Import/export HS code 22030001: Bottled malt beer

Malt beer packaged in bottles for easy consumption

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 £
Ireland 202,455,893
Italy 163,282,901
Netherlands 112,339,462
Germany 91,667,237
Spain 71,479,915

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 £
Ireland 111,040,419 91,415,474 -19,624,945
Italy 83,431,726 79,851,175 -3,580,551
Netherlands 57,529,938 54,809,524 -2,720,414
Germany 47,235,077 44,432,160 -2,802,917
Spain 38,338,859 33,141,056 -5,197,803
Belgium 22,382,410 20,487,832 -1,894,578
Poland 15,496,058 13,641,610 -1,854,448
France 15,902,406 10,072,876 -5,829,530
Czechia 7,633,826 7,227,331 -406,495
Nigeria 4,347,944 3,723,117 -624,827

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 167,581,678
Ireland 137,364,965
Netherlands 96,242,980
Germany 75,128,242
Spain 70,808,294

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 85,983,031 81,598,647 -4,384,384
Ireland 73,551,146 63,813,819 -9,737,327
Netherlands 50,619,597 45,623,383 -4,996,214
Germany 38,373,615 36,754,627 -1,618,988
Spain 37,506,280 33,302,014 -4,204,266
France 25,850,932 19,555,572 -6,295,360
Belgium 19,242,902 16,952,119 -2,290,783
Poland 16,198,893 17,046,818 +847,925
Czechia 7,605,591 7,302,860 -302,731
Finland 9,394,909 27,208 -9,367,701

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - East 39
Outer London - East and North East 36
Inner London - West 28
Outer London - West and North West 27
Outer London - South 22

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 - East 30 30 +0
Outer London - East and North East 28 27 -1
Inner London - West 23 20 -3
Outer London - West and North West 23 23 +0
Outer London - South 17 19 +2
Essex 17 15 -2
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 12 11 -1
Greater Manchester 12 14 +2
West Midlands 11 9 -2
West Yorkshire 9 12 +3

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) 428,977,013
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 331,759,594
Other 76,462,497
Own propulsion (e.g. imported vehicle driven across land boundary) 1,047,341
Air transport 818,516

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) 238,621,596 190,355,417 -48,266,179
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 161,917,130 169,842,464 +7,925,334
Other 43,514,980 32,947,517 -10,567,463
Own propulsion (e.g. imported vehicle driven across land boundary) 0 1,047,341 +1,047,341
Air transport 333,475 485,041 +151,566
Road transport 116,670 137,763 +21,093

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Liverpool Docks 169,844,758
London 144,540,462
Immingham Docks 84,899,839
London Gateway Port 84,649,809
000 76,462,497

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 £
Liverpool Docks 92,285,075 77,559,683 -14,725,392
London 80,367,175 64,173,287 -16,193,888
Immingham Docks 48,203,205 36,696,634 -11,506,571
London Gateway Port 42,595,900 42,053,909 -541,991
000 43,514,980 32,947,517 -10,567,463
Dover 34,563,369 31,846,363 -2,717,006
Grangemouth Docks 26,476,371 24,852,987 -1,623,384
Thamesport 12,811,767 13,399,910 +588,143
Felixstowe 8,329,101 14,535,783 +6,206,682
Eurotunnel 12,587,921 10,032,186 -2,555,735

Importer companies by SIC division

What this shows: Industry breakdown (SIC divisions) of importing companies.

Top 5 values

SIC Companies
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 196
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 92
Food and beverage service activities 36
Manufacture of beverages 32
Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities 12

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 98
2025-11 112
2025-10 111
2025-09 112
2025-08 110

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
0-1m 127
1m-15m 119
54m+ 47
15m-54m 28
Other 26

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 £
United States 232,618,652
Ireland 187,414,686
France 73,684,177
Canada 66,204,895
Netherlands 54,463,930

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 £
United States 121,699,377 110,919,275 -10,780,102
Ireland 101,066,315 86,348,371 -14,717,944
France 36,036,506 37,647,671 +1,611,165
Canada 34,933,771 31,271,124 -3,662,647
Netherlands 32,502,968 21,960,962 -10,542,006
Italy 17,497,592 22,524,366 +5,026,774
Spain 14,853,004 18,279,360 +3,426,356
China 20,087,197 5,558,049 -14,529,148
South Korea 8,539,565 7,263,596 -1,275,969
Sweden 8,422,609 6,513,869 -1,908,740

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 £
Ireland 58,643,550
Germany 5,933,211
XI 3,069,219
France 2,590,937
Netherlands 2,046,047

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 £
Ireland 30,776,841 27,866,709 -2,910,132
Germany 3,804,671 2,128,540 -1,676,131
XI 1,159,789 1,909,430 +749,641
France 1,084,667 1,506,270 +421,603
Netherlands 1,205,107 840,940 -364,167
Italy 1,066,069 789,614 -276,455
Spain 601,998 823,675 +221,677
Belgium 970,377 403,680 -566,697
Poland 656,931 670,198 +13,267
Sweden 133,962 524,214 +390,252

Export volume by transport

What this shows: Export value by transport mode used to ship goods from the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 486,921,841
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 304,953,298
Other 89,171,521
Air transport 650,854
Road transport 235,138

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 £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 270,373,386 216,548,455 -53,824,931
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 154,219,107 150,734,191 -3,484,916
Other 46,528,551 42,642,970 -3,885,581
Air transport 244,815 406,039 +161,224
Road transport 235,138 0 -235,138
Rail transport 0 1,285 +1,285

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
ZLC 232,973,000
Dover / Eurotunnel 121,568,369
Liverpool Docks 102,406,878
000 89,171,521
Belfast Port 88,129,919

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 £
ZLC 126,697,885 106,275,115 -20,422,770
Dover / Eurotunnel 58,476,753 63,091,616 +4,614,863
Liverpool Docks 50,468,829 51,938,049 +1,469,220
000 46,528,551 42,642,970 -3,885,581
Belfast Port 57,803,448 30,326,471 -27,476,977
Immingham Docks 18,650,101 19,858,206 +1,208,105
Milford 21,590,489 15,066,821 -6,523,668
London 12,703,606 17,447,492 +4,743,886
London Gateway Port 12,738,625 9,764,863 -2,973,762
Dover 12,293,160 8,100,570 -4,192,590

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 22030001

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

Description: Malt beer packaged in bottles for easy consumption