Import/export HS code 70071110: Motor vehicle safety glass

Safety glass specifically designed for cars, trucks, and other motor vehicles

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 £
Italy 25,349,338
Belgium 19,057,335
China 15,863,242
Spain 12,141,966
Poland 10,550,427

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 12,927,155 12,422,183 -504,972
Belgium 11,241,248 7,816,087 -3,425,161
China 8,681,401 7,181,841 -1,499,560
Spain 6,282,934 5,859,032 -423,902
Poland 6,129,298 4,421,129 -1,708,169
Turkey 5,100,779 2,836,087 -2,264,692
Ireland 2,030,135 2,382,847 +352,712
Germany 2,039,610 1,406,658 -632,952
Czechia 1,325,191 1,392,134 +66,943
Croatia 1,346,001 1,222,577 -123,424

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 25,966,027
China 17,501,955
Spain 12,241,978
Poland 11,241,164
Czechia 8,915,724

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 13,382,026 12,584,001 -798,025
China 10,372,906 7,129,049 -3,243,857
Spain 6,374,393 5,867,585 -506,808
Poland 6,346,129 4,895,035 -1,451,094
Czechia 5,150,948 3,764,776 -1,386,172
France 4,469,149 4,175,553 -293,596
Turkey 5,162,566 2,894,072 -2,268,494
Hungary 1,590,908 1,124,171 -466,737
Croatia 1,344,592 1,253,016 -91,576
Slovakia 928,428 1,337,240 +408,812

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
West Midlands 18
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 13
Inner London - West 13
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 12
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 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
West Midlands 15 15 +0
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 10 13 +3
Inner London - West 3 11 +8
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 9 11 +2
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 10 9 -1
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 8 7 -1
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 6 9 +3
Surrey, East and West Sussex 6 7 +1
Shropshire and Staffordshire 8 7 -1
West Yorkshire 7 4 -3

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) 69,579,719
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 20,022,728
Other 13,448,864
Air transport 5,731,871
Road transport 2,919,313

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) 38,398,649 31,181,070 -7,217,579
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 10,946,189 9,076,539 -1,869,650
Other 7,906,189 5,542,675 -2,363,514
Air transport 2,475,044 3,256,827 +781,783
Road transport 1,502,383 1,416,930 -85,453
Rail transport 50,592 16,689 -33,903

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 44,837,419
Felixstowe 16,287,059
000 13,448,864
Eurotunnel 5,593,754
Dover / Eurotunnel 5,229,358

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 £
Dover 25,109,726 19,727,693 -5,382,033
Felixstowe 10,280,498 6,006,561 -4,273,937
000 7,906,189 5,542,675 -2,363,514
Eurotunnel 3,658,960 1,934,794 -1,724,166
Dover / Eurotunnel 2,154,070 3,075,288 +921,218
Purfleet 1,993,277 2,720,250 +726,973
Oxford Airport 1,487,160 2,242,926 +755,766
ZLC 1,546,763 1,044,729 -502,034
499 0 2,080,491 +2,080,491
London 862,312 954,677 +92,365

Importer companies by SIC division

What this shows: Industry breakdown (SIC divisions) of importing companies.

Top 5 values

SIC Companies
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 65
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 28
Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers 25
Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities 10
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 10

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 59
2025-10 53
2025-09 52
2025-08 52
2025-07 57

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
54m+ 103
1m-15m 44
Other 24
15m-54m 15
0-1m 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 £
Ireland 7,381,660
United States 4,378,887
France 1,645,429
Belgium 1,549,236
Germany 1,314,919

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 £
Ireland 3,731,699 3,649,961 -81,738
United States 2,490,247 1,888,640 -601,607
France 854,943 790,486 -64,457
Belgium 1,251,670 297,566 -954,104
Germany 624,944 689,975 +65,031
South Africa 356,941 189,359 -167,582
India 188,210 313,308 +125,098
Canada 240,949 233,763 -7,186
Poland 363,423 90,640 -272,783
Netherlands 249,451 187,979 -61,472

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 £
Switzerland 6,072,693
XU 252,489
XI 2,642
Turkey 1,270
China 756

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 £
Switzerland 3,190,617 2,882,076 -308,541
XU 657 251,832 +251,175
XI 1,427 1,215 -212
Turkey 1,270 0 -1,270
China 284 472 +188
Ireland 522 0 -522
France 357 0 -357
Hungary 149 146 -3
Poland 272 0 -272
United States 0 242 +242

Export volume by transport

What this shows: Export value by transport mode used to ship goods from the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Other 6,332,080
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 6,170,471
Air transport 5,402,038
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 4,209,644
Road transport 17,650

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 £
Other 3,196,097 3,135,983 -60,114
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 3,571,422 2,599,049 -972,373
Air transport 3,175,488 2,226,550 -948,938
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 2,210,999 1,998,645 -212,354
Road transport 17,650 0 -17,650

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
000 6,332,080
Dover / Eurotunnel 3,966,469
London Heathrow Airport 2,263,350
East Midlands Airport 2,174,192
Southampton 1,867,568

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 £
000 3,196,097 3,135,983 -60,114
Dover / Eurotunnel 2,484,272 1,482,197 -1,002,075
London Heathrow Airport 1,430,123 833,227 -596,896
East Midlands Airport 1,121,743 1,052,449 -69,294
Southampton 782,678 1,084,890 +302,212
London Gateway Port 560,582 496,992 -63,590
Liverpool Docks 430,532 504,922 +74,390
London Stansted Airport 292,946 284,826 -8,120
Felixstowe 484,577 76,866 -407,711
Holyhead 142,008 261,252 +119,244

Quick facts

HS code: 70071110

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

Description: Safety glass specifically designed for cars, trucks, and other motor vehicles