Import/export HS code 293399: Various nitrogen-based chemicals

Various chemicals with nitrogen, used in medicines, research, or industrial processes

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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 £
Ireland 75,946,663
Netherlands 74,835,226
China 51,900,903
Switzerland 23,087,338
United States 16,813,265

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 £
Ireland 71,967,101 3,979,562 -67,987,539
Netherlands 30,162,154 44,673,072 +14,510,918
China 19,453,077 32,447,826 +12,994,749
Switzerland 5,411,940 17,675,398 +12,263,458
United States 11,228,983 5,584,282 -5,644,701
Germany 6,953,836 8,325,898 +1,372,062
India 4,418,120 8,058,907 +3,640,787
France 5,646,508 4,055,657 -1,590,851
Italy 4,371,058 3,848,176 -522,882
South Korea 3,705,034 3,663,195 -41,839

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 £
Ireland 146,570,923
China 62,926,357
India 20,776,765
United States 17,353,181
Germany 10,692,523

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 £
Ireland 98,140,130 48,430,793 -49,709,337
China 26,397,765 36,528,592 +10,130,827
India 6,834,674 13,942,091 +7,107,417
United States 11,201,744 6,151,437 -5,050,307
Germany 5,417,924 5,274,599 -143,325
Switzerland 4,187,204 5,522,531 +1,335,327
France 5,010,353 3,266,618 -1,743,735
South Korea 3,648,472 3,848,042 +199,570
Italy 2,399,038 2,477,849 +78,811
Japan 1,631,109 3,084,514 +1,453,405

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 24
Inner London - West 19
Cheshire 16
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough 15
West Yorkshire 15

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
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 22 20 -2
Inner London - West 15 13 -2
Cheshire 11 13 +2
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough 12 8 -4
West Yorkshire 11 11 +0
Greater Manchester 11 10 -1
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 6 13 +7
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 6 9 +3
Essex 8 7 -1
Lancashire 6 7 +1

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) 187,625,790
Air transport 73,800,570
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 47,024,712
Other 9,021,705
Road transport 667,583

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) 115,689,519 71,936,271 -43,753,248
Air transport 34,392,820 39,407,750 +5,014,930
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 20,874,198 26,150,514 +5,276,316
Other 3,560,169 5,461,536 +1,901,367
Road transport 69,138 598,445 +529,307

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Holyhead 98,610,077
London Heathrow Airport 52,194,505
Dover / Eurotunnel 44,608,944
Felixstowe 26,560,311
Dover 23,587,018

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 £
Holyhead 98,131,473 478,604 -97,652,869
London Heathrow Airport 25,245,039 26,949,466 +1,704,427
Dover / Eurotunnel 1,601,712 43,007,232 +41,405,520
Felixstowe 11,290,163 15,270,148 +3,979,985
Dover 6,723,868 16,863,150 +10,139,282
Southampton 4,695,928 7,053,940 +2,358,012
London Stansted Airport 3,398,014 5,888,485 +2,490,471
000 3,560,169 5,461,536 +1,901,367
ZLC 2,485,820 4,517,899 +2,032,079
Immingham Docks 2,764,946 3,217,644 +452,698

Importer companies by SIC division

What this shows: Industry breakdown (SIC divisions) of importing companies.

Top 5 values

SIC Companies
Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products 78
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 77
Scientific research and development 46
Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations 33
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 17

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 79
2025-11 76
2025-10 78
2025-09 72
2025-08 63

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
54m+ 120
1m-15m 114
15m-54m 35
Other 21
0-1m 14

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 £
Brazil 58,991,283
United States 56,866,221
Canada 31,471,493
Mexico 10,677,999
Netherlands 10,647,114

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 £
Brazil 27,570,523 31,420,760 +3,850,237
United States 35,870,510 20,995,711 -14,874,799
Canada 18,824,791 12,646,702 -6,178,089
Mexico 4,485,073 6,192,926 +1,707,853
Netherlands 8,024,469 2,622,645 -5,401,824
Australia 3,533,813 2,321,412 -1,212,401
Japan 2,279,501 2,535,511 +256,010
Sweden 2,010,065 1,587,968 -422,097
Switzerland 2,888,978 686,313 -2,202,665
Belgium 1,267,606 2,302,670 +1,035,064

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 £
XI 148,127
Ireland 2,086

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 £
XI 134,747 13,380 -121,367
Ireland 952 1,134 +182

Export volume by transport

What this shows: Export value by transport mode used to ship goods from the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 147,819,848
Air transport 58,248,045
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 9,640,218
Rail transport 278,566
Other 150,332

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 £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 77,729,603 70,090,245 -7,639,358
Air transport 40,226,624 18,021,421 -22,205,203
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 5,089,639 4,550,579 -539,060
Rail transport 278,566 0 -278,566
Other 135,818 14,514 -121,304
Road transport 11,940 0 -11,940

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Southampton 50,643,960
Felixstowe 46,963,770
London Gateway Port 46,868,420
London Heathrow Airport 32,206,778
London Stansted Airport 12,359,844

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 £
Southampton 22,295,431 28,348,529 +6,053,098
Felixstowe 33,570,906 13,392,864 -20,178,042
London Gateway Port 19,609,657 27,258,763 +7,649,106
London Heathrow Airport 24,348,911 7,857,867 -16,491,044
London Stansted Airport 7,438,566 4,921,278 -2,517,288
Dover / Eurotunnel 3,050,006 2,154,969 -895,037
Manchester Airport 3,355,094 1,625,203 -1,729,891
East Midlands Airport 2,556,397 1,062,230 -1,494,167
Immingham Docks 3,084,983 528,272 -2,556,711
ZLC 1,133,138 1,468,599 +335,461

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 293399

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

Description: Various chemicals with nitrogen, used in medicines, research, or industrial processes