Import/export HS code 70071980: Various types of safety glass

All other safety glass not covered by specific categories, such as clear or specialty safety glass

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 £
China 64,194,690
South Korea 6,590,627
Turkey 6,549,778
Denmark 4,684,797
Spain 4,317,658

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 £
China 31,601,890 32,592,800 +990,910
South Korea 4,537,377 2,053,250 -2,484,127
Turkey 3,606,127 2,943,651 -662,476
Denmark 1,874,806 2,809,991 +935,185
Spain 2,283,722 2,033,936 -249,786
Netherlands 1,424,172 2,255,211 +831,039
Ireland 1,859,750 1,148,478 -711,272
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 2,029,314 885,897 -1,143,417
Germany 1,332,762 1,271,249 -61,513
Malaysia 487,243 1,204,159 +716,916

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 75,223,583
Turkey 6,630,469
South Korea 6,296,933
Spain 4,365,288
Viet Nam 2,162,582

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 37,093,344 38,130,239 +1,036,895
Turkey 3,639,454 2,991,015 -648,439
South Korea 4,330,107 1,966,826 -2,363,281
Spain 2,288,055 2,077,233 -210,822
Viet Nam 617,581 1,545,001 +927,420
Denmark 958,157 1,154,309 +196,152
Malaysia 745,807 1,261,423 +515,616
Germany 950,497 1,001,707 +51,210
France 768,014 699,822 -68,192
Italy 706,998 429,939 -277,059

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 38
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 29
West Midlands 25
Greater Manchester 24
Surrey, East and West Sussex 23

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 26 23 -3
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 20 21 +1
West Midlands 15 18 +3
Greater Manchester 16 16 +0
Surrey, East and West Sussex 14 14 +0
Outer London - West and North West 17 13 -4
Inner London - East 8 14 +6
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 13 14 +1
West Yorkshire 15 11 -4
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 11 14 +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) 55,906,024
Air transport 28,124,987
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 19,116,164
Road transport 2,763,594
Other 2,073,836

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) 29,704,384 26,201,640 -3,502,744
Air transport 13,250,705 14,874,282 +1,623,577
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 9,362,858 9,753,306 +390,448
Road transport 1,004,914 1,758,680 +753,766
Other 1,406,252 667,584 -738,668

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 22,431,202
Southampton 18,334,259
London Heathrow Airport 13,985,616
London 5,231,547
ZLC 4,658,852

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 £
Felixstowe 11,501,030 10,930,172 -570,858
Southampton 11,035,805 7,298,454 -3,737,351
London Heathrow Airport 7,115,052 6,870,564 -244,488
London 3,705,631 1,525,916 -2,179,715
ZLC 2,501,952 2,156,900 -345,052
Dover 2,486,090 2,067,422 -418,668
Eurotunnel 2,140,942 2,148,089 +7,147
East Midlands Airport 2,377,667 1,906,184 -471,483
Immingham Docks 1,416,782 2,507,355 +1,090,573
London Gateway Port 648,825 2,799,687 +2,150,862

Importer companies by SIC division

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

Top 5 values

SIC Companies
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 110
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 105
Other manufacturing 39
Specialised construction activities 36
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 20

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 78
2025-10 84
2025-09 72
2025-08 66
2025-07 68

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 155
54m+ 137
0-1m 86
15m-54m 48
Other 32

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 4,160,605
Switzerland 2,453,264
United States 1,610,995
France 1,395,978
Netherlands 426,041

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 2,079,097 2,081,508 +2,411
Switzerland 1,398,238 1,055,026 -343,212
United States 561,753 1,049,242 +487,489
France 710,751 685,227 -25,524
Netherlands 204,361 221,680 +17,319
Germany 170,351 216,672 +46,321
Czechia 87,753 168,372 +80,619
Austria 120,831 92,503 -28,328
Iceland 14,775 180,610 +165,835
Greece 180,783 10,072 -170,711

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 £
Ireland 1,414,832
XI 731,434
China 666,872
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 33,432
XU 1,043

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 £
Ireland 1,015,226 399,606 -615,620
XI 13,029 718,405 +705,376
China 226,982 439,890 +212,908
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 31,622 1,810 -29,812
XU 680 363 -317
Germany 0 197 +197

Export volume by transport

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

Top 5 values

Transport £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 5,775,770
Other 2,847,810
Air transport 2,364,400
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,518,318
Road transport 31,054

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 £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 3,229,615 2,546,155 -683,460
Other 1,287,539 1,560,271 +272,732
Air transport 1,133,406 1,230,994 +97,588
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 513,632 1,004,686 +491,054
Road transport 31,054 0 -31,054

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 3,923,566
000 2,847,810
East Midlands Airport 1,254,589
Liverpool Docks 896,549
Holyhead 678,794

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 2,120,988 1,802,578 -318,410
000 1,287,539 1,560,271 +272,732
East Midlands Airport 649,938 604,651 -45,287
Liverpool Docks 274,331 622,218 +347,887
Holyhead 374,747 304,047 -70,700
Southampton 381,461 288,065 -93,396
London Heathrow Airport 234,561 434,399 +199,838
Dover 319,274 148,422 -170,852
Immingham Docks 24,128 198,465 +174,337
ZLC 76,199 74,473 -1,726

Quick facts

HS code: 70071980

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

Description: All other safety glass not covered by specific categories, such as clear or specialty safety glass