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:

  • 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 178,522,786
Germany 22,287,284
United States 8,798,293
Turkey 5,043,415
Netherlands 4,970,675

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 94,533,377 83,989,409 -10,543,968
Germany 12,046,675 10,240,609 -1,806,066
United States 5,074,549 3,723,744 -1,350,805
Turkey 4,088,705 954,710 -3,133,995
Netherlands 3,228,668 1,742,007 -1,486,661
Spain 3,422,899 1,394,119 -2,028,780
Italy 2,431,951 2,184,984 -246,967
France 2,298,667 921,337 -1,377,330
South Korea 1,573,578 1,166,495 -407,083
Portugal 1,541,509 934,370 -607,139

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 184,635,295
Germany 18,896,666
United States 11,356,244
Spain 6,232,599
Turkey 5,069,080

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 97,553,497 87,081,798 -10,471,699
Germany 10,258,743 8,637,923 -1,620,820
United States 6,389,325 4,966,919 -1,422,406
Spain 4,729,772 1,502,827 -3,226,945
Turkey 4,116,071 953,009 -3,163,062
Italy 2,302,658 2,175,085 -127,573
Japan 839,600 2,084,623 +1,245,023
Portugal 1,779,493 984,490 -795,003
South Korea 1,589,711 1,156,883 -432,828
Netherlands 2,028,868 415,428 -1,613,440

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 134
Outer London - West and North West 83
Greater Manchester 69
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 63
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 81 -4
Outer London - West and North West 51 57 +6
Greater Manchester 49 46 -3
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 38 48 +10
West Midlands 34 40 +6
Inner London - East 27 33 +6
Surrey, East and West Sussex 29 31 +2
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 25 27 +2
West Yorkshire 26 22 -4
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 19 20 +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) 163,343,080
Air transport 47,589,821
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 36,913,365
Other 2,502,536
Road transport 782,959

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) 85,336,250 78,006,830 -7,329,420
Air transport 25,337,855 22,251,966 -3,085,889
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 23,891,311 13,022,054 -10,869,257
Other 1,867,426 635,110 -1,232,316
Road transport 377,905 405,054 +27,149

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 71,458,188
Southampton 46,321,434
London Gateway Port 23,115,099
Liverpool Docks 17,720,697
London Heathrow Airport 16,316,945

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 44,238,829 27,219,359 -17,019,470
Southampton 28,364,892 17,956,542 -10,408,350
London Gateway Port 2,962,643 20,152,456 +17,189,813
Liverpool Docks 9,418,184 8,302,513 -1,115,671
London Heathrow Airport 9,687,630 6,629,315 -3,058,315
Dover 7,138,144 3,624,639 -3,513,505
Birmingham Airport 4,150,076 4,134,114 -15,962
Glasgow Airport 3,144,531 3,077,650 -66,881
Eurotunnel 3,985,774 2,172,741 -1,813,033
East Midlands Airport 3,069,959 3,065,020 -4,939

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 318
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 294
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 61
Other manufacturing 52
Specialised construction activities 48

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 158
2025-11 203
2025-10 211
2025-09 198
2025-08 195

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 404
54m+ 297
0-1m 218
15m-54m 99
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 £
Ireland 9,229,895
Germany 9,130,768
France 8,760,898
United States 7,946,078
Sweden 3,715,846

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 5,106,345 4,123,550 -982,795
Germany 4,962,151 4,168,617 -793,534
France 4,981,495 3,779,403 -1,202,092
United States 5,133,875 2,812,203 -2,321,672
Sweden 1,974,704 1,741,142 -233,562
Italy 1,690,179 1,535,005 -155,174
Netherlands 1,295,303 1,258,317 -36,986
Switzerland 779,149 600,741 -178,408
China 798,836 160,376 -638,460
Austria 894,436 30,186 -864,250

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 306,295
XI 37,473
United States 32,609
Oman 18,622
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 3,806

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 137,040 169,255 +32,215
XI 465 37,008 +36,543
United States 19,729 12,880 -6,849
Oman 18,622 0 -18,622
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 3,751 55 -3,696
Nicaragua 1,806 0 -1,806
Slovakia 727 338 -389
Ireland 594 253 -341
Taiwan 97 31 -66
Germany 26 65 +39

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 27,414,975
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 26,418,660
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 855,276
Other 416,242
Road transport 227,495

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 15,749,369 11,665,606 -4,083,763
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 15,346,304 11,072,356 -4,273,948
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 528,364 326,912 -201,452
Other 191,707 224,535 +32,828
Road transport 227,495 0 -227,495

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 17,819,896
East Midlands Airport 8,956,514
London Heathrow Airport 8,936,679
Holyhead 6,706,706
ZLC 4,621,564

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 10,674,708 7,145,188 -3,529,520
East Midlands Airport 4,088,945 4,867,569 +778,624
London Heathrow Airport 5,732,571 3,204,108 -2,528,463
Holyhead 3,356,692 3,350,014 -6,678
ZLC 2,914,310 1,707,254 -1,207,056
London Stansted Airport 1,959,875 793,273 -1,166,602
Glasgow Airport 672,525 638,611 -33,914
Liverpool Docks 514,299 191,977 -322,322
Dover 442,028 144,384 -297,644
000 191,707 224,535 +32,828

Quick facts

HS code: 7020

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

Description: Includes various glass items not classified elsewhere