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 32,122,968
China 28,462,304
Viet Nam 27,418,855
United States 13,375,852
France 10,287,591

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 14,985,718 17,137,250 +2,151,532
China 14,505,152 13,957,152 -548,000
Viet Nam 15,642,571 11,776,284 -3,866,287
United States 6,844,703 6,531,149 -313,554
France 5,883,400 4,404,191 -1,479,209
Italy 5,671,458 4,138,466 -1,532,992
Germany 2,451,137 3,238,099 +786,962
Pakistan 2,609,109 2,500,203 -108,906
Netherlands 2,579,789 2,058,879 -520,910
Malaysia 1,807,801 1,791,900 -15,901

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 36,273,371
China 31,090,334
Viet Nam 28,753,256
United States 14,018,454
Italy 11,918,651

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 18,554,537 17,718,834 -835,703
China 15,321,404 15,768,930 +447,526
Viet Nam 16,753,969 11,999,287 -4,754,682
United States 6,742,996 7,275,458 +532,462
Italy 5,837,886 6,080,765 +242,879
Germany 2,528,742 2,694,982 +166,240
Pakistan 2,695,869 2,496,594 -199,275
Malaysia 1,827,981 1,848,235 +20,254
Portugal 1,888,855 1,570,517 -318,338
Japan 1,858,663 1,226,697 -631,966

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 134
Inner London - East 67
Outer London - West and North West 51
Surrey, East and West Sussex 49
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 48

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 84 88 +4
Inner London - East 46 41 -5
Outer London - West and North West 36 33 -3
Surrey, East and West Sussex 35 28 -7
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 28 34 +6
Greater Manchester 30 24 -6
West Midlands 26 20 -6
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 25 18 -7
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 20 15 -5
West Yorkshire 22 18 -4

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) 66,959,344
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 62,032,701
Air transport 24,035,059
Other 6,173,875
Road transport 442,417

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) 33,717,494 33,241,850 -475,644
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 33,535,428 28,497,273 -5,038,155
Air transport 12,483,750 11,551,309 -932,441
Other 4,294,731 1,879,144 -2,415,587
Road transport 182,802 259,615 +76,813

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Southampton 31,561,391
Felixstowe 22,771,739
Portsmouth 19,739,304
Eurotunnel 16,712,956
London Heathrow Airport 12,967,259

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 16,198,527 15,362,864 -835,663
Felixstowe 14,105,193 8,666,546 -5,438,647
Portsmouth 9,695,568 10,043,736 +348,168
Eurotunnel 8,416,353 8,296,603 -119,750
London Heathrow Airport 6,057,633 6,909,626 +851,993
Dover 4,099,555 2,771,571 -1,327,984
London Gateway Port 1,821,059 4,375,333 +2,554,274
London 3,549,235 2,627,252 -921,983
000 4,294,731 1,879,144 -2,415,587
London Stansted Airport 2,505,040 1,466,401 -1,038,639

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 309
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 262
Other manufacturing 50
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 40
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 33

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 118
2025-11 138
2025-10 146
2025-09 121
2025-08 136

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 400
54m+ 214
0-1m 188
15m-54m 100
Other 60

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 16,526,276
Ireland 3,144,033
France 3,143,070
Germany 2,696,787
Italy 2,668,795

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 8,144,972 8,381,304 +236,332
Ireland 2,079,066 1,064,967 -1,014,099
France 1,627,751 1,515,319 -112,432
Germany 1,257,100 1,439,687 +182,587
Italy 1,399,414 1,269,381 -130,033
Japan 1,301,505 1,195,306 -106,199
Poland 1,111,441 965,713 -145,728
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 819,830 1,213,482 +393,652
Ukraine 446,229 758,195 +311,966
Spain 329,891 293,372 -36,519

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 842,217
Nicaragua 273,091
XI 122,361
Italy 93,773
China 13,367

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 468,533 373,684 -94,849
Nicaragua 138,766 134,325 -4,441
XI 46,155 76,206 +30,051
Italy 31,525 62,248 +30,723
China 11,766 1,601 -10,165
Ireland 2,252 0 -2,252
Turkey 2,218 0 -2,218
United States 1,105 976 -129
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 30,152,210
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 11,538,147
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,811,899
Other 1,376,775
Road transport 30,078

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 14,930,221 15,221,989 +291,768
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 6,286,439 5,251,708 -1,034,731
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,214,297 597,602 -616,695
Other 716,671 660,104 -56,567
Road transport 24,774 5,304 -19,470
Rail transport 0 7,973 +7,973

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 20,624,696
Dover / Eurotunnel 7,811,839
East Midlands Airport 3,901,245
ZLC 3,540,324
000 1,376,775

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 10,203,579 10,421,117 +217,538
Dover / Eurotunnel 3,795,476 4,016,363 +220,887
East Midlands Airport 2,138,301 1,762,944 -375,357
ZLC 1,677,151 1,863,173 +186,022
000 716,671 660,104 -56,567
London Stansted Airport 573,698 785,728 +212,030
Holyhead 1,013,459 257,781 -755,678
Portsmouth 702,088 501,156 -200,932
London Gateway Port 320,651 238,212 -82,439
Southampton 378,107 139,351 -238,756

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