Import/export HS code 7020: Various glass products

Includes various glass items not classified elsewhere

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  • 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 188,101,535
Germany 22,668,857
United States 8,714,523
Netherlands 5,104,999
Spain 4,867,314

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 97,916,494 90,185,041 -7,731,453
Germany 11,915,369 10,753,488 -1,161,881
United States 5,098,787 3,615,736 -1,483,051
Netherlands 3,117,919 1,987,080 -1,130,839
Spain 3,164,690 1,702,624 -1,462,066
Italy 2,149,442 2,524,181 +374,739
Austria 1,237,501 2,186,476 +948,975
Turkey 2,330,354 938,615 -1,391,739
France 2,103,019 745,594 -1,357,425
Japan 1,407,240 1,379,098 -28,142

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 194,827,869
Germany 19,086,446
United States 11,367,884
Spain 5,990,386
Japan 5,451,362

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 101,280,657 93,547,212 -7,733,445
Germany 10,095,331 8,991,115 -1,104,216
United States 6,515,361 4,852,523 -1,662,838
Spain 4,419,889 1,570,497 -2,849,392
Japan 2,239,370 3,211,992 +972,622
Italy 2,027,742 2,494,726 +466,984
Turkey 2,333,389 935,557 -1,397,832
South Korea 1,577,748 1,153,733 -424,015
Portugal 1,663,956 987,530 -676,426
Netherlands 2,117,561 277,290 -1,840,271

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 141
Outer London - West and North West 90
Greater Manchester 75
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 58
Inner London - East 57

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 88 89 +1
Outer London - West and North West 56 55 -1
Greater Manchester 50 50 +0
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 37 44 +7
Inner London - East 23 43 +20
West Midlands 35 32 -3
Surrey, East and West Sussex 32 30 -2
West Yorkshire 25 24 -1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 20 31 +11
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 19 26 +7

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) 172,114,933
Air transport 51,646,235
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 35,541,965
Other 1,858,265
Road transport 710,683

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) 88,019,277 84,095,656 -3,923,621
Air transport 27,465,852 24,180,383 -3,285,469
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 22,083,006 13,458,959 -8,624,047
Other 1,397,752 460,513 -937,239
Road transport 355,842 354,841 -1,001

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 70,696,200
Southampton 44,721,303
London Gateway Port 31,353,157
Liverpool Docks 18,926,939
London Heathrow Airport 18,562,965

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 43,793,714 26,902,486 -16,891,228
Southampton 27,573,154 17,148,149 -10,425,005
London Gateway Port 7,429,137 23,924,020 +16,494,883
Liverpool Docks 9,668,846 9,258,093 -410,753
London Heathrow Airport 10,114,693 8,448,272 -1,666,421
Dover 5,382,080 3,721,452 -1,660,628
Birmingham Airport 4,595,684 3,867,800 -727,884
Glasgow Airport 3,229,584 3,352,792 +123,208
East Midlands Airport 3,631,138 2,296,373 -1,334,765
Eurotunnel 3,669,256 2,161,128 -1,508,128

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 344
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 302
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 63
Other manufacturing 57
Specialised construction activities 50

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 182
2026-03 183
2026-02 190
2026-01 158
2025-12 177

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 417
54m+ 303
0-1m 235
15m-54m 104
Other 98

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 9,729,882
Ireland 8,972,349
France 8,180,808
United States 7,671,574
Sweden 3,818,157

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 5,078,333 4,651,549 -426,784
Ireland 4,692,053 4,280,296 -411,757
France 4,600,014 3,580,794 -1,019,220
United States 4,556,988 3,114,586 -1,442,402
Sweden 1,923,366 1,894,791 -28,575
Italy 1,755,094 1,630,966 -124,128
Netherlands 1,332,404 1,347,104 +14,700
Austria 896,346 678,347 -217,999
Switzerland 720,359 658,964 -61,395
China 750,712 306,242 -444,470

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 340,745
XI 38,839
United States 32,823
Oman 12,745
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 2,993

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 132,129 208,616 +76,487
XI 465 38,374 +37,909
United States 20,026 12,797 -7,229
Oman 12,745 0 -12,745
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 2,953 40 -2,913
Ireland 771 1,023 +252
Nicaragua 1,755 0 -1,755
Slovakia 726 384 -342
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 28,634,760
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 25,793,000
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,460,379
Other 448,211
Road transport 11,368

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 14,878,584 13,756,176 -1,122,408
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 14,565,796 11,227,204 -3,338,592
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 532,035 928,344 +396,309
Other 181,162 267,049 +85,887
Road transport 11,368 0 -11,368

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 17,592,659
London Heathrow Airport 9,603,871
East Midlands Airport 9,511,379
Holyhead 6,614,394
ZLC 4,588,269

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 10,254,357 7,338,302 -2,916,055
London Heathrow Airport 4,957,141 4,646,730 -310,411
East Midlands Airport 4,428,226 5,083,153 +654,927
Holyhead 3,290,024 3,324,370 +34,346
ZLC 2,422,625 2,165,644 -256,981
London Stansted Airport 1,830,765 826,017 -1,004,748
Glasgow Airport 632,161 502,419 -129,742
Portsmouth 37,187 644,029 +606,842
Dover 382,172 169,876 -212,296
000 181,162 267,049 +85,887

Quick facts

HS code: 7020

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

Description: Includes various glass items not classified elsewhere