Import/export HS code 7117: Imitation jewelry

Fake or imitation jewelry made to look like real jewelry, often using cheaper materials

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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 176,158,043
France 55,386,231
Italy 45,640,081
Germany 44,651,996
Belgium 43,606,989

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 87,366,300 88,791,743 +1,425,443
France 26,424,956 28,961,275 +2,536,319
Italy 27,702,658 17,937,423 -9,765,235
Germany 21,212,267 23,439,729 +2,227,462
Belgium 23,387,619 20,219,370 -3,168,249
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 20,722,699 20,541,868 -180,831
Thailand 13,389,213 12,061,938 -1,327,275
United States 10,237,562 8,788,194 -1,449,368
Netherlands 10,074,125 7,496,482 -2,577,643
India 9,877,424 7,519,541 -2,357,883

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 291,790,786
Thailand 55,473,725
Italy 50,828,195
Viet Nam 24,682,893
France 21,310,043

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 144,531,291 147,259,495 +2,728,204
Thailand 29,170,974 26,302,751 -2,868,223
Italy 30,002,609 20,825,586 -9,177,023
Viet Nam 11,961,844 12,721,049 +759,205
France 10,445,052 10,864,991 +419,939
India 11,849,648 8,777,333 -3,072,315
United States 6,409,565 6,609,078 +199,513
Germany 5,413,534 4,666,576 -746,958
Switzerland 5,136,759 361,355 -4,775,404
Spain 2,907,426 2,300,019 -607,407

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 547
Inner London - East 202
Outer London - West and North West 178
Surrey, East and West Sussex 137
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 121

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 413 394 -19
Inner London - East 142 146 +4
Outer London - West and North West 138 125 -13
Surrey, East and West Sussex 98 91 -7
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 79 78 -1
Greater Manchester 88 88 +0
West Midlands 79 83 +4
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 56 50 -6
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 48 53 +5
Outer London - East and North East 34 38 +4

Import volume by transport

What this shows: Import value by transport mode used to bring goods into the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Air transport 320,764,766
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 110,065,194
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 87,801,341
Other 12,929,873
Road transport 1,719,106

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 £
Air transport 163,950,354 156,814,412 -7,135,942
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 59,751,688 50,313,506 -9,438,182
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 41,693,987 46,107,354 +4,413,367
Other 10,978,461 1,951,412 -9,027,049
Road transport 492,712 1,226,394 +733,682

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 156,485,947
East Midlands Airport 105,604,567
Eurotunnel 44,046,873
London 36,865,386
London Stansted Airport 32,112,152

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 £
London Heathrow Airport 78,675,589 77,810,358 -865,231
East Midlands Airport 55,504,420 50,100,147 -5,404,273
Eurotunnel 25,653,144 18,393,729 -7,259,415
London 17,327,565 19,537,821 +2,210,256
London Stansted Airport 15,274,588 16,837,564 +1,562,976
Felixstowe 19,115,874 12,230,678 -6,885,196
London Gateway Port 10,277,379 16,253,146 +5,975,767
Dover / Eurotunnel 10,635,089 10,298,499 -336,590
Southampton 9,157,623 6,617,514 -2,540,109
000 10,978,461 1,951,412 -9,027,049

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
1271
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
722
Other manufacturing
190
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities
162
Other personal service activities
74

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 474
2026-04 489
2026-03 485
2026-02 488
2026-01 468

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 1029
0-1m 882
54m+ 407
15m-54m 181
Other 166

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 £
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 21,053,429
United States 13,612,731
Ireland 12,260,213
France 9,251,888
Germany 7,739,659

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 £
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 10,874,665 10,178,764 -695,901
United States 7,248,896 6,363,835 -885,061
Ireland 6,906,217 5,353,996 -1,552,221
France 4,921,502 4,330,386 -591,116
Germany 4,116,775 3,622,884 -493,891
Italy 4,104,794 2,354,899 -1,749,895
China, Macao Special Administrative Region 3,329,398 2,176,941 -1,152,457
Netherlands 2,604,849 2,662,392 +57,543
China 2,488,281 2,450,572 -37,709
United Arab Emirates 1,879,742 1,656,190 -223,552

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 1,033,717
Italy 250,746
Switzerland 42,774
India 33,088
United States 23,277

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 556,058 477,659 -78,399
Italy 101,615 149,131 +47,516
Switzerland 23,986 18,788 -5,198
India 20,818 12,270 -8,548
United States 10,741 12,536 +1,795
XI 2,524 9,761 +7,237
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 0 7,995 +7,995
South Korea 1,246 2,178 +932
Hungary 1,360 1,247 -113
Bangladesh 1,072 779 -293

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 88,497,902
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 31,268,470
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 4,023,401
Other 1,747,531
Road transport 18,495

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 47,951,643 40,546,259 -7,405,384
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 18,449,259 12,819,211 -5,630,048
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,891,213 2,132,188 +240,975
Other 888,722 858,809 -29,913
Road transport 17,292 1,203 -16,089

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 43,655,708
East Midlands Airport 29,972,621
Dover / Eurotunnel 17,462,903
London Stansted Airport 7,638,965
Holyhead 6,656,333

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 £
London Heathrow Airport 21,541,038 22,114,670 +573,632
East Midlands Airport 18,992,984 10,979,637 -8,013,347
Dover / Eurotunnel 10,570,024 6,892,879 -3,677,145
London Stansted Airport 3,871,082 3,767,883 -103,199
Holyhead 3,688,445 2,967,888 -720,557
ZLC 2,278,362 2,775,195 +496,833
Dover 1,888,860 1,531,377 -357,483
Immingham Docks 969,993 888,497 -81,496
000 888,722 858,809 -29,913
London Gateway Port 755,199 528,481 -226,718

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 7117

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

Description: Fake or imitation jewelry made to look like real jewelry, often using cheaper materials