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 232,580,941
United States 82,598,005
Germany 61,863,074
Taiwan 15,681,913
France 15,412,572

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 123,477,374 109,103,567 -14,373,807
United States 48,873,295 33,724,710 -15,148,585
Germany 31,583,745 30,279,329 -1,304,416
Taiwan 7,978,726 7,703,187 -275,539
France 8,652,269 6,760,303 -1,891,966
Spain 7,725,535 5,375,717 -2,349,818
Netherlands 6,910,256 6,125,424 -784,832
Italy 6,890,989 4,814,855 -2,076,134
Slovakia 6,009,286 5,086,223 -923,063
Belgium 5,040,307 4,526,525 -513,782

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 241,986,903
United States 105,943,911
Germany 37,716,639
Slovakia 19,833,911
Taiwan 16,472,904

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 128,139,650 113,847,253 -14,292,397
United States 61,790,681 44,153,230 -17,637,451
Germany 18,410,535 19,306,104 +895,569
Slovakia 10,654,082 9,179,829 -1,474,253
Taiwan 8,358,547 8,114,357 -244,190
Spain 7,822,967 5,420,189 -2,402,778
Italy 6,487,362 4,655,979 -1,831,383
Poland 4,687,893 4,003,969 -683,924
France 5,074,384 3,185,414 -1,888,970
Belgium 3,632,936 3,650,508 +17,572

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 321
Outer London - West and North West 119
Inner London - East 102
Greater Manchester 93
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 91

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 217 214 -3
Outer London - West and North West 89 80 -9
Inner London - East 66 69 +3
Greater Manchester 71 62 -9
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 70 64 -6
West Midlands 64 61 -3
Surrey, East and West Sussex 48 61 +13
West Yorkshire 49 51 +2
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 43 43 +0
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 38 34 -4

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) 290,118,256
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 126,022,397
Air transport 50,694,805
Other 30,029,537
Road transport 7,239,847

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) 153,951,248 136,167,008 -17,784,240
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 68,326,444 57,695,953 -10,630,491
Air transport 25,231,322 25,463,483 +232,161
Other 18,856,500 11,173,037 -7,683,463
Road transport 6,227,095 1,012,752 -5,214,343
Rail transport 72,811 31,624 -41,187

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 124,538,870
Southampton 99,530,940
Dover 50,420,305
000 30,029,537
Oxford Airport 27,496,096

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 73,950,231 50,588,639 -23,361,592
Southampton 52,023,202 47,507,738 -4,515,464
Dover 28,922,010 21,498,295 -7,423,715
000 18,856,500 11,173,037 -7,683,463
Oxford Airport 12,928,687 14,567,409 +1,638,722
London Gateway Port 3,801,081 20,702,424 +16,901,343
499 14,485,391 6,370,455 -8,114,936
Eurotunnel 11,166,278 8,330,295 -2,835,983
Dover / Eurotunnel 8,649,566 10,377,411 +1,727,845
Liverpool Docks 5,151,255 5,091,736 -59,519

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 504
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 133
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 99
Specialised construction activities 64

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 352
2025-10 402
2025-09 326
2025-08 316
2025-07 382

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 718
54m+ 406
0-1m 326
15m-54m 204
Other 157

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 56,657,409
China 11,324,988
United States 10,710,561
Ireland 9,599,381
France 7,713,971

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 28,824,300 27,833,109 -991,191
China 7,772,393 3,552,595 -4,219,798
United States 5,770,303 4,940,258 -830,045
Ireland 4,838,038 4,761,343 -76,695
France 4,102,748 3,611,223 -491,525
Sweden 3,988,942 2,172,250 -1,816,692
Italy 2,907,080 2,065,418 -841,662
Germany 2,352,104 1,561,778 -790,326
Netherlands 1,896,106 1,814,653 -81,453
United Arab Emirates 592,828 873,206 +280,378

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 3,315,953
XI 340,596
Ireland 114,375
XU 52,737
Poland 38,974

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 1,626,721 1,689,232 +62,511
XI 34,229 306,367 +272,138
Ireland 73,876 40,499 -33,377
XU 27,093 25,644 -1,449
Poland 13,568 25,406 +11,838
Spain 31,764 543 -31,221
Germany 12,557 12,127 -430
Taiwan 12,494 9,794 -2,700
Italy 11,364 8,286 -3,078
France 10,991 3,189 -7,802

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) 82,919,113
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 32,105,690
Air transport 12,361,679
Other 4,013,467
Road transport 82,491

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) 37,784,141 45,134,972 +7,350,831
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 25,659,479 6,446,211 -19,213,268
Air transport 5,961,695 6,399,984 +438,289
Other 1,887,019 2,126,448 +239,429
Road transport 82,491 0 -82,491

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 45,875,035
Immingham Docks 41,144,312
Felixstowe 7,415,916
London Heathrow Airport 5,404,775
London Gateway Port 4,646,412

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 28,599,220 17,275,815 -11,323,405
Immingham Docks 17,455,780 23,688,532 +6,232,752
Felixstowe 5,750,650 1,665,266 -4,085,384
London Heathrow Airport 2,310,701 3,094,074 +783,373
London Gateway Port 2,074,337 2,572,075 +497,738
000 1,887,019 2,126,448 +239,429
Holyhead 1,986,594 1,864,893 -121,701
East Midlands Airport 2,279,420 1,549,624 -729,796
Killingholme 3,360,092 183,555 -3,176,537
Southampton 1,066,490 1,798,508 +732,018

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