Import/export HS code 70072120: Motor vehicle safety glass (laminated)

Laminated safety glass specifically designed for cars, trucks, and other motor vehicles

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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 97,134,624
Belgium 85,868,160
Poland 38,665,504
Italy 27,388,689
Germany 24,757,693

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 42,628,946 54,505,678 +11,876,732
Belgium 41,854,053 44,014,107 +2,160,054
Poland 21,020,932 17,644,572 -3,376,360
Italy 15,430,635 11,958,054 -3,472,581
Germany 14,328,261 10,429,432 -3,898,829
Turkey 5,449,377 5,960,003 +510,626
Czechia 5,959,567 4,761,421 -1,198,146
Finland 2,417,687 2,357,309 -60,378
Slovakia 3,059,762 1,598,495 -1,461,267
France 2,445,165 2,125,494 -319,671

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 105,397,067
France 56,599,587
Poland 45,129,341
Czechia 27,275,863
Italy 25,726,557

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 49,971,121 55,425,946 +5,454,825
France 26,246,576 30,353,011 +4,106,435
Poland 25,394,797 19,734,544 -5,660,253
Czechia 13,862,917 13,412,946 -449,971
Italy 14,129,427 11,597,130 -2,532,297
Germany 11,010,829 8,255,645 -2,755,184
Turkey 5,283,022 5,892,858 +609,836
Belgium 4,445,219 5,270,789 +825,570
Finland 2,711,206 2,600,365 -110,841
Spain 2,076,902 1,620,177 -456,725

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
West Midlands 20
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 17
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 14
Inner London - West 10
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 10

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
West Midlands 16 15 -1
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 16 14 -2
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 10 13 +3
Inner London - West 8 6 -2
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 9 9 +0
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 7 7 +0
Essex 7 7 +0
Gloucestershire and Wiltshire 5 6 +1
Greater Manchester 7 3 -4
Surrey, East and West Sussex 7 4 -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) 164,632,434
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 128,001,697
Other 31,728,542
Road transport 3,171,521
Air transport 2,680,207

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) 91,985,882 72,646,552 -19,339,330
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 46,286,089 81,715,608 +35,429,519
Other 24,821,334 6,907,208 -17,914,126
Road transport 2,247,391 924,130 -1,323,261
Air transport 1,210,792 1,469,415 +258,623
Rail transport 13,943 10,460 -3,483

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 94,075,094
Dover 91,213,312
000 31,728,542
499 22,056,807
Harwich 15,396,387

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 40,468,663 53,606,431 +13,137,768
Dover 48,580,011 42,633,301 -5,946,710
000 24,821,334 6,907,208 -17,914,126
499 0 22,056,807 +22,056,807
Harwich 9,699,803 5,696,584 -4,003,219
Dover / Eurotunnel 10,195,119 3,806,542 -6,388,577
Eurotunnel 7,799,719 4,914,185 -2,885,534
London Gateway Port 4,930,978 4,165,208 -765,770
Southampton 4,850,567 3,600,131 -1,250,436
Immingham Docks 3,187,753 4,111,326 +923,573

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 87
Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers 34
Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities 11
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 11
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 7

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 57
2026-03 63
2026-02 58
2026-01 60
2025-12 56

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+ 96
1m-15m 39
15m-54m 24
Other 22
0-1m 9

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 15,410,429
Ireland 12,289,865
Belgium 5,565,163
France 3,818,078
China 3,280,587

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 8,980,780 6,429,649 -2,551,131
Ireland 5,840,279 6,449,586 +609,307
Belgium 3,443,456 2,121,707 -1,321,749
France 2,210,083 1,607,995 -602,088
China 1,791,261 1,489,326 -301,935
Germany 1,547,178 1,351,400 -195,778
India 1,171,900 1,443,241 +271,341
South Africa 1,819,451 678,459 -1,140,992
Italy 930,186 727,911 -202,275
Canada 636,361 375,359 -261,002

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 £
Germany 2,201
Czechia 1,999
France 1,549
China 992
XI 970

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 £
Germany 758 1,443 +685
Czechia 1,756 243 -1,513
France 1,061 488 -573
China 269 723 +454
XI 559 411 -148
Italy 620 110 -510
Ireland 166 345 +179
Poland 0 311 +311
Thailand 0 177 +177
Switzerland 63 58 -5

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) 27,807,178
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 20,385,480
Air transport 10,395,417
Other 22,644
Road transport 2,781

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) 14,812,555 12,994,623 -1,817,932
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 11,696,062 8,689,418 -3,006,644
Air transport 6,139,628 4,255,789 -1,883,839
Other 8,518 14,126 +5,608
Road transport 2,781 0 -2,781

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 13,415,611
Southampton 10,012,920
Liverpool Docks 7,505,970
London Heathrow Airport 6,794,871
London Gateway Port 5,864,108

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 7,383,061 6,032,550 -1,350,511
Southampton 5,345,616 4,667,304 -678,312
Liverpool Docks 5,772,592 1,733,378 -4,039,214
London Heathrow Airport 4,036,195 2,758,676 -1,277,519
London Gateway Port 3,320,227 2,543,881 -776,346
Holyhead 588,039 5,257,417 +4,669,378
Felixstowe 1,923,577 476,397 -1,447,180
East Midlands Airport 1,035,909 704,414 -331,495
Dover 1,216,262 81,319 -1,134,943
London Stansted Airport 732,575 280,769 -451,806

Quick facts

HS code: 70072120

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

Description: Laminated safety glass specifically designed for cars, trucks, and other motor vehicles