Import/export HS code 220850: Gin and Geneva

Clear spirits flavored with juniper berries, including gin and Geneva

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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 £
United States 11,979,744
Italy 5,343,482
France 5,319,331
Belgium 3,786,728
Japan 3,439,437

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 £
United States 6,424,282 5,555,462 -868,820
Italy 2,629,295 2,714,187 +84,892
France 2,416,420 2,902,911 +486,491
Belgium 1,615,287 2,171,441 +556,154
Japan 3,046,566 392,871 -2,653,695
Netherlands 1,602,275 1,611,090 +8,815
Ireland 1,739,951 1,457,688 -282,263
Germany 1,541,673 1,200,782 -340,891
Spain 986,583 1,586,654 +600,071
Sweden 687,682 430,241 -257,441

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 £
United Kingdom 17,053,436
Germany 5,989,994
Italy 5,007,461
Japan 4,043,466
Spain 2,289,970

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 £
United Kingdom 9,623,916 7,429,520 -2,194,396
Germany 2,984,016 3,005,978 +21,962
Italy 2,379,542 2,627,919 +248,377
Japan 3,228,162 815,304 -2,412,858
Spain 813,466 1,476,504 +663,038
France 902,590 1,260,713 +358,123
Netherlands 577,656 938,111 +360,455
Ireland 665,437 555,801 -109,636
United States 466,448 544,043 +77,595
Australia 339,166 337,949 -1,217

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 29
Outer London - West and North West 17
Inner London - East 16
Greater Manchester 7
Surrey, East and West Sussex 7

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 25 22 -3
Outer London - West and North West 14 12 -2
Inner London - East 13 10 -3
Greater Manchester 6 4 -2
Surrey, East and West Sussex 6 3 -3
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 2 6 +4
Essex 4 5 +1
Outer London - East and North East 5 5 +0
West Yorkshire 5 4 -1
Kent 4 4 +0

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) 29,775,318
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 10,567,941
Other 4,480,123
Own propulsion (e.g. imported vehicle driven across land boundary) 348,705
Air transport 221,125

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) 16,667,132 13,108,186 -3,558,946
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 5,037,674 5,530,267 +492,593
Other 2,681,608 1,798,515 -883,093
Own propulsion (e.g. imported vehicle driven across land boundary) 0 348,705 +348,705
Air transport 173,713 47,412 -126,301
Road transport 0 2,864 +2,864

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Grangemouth Docks 14,188,544
London 7,605,510
000 4,480,123
Dover 3,492,639
London Gateway Port 2,744,546

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 £
Grangemouth Docks 9,136,412 5,052,132 -4,084,280
London 3,030,015 4,575,495 +1,545,480
000 2,681,608 1,798,515 -883,093
Dover 1,547,389 1,945,250 +397,861
London Gateway Port 1,769,096 975,450 -793,646
Immingham Docks 679,345 1,229,165 +549,820
Hull 1,335,296 423,720 -911,576
Southampton 579,271 1,057,959 +478,688
Eurotunnel 737,094 616,589 -120,505
Middlesbrough 298,041 672,383 +374,342

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 103
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 30
Manufacture of beverages 21
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 10
Warehousing and support activities for transportation 8

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 30
2025-10 34
2025-09 33
2025-08 31
2025-07 38

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 57
54m+ 39
0-1m 28
15m-54m 20
Other 15

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 340,818,555
Italy 118,745,389
Germany 61,592,611
Spain 47,878,760
Brazil 41,743,553

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 157,038,387 183,780,168 +26,741,781
Italy 61,987,155 56,758,234 -5,228,921
Germany 33,263,391 28,329,220 -4,934,171
Spain 24,087,830 23,790,930 -296,900
Brazil 13,911,337 27,832,216 +13,920,879
Canada 21,142,090 17,925,006 -3,217,084
France 18,141,851 14,767,727 -3,374,124
Australia 16,204,331 14,430,293 -1,774,038
Turkey 10,731,771 15,116,790 +4,385,019
Greece 12,860,354 10,487,894 -2,372,460

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 £
Japan 2,515,298
XI 571,115
Italy 514,868
XU 101,366
Ireland 96,194

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 £
Japan 1,191,021 1,324,277 +133,256
XI 282,377 288,738 +6,361
Italy 240,501 274,367 +33,866
XU 92,919 8,447 -84,472
Ireland 29,694 66,500 +36,806
Mexico 31,924 268 -31,656
China 9,502 0 -9,502
Germany 1,720 0 -1,720

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) 1,018,651,975
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 39,948,248
Road transport 24,502,610
Other 3,842,255
Air transport 2,520,390

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) 500,465,421 518,186,554 +17,721,133
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 18,191,801 21,756,447 +3,564,646
Road transport 8,576,722 15,925,888 +7,349,166
Other 1,879,658 1,962,597 +82,939
Air transport 1,052,761 1,467,629 +414,868

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
ZLC 972,016,878
Grangemouth Docks 17,811,517
Dover / Eurotunnel 17,260,188
Southampton 16,746,841
Immingham Docks 10,696,446

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 468,930,634 503,086,244 +34,155,610
Grangemouth Docks 11,410,175 6,401,342 -5,008,833
Dover / Eurotunnel 9,409,234 7,850,954 -1,558,280
Southampton 7,218,970 9,527,871 +2,308,901
Immingham Docks 5,747,171 4,949,275 -797,896
London Gateway Port 5,361,585 4,890,382 -471,203
Hull 3,540,967 4,193,104 +652,137
Dover 3,411,435 2,625,447 -785,988
Heysham 450,275 5,467,753 +5,017,478
Felixstowe 3,722,949 2,125,543 -1,597,406

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 220850

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

Description: Clear spirits flavored with juniper berries, including gin and Geneva