Import/export HS code 7117: Imitation jewelry

Fake or imitation jewelry made to look like real jewelry, often using cheaper materials

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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 £
China 173,260,961
France 55,649,732
Italy 50,172,139
Belgium 43,264,584
Germany 42,247,825

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 91,558,814 81,702,147 -9,856,667
France 28,885,243 26,764,489 -2,120,754
Italy 31,232,609 18,939,530 -12,293,079
Belgium 26,272,717 16,991,867 -9,280,850
Germany 20,151,757 22,096,068 +1,944,311
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 21,726,921 19,692,036 -2,034,885
Thailand 13,680,358 11,650,577 -2,029,781
United States 12,342,045 9,471,425 -2,870,620
India 11,850,596 7,244,510 -4,606,086
Netherlands 11,252,758 7,424,483 -3,828,275

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 285,129,803
Thailand 55,475,307
Italy 55,451,694
Viet Nam 23,524,581
India 22,623,632

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 149,498,515 135,631,288 -13,867,227
Thailand 32,131,204 23,344,103 -8,787,101
Italy 33,865,547 21,586,147 -12,279,400
Viet Nam 11,783,967 11,740,614 -43,353
India 13,659,118 8,964,514 -4,694,604
France 11,536,970 10,507,808 -1,029,162
United States 8,592,218 6,628,536 -1,963,682
Germany 5,746,110 4,448,487 -1,297,623
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 3,333,749 2,664,896 -668,853
Switzerland 914,893 4,632,762 +3,717,869

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 539
Inner London - East 221
Outer London - West and North West 191
Surrey, East and West Sussex 135
Greater Manchester 125

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 395 395 +0
Inner London - East 156 152 -4
Outer London - West and North West 160 126 -34
Surrey, East and West Sussex 93 97 +4
Greater Manchester 94 89 -5
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 79 79 +0
West Midlands 77 80 +3
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 53 44 -9
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 42 53 +11
Essex 50 31 -19

Import volume by transport

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

Top 5 values

Transport £
Air transport 318,669,948
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 113,799,597
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 89,402,278
Other 16,224,974
Road transport 1,521,813

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 £
Air transport 169,875,738 148,794,210 -21,081,528
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 66,726,085 47,073,512 -19,652,573
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 44,681,924 44,720,354 +38,430
Other 10,971,665 5,253,309 -5,718,356
Road transport 659,867 861,946 +202,079

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 154,290,688
East Midlands Airport 105,156,588
Eurotunnel 44,745,528
London 37,074,287
Felixstowe 37,032,367

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 Heathrow Airport 79,245,105 75,045,583 -4,199,522
East Midlands Airport 57,649,728 47,506,860 -10,142,868
Eurotunnel 28,077,318 16,668,210 -11,409,108
London 21,128,885 15,945,402 -5,183,483
Felixstowe 22,123,785 14,908,582 -7,215,203
London Stansted Airport 15,559,313 15,396,682 -162,631
London Gateway Port 8,489,345 15,012,868 +6,523,523
Dover / Eurotunnel 10,518,180 10,420,490 -97,690
Southampton 10,815,272 7,379,653 -3,435,619
000 10,971,665 5,253,309 -5,718,356

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 1233
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 729
Other manufacturing 186
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 167
Other personal service activities 79

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 469
2025-11 579
2025-10 594
2025-09 626
2025-08 573

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 1040
0-1m 871
54m+ 415
15m-54m 179
Other 146

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 £
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 20,882,178
United States 16,696,828
Ireland 13,181,565
France 9,667,289
Germany 7,991,862

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 £
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 11,260,730 9,621,448 -1,639,282
United States 10,394,689 6,302,139 -4,092,550
Ireland 7,480,143 5,701,422 -1,778,721
France 4,752,420 4,914,869 +162,449
Germany 4,397,223 3,594,639 -802,584
Italy 5,000,804 2,766,239 -2,234,565
China, Macao Special Administrative Region 3,728,110 2,305,037 -1,423,073
Netherlands 2,629,719 2,795,208 +165,489
Sweden 3,926,470 800,518 -3,125,952
China 1,665,348 2,719,174 +1,053,826

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 1,008,080
Italy 399,053
India 40,610
Switzerland 38,652
United States 20,998

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 563,223 444,857 -118,366
Italy 284,781 114,272 -170,509
India 23,037 17,573 -5,464
Switzerland 20,237 18,415 -1,822
United States 13,229 7,769 -5,460
XI 2,944 3,710 +766
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 974 3,969 +2,995
Hungary 1,319 1,140 -179
Thailand 2,032 312 -1,720
South Korea 925 1,198 +273

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 91,389,018
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 36,098,166
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 5,361,228
Other 1,835,300
Road transport 211,946

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 50,949,993 40,439,025 -10,510,968
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 21,613,602 14,484,564 -7,129,038
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 3,090,731 2,270,497 -820,234
Other 1,066,769 768,531 -298,238
Road transport 210,743 1,203 -209,540

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 41,107,428
East Midlands Airport 35,355,037
Dover / Eurotunnel 21,871,588
London Stansted Airport 7,468,307
Holyhead 6,896,951

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 21,936,396 19,171,032 -2,765,364
East Midlands Airport 21,570,506 13,784,531 -7,785,975
Dover / Eurotunnel 13,627,341 8,244,247 -5,383,094
London Stansted Airport 3,641,629 3,826,678 +185,049
Holyhead 3,795,401 3,101,550 -693,851
ZLC 2,629,377 2,442,230 -187,147
Dover 2,116,170 1,504,892 -611,278
London Gateway Port 1,811,097 607,656 -1,203,441
Immingham Docks 1,260,903 743,847 -517,056
000 1,066,769 768,531 -298,238

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 7117

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

Description: Fake or imitation jewelry made to look like real jewelry, often using cheaper materials