Import/export HS code 220421: Wine in small bottles (2 liters or less)

Wine sold in small bottles, perfect for personal use or gifts

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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 £
France 1,477,745,726
Italy 682,090,146
Spain 441,147,066
Belgium 350,904,626
New Zealand 195,566,006

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 £
France 791,289,053 686,456,673 -104,832,380
Italy 349,618,857 332,471,289 -17,147,568
Spain 240,975,201 200,171,865 -40,803,336
Belgium 186,282,165 164,622,461 -21,659,704
New Zealand 100,069,035 95,496,971 -4,572,064
Germany 86,098,109 99,968,786 +13,870,677
Chile 96,729,113 80,739,506 -15,989,607
Australia 97,973,050 72,598,007 -25,375,043
Portugal 74,221,733 71,091,735 -3,129,998
South Africa 68,429,790 59,603,569 -8,826,221

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 £
France 1,692,823,331
Italy 824,984,127
Spain 493,779,661
New Zealand 267,939,138
Chile 192,153,711

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 £
France 892,150,079 800,673,252 -91,476,827
Italy 435,195,398 389,788,729 -45,406,669
Spain 268,798,189 224,981,472 -43,816,717
New Zealand 140,515,831 127,423,307 -13,092,524
Chile 106,138,580 86,015,131 -20,123,449
Portugal 85,570,526 82,443,634 -3,126,892
Australia 91,780,766 64,978,329 -26,802,437
South Africa 84,580,078 69,994,251 -14,585,827
Argentina 68,384,374 56,350,185 -12,034,189
United States 59,827,739 44,083,609 -15,744,130

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 210
Inner London - East 123
Outer London - West and North West 80
Surrey, East and West Sussex 78
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 71

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 175 162 -13
Inner London - East 104 106 +2
Outer London - West and North West 71 63 -8
Surrey, East and West Sussex 66 63 -3
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 63 52 -11
Outer London - East and North East 36 37 +1
Kent 36 32 -4
Greater Manchester 35 35 +0
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 30 30 +0
Essex 26 23 -3

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) 2,330,010,735
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 1,059,884,868
Other 792,922,100
Own propulsion (e.g. imported vehicle driven across land boundary) 117,110,339
Road transport 20,211,639

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) 1,223,228,062 1,106,782,673 -116,445,389
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 579,860,904 480,023,964 -99,836,940
Other 506,201,711 286,720,389 -219,481,322
Own propulsion (e.g. imported vehicle driven across land boundary) 0 117,110,339 +117,110,339
Road transport 1,529,101 18,682,538 +17,153,437
Air transport 5,148,058 10,043,299 +4,895,241

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London 972,524,006
London Gateway Port 808,212,937
000 792,922,100
Dover 345,466,356
Portsmouth 233,878,921

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 530,636,548 441,887,458 -88,749,090
London Gateway Port 442,980,992 365,231,945 -77,749,047
000 506,201,711 286,720,389 -219,481,322
Dover 179,668,558 165,797,798 -13,870,760
Portsmouth 125,944,152 107,934,769 -18,009,383
499 53,274 191,581,261 +191,527,987
Immingham Docks 97,705,142 91,600,098 -6,105,044
Thamesport 98,458,260 62,457,591 -36,000,669
Liverpool Docks 73,272,962 45,350,384 -27,922,578
Eurotunnel 59,736,220 51,428,360 -8,307,860

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 743
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 291
Food and beverage service activities 193
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 40
Manufacture of beverages 38

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 387
2025-11 552
2025-10 494
2025-09 451
2025-08 426

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 520
1m-15m 477
54m+ 138
15m-54m 80
Other 60

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 161,633,423
United States 141,606,755
Singapore 55,575,623
Ireland 50,381,177
France 49,459,418

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 81,838,794 79,794,629 -2,044,165
United States 94,997,690 46,609,065 -48,388,625
Singapore 29,201,673 26,373,950 -2,827,723
Ireland 24,613,197 25,767,980 +1,154,783
France 24,770,221 24,689,197 -81,024
Belgium 6,441,352 12,224,845 +5,783,493
Switzerland 7,507,459 8,752,721 +1,245,262
Taiwan 4,960,192 9,463,122 +4,502,930
Japan 6,453,853 5,217,210 -1,236,643
Denmark 6,417,791 4,040,050 -2,377,741

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 £
Chile 2,204,767
France 2,149,201
New Zealand 1,489,757
Italy 1,412,661
Spain 921,128

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 £
Chile 1,036,820 1,167,947 +131,127
France 1,193,347 955,854 -237,493
New Zealand 824,079 665,678 -158,401
Italy 781,976 630,685 -151,291
Spain 592,754 328,374 -264,380
Argentina 345,419 114,877 -230,542
Australia 313,507 85,748 -227,759
Portugal 189,813 183,382 -6,431
United States 261,098 80,543 -180,555
South Africa 171,760 153,951 -17,809

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 258,972,843
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 187,383,454
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 152,074,596
Other 10,437,162
Road transport 206,036

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 134,968,197 124,004,646 -10,963,551
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 111,583,260 75,800,194 -35,783,066
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 75,592,131 76,482,465 +890,334
Other 5,861,382 4,575,780 -1,285,602
Road transport 206,036 0 -206,036

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 252,047,309
Southampton 119,114,595
Dover / Eurotunnel 73,120,306
London Gateway Port 38,139,002
Portsmouth 29,393,980

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 131,093,535 120,953,774 -10,139,761
Southampton 86,801,293 32,313,302 -54,487,991
Dover / Eurotunnel 35,069,982 38,050,324 +2,980,342
London Gateway Port 9,999,134 28,139,868 +18,140,734
Portsmouth 15,727,711 13,666,269 -2,061,442
Immingham Docks 10,055,129 9,483,374 -571,755
Liverpool Docks 9,320,367 8,012,804 -1,307,563
Felixstowe 4,239,625 6,640,149 +2,400,524
Heysham 4,731,328 5,747,654 +1,016,326
000 5,861,382 4,575,780 -1,285,602

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 220421

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

Description: Wine sold in small bottles, perfect for personal use or gifts