Import/export HS code 900410: Sunglasses

Sunglasses designed to protect eyes from sunlight, available in various styles and 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 £
Italy 230,821,551
France 80,564,431
China 58,769,064
United States 17,121,965
Germany 16,439,253

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 £
Italy 101,685,190 129,136,361 +27,451,171
France 51,673,628 28,890,803 -22,782,825
China 28,507,289 30,261,775 +1,754,486
United States 10,391,705 6,730,260 -3,661,445
Germany 8,141,284 8,297,969 +156,685
Netherlands 4,905,568 5,313,194 +407,626
Thailand 3,644,688 3,407,378 -237,310
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 3,157,850 3,386,244 +228,394
Taiwan 1,727,317 2,099,210 +371,893
Switzerland 1,922,552 1,194,210 -728,342

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 £
Italy 191,760,467
China 165,803,642
United States 29,526,889
Japan 22,300,933
Thailand 20,119,195

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 £
Italy 98,742,045 93,018,422 -5,723,623
China 80,746,404 85,057,238 +4,310,834
United States 14,584,064 14,942,825 +358,761
Japan 9,771,645 12,529,288 +2,757,643
Thailand 8,969,016 11,150,179 +2,181,163
Taiwan 2,922,720 2,246,531 -676,189
Brazil 2,137,555 1,825,219 -312,336
France 1,524,104 2,260,755 +736,651
Pakistan 975,003 880,014 -94,989
Viet Nam 101,706 1,201,006 +1,099,300

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 263
Inner London - East 96
Outer London - West and North West 82
Greater Manchester 70
Surrey, East and West Sussex 65

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 205 195 -10
Inner London - East 70 72 +2
Outer London - West and North West 59 62 +3
Greater Manchester 52 54 +2
Surrey, East and West Sussex 45 49 +4
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 39 41 +2
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 28 21 -7
West Midlands 17 24 +7
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 22 21 -1
Essex 19 21 +2

Import volume by transport

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

Top 5 values

Transport £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 218,779,707
Air transport 175,330,750
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 50,270,541
Other 7,542,967
Road transport 1,354,687

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 £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 112,616,694 106,163,013 -6,453,681
Air transport 80,725,378 94,605,372 +13,879,994
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 24,485,313 25,785,228 +1,299,915
Other 5,499,270 2,043,697 -3,455,573
Road transport 682,495 672,192 -10,303

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Eurotunnel 133,292,704
London Heathrow Airport 64,571,390
East Midlands Airport 61,594,464
Dover 54,216,991
London Stansted Airport 35,283,374

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 £
Eurotunnel 67,980,659 65,312,045 -2,668,614
London Heathrow Airport 32,888,920 31,682,470 -1,206,450
East Midlands Airport 26,567,302 35,027,162 +8,459,860
Dover 29,270,147 24,946,844 -4,323,303
London Stansted Airport 13,972,595 21,310,779 +7,338,184
Dover / Eurotunnel 11,982,011 13,324,563 +1,342,552
Felixstowe 9,916,575 6,964,923 -2,951,652
London Gateway Port 6,647,327 8,852,107 +2,204,780
Birmingham Airport 4,953,498 4,267,679 -685,819
000 5,499,270 2,043,697 -3,455,573

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
650
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
340
Human health activities
73
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities
56
Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities
40

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 288
2026-04 278
2026-03 289
2026-02 290
2026-01 197

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 476
0-1m 353
54m+ 278
15m-54m 109
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 £
Italy 31,858,389
Germany 6,534,303
Netherlands 4,703,914
United States 3,580,258
Ireland 3,528,712

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 £
Italy 16,277,456 15,580,933 -696,523
Germany 2,995,946 3,538,357 +542,411
Netherlands 1,756,769 2,947,145 +1,190,376
United States 1,900,894 1,679,364 -221,530
Ireland 2,053,334 1,475,378 -577,956
France 1,462,559 1,761,782 +299,223
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 1,517,354 1,608,426 +91,072
South Korea 1,719,960 70,741 -1,649,219
Poland 340,298 839,445 +499,147
Spain 565,390 477,031 -88,359

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 471,838
Italy 38,413
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 5,366
Ireland 2,156
Thailand 1,383

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 256,273 215,565 -40,708
Italy 21,839 16,574 -5,265
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 2,170 3,196 +1,026
Ireland 636 1,520 +884
Thailand 239 1,144 +905
India 1,072 7 -1,065
XI 233 180 -53
Taiwan 35 331 +296
Switzerland 127 149 +22
Cambodia 71 146 +75

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) 47,228,038
Air transport 22,107,601
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 878,061
Other 585,951
Road transport 20,057

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) 22,840,032 24,388,006 +1,547,974
Air transport 11,681,442 10,426,159 -1,255,283
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 484,275 393,786 -90,489
Other 319,158 266,793 -52,365
Road transport 8,332 11,725 +3,393

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 37,168,929
London Heathrow Airport 10,393,253
East Midlands Airport 6,621,310
Dover 4,292,585
Harwich 2,644,623

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 17,705,938 19,462,991 +1,757,053
London Heathrow Airport 5,427,462 4,965,791 -461,671
East Midlands Airport 3,894,060 2,727,250 -1,166,810
Dover 2,321,601 1,970,984 -350,617
Harwich 910,538 1,734,085 +823,547
ZLC 946,193 1,219,063 +272,870
London Stansted Airport 1,023,577 958,349 -65,228
Holyhead 794,787 548,145 -246,642
Liverpool Docks 555,171 203,513 -351,658
Immingham Docks 329,800 364,335 +34,535

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 900410

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

Description: Sunglasses designed to protect eyes from sunlight, available in various styles and materials