Import/export HS code 7020: Various glass products

Includes various glass items not classified elsewhere

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 171,587,006
Germany 21,543,239
United States 8,416,558
Netherlands 4,904,388
Spain 4,667,973

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 96,759,731 74,827,275 -21,932,456
Germany 12,176,270 9,366,969 -2,809,301
United States 5,182,409 3,234,149 -1,948,260
Netherlands 3,261,954 1,642,434 -1,619,520
Spain 3,435,829 1,232,144 -2,203,685
Italy 2,719,959 1,802,538 -917,421
Turkey 3,434,600 927,540 -2,507,060
France 2,390,418 719,930 -1,670,488
South Korea 1,509,304 1,103,716 -405,588
Portugal 1,638,124 777,920 -860,204

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 177,595,308
Germany 18,220,955
United States 10,897,646
Spain 6,010,030
Turkey 4,389,306

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 99,949,368 77,645,940 -22,303,428
Germany 10,343,071 7,877,884 -2,465,187
United States 6,520,003 4,377,643 -2,142,360
Spain 4,776,476 1,233,554 -3,542,922
Turkey 3,463,467 925,839 -2,537,628
Italy 2,586,497 1,792,039 -794,458
Japan 1,691,218 1,216,612 -474,606
Portugal 1,892,765 805,218 -1,087,547
South Korea 1,526,506 1,091,179 -435,327
Netherlands 2,047,725 382,089 -1,665,636

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 132
Outer London - West and North West 83
Greater Manchester 68
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 60
West Midlands 53

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 80 -4
Outer London - West and North West 53 54 +1
Greater Manchester 50 42 -8
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 37 47 +10
West Midlands 34 38 +4
Inner London - East 25 32 +7
Surrey, East and West Sussex 31 28 -3
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 24 26 +2
West Yorkshire 26 22 -4
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 20 16 -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) 157,237,469
Air transport 45,968,352
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 35,085,316
Other 2,332,010
Road transport 774,204

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) 87,359,961 69,877,508 -17,482,453
Air transport 26,514,352 19,454,000 -7,060,352
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 24,051,784 11,033,532 -13,018,252
Other 1,786,222 545,788 -1,240,434
Road transport 374,666 399,538 +24,872

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 67,882,669
Southampton 44,493,381
London Gateway Port 23,076,524
Liverpool Docks 16,931,501
London Heathrow Airport 15,614,505

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 45,078,153 22,804,516 -22,273,637
Southampton 29,389,193 15,104,188 -14,285,005
London Gateway Port 3,864,317 19,212,207 +15,347,890
Liverpool Docks 8,962,879 7,968,622 -994,257
London Heathrow Airport 9,464,873 6,149,632 -3,315,241
Dover 6,918,741 3,108,829 -3,809,912
Birmingham Airport 4,487,899 3,610,948 -876,951
Glasgow Airport 3,184,063 2,817,622 -366,441
Eurotunnel 4,118,407 1,846,668 -2,271,739
East Midlands Airport 3,805,164 2,023,435 -1,781,729

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 312
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 287
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 61
Other manufacturing 52
Specialised construction activities 48

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 158
2025-11 203
2025-10 211
2025-09 198
2025-08 195

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 393
54m+ 291
0-1m 216
15m-54m 98
Other 88

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 £
Germany 8,883,657
Ireland 8,786,739
France 7,881,442
United States 7,565,498
Sweden 3,579,542

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 £
Germany 5,047,827 3,835,830 -1,211,997
Ireland 5,041,892 3,744,847 -1,297,045
France 4,332,245 3,549,197 -783,048
United States 5,123,085 2,442,413 -2,680,672
Sweden 1,994,593 1,584,949 -409,644
Italy 1,714,694 1,391,925 -322,769
Netherlands 1,310,882 1,176,506 -134,376
Switzerland 773,428 550,586 -222,842
Austria 896,346 28,276 -868,070
China 791,566 98,431 -693,135

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 293,360
XI 37,473
United States 30,731
Oman 17,489
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 3,628

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 134,748 158,612 +23,864
XI 465 37,008 +36,543
United States 18,967 11,764 -7,203
Oman 17,489 0 -17,489
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 3,628 0 -3,628
Nicaragua 1,806 0 -1,806
Slovakia 751 314 -437
Ireland 828 0 -828
Taiwan 128 0 -128
Germany 0 65 +65

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 26,344,166
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 24,799,430
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 834,572
Other 399,859
Road transport 125,702

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 15,665,160 10,679,006 -4,986,154
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 14,690,487 10,108,943 -4,581,544
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 552,283 282,289 -269,994
Other 188,263 211,596 +23,333
Road transport 125,702 0 -125,702

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 16,649,531
East Midlands Airport 8,699,784
London Heathrow Airport 8,494,450
Holyhead 6,415,746
ZLC 4,311,089

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 10,091,895 6,557,636 -3,534,259
East Midlands Airport 4,098,897 4,600,887 +501,990
London Heathrow Airport 5,672,469 2,821,981 -2,850,488
Holyhead 3,388,888 3,026,858 -362,030
ZLC 2,796,163 1,514,926 -1,281,237
London Stansted Airport 1,904,335 719,455 -1,184,880
Glasgow Airport 706,284 595,876 -110,408
Liverpool Docks 440,655 189,746 -250,909
Dover 423,606 132,424 -291,182
000 188,263 211,596 +23,333

Quick facts

HS code: 7020

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

Description: Includes various glass items not classified elsewhere