Import/export HS code 7116: Jewelry made of pearls or stones

Jewelry made from natural or cultured pearls, or precious and semi-precious stones, including synthetic or reconstructed ones

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* 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 £
Belgium 51,331,847
France 18,590,426
China 11,269,462
Germany 10,846,791
United States 7,027,984

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 £
Belgium 30,266,091 21,065,756 -9,200,335
France 9,116,005 9,474,421 +358,416
China 4,472,622 6,796,840 +2,324,218
Germany 7,140,369 3,706,422 -3,433,947
United States 4,410,145 2,617,839 -1,792,306
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 3,307,406 2,104,764 -1,202,642
Netherlands 1,528,877 2,971,873 +1,442,996
United Arab Emirates 41,871 3,112,286 +3,070,415
India 761,743 758,217 -3,526
Thailand 482,493 513,744 +31,251

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 £
Thailand 41,934,506
China 31,379,507
Viet Nam 13,155,978
France 11,919,872
United States 6,450,980

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 £
Thailand 25,802,231 16,132,275 -9,669,956
China 14,992,043 16,387,464 +1,395,421
Viet Nam 7,190,968 5,965,010 -1,225,958
France 5,381,610 6,538,262 +1,156,652
United States 4,161,573 2,289,407 -1,872,166
Italy 1,915,771 2,066,264 +150,493
United Arab Emirates 1,392 3,072,918 +3,071,526
India 1,033,538 940,688 -92,850
Germany 645,359 538,294 -107,065
Brazil 564,778 344,174 -220,604

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 121
Outer London - West and North West 30
Inner London - East 29
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 22
Surrey, East and West Sussex 21

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 90 71 -19
Outer London - West and North West 26 17 -9
Inner London - East 25 17 -8
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 20 8 -12
Surrey, East and West Sussex 17 10 -7
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 11 14 +3
Greater Manchester 14 12 -2
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 13 12 -1
Gloucestershire and Wiltshire 10 8 -2
West Midlands 10 7 -3

Import volume by transport

What this shows: Import value by transport mode used to bring goods into the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 60,948,500
Air transport 49,079,168
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 9,320,640
Other 1,294,945
Road transport 30,884

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 £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 34,367,602 26,580,898 -7,786,704
Air transport 24,742,144 24,337,024 -405,120
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 4,442,869 4,877,771 +434,902
Other 807,058 487,887 -319,171
Road transport 6,382 24,502 +18,120

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London 36,565,493
London Heathrow Airport 18,324,807
Eurotunnel 18,015,669
London Stansted Airport 11,018,451
East Midlands Airport 8,735,998

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 £
London 20,990,187 15,575,306 -5,414,881
London Heathrow Airport 6,638,233 11,686,574 +5,048,341
Eurotunnel 9,464,517 8,551,152 -913,365
London Stansted Airport 7,118,420 3,900,031 -3,218,389
East Midlands Airport 5,321,362 3,414,636 -1,906,726
London Gatwick Airport 4,517,169 3,287,926 -1,229,243
London Gateway Port 2,543,922 3,421,942 +878,020
Dover / Eurotunnel 1,934,529 1,819,015 -115,514
Manchester Airport 906,344 1,232,087 +325,743
Dover 1,611,895 469,362 -1,142,533

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 237
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 124
Other manufacturing 41
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 29
Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities 15

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 85
2025-10 86
2025-09 87
2025-08 83
2025-07 87

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 199
0-1m 117
54m+ 104
15m-54m 27
Other 27

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 £
France 9,377,063
Greece 3,312,854
United States 2,130,903
Italy 1,875,074
Netherlands 1,704,763

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 £
France 1,127,946 8,249,117 +7,121,171
Greece 13,345 3,299,509 +3,286,164
United States 1,492,759 638,144 -854,615
Italy 1,192,344 682,730 -509,614
Netherlands 570,391 1,134,372 +563,981
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 746,924 333,975 -412,949
Ireland 257,819 369,999 +112,180
United Arab Emirates 334,719 223,024 -111,695
Germany 282,891 187,549 -95,342
South Korea 404,911 25,849 -379,062

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 23,439
XU 11,242
Switzerland 989
India 475
Thailand 176

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 10,077 13,362 +3,285
XU 6,086 5,156 -930
Switzerland 882 107 -775
India 32 443 +411
Thailand 0 176 +176
South Korea 0 53 +53
Morocco 50 0 -50
Germany 0 32 +32
Bangladesh 15 10 -5
Egypt 12 0 -12

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 21,801,352
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 1,868,360
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 183,187
Other 36,511
Road transport 22,707

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 6,464,852 15,336,500 +8,871,648
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 1,200,681 667,679 -533,002
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 139,923 43,264 -96,659
Other 17,163 19,348 +2,185
Road transport 22,707 0 -22,707

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 17,197,867
East Midlands Airport 2,783,049
Dover / Eurotunnel 1,607,086
London Stansted Airport 1,271,248
ZLC 545,976

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 3,755,942 13,441,925 +9,685,983
East Midlands Airport 1,680,394 1,102,655 -577,739
Dover / Eurotunnel 1,040,923 566,163 -474,760
London Stansted Airport 655,040 616,208 -38,832
ZLC 377,664 168,312 -209,352
Dover 92,837 61,713 -31,124
Southampton 102,929 7,861 -95,068
Holyhead 36,801 14,131 -22,670
London Gateway Port 28,560 17,547 -11,013
000 17,163 19,348 +2,185

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 7116

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

Description: Jewelry made from natural or cultured pearls, or precious and semi-precious stones, including synthetic or reconstructed ones