Import/export HS code 7009: Glass mirrors, framed or unframed

All types of glass mirrors, including those with or without frames, and rear-view mirrors

Why this is important if you are looking for potential customers in the UK:

  • 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 223,605,441
United States 77,109,419
Germany 57,687,675
Taiwan 15,006,483
France 14,263,219

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 124,570,462 99,034,979 -25,535,483
United States 50,860,095 26,249,324 -24,610,771
Germany 29,939,738 27,747,937 -2,191,801
Taiwan 8,145,767 6,860,716 -1,285,051
France 8,094,545 6,168,674 -1,925,871
Spain 7,706,054 4,528,599 -3,177,455
Netherlands 6,501,244 5,500,065 -1,001,179
Italy 6,339,413 4,447,406 -1,892,007
Slovakia 6,489,909 3,980,800 -2,509,109
Belgium 4,675,487 4,107,236 -568,251

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 232,541,115
United States 98,061,687
Germany 36,034,302
Slovakia 18,311,181
Taiwan 15,771,974

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 129,202,272 103,338,843 -25,863,429
United States 62,629,354 35,432,333 -27,197,021
Germany 17,994,615 18,039,687 +45,072
Slovakia 10,693,818 7,617,363 -3,076,455
Taiwan 8,530,014 7,241,960 -1,288,054
Spain 7,692,068 4,576,563 -3,115,505
Italy 6,225,755 4,230,196 -1,995,559
Poland 4,463,395 3,561,783 -901,612
France 4,102,200 2,921,357 -1,180,843
Belgium 3,780,307 3,221,081 -559,226

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 320
Outer London - West and North West 118
Inner London - East 97
Greater Manchester 92
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 86

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 227 203 -24
Outer London - West and North West 90 73 -17
Inner London - East 61 66 +5
Greater Manchester 70 59 -11
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 69 59 -10
West Midlands 65 57 -8
Surrey, East and West Sussex 49 58 +9
West Yorkshire 50 45 -5
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 44 40 -4
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 40 32 -8

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) 278,827,652
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 120,378,032
Air transport 48,307,978
Other 27,122,652
Road transport 3,104,501

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) 157,236,297 121,591,355 -35,644,942
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 69,256,991 51,121,041 -18,135,950
Air transport 24,676,542 23,631,436 -1,045,106
Other 19,455,117 7,667,535 -11,787,582
Road transport 2,244,680 859,821 -1,384,859
Rail transport 66,278 27,367 -38,911

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 115,953,444
Southampton 97,536,421
Dover 48,053,828
London Gateway Port 27,405,742
000 27,122,652

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 74,072,482 41,880,962 -32,191,520
Southampton 58,823,594 38,712,827 -20,110,767
Dover 31,023,421 17,030,407 -13,993,014
London Gateway Port 4,763,808 22,641,934 +17,878,126
000 19,455,117 7,667,535 -11,787,582
Oxford Airport 12,901,482 13,507,342 +605,860
Eurotunnel 10,886,836 7,513,905 -3,372,931
499 9,573,846 8,574,199 -999,647
Dover / Eurotunnel 7,900,989 10,228,903 +2,327,914
Liverpool Docks 4,789,234 5,135,969 +346,735

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 611
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 491
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 128
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 94
Specialised construction activities 66

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 331
2025-11 353
2025-10 404
2025-09 327
2025-08 317

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 711
54m+ 396
0-1m 321
15m-54m 196
Other 151

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 £
Belgium 54,337,526
China 10,331,397
United States 9,765,585
Ireland 9,105,411
France 7,327,942

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 £
Belgium 28,781,204 25,556,322 -3,224,882
China 7,152,336 3,179,061 -3,973,275
United States 5,229,746 4,535,839 -693,907
Ireland 4,757,412 4,347,999 -409,413
France 4,177,741 3,150,201 -1,027,540
Sweden 3,671,002 1,826,774 -1,844,228
Italy 2,718,566 1,842,309 -876,257
Netherlands 2,053,438 1,461,730 -591,708
Germany 1,974,136 1,476,690 -497,446
United Arab Emirates 550,031 822,482 +272,451

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 £
China 3,119,742
XI 335,463
Ireland 170,308
Poland 41,627
Germany 23,630

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 £
China 1,617,421 1,502,321 -115,100
XI 35,202 300,261 +265,059
Ireland 66,819 103,489 +36,670
Poland 19,010 22,617 +3,607
Germany 13,023 10,607 -2,416
Taiwan 12,061 8,408 -3,653
Italy 11,390 6,691 -4,699
Spain 12,524 483 -12,041
France 10,240 2,299 -7,941
Turkey 8,722 299 -8,423

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) 83,831,416
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 24,063,411
Air transport 11,736,412
Other 3,843,636
Road transport 58,059

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) 43,352,018 40,479,398 -2,872,620
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 18,458,219 5,605,192 -12,853,027
Air transport 6,000,186 5,736,226 -263,960
Other 1,861,306 1,982,330 +121,024
Road transport 58,059 0 -58,059

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 44,054,021
Immingham Docks 41,103,558
Felixstowe 6,509,918
London Heathrow Airport 5,155,754
London Gateway Port 4,539,905

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 33,546,032 10,507,989 -23,038,043
Immingham Docks 14,768,715 26,334,843 +11,566,128
Felixstowe 5,287,161 1,222,757 -4,064,404
London Heathrow Airport 2,330,613 2,825,141 +494,528
London Gateway Port 2,211,471 2,328,434 +116,963
000 1,861,306 1,982,330 +121,024
Holyhead 1,894,580 1,762,383 -132,197
East Midlands Airport 2,061,638 1,392,935 -668,703
Southampton 1,340,883 1,511,882 +170,999
Liverpool Docks 779,280 845,233 +65,953

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 7009

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

Description: All types of glass mirrors, including those with or without frames, and rear-view mirrors