Import/export HS code 22030001: Bottled malt beer

Malt beer packaged in bottles for easy consumption

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  • 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 £
Italy 124,042,497
Germany 41,731,519
Spain 40,445,236
Netherlands 38,492,151
Belgium 24,186,516

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 65,491,230 58,551,267 -6,939,963
Germany 21,281,096 20,450,423 -830,673
Spain 23,146,741 17,298,495 -5,848,246
Netherlands 22,680,622 15,811,529 -6,869,093
Belgium 13,516,836 10,669,680 -2,847,156
Poland 8,993,025 8,799,403 -193,622
France 9,652,168 7,113,417 -2,538,751
Mexico 3,498,222 3,601,232 +103,010
Nigeria 3,641,033 2,854,224 -786,809
Turkey 2,703,523 3,390,322 +686,799

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 128,616,741
Spain 40,211,059
Netherlands 38,198,720
Germany 30,485,154
France 27,070,101

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 68,228,428 60,388,313 -7,840,115
Spain 22,968,221 17,242,838 -5,725,383
Netherlands 22,544,248 15,654,472 -6,889,776
Germany 15,698,262 14,786,892 -911,370
France 14,987,939 12,082,162 -2,905,777
Poland 9,095,778 8,863,326 -232,452
Belgium 9,380,197 8,116,318 -1,263,879
Mexico 3,784,407 3,733,138 -51,269
Nigeria 3,643,062 2,851,058 -792,004
Turkey 2,801,636 3,377,946 +576,310

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - East 25
Outer London - East and North East 24
Outer London - West and North West 23
Essex 19
Outer London - South 19

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 18 20 +2
Outer London - East and North East 20 19 -1
Outer London - West and North West 20 18 -2
Essex 16 13 -3
Outer London - South 14 17 +3
Inner London - West 13 12 -1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 9 7 -2
Greater Manchester 7 9 +2
West Yorkshire 8 8 +0
Kent 7 5 -2

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) 193,168,343
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 158,241,078
Other 7,534,928
Own propulsion (e.g. imported vehicle driven across land boundary) 449,113
Air transport 174,663

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) 97,890,878 95,277,465 -2,613,413
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 89,360,173 68,880,905 -20,479,268
Other 4,730,062 2,804,866 -1,925,196
Own propulsion (e.g. imported vehicle driven across land boundary) 0 449,113 +449,113
Air transport 58,051 116,612 +58,561
Road transport 90,616 56,422 -34,194

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London 75,794,967
London Gateway Port 62,858,652
Immingham Docks 43,154,238
Dover 32,466,397
Liverpool Docks 31,873,003

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 40,816,887 34,978,080 -5,838,807
London Gateway Port 32,726,282 30,132,370 -2,593,912
Immingham Docks 25,947,449 17,206,789 -8,740,660
Dover 17,125,745 15,340,652 -1,785,093
Liverpool Docks 19,404,536 12,468,467 -6,936,069
Grangemouth Docks 15,731,326 13,700,398 -2,030,928
Felixstowe 5,068,783 9,479,300 +4,410,517
Eurotunnel 5,722,044 5,174,477 -547,567
Thamesport 6,178,662 3,778,604 -2,400,058
Hull 3,726,495 4,124,251 +397,756

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 144
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 66
Food and beverage service activities 21
Manufacture of beverages 19
Warehousing and support activities for transportation 10

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 71
2025-10 74
2025-09 69
2025-08 69
2025-07 78

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 89
0-1m 86
54m+ 35
15m-54m 17
Other 9

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 130,007,793
Ireland 64,653,860
Italy 25,390,926
Netherlands 21,592,937
France 19,842,119

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 75,272,455 54,735,338 -20,537,117
Ireland 35,709,435 28,944,425 -6,765,010
Italy 9,843,737 15,547,189 +5,703,452
Netherlands 13,621,636 7,971,301 -5,650,335
France 10,622,098 9,220,021 -1,402,077
Sweden 3,342,472 2,604,093 -738,379
Spain 2,276,468 3,116,917 +840,449
South Korea 2,355,600 2,682,616 +327,016
Singapore 2,849,693 2,177,493 -672,200
Canada 2,430,179 2,483,581 +53,402

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 £
XU 2,343,642
XI 972,930
Italy 443,576
Spain 66,884
Ireland 49,409

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 £
XU 1,153,568 1,190,074 +36,506
XI 616,703 356,227 -260,476
Italy 345,951 97,625 -248,326
Spain 66,884 0 -66,884
Ireland 42,023 7,386 -34,637
Portugal 21,498 21,517 +19
United States 0 18,270 +18,270
Belgium 8,837 0 -8,837

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) 208,756,702
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 116,500,680
Other 3,946,563
Air transport 129,864
Road transport 31,533

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) 121,460,768 87,295,934 -34,164,834
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 57,856,289 58,644,391 +788,102
Other 2,255,464 1,691,099 -564,365
Air transport 58,767 71,097 +12,330
Road transport 31,533 0 -31,533

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
ZLC 138,623,186
Dover / Eurotunnel 35,418,300
Liverpool Docks 33,152,666
Milford 20,895,109
London 19,875,802

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 83,853,653 54,769,533 -29,084,120
Dover / Eurotunnel 15,860,778 19,557,522 +3,696,744
Liverpool Docks 15,589,311 17,563,355 +1,974,044
Milford 12,236,374 8,658,735 -3,577,639
London 9,497,910 10,377,892 +879,982
London Gateway Port 9,347,047 6,062,476 -3,284,571
Immingham Docks 5,625,332 6,814,404 +1,189,072
Felixstowe 5,732,021 5,500,896 -231,125
Fishguard 5,507,311 2,309,341 -3,197,970
Southampton 2,617,533 3,321,815 +704,282

Quick facts

HS code: 22030001

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

Description: Malt beer packaged in bottles for easy consumption