

Includes ceramic statues, figurines, and other ornamental pieces used for decoration

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  • It helps you understand the market size for your product in the UK.
  • It provides you with a list of potential leads who have bought similar products.

* 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 £
China 70,215,516
Portugal 16,304,478
Germany 7,962,017
Viet Nam 6,106,408
Netherlands 5,793,399

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 £
China 36,806,164 33,409,352 -3,396,812
Portugal 8,143,266 8,161,212 +17,946
Germany 4,685,774 3,276,243 -1,409,531
Viet Nam 2,869,982 3,236,426 +366,444
Netherlands 3,255,317 2,538,082 -717,235
Italy 1,947,894 1,959,113 +11,219
France 1,149,622 1,135,367 -14,255
Spain 1,137,413 939,806 -197,607
Denmark 748,415 804,472 +56,057
United States 602,469 698,757 +96,288

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 £
China 77,669,240
Portugal 18,400,256
Germany 6,938,547
Viet Nam 6,799,303
Italy 4,533,747

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 £
China 40,370,702 37,298,538 -3,072,164
Portugal 9,326,993 9,073,263 -253,730
Germany 4,139,423 2,799,124 -1,340,299
Viet Nam 3,295,694 3,503,609 +207,915
Italy 2,626,420 1,907,327 -719,093
Spain 1,160,470 927,163 -233,307
France 830,565 880,801 +50,236
Thailand 849,376 480,538 -368,838
Netherlands 419,438 404,216 -15,222
United States 279,025 461,746 +182,721

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 180
Inner London - East 86
Greater Manchester 83
Outer London - West and North West 69
Surrey, East and West Sussex 46

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 140 101 -39
Inner London - East 60 62 +2
Greater Manchester 63 67 +4
Outer London - West and North West 49 41 -8
Surrey, East and West Sussex 32 31 -1
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 28 27 -1
West Midlands 19 22 +3
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 23 17 -6
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 22 15 -7
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 18 19 +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) 79,150,665
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 32,862,592
Air transport 8,546,283
Other 6,738,354
Road transport 216,158

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) 41,084,117 38,066,548 -3,017,569
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 16,730,199 16,132,393 -597,806
Air transport 4,867,792 3,678,491 -1,189,301
Other 4,309,781 2,428,573 -1,881,208
Road transport 156,077 60,081 -95,996

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 43,200,888
Southampton 17,322,726
London Gateway Port 9,570,887
Eurotunnel 7,579,627
Newhaven 7,314,205

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 £
Felixstowe 27,097,405 16,103,483 -10,993,922
Southampton 8,845,403 8,477,323 -368,080
London Gateway Port 1,523,781 8,047,106 +6,523,325
Eurotunnel 3,853,514 3,726,113 -127,401
Newhaven 3,368,824 3,945,381 +576,557
000 4,309,781 2,428,573 -1,881,208
Dover 2,459,715 3,181,170 +721,455
Immingham Docks 2,233,948 1,975,464 -258,484
Liverpool Docks 1,737,679 2,120,133 +382,454
Thamesport 2,352,284 868,227 -1,484,057

Importer companies by SIC division

What this shows: Industry breakdown (SIC divisions) of importing companies.

Top 5 values

SIC Companies
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 531
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 331
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 45
Food and beverage service activities 31
Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities 28

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 152
2025-11 231
2025-10 255
2025-09 210
2025-08 202

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 449
0-1m 294
54m+ 170
15m-54m 94
Other 74

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 £
Ireland 4,768,504
United States 4,227,672
France 1,647,475
Switzerland 1,216,401
Netherlands 1,029,574

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 £
Ireland 2,701,349 2,067,155 -634,194
United States 2,698,166 1,529,506 -1,168,660
France 756,863 890,612 +133,749
Switzerland 540,397 676,004 +135,607
Netherlands 294,508 735,066 +440,558
Germany 619,778 311,448 -308,330
United Arab Emirates 636,185 210,987 -425,198
Japan 460,258 329,547 -130,711
Italy 215,856 381,697 +165,841
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 436,084 145,781 -290,303

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 2,754,633
XL 801,944
China 312,587
Ireland 63,756
Switzerland 54,446

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 1,863,307 891,326 -971,981
XL 172,198 629,746 +457,548
China 194,090 118,497 -75,593
Ireland 26,011 37,745 +11,734
Switzerland 54,446 0 -54,446
Portugal 2,923 2,126 -797
Bangladesh 3,664 0 -3,664
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 2,709 222 -2,487
Viet Nam 1,698 139 -1,559
Romania 1,517 0 -1,517

Export volume by transport

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

Top 5 values

Transport £
Air transport 8,422,987
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 7,653,847
Other 4,022,230
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 2,527,539
Road transport 9,179

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 £
Air transport 5,031,950 3,391,037 -1,640,913
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 3,740,360 3,913,487 +173,127
Other 2,331,686 1,690,544 -641,142
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,313,038 1,214,501 -98,537
Road transport 5,723 3,456 -2,267

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 4,517,635
000 4,022,230
London Heathrow Airport 3,916,968
East Midlands Airport 2,398,157
Dover 1,336,888

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 2,352,683 2,164,952 -187,731
000 2,331,686 1,690,544 -641,142
London Heathrow Airport 2,515,596 1,401,372 -1,114,224
East Midlands Airport 1,543,101 855,056 -688,045
Dover 613,249 723,639 +110,390
London Gateway Port 376,321 307,946 -68,375
Southampton 288,780 385,976 +97,196
ZLC 403,153 269,849 -133,304
London Stansted Airport 272,143 323,313 +51,170
Liverpool Docks 292,864 289,155 -3,709

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 6913

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

Description: Includes ceramic statues, figurines, and other ornamental pieces used for decoration