Import/export HS code 7020: Various glass products

Includes various glass items not classified elsewhere

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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 182,312,385
Germany 21,478,938
United States 7,793,672
Netherlands 4,941,472
Spain 4,609,502

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 95,993,294 86,319,091 -9,674,203
Germany 11,806,350 9,672,588 -2,133,762
United States 4,769,254 3,024,418 -1,744,836
Netherlands 3,075,032 1,866,440 -1,208,592
Spain 2,808,582 1,800,920 -1,007,662
Italy 2,252,982 2,265,325 +12,343
Austria 1,195,271 2,181,951 +986,680
Japan 1,442,000 1,476,108 +34,108
France 2,032,976 605,671 -1,427,305
Turkey 1,835,842 780,446 -1,055,396

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 188,709,385
Germany 18,183,492
United States 10,158,855
Spain 5,562,871
Japan 5,550,414

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 99,700,640 89,008,745 -10,691,895
Germany 10,025,415 8,158,077 -1,867,338
United States 6,133,991 4,024,864 -2,109,127
Spain 3,932,103 1,630,768 -2,301,335
Japan 2,269,239 3,281,175 +1,011,936
Italy 2,139,479 2,283,358 +143,879
Turkey 1,837,477 777,388 -1,060,089
South Korea 1,400,401 1,175,452 -224,949
Portugal 1,587,737 918,585 -669,152
Netherlands 2,164,717 211,607 -1,953,110

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 138
Outer London - West and North West 88
Greater Manchester 77
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 56
Inner London - East 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 90 +6
Outer London - West and North West 60 47 -13
Greater Manchester 50 53 +3
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 40 41 +1
Inner London - East 24 41 +17
West Midlands 40 30 -10
Surrey, East and West Sussex 37 24 -13
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 23 32 +9
West Yorkshire 27 23 -4
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 23 17 -6

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) 167,465,755
Air transport 49,583,207
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 32,553,957
Other 1,607,134
Road transport 647,569

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) 87,511,667 79,954,088 -7,557,579
Air transport 26,752,066 22,831,141 -3,920,925
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 20,131,764 12,422,193 -7,709,571
Other 1,236,769 370,365 -866,404
Road transport 457,196 190,373 -266,823

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 67,871,391
Southampton 40,811,168
London Gateway Port 34,006,851
London Heathrow Airport 18,035,954
Liverpool Docks 17,536,966

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 41,133,152 26,738,239 -14,394,913
Southampton 24,832,643 15,978,525 -8,854,118
London Gateway Port 10,625,329 23,381,522 +12,756,193
London Heathrow Airport 10,175,643 7,860,311 -2,315,332
Liverpool Docks 9,168,164 8,368,802 -799,362
Birmingham Airport 4,592,894 3,495,097 -1,097,797
Dover 4,686,278 3,363,245 -1,323,033
Glasgow Airport 3,020,319 3,133,568 +113,249
Belfast Port 1,777,398 4,318,695 +2,541,297
East Midlands Airport 3,491,673 2,215,022 -1,276,651

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
332
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
287
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products
64
Other manufacturing
57
Specialised construction activities
50

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 177
2026-04 184
2026-03 185
2026-02 191
2026-01 158

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 409
54m+ 296
0-1m 225
15m-54m 107
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 9,238,495
Ireland 8,123,616
France 7,628,095
United States 6,839,153
Sweden 3,713,205

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 5,046,345 4,192,150 -854,195
Ireland 4,482,736 3,640,880 -841,856
France 4,662,135 2,965,960 -1,696,175
United States 4,467,425 2,371,728 -2,095,697
Sweden 1,929,238 1,783,967 -145,271
Italy 1,835,522 1,483,277 -352,245
Netherlands 1,230,152 1,268,145 +37,993
Austria 911,941 1,252,256 +340,315
Switzerland 784,973 566,684 -218,289
China 498,612 294,003 -204,609

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 338,204
XI 38,839
United States 31,218
Oman 8,999
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 2,524

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 136,214 201,990 +65,776
XI 465 38,374 +37,909
United States 20,550 10,668 -9,882
Oman 8,999 0 -8,999
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 2,522 2 -2,520
Nicaragua 1,755 0 -1,755
Ireland 730 1,023 +293
Slovakia 593 384 -209
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 27,329,605
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 23,875,422
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,461,381
Other 439,703
Road transport 10,412

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 14,409,619 12,919,986 -1,489,633
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 14,293,600 9,581,822 -4,711,778
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 539,422 921,959 +382,537
Other 182,056 257,647 +75,591
Road transport 10,412 0 -10,412

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 16,429,619
East Midlands Airport 9,795,818
London Heathrow Airport 8,797,807
Holyhead 6,004,063
ZLC 4,213,774

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 10,073,216 6,356,403 -3,716,813
East Midlands Airport 4,715,417 5,080,401 +364,984
London Heathrow Airport 4,578,461 4,219,346 -359,115
Holyhead 3,350,243 2,653,820 -696,423
ZLC 2,194,944 2,018,830 -176,114
London Stansted Airport 1,700,910 729,168 -971,742
Glasgow Airport 637,088 378,134 -258,954
Portsmouth 35,592 644,029 +608,437
Edinburgh Airport 151,500 292,749 +141,249
000 182,056 257,647 +75,591

Quick facts

HS code: 7020

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

Description: Includes various glass items not classified elsewhere