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 36,604,785
China 35,226,881
Viet Nam 28,547,783
United States 13,778,828
France 12,120,097

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 17,117,200 19,487,585 +2,370,385
China 16,814,463 18,412,418 +1,597,955
Viet Nam 14,351,142 14,196,641 -154,501
United States 8,239,179 5,539,649 -2,699,530
France 6,456,001 5,664,096 -791,905
Italy 5,448,397 4,109,834 -1,338,563
Germany 3,026,817 4,172,937 +1,146,120
Netherlands 2,593,005 3,253,340 +660,335
Pakistan 2,654,763 2,839,332 +184,569
Malaysia 2,009,197 2,250,930 +241,733

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 40,030,703
China 38,950,539
Viet Nam 29,917,005
United States 14,424,537
Italy 14,143,550

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 20,447,758 19,582,945 -864,813
China 17,667,630 21,282,909 +3,615,279
Viet Nam 15,564,273 14,352,732 -1,211,541
United States 8,612,625 5,811,912 -2,800,713
Italy 6,591,470 7,552,080 +960,610
Germany 2,876,397 3,818,986 +942,589
Pakistan 2,725,027 2,849,400 +124,373
Malaysia 2,015,542 2,216,880 +201,338
Portugal 2,237,228 1,375,636 -861,592
Turkey 2,028,050 861,433 -1,166,617

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 133
Inner London - East 69
Outer London - West and North West 61
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 49
Surrey, East and West Sussex 47

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 82 91 +9
Inner London - East 41 50 +9
Outer London - West and North West 38 42 +4
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 35 30 -5
Surrey, East and West Sussex 34 29 -5
Greater Manchester 24 25 +1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 23 22 -1
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 20 24 +4
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 20 17 -3
West Midlands 22 20 -2

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) 76,134,925
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 69,180,217
Air transport 25,364,397
Other 5,397,422
Road transport 509,749

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) 36,392,983 39,741,942 +3,348,959
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 35,029,469 34,150,748 -878,721
Air transport 14,202,760 11,161,637 -3,041,123
Other 3,842,840 1,554,582 -2,288,258
Road transport 288,906 220,843 -68,063

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Southampton 34,075,129
Felixstowe 22,490,051
Portsmouth 21,138,140
Eurotunnel 20,580,983
London Heathrow Airport 13,791,844

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 16,544,642 17,530,487 +985,845
Felixstowe 12,801,438 9,688,613 -3,112,825
Portsmouth 10,745,865 10,392,275 -353,590
Eurotunnel 9,412,167 11,168,816 +1,756,649
London Heathrow Airport 8,246,077 5,545,767 -2,700,310
London Gateway Port 3,222,161 5,760,841 +2,538,680
Dover 3,850,278 3,563,280 -286,998
London 3,979,047 2,591,351 -1,387,696
000 3,842,840 1,554,582 -2,288,258
Liverpool Docks 1,839,650 3,511,694 +1,672,044

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
304
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
267
Other manufacturing
50
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities
44
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
2026-05 137
2026-04 132
2026-03 143
2026-02 158
2026-01 118

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 390
54m+ 213
0-1m 207
15m-54m 106
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 17,179,623
Ireland 3,379,615
France 3,245,158
Italy 2,920,887
Germany 2,855,791

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 9,340,678 7,838,945 -1,501,733
Ireland 2,193,432 1,186,183 -1,007,249
France 1,719,720 1,525,438 -194,282
Italy 1,312,249 1,608,638 +296,389
Germany 1,290,687 1,565,104 +274,417
Poland 1,056,025 1,400,498 +344,473
Japan 1,041,083 1,368,682 +327,599
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 938,178 1,326,989 +388,811
Ukraine 424,948 748,915 +323,967
Israel 304,410 442,940 +138,530

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 809,170
Nicaragua 249,785
XI 145,124
Italy 120,449
China 15,202

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 529,483 279,687 -249,796
Nicaragua 132,486 117,299 -15,187
XI 51,370 93,754 +42,384
Italy 61,109 59,340 -1,769
China 11,947 3,255 -8,692
Ireland 1,881 829 -1,052
Turkey 2,218 0 -2,218
United States 1,448 662 -786
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 32,258,034
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 12,449,400
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,494,712
Other 1,374,023
Road transport 18,833

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 16,536,484 15,721,550 -814,934
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 6,313,155 6,136,245 -176,910
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 815,690 679,022 -136,668
Other 806,198 567,825 -238,373
Road transport 13,529 5,304 -8,225
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 21,585,142
Dover / Eurotunnel 8,644,159
East Midlands Airport 4,045,062
ZLC 3,981,365
London Stansted Airport 1,598,539

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 11,552,663 10,032,479 -1,520,184
Dover / Eurotunnel 4,032,395 4,611,764 +579,369
East Midlands Airport 2,214,384 1,830,678 -383,706
ZLC 1,720,961 2,260,404 +539,443
London Stansted Airport 697,789 900,750 +202,961
Holyhead 1,031,133 450,769 -580,364
000 806,198 567,825 -238,373
Portsmouth 638,550 518,752 -119,798
London Gateway Port 284,608 294,883 +10,275
Liverpool Docks 317,164 120,473 -196,691

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