Import/export HS code 6914: Various ceramic products

Various ceramic items not classified as decorative, such as household or industrial ceramic products

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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 £
Spain 37,325,182
China 35,250,654
Viet Nam 31,632,429
United States 14,088,263
France 11,497,672

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 £
Spain 15,729,045 21,596,137 +5,867,092
China 15,680,513 19,570,141 +3,889,628
Viet Nam 15,620,507 16,011,922 +391,415
United States 7,389,774 6,698,489 -691,285
France 5,560,408 5,937,264 +376,856
Italy 5,495,613 5,040,541 -455,072
Germany 2,767,650 4,541,831 +1,774,181
Netherlands 2,799,581 3,447,742 +648,161
Pakistan 2,775,363 3,038,694 +263,331
Malaysia 1,960,388 2,428,396 +468,008

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 £
Spain 40,923,423
China 39,235,899
Viet Nam 33,020,683
United States 14,663,920
Italy 14,239,198

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 £
Spain 19,140,757 21,782,666 +2,641,909
China 16,711,005 22,524,894 +5,813,889
Viet Nam 16,741,195 16,279,488 -461,707
United States 7,318,145 7,345,775 +27,630
Italy 5,676,098 8,563,100 +2,887,002
Germany 2,778,775 4,067,457 +1,288,682
Pakistan 2,854,944 3,048,762 +193,818
Malaysia 1,976,548 2,480,867 +504,319
Portugal 2,090,037 1,580,551 -509,486
Turkey 2,014,334 919,145 -1,095,189

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 137
Inner London - East 72
Outer London - West and North West 63
Surrey, East and West Sussex 51
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 50

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 85 93 +8
Inner London - East 46 48 +2
Outer London - West and North West 36 44 +8
Surrey, East and West Sussex 34 31 -3
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 30 34 +4
Greater Manchester 27 28 +1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 27 22 -5
West Midlands 25 22 -3
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 20 22 +2
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 22 15 -7

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) 79,802,780
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 71,426,703
Air transport 26,083,690
Other 5,887,226
Road transport 407,835

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) 35,817,061 43,985,719 +8,168,658
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 33,878,076 37,548,627 +3,670,551
Air transport 13,175,875 12,907,815 -268,060
Other 4,085,643 1,801,583 -2,284,060
Road transport 238,240 169,595 -68,645

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Southampton 36,922,857
Felixstowe 24,642,906
Portsmouth 21,778,157
Eurotunnel 20,290,352
London Heathrow Airport 13,846,318

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 £
Southampton 17,123,522 19,799,335 +2,675,813
Felixstowe 14,152,535 10,490,371 -3,662,164
Portsmouth 10,005,657 11,772,500 +1,766,843
Eurotunnel 8,361,396 11,928,956 +3,567,560
London Heathrow Airport 7,157,854 6,688,464 -469,390
London Gateway Port 2,076,384 6,547,874 +4,471,490
Dover 4,123,614 3,887,759 -235,855
London 3,898,003 3,267,687 -630,316
000 4,085,643 1,801,583 -2,284,060
Liverpool Docks 1,444,401 3,689,025 +2,244,624

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 321
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 274
Other manufacturing 51
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 44
Food and beverage service activities 33

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 132
2026-03 143
2026-02 158
2026-01 118
2025-12 112

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 409
0-1m 217
54m+ 215
15m-54m 108
Other 63

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 17,924,586
Ireland 3,535,800
France 3,362,560
Italy 2,993,829
Germany 2,899,737

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 8,785,053 9,139,533 +354,480
Ireland 2,138,614 1,397,186 -741,428
France 1,689,754 1,672,806 -16,948
Italy 1,320,237 1,673,592 +353,355
Germany 1,341,494 1,558,243 +216,749
Poland 1,136,859 1,513,614 +376,755
Japan 1,148,535 1,439,710 +291,175
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 774,474 1,378,650 +604,176
Ukraine 409,929 780,399 +370,470
Israel 247,918 481,540 +233,622

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 £
Spain 919,974
Nicaragua 280,269
XI 140,131
Italy 121,611
China 14,868

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 £
Spain 479,261 440,713 -38,548
Nicaragua 158,459 121,810 -36,649
XI 46,644 93,487 +46,843
Italy 40,372 81,239 +40,867
China 11,889 2,979 -8,910
Ireland 1,881 829 -1,052
United States 1,381 866 -515
Turkey 2,218 0 -2,218
Viet Nam 704 0 -704
Egypt 670 0 -670

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 33,034,885
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 12,970,769
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,649,516
Other 1,512,536
Road transport 21,949

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 15,311,385 17,723,500 +2,412,115
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 6,438,513 6,532,256 +93,743
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 985,031 664,485 -320,546
Other 756,743 755,793 -950
Road transport 16,645 5,304 -11,341
Rail transport 7,973 0 -7,973

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 22,074,934
Dover / Eurotunnel 9,019,699
East Midlands Airport 4,252,443
ZLC 4,044,150
London Stansted Airport 1,614,272

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 £
London Heathrow Airport 10,554,590 11,520,344 +965,754
Dover / Eurotunnel 4,162,645 4,857,054 +694,409
East Midlands Airport 2,097,313 2,155,130 +57,817
ZLC 1,768,089 2,276,061 +507,972
London Stansted Airport 650,061 964,211 +314,150
000 756,743 755,793 -950
Holyhead 1,032,320 435,036 -597,284
Portsmouth 624,707 609,975 -14,732
London Gateway Port 348,468 265,956 -82,512
Liverpool Docks 294,530 154,131 -140,399

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 6914

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

Description: Various ceramic items not classified as decorative, such as household or industrial ceramic products