Import/export HS code 7009: Glass mirrors, framed or unframed

All types of glass mirrors, including those with or without frames, and rear-view mirrors

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 232,791,518
United States 82,054,735
Germany 61,629,289
Taiwan 15,727,947
France 15,197,986

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 123,583,763 109,207,755 -14,376,008
United States 50,999,674 31,055,061 -19,944,613
Germany 30,661,514 30,967,775 +306,261
Taiwan 8,325,021 7,402,926 -922,095
France 8,421,748 6,776,238 -1,645,510
Spain 7,595,174 5,252,902 -2,342,272
Netherlands 6,623,813 6,096,391 -527,422
Italy 6,723,510 4,728,549 -1,994,961
Slovakia 6,233,950 4,851,591 -1,382,359
Belgium 4,936,918 4,570,354 -366,564

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 242,287,220
United States 105,231,918
Germany 37,814,573
Slovakia 19,477,507
Taiwan 16,496,889

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 128,343,382 113,943,838 -14,399,544
United States 63,613,915 41,618,003 -21,995,912
Germany 17,968,732 19,845,841 +1,877,109
Slovakia 10,618,269 8,859,238 -1,759,031
Taiwan 8,678,938 7,817,951 -860,987
Spain 7,661,644 5,241,502 -2,420,142
Italy 6,431,440 4,535,094 -1,896,346
Poland 4,599,017 3,858,661 -740,356
France 4,540,714 3,232,410 -1,308,304
Belgium 3,770,887 3,628,866 -142,021

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 324
Outer London - West and North West 118
Inner London - East 101
Greater Manchester 93
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 92

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 221 211 -10
Outer London - West and North West 87 79 -8
Inner London - East 65 67 +2
Greater Manchester 70 62 -8
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 73 62 -11
West Midlands 64 59 -5
Surrey, East and West Sussex 50 58 +8
West Yorkshire 49 48 -1
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 43 42 -1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 38 37 -1

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) 291,673,002
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 126,790,238
Air transport 50,701,331
Other 28,769,256
Road transport 4,501,276

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) 157,111,308 134,561,694 -22,549,614
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 69,392,625 57,397,613 -11,995,012
Air transport 24,490,804 26,210,527 +1,719,723
Other 19,066,572 9,702,684 -9,363,888
Road transport 3,527,696 973,580 -2,554,116
Rail transport 63,110 31,624 -31,486

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 121,908,130
Southampton 99,882,391
Dover 50,253,564
000 28,769,256
Oxford Airport 27,712,093

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 74,509,699 47,398,431 -27,111,268
Southampton 55,080,995 44,801,396 -10,279,599
Dover 30,097,216 20,156,348 -9,940,868
000 19,066,572 9,702,684 -9,363,888
Oxford Airport 12,657,633 15,054,460 +2,396,827
London Gateway Port 4,182,287 23,285,236 +19,102,949
499 13,557,388 8,679,406 -4,877,982
Eurotunnel 11,118,130 8,348,163 -2,769,967
Dover / Eurotunnel 8,476,419 10,778,025 +2,301,606
Liverpool Docks 5,134,699 5,339,739 +205,040

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 625
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 500
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 130
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 98
Specialised construction activities 66

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 332
2025-11 353
2025-10 404
2025-09 327
2025-08 317

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 721
54m+ 402
0-1m 328
15m-54m 204
Other 158

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 £
Belgium 57,219,174
China 10,925,176
United States 10,429,383
Ireland 9,562,172
France 7,763,838

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 £
Belgium 28,796,060 28,423,114 -372,946
China 7,346,110 3,579,066 -3,767,044
United States 5,606,588 4,822,795 -783,793
Ireland 4,826,940 4,735,232 -91,708
France 4,215,879 3,547,959 -667,920
Sweden 3,926,353 2,046,587 -1,879,766
Italy 2,764,498 2,072,613 -691,885
Germany 2,168,024 1,591,997 -576,027
Netherlands 1,892,313 1,729,063 -163,250
United Arab Emirates 591,526 885,031 +293,505

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 £
China 3,252,817
XI 341,823
Ireland 177,489
Poland 43,635
Spain 32,295

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 £
China 1,608,198 1,644,619 +36,421
XI 39,703 302,120 +262,417
Ireland 69,719 107,770 +38,051
Poland 19,414 24,221 +4,807
Spain 31,793 502 -31,291
Germany 13,050 11,112 -1,938
Taiwan 12,107 9,093 -3,014
Italy 11,607 7,414 -4,193
France 11,389 2,299 -9,090
Turkey 8,778 299 -8,479

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) 85,842,113
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 28,307,188
Air transport 12,266,449
Other 4,016,276
Road transport 64,491

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) 40,850,268 44,991,845 +4,141,577
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 22,094,519 6,212,669 -15,881,850
Air transport 5,989,079 6,277,370 +288,291
Other 1,880,011 2,136,265 +256,254
Road transport 64,491 0 -64,491

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 45,630,841
Immingham Docks 43,906,255
Felixstowe 6,910,317
London Heathrow Airport 5,377,885
London Gateway Port 4,660,713

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 31,333,952 14,296,889 -17,037,063
Immingham Docks 17,249,656 26,656,599 +9,406,943
Felixstowe 5,280,845 1,629,472 -3,651,373
London Heathrow Airport 2,385,712 2,992,173 +606,461
London Gateway Port 2,144,202 2,516,511 +372,309
000 1,880,011 2,136,265 +256,254
Holyhead 1,920,516 1,939,293 +18,777
East Midlands Airport 2,175,815 1,524,826 -650,989
Southampton 1,272,383 1,610,630 +338,247
Liverpool Docks 857,803 895,659 +37,856

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 7009

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

Description: All types of glass mirrors, including those with or without frames, and rear-view mirrors