Import/export HS code 701399: Various glassware

Glassware not made of lead crystal, suitable for various everyday uses

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 62,422,169
Belgium 9,888,155
Italy 7,415,098
Poland 5,817,960
Netherlands 5,427,920

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 34,242,386 28,179,783 -6,062,603
Belgium 5,268,555 4,619,600 -648,955
Italy 4,225,646 3,189,452 -1,036,194
Poland 3,259,014 2,558,946 -700,068
Netherlands 2,624,901 2,803,019 +178,118
Germany 2,797,544 1,780,569 -1,016,975
France 2,399,311 1,609,231 -790,080
India 1,606,377 1,317,957 -288,420
Spain 1,490,527 1,051,129 -439,398
Czechia 1,123,205 944,191 -179,014

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 67,683,711
Poland 9,005,838
Italy 7,786,010
XS 7,005,598
India 3,613,618

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 37,126,207 30,557,504 -6,568,703
Poland 4,957,616 4,048,222 -909,394
Italy 4,462,561 3,323,449 -1,139,112
XS 4,030,546 2,975,052 -1,055,494
India 1,870,013 1,743,605 -126,408
Spain 1,521,755 1,124,225 -397,530
Germany 1,004,761 1,203,811 +199,050
Turkey 1,101,138 894,782 -206,356
Czechia 1,116,656 795,286 -321,370
France 910,907 811,230 -99,677

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 221
Outer London - West and North West 96
Inner London - East 85
Greater Manchester 71
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 59

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 153 145 -8
Outer London - West and North West 68 59 -9
Inner London - East 58 63 +5
Greater Manchester 58 29 -29
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 35 42 +7
Surrey, East and West Sussex 37 34 -3
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 37 30 -7
West Midlands 27 25 -2
West Yorkshire 25 20 -5
Gloucestershire and Wiltshire 21 21 +0

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) 72,974,727
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 30,383,800
Air transport 10,552,100
Other 4,845,868
Road transport 849,358

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) 39,667,364 33,307,363 -6,360,001
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 16,659,598 13,724,202 -2,935,396
Air transport 5,815,616 4,736,484 -1,079,132
Other 2,955,479 1,890,389 -1,065,090
Road transport 479,616 369,742 -109,874
Rail transport 28,840 0 -28,840

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 37,269,983
Southampton 18,784,095
London 9,918,319
London Gateway Port 8,654,610
Dover 6,585,079

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 23,012,165 14,257,818 -8,754,347
Southampton 10,890,850 7,893,245 -2,997,605
London 5,122,061 4,796,258 -325,803
London Gateway Port 2,078,100 6,576,510 +4,498,410
Dover 3,959,639 2,625,440 -1,334,199
Eurotunnel 2,910,357 2,735,504 -174,853
000 2,955,479 1,890,389 -1,065,090
East Midlands Airport 2,066,434 1,415,789 -650,645
London Heathrow Airport 1,881,634 1,555,526 -326,108
Liverpool Docks 1,751,446 1,506,317 -245,129

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 557
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 427
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 54
Other professional, scientific and technical activities 46
Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities 33

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 210
2025-10 230
2025-09 229
2025-08 202
2025-07 194

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 497
0-1m 297
54m+ 248
15m-54m 136
Other 93

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 £
United States 3,171,181
Ireland 2,637,009
Germany 1,302,918
France 1,029,511
Netherlands 1,007,713

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 £
United States 1,773,368 1,397,813 -375,555
Ireland 1,339,224 1,297,785 -41,439
Germany 752,044 550,874 -201,170
France 547,010 482,501 -64,509
Netherlands 628,533 379,180 -249,353
United Arab Emirates 190,931 661,679 +470,748
Denmark 24,148 766,859 +742,711
Italy 170,848 254,433 +83,585
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 211,493 173,088 -38,405
Japan 200,129 145,292 -54,837

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 709,087
Poland 213,015
XU 105,727
China 77,463
Netherlands 13,882

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 413,442 295,645 -117,797
Poland 109,663 103,352 -6,311
XU 90,171 15,556 -74,615
China 39,037 38,426 -611
Netherlands 5,923 7,959 +2,036
Ireland 3,886 3,916 +30
Italy 1,855 3,597 +1,742
India 1,652 1,634 -18
Turkey 1,026 0 -1,026
Taiwan 532 15 -517

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 6,968,804
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 5,149,577
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 2,725,353
Other 1,138,332
Road transport 6,874

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 3,029,065 3,939,739 +910,674
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 2,468,131 2,681,446 +213,315
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,596,719 1,128,634 -468,085
Other 668,183 470,149 -198,034
Road transport 6,874 0 -6,874

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 2,698,593
Dover / Eurotunnel 2,630,493
East Midlands Airport 2,543,000
000 1,138,332
ZLC 1,025,189

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 £
London Heathrow Airport 1,267,691 1,430,902 +163,211
Dover / Eurotunnel 1,275,343 1,355,150 +79,807
East Midlands Airport 1,411,545 1,131,455 -280,090
000 668,183 470,149 -198,034
ZLC 186,324 838,865 +652,541
Liverpool Docks 662,509 354,517 -307,992
Southampton 437,205 441,845 +4,640
Holyhead 337,047 362,447 +25,400
London Stansted Airport 163,173 384,804 +221,631
Dover 242,937 282,413 +39,476

Quick facts

HS code: 701399

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

Description: Glassware not made of lead crystal, suitable for various everyday uses