Import/export HS code 7020: Various glass products

Includes various glass items not classified elsewhere

Why this is important if you are looking for potential customers in the UK:

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  • 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 177,367,157
Germany 22,266,604
United States 8,991,441
Turkey 5,485,848
Spain 5,217,379

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 92,928,637 84,438,520 -8,490,117
Germany 12,228,581 10,038,023 -2,190,558
United States 5,227,271 3,764,170 -1,463,101
Turkey 4,487,037 998,811 -3,488,226
Spain 3,563,079 1,654,300 -1,908,779
Netherlands 3,196,348 1,547,505 -1,648,843
Italy 2,350,269 2,259,619 -90,650
France 2,302,260 1,059,127 -1,243,133
South Korea 1,538,625 1,187,552 -351,073
Portugal 1,652,108 895,821 -756,287

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 183,488,816
Germany 18,981,716
United States 11,514,602
Spain 6,766,940
Turkey 5,501,321

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 96,079,198 87,409,618 -8,669,580
Germany 10,525,315 8,456,401 -2,068,914
United States 6,484,831 5,029,771 -1,455,060
Spain 4,878,880 1,888,060 -2,990,820
Turkey 4,504,211 997,110 -3,507,101
Italy 2,113,479 2,232,683 +119,204
Japan 813,336 2,252,525 +1,439,189
Portugal 1,875,900 986,141 -889,759
South Korea 1,550,826 1,221,295 -329,531
Netherlands 2,013,684 429,954 -1,583,730

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 131
Outer London - West and North West 86
Greater Manchester 67
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 62
West Midlands 54

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 85 79 -6
Outer London - West and North West 51 59 +8
Greater Manchester 49 47 -2
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 39 47 +8
West Midlands 35 38 +3
Inner London - East 30 30 +0
Surrey, East and West Sussex 29 32 +3
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 26 24 -2
West Yorkshire 24 24 +0
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 18 22 +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) 162,525,111
Air transport 47,810,841
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 37,675,944
Other 2,714,109
Road transport 819,100

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) 84,727,540 77,797,571 -6,929,969
Air transport 24,984,044 22,826,797 -2,157,247
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 24,268,991 13,406,953 -10,862,038
Other 1,983,660 730,449 -1,253,211
Road transport 360,688 458,412 +97,724

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 71,764,868
Southampton 47,454,987
London Gateway Port 20,933,341
Liverpool Docks 17,898,138
London Heathrow Airport 16,586,711

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 42,814,591 28,950,277 -13,864,314
Southampton 28,706,049 18,748,938 -9,957,111
London Gateway Port 2,529,502 18,403,839 +15,874,337
Liverpool Docks 10,082,147 7,815,991 -2,266,156
London Heathrow Airport 9,537,354 7,049,357 -2,487,997
Dover 7,647,048 3,512,579 -4,134,469
Birmingham Airport 4,073,697 4,261,814 +188,117
Eurotunnel 4,049,887 2,367,615 -1,682,272
East Midlands Airport 3,239,977 3,066,191 -173,786
Glasgow Airport 3,134,234 3,143,980 +9,746

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 316
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 293
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 60
Other manufacturing 54
Specialised construction activities 48

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 202
2025-10 211
2025-09 198
2025-08 195
2025-07 189

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 401
54m+ 297
0-1m 226
15m-54m 99
Other 90

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 9,438,989
Germany 9,204,466
France 8,635,943
United States 8,126,787
Sweden 3,576,479

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 5,306,655 4,132,334 -1,174,321
Germany 4,911,705 4,292,761 -618,944
France 4,750,963 3,884,980 -865,983
United States 5,162,887 2,963,900 -2,198,987
Sweden 2,020,703 1,555,776 -464,927
Italy 1,610,369 1,664,854 +54,485
Netherlands 1,168,794 1,245,672 +76,878
Switzerland 746,406 652,311 -94,095
Austria 771,208 331,511 -439,697
China 834,664 163,205 -671,459

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 299,330
XI 37,621
United States 33,323
Oman 20,120
XU 13,043

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 £
China 135,352 163,978 +28,626
XI 613 37,008 +36,395
United States 20,956 12,367 -8,589
Oman 20,120 0 -20,120
XU 8,480 4,563 -3,917
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 4,036 55 -3,981
Nicaragua 1,806 0 -1,806
Ireland 1,165 253 -912
Slovakia 671 366 -305
Taiwan 66 62 -4

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 27,408,743
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 26,771,806
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 852,467
Other 412,051
Road transport 288,918

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 15,648,299 11,760,444 -3,887,855
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 15,121,830 11,649,976 -3,471,854
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 504,994 347,473 -157,521
Other 193,334 218,717 +25,383
Road transport 288,918 0 -288,918

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 17,969,359
London Heathrow Airport 9,210,396
East Midlands Airport 8,656,596
Holyhead 6,760,520
ZLC 4,629,754

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 10,257,177 7,712,182 -2,544,995
London Heathrow Airport 5,896,767 3,313,629 -2,583,138
East Midlands Airport 3,817,626 4,838,970 +1,021,344
Holyhead 3,493,587 3,266,933 -226,654
ZLC 2,928,981 1,700,773 -1,228,208
London Stansted Airport 1,975,648 813,284 -1,162,364
Glasgow Airport 691,061 624,762 -66,299
Liverpool Docks 635,874 215,317 -420,557
Dover 410,655 185,048 -225,607
000 193,334 218,717 +25,383

Quick facts

HS code: 7020

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

Description: Includes various glass items not classified elsewhere