Import/export HS code 700721: Vehicle safety glass (laminated)

Laminated safety glass cut and shaped for use in vehicles, aircraft, spacecraft, or vessels

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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 £
China 97,151,213
Belgium 78,124,320
Poland 36,983,480
Italy 27,199,847
Germany 25,915,055

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 50,503,030 46,648,183 -3,854,847
Belgium 43,325,337 34,798,983 -8,526,354
Poland 21,927,149 15,056,331 -6,870,818
Italy 15,596,344 11,603,503 -3,992,841
Germany 15,143,845 10,771,210 -4,372,635
Czechia 7,749,863 4,198,724 -3,551,139
Turkey 6,292,577 5,391,990 -900,587
United States 5,559,959 4,406,966 -1,152,993
France 4,227,175 3,029,180 -1,197,995
Finland 2,864,196 1,919,346 -944,850

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 107,071,901
France 55,144,418
Poland 42,965,109
Czechia 25,665,832
Italy 25,275,847

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 59,429,322 47,642,579 -11,786,743
France 30,029,102 25,115,316 -4,913,786
Poland 25,736,141 17,228,968 -8,507,173
Czechia 14,499,510 11,166,322 -3,333,188
Italy 14,548,087 10,727,760 -3,820,327
Germany 10,474,064 8,189,983 -2,284,081
United States 6,821,091 6,082,843 -738,248
Turkey 5,996,480 5,373,209 -623,271
Belgium 4,366,855 4,629,502 +262,647
Finland 3,150,659 2,177,105 -973,554

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Surrey, East and West Sussex 25
West Midlands 24
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 22
Inner London - West 20
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 17

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
Surrey, East and West Sussex 19 17 -2
West Midlands 19 17 -2
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 19 21 +2
Inner London - West 14 13 -1
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 13 11 -2
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 12 14 +2
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 14 8 -6
Essex 11 12 +1
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 10 12 +2
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 10 7 -3

Import volume by transport

What this shows: Import value by transport mode used to bring goods into the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 167,672,972
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 112,482,677
Other 36,532,320
Air transport 19,515,125
Road transport 3,474,399

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 £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 100,991,374 66,681,598 -34,309,776
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 49,081,227 63,401,450 +14,320,223
Other 26,379,695 10,152,625 -16,227,070
Air transport 10,466,181 9,048,944 -1,417,237
Road transport 2,651,447 822,952 -1,828,495
Rail transport 31,839 9,356 -22,483

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 94,398,973
Dover 88,210,034
000 36,532,320
Dover / Eurotunnel 15,820,186
Harwich 14,886,490

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 49,451,817 44,947,156 -4,504,661
Dover 50,673,271 37,536,763 -13,136,508
000 26,379,695 10,152,625 -16,227,070
Dover / Eurotunnel 9,298,456 6,521,730 -2,776,726
Harwich 10,469,926 4,416,564 -6,053,362
Eurotunnel 9,018,461 4,450,734 -4,567,727
499 0 12,111,555 +12,111,555
Southampton 5,444,678 3,197,041 -2,247,637
London Gateway Port 3,968,194 4,563,301 +595,107
London Heathrow Airport 4,226,013 3,933,207 -292,806

Importer companies by SIC division

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

Top 5 values

SIC Companies
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 84
Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers 33
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 33
Air transport 21
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 21

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 83
2025-11 84
2025-10 86
2025-09 79
2025-08 75

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
54m+ 139
1m-15m 80
15m-54m 33
Other 32
0-1m 15

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 17,923,368
Ireland 14,722,014
Belgium 6,650,623
France 4,558,633
China 3,487,998

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 10,705,230 7,218,138 -3,487,092
Ireland 7,983,128 6,738,886 -1,244,242
Belgium 4,693,964 1,956,659 -2,737,305
France 2,749,557 1,809,076 -940,481
China 2,057,728 1,430,270 -627,458
Germany 1,864,387 1,494,849 -369,538
South Africa 1,601,726 1,370,247 -231,479
Italy 1,322,004 1,357,896 +35,892
India 1,243,576 1,227,599 -15,977
Canada 936,113 525,289 -410,824

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 £
France 2,516
Czechia 1,999
XI 1,001
Italy 937
Germany 758

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 £
France 1,180 1,336 +156
Czechia 1,442 557 -885
XI 559 442 -117
Italy 620 317 -303
Germany 758 0 -758
Ireland 166 345 +179
China 269 75 -194
Poland 0 311 +311
Spain 117 0 -117
Switzerland 63 0 -63

Export volume by transport

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

Top 5 values

Transport £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 32,861,761
Air transport 21,035,868
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 20,176,169
Other 19,848
Road transport 5,223

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 £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 19,273,703 13,588,058 -5,685,645
Air transport 12,221,579 8,814,289 -3,407,290
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 11,568,607 8,607,562 -2,961,045
Other 10,773 9,075 -1,698
Road transport 5,223 0 -5,223

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 15,308,838
London Heathrow Airport 13,338,672
Southampton 9,635,549
Liverpool Docks 9,141,480
London Gateway Port 5,533,061

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 9,044,172 6,264,666 -2,779,506
London Heathrow Airport 7,349,685 5,988,987 -1,360,698
Southampton 4,963,363 4,672,186 -291,177
Liverpool Docks 6,294,799 2,846,681 -3,448,118
London Gateway Port 3,199,437 2,333,624 -865,813
Holyhead 648,113 3,619,834 +2,971,721
East Midlands Airport 1,927,143 1,242,062 -685,081
London Stansted Airport 1,769,634 959,844 -809,790
Felixstowe 2,206,423 431,636 -1,774,787
Heysham 1,316,470 1,052,839 -263,631

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 700721

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

Description: Laminated safety glass cut and shaped for use in vehicles, aircraft, spacecraft, or vessels