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 174,290,530
France 56,100,615
Italy 51,241,912
Germany 42,843,662
Belgium 42,595,148

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 89,092,043 85,198,487 -3,893,556
France 29,038,455 27,062,160 -1,976,295
Italy 31,253,433 19,988,479 -11,264,954
Germany 21,396,230 21,447,432 +51,202
Belgium 24,722,536 17,872,612 -6,849,924
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 21,152,766 20,562,855 -589,911
Thailand 13,446,655 11,970,970 -1,475,685
United States 12,225,084 9,419,564 -2,805,520
India 11,901,543 7,774,816 -4,126,727
Netherlands 11,013,087 7,572,381 -3,440,706

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 285,669,342
Italy 56,542,120
Thailand 56,472,171
India 23,268,157
Viet Nam 23,118,183

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 145,694,838 139,974,504 -5,720,334
Italy 33,972,563 22,569,557 -11,403,006
Thailand 32,376,830 24,095,341 -8,281,489
India 13,633,173 9,634,984 -3,998,189
Viet Nam 11,306,267 11,811,916 +505,649
France 11,840,264 10,506,422 -1,333,842
United States 8,519,292 6,199,283 -2,320,009
Germany 5,524,377 4,812,113 -712,264
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 3,789,288 2,599,561 -1,189,727
South Korea 3,679,813 1,975,644 -1,704,169

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 536
Inner London - East 221
Outer London - West and North West 197
Surrey, East and West Sussex 132
Greater Manchester 120

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 388 394 +6
Inner London - East 160 152 -8
Outer London - West and North West 163 130 -33
Surrey, East and West Sussex 89 98 +9
Greater Manchester 97 81 -16
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 80 80 +0
West Midlands 77 80 +3
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 53 44 -9
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 44 51 +7
Essex 50 33 -17

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 321,878,800
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 113,749,230
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 89,536,956
Other 16,866,280
Road transport 1,552,543

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 169,404,635 152,474,165 -16,930,470
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 64,828,084 48,921,146 -15,906,938
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 44,013,133 45,523,823 +1,510,690
Other 10,622,883 6,243,397 -4,379,486
Road transport 686,371 866,172 +179,801

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 154,839,956
East Midlands Airport 104,943,788
Eurotunnel 44,838,148
Felixstowe 38,290,907
London 36,731,713

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 77,441,035 77,398,921 -42,114
East Midlands Airport 57,074,455 47,869,333 -9,205,122
Eurotunnel 26,443,162 18,394,986 -8,048,176
Felixstowe 22,298,035 15,992,872 -6,305,163
London 20,716,147 16,015,566 -4,700,581
London Stansted Airport 17,935,949 15,630,703 -2,305,246
London Gateway Port 8,084,118 14,752,963 +6,668,845
Dover / Eurotunnel 10,566,561 10,250,378 -316,183
Southampton 10,816,173 7,498,897 -3,317,276
000 10,622,883 6,243,397 -4,379,486

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 1236
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 726
Other manufacturing 186
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 168
Other personal service activities 80

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 578
2025-10 593
2025-09 626
2025-08 571
2025-07 549

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 1033
0-1m 882
54m+ 410
15m-54m 173
Other 149

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 20,918,399
United States 16,297,534
Ireland 13,219,631
France 9,826,469
Germany 8,052,720

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 11,218,043 9,700,356 -1,517,687
United States 10,673,823 5,623,711 -5,050,112
Ireland 7,380,972 5,838,659 -1,542,313
France 4,959,837 4,866,632 -93,205
Germany 4,350,626 3,702,094 -648,532
Italy 4,987,212 2,691,786 -2,295,426
China, Macao Special Administrative Region 3,655,083 2,340,972 -1,314,111
Netherlands 2,960,683 2,594,434 -366,249
Sweden 4,332,740 896,890 -3,435,850
China 1,729,765 2,640,086 +910,321

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 1,009,970
Italy 392,591
XU 294,004
India 40,169
Switzerland 38,831

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 565,701 444,269 -121,432
Italy 281,606 110,985 -170,621
XU 141,891 152,113 +10,222
India 21,986 18,183 -3,803
Switzerland 19,748 19,083 -665
United States 14,703 9,761 -4,942
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 1,557 3,125 +1,568
XI 2,146 2,530 +384
Hungary 1,407 1,264 -143
Thailand 1,977 597 -1,380

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 91,613,386
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 36,874,179
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 4,931,325
Other 1,829,013
Road transport 242,179

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 50,756,886 40,856,500 -9,900,386
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 21,801,501 15,072,678 -6,728,823
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 3,386,148 1,545,177 -1,840,971
Other 1,063,544 765,469 -298,075
Road transport 240,976 1,203 -239,773

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 40,735,442
East Midlands Airport 35,970,167
Dover / Eurotunnel 22,559,359
London Stansted Airport 7,380,914
Holyhead 6,996,055

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 21,474,502 19,260,940 -2,213,562
East Midlands Airport 21,845,804 14,124,363 -7,721,441
Dover / Eurotunnel 14,075,823 8,483,536 -5,592,287
London Stansted Airport 3,522,010 3,858,904 +336,894
Holyhead 3,809,546 3,186,509 -623,037
ZLC 2,773,627 2,326,176 -447,451
Dover 2,092,137 1,539,935 -552,202
London Gateway Port 1,760,063 669,118 -1,090,945
Immingham Docks 1,258,375 816,809 -441,566
000 1,063,544 765,469 -298,075

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