Import/export HS code 630720: Life jackets and lifebelts

Safety equipment like life jackets and lifebelts designed for water rescue and flotation

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 £
United States 10,585,191
China 9,691,821
Sweden 1,960,864
Viet Nam 1,901,473
Belgium 1,538,517

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 8,580,104 2,005,087 -6,575,017
China 5,021,562 4,670,259 -351,303
Sweden 1,102,247 858,617 -243,630
Viet Nam 553,069 1,348,404 +795,335
Belgium 778,905 759,612 -19,293
Poland 748,788 556,641 -192,147
France 591,754 626,946 +35,192
India 769,694 369,906 -399,788
Germany 401,668 529,035 +127,367
Netherlands 471,185 398,347 -72,838

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 £
China 10,749,547
Mexico 6,781,498
United States 4,535,943
Viet Nam 2,006,687
Romania 1,945,733

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 £
China 5,595,710 5,153,837 -441,873
Mexico 6,405,037 376,461 -6,028,576
United States 2,637,724 1,898,219 -739,505
Viet Nam 608,554 1,398,133 +789,579
Romania 1,017,044 928,689 -88,355
United Kingdom 950,644 531,599 -419,045
Poland 723,243 554,004 -169,239
Hungary 708,908 533,066 -175,842
India 778,006 369,906 -408,100
Ukraine 462,704 402,653 -60,051

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 25
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 18
Surrey, East and West Sussex 18
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 11
Greater Manchester 11

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 16 16 +0
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 16 13 -3
Surrey, East and West Sussex 13 13 +0
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 8 6 -2
Greater Manchester 7 4 -3
Inner London - East 7 7 +0
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 6 7 +1
Devon 7 6 -1
Merseyside 7 6 -1
North Somerset, Somerset and Dorset 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 £
Air transport 17,045,860
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 12,415,110
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 7,400,567
Other 801,562
Road transport 30,901

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 £
Air transport 11,827,050 5,218,810 -6,608,240
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 6,067,516 6,347,594 +280,078
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 4,070,237 3,330,330 -739,907
Other 586,630 214,932 -371,698
Road transport 6,726 24,175 +17,449

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 10,549,471
Felixstowe 5,054,158
Southampton 4,398,967
London Stansted Airport 2,649,744
Immingham Docks 2,552,983

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 Heathrow Airport 8,671,618 1,877,853 -6,793,765
Felixstowe 2,429,403 2,624,755 +195,352
Southampton 2,190,105 2,208,862 +18,757
London Stansted Airport 1,421,779 1,227,965 -193,814
Immingham Docks 1,338,096 1,214,887 -123,209
Dover 998,136 1,110,222 +112,086
East Midlands Airport 923,780 1,113,237 +189,457
Eurotunnel 1,083,426 506,293 -577,133
Thamesport 657,226 322,093 -335,133
London Gateway Port 442,657 467,803 +25,146

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 60
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 55
Other manufacturing 23
Warehousing and support activities for transportation 21
Air transport 18

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 41
2025-10 50
2025-09 51
2025-08 51
2025-07 61

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 115
54m+ 80
0-1m 29
15m-54m 27
Other 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 £
Netherlands 4,090,370
Italy 3,920,533
Germany 2,572,925
Switzerland 1,879,332
Ireland 1,604,901

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 £
Netherlands 1,379,281 2,711,089 +1,331,808
Italy 1,801,395 2,119,138 +317,743
Germany 937,837 1,635,088 +697,251
Switzerland 1,675,249 204,083 -1,471,166
Ireland 882,539 722,362 -160,177
Australia 904,134 682,445 -221,689
Denmark 728,219 583,445 -144,774
France 615,424 604,885 -10,539
Saudi Arabia 663,634 505,694 -157,940
United States 655,704 383,854 -271,850

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 £
XI 1,389,485
XU 1,217,450
Ukraine 139,543
China 18,264
Hungary 7,972

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 £
XI 17,851 1,371,634 +1,353,783
XU 822,510 394,940 -427,570
Ukraine 139,543 0 -139,543
China 7,475 10,789 +3,314
Hungary 7,972 0 -7,972
Ireland 6,086 497 -5,589
France 1,320 0 -1,320
Nicaragua 0 486 +486
Poland 90 0 -90

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 19,297,040
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 11,352,744
Other 2,781,193
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 2,650,411
Road transport 126,366

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 10,268,965 9,028,075 -1,240,890
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 5,533,569 5,819,175 +285,606
Other 1,002,847 1,778,346 +775,499
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,663,582 986,829 -676,753
Road transport 126,366 0 -126,366

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 8,381,600
London Heathrow Airport 7,710,373
ZLC 2,894,045
000 2,781,193
East Midlands Airport 2,624,299

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 £
Dover / Eurotunnel 3,897,779 4,483,821 +586,042
London Heathrow Airport 4,470,430 3,239,943 -1,230,487
ZLC 1,454,615 1,439,430 -15,185
000 1,002,847 1,778,346 +775,499
East Midlands Airport 1,240,707 1,383,592 +142,885
London Stansted Airport 1,121,502 962,035 -159,467
Immingham Docks 768,505 817,889 +49,384
Manchester Airport 657,018 429,179 -227,839
Aberdeen Airport 345,980 638,958 +292,978
Warton Aerodrome 444,887 453,569 +8,682

Quick facts

HS code: 630720

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

Description: Safety equipment like life jackets and lifebelts designed for water rescue and flotation