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 203,352,966
Italy 163,111,949
Netherlands 114,784,154
Germany 91,179,724
Spain 72,938,768

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 112,461,459 90,891,507 -21,569,952
Italy 83,605,357 79,506,592 -4,098,765
Netherlands 58,580,163 56,203,991 -2,376,172
Germany 47,093,735 44,085,989 -3,007,746
Spain 39,977,584 32,961,184 -7,016,400
Belgium 23,310,238 19,920,261 -3,389,977
Poland 14,842,510 13,837,027 -1,005,483
France 16,041,030 10,391,910 -5,649,120
Czechia 7,509,918 7,151,213 -358,705
Finland 7,914,169 27,208 -7,886,961

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 167,488,997
Ireland 137,506,365
Netherlands 97,995,537
Germany 74,774,744
Spain 72,174,850

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 86,278,130 81,210,867 -5,067,263
Ireland 74,892,881 62,613,484 -12,279,397
Netherlands 51,272,164 46,723,373 -4,548,791
Germany 37,925,083 36,849,661 -1,075,422
Spain 39,264,789 32,910,061 -6,354,728
France 26,389,208 19,446,443 -6,942,765
Belgium 20,193,927 16,434,383 -3,759,544
Poland 15,331,641 17,459,536 +2,127,895
Czechia 7,465,644 7,232,629 -233,015
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 40
Outer London - East and North East 35
Inner London - West 28
Outer London - West and North West 27
Essex 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 31 30 -1
Outer London - East and North East 28 26 -2
Inner London - West 24 19 -5
Outer London - West and North West 23 23 +0
Essex 18 16 -2
Outer London - South 16 18 +2
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 13 11 -2
Greater Manchester 11 13 +2
West Yorkshire 10 11 +1
Kent 10 9 -1

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) 434,610,399
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 328,410,939
Other 77,532,573
Own propulsion (e.g. imported vehicle driven across land boundary) 971,360
Air transport 802,366

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) 244,475,714 190,134,685 -54,341,029
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 160,425,243 167,985,696 +7,560,453
Other 43,650,096 33,882,477 -9,767,619
Own propulsion (e.g. imported vehicle driven across land boundary) 0 971,360 +971,360
Air transport 304,244 498,122 +193,878
Road transport 169,862 96,943 -72,919

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Liverpool Docks 171,366,655
London 145,451,442
Immingham Docks 87,557,081
London Gateway Port 83,557,779
000 77,532,573

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 95,035,474 76,331,181 -18,704,293
London 80,411,308 65,040,134 -15,371,174
Immingham Docks 50,219,358 37,337,723 -12,881,635
London Gateway Port 41,885,852 41,671,927 -213,925
000 43,650,096 33,882,477 -9,767,619
Dover 35,094,803 31,628,521 -3,466,282
Grangemouth Docks 26,338,495 24,355,113 -1,983,382
Thamesport 12,525,243 13,442,835 +917,592
Felixstowe 8,409,594 14,425,435 +6,015,841
Eurotunnel 12,405,192 10,407,405 -1,997,787

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 195
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 92
Food and beverage service activities 34
Manufacture of beverages 31
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 14

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 112
2025-10 111
2025-09 112
2025-08 110
2025-07 113

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 129
1m-15m 118
54m+ 49
Other 25
15m-54m 24

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 233,762,620
Ireland 187,146,418
France 75,362,188
Canada 66,499,081
Netherlands 53,759,654

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 126,041,560 107,721,060 -18,320,500
Ireland 101,750,308 85,396,110 -16,354,198
France 37,114,241 38,247,947 +1,133,706
Canada 34,079,871 32,419,210 -1,660,661
Netherlands 32,558,173 21,201,481 -11,356,692
Italy 17,413,775 22,415,164 +5,001,389
Spain 15,370,707 17,666,252 +2,295,545
China 21,131,761 5,204,442 -15,927,319
South Korea 8,714,711 7,540,940 -1,173,771
Sweden 8,713,858 6,408,098 -2,305,760

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 59,441,638
XU 6,702,867
Germany 6,119,929
XI 2,953,225
France 2,427,473

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 31,315,574 28,126,064 -3,189,510
XU 3,399,631 3,303,236 -96,395
Germany 3,707,672 2,412,257 -1,295,415
XI 1,159,759 1,793,466 +633,707
France 988,849 1,438,624 +449,775
Netherlands 1,118,954 788,985 -329,969
Italy 1,015,742 796,845 -218,897
Spain 661,547 776,693 +115,146
Belgium 895,683 452,588 -443,095
Poland 706,628 632,072 -74,556

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) 494,749,734
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 301,644,352
Other 89,844,199
Air transport 652,389
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) 281,266,675 213,483,059 -67,783,616
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 153,370,816 148,273,536 -5,097,280
Other 46,792,052 43,052,147 -3,739,905
Air transport 243,254 409,135 +165,881
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 234,010,173
Dover / Eurotunnel 121,719,178
Liverpool Docks 101,517,820
Belfast Port 94,913,113
000 89,844,199

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 130,938,564 103,071,609 -27,866,955
Dover / Eurotunnel 58,976,633 62,742,545 +3,765,912
Liverpool Docks 50,811,682 50,706,138 -105,544
Belfast Port 60,740,800 34,172,313 -26,568,487
000 46,792,052 43,052,147 -3,739,905
Immingham Docks 18,436,239 18,608,594 +172,355
Milford 21,746,057 14,293,347 -7,452,710
London 12,084,873 17,004,830 +4,919,957
London Gateway Port 12,891,220 9,317,838 -3,573,382
Dover 12,683,001 8,072,527 -4,610,474

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