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 76,263,186
Netherlands 74,990,833
China 50,636,464
Switzerland 38,962,130
United States 17,660,619

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 72,562,122 3,701,064 -68,861,058
Netherlands 30,381,889 44,608,944 +14,227,055
China 18,840,525 31,795,939 +12,955,414
Switzerland 20,904,019 18,058,111 -2,845,908
United States 12,101,187 5,559,432 -6,541,755
Germany 6,664,447 8,243,242 +1,578,795
India 4,211,276 8,240,618 +4,029,342
France 5,463,500 4,070,825 -1,392,675
Italy 4,414,201 3,625,637 -788,564
South Korea 3,683,518 3,060,808 -622,710

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 146,292,425
China 61,576,643
Switzerland 25,582,688
India 20,818,986
United States 17,966,360

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 48,152,295 -49,987,835
China 24,604,021 36,972,622 +12,368,601
Switzerland 20,101,248 5,481,440 -14,619,808
India 6,267,494 14,551,492 +8,283,998
United States 11,915,860 6,050,500 -5,865,360
Germany 5,422,318 5,374,456 -47,862
France 4,871,492 3,326,774 -1,544,718
South Korea 3,648,472 3,224,139 -424,333
Italy 2,434,591 2,259,588 -175,003
Japan 1,733,632 2,952,970 +1,219,338

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 25
Inner London - West 20
Cheshire 18
West Yorkshire 15
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough 14

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 21 21 +0
Inner London - West 14 15 +1
Cheshire 13 13 +0
West Yorkshire 9 13 +4
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough 11 8 -3
Greater Manchester 13 10 -3
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 6 12 +6
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 7 8 +1
Essex 8 7 -1
Merseyside 7 8 +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) 202,918,693
Air transport 74,242,341
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 45,760,498
Other 9,555,247
Road transport 632,266

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) 130,925,387 71,993,306 -58,932,081
Air transport 34,964,046 39,278,295 +4,314,249
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 19,762,868 25,997,630 +6,234,762
Other 4,152,278 5,402,969 +1,250,691
Road transport 56,882 575,384 +518,502

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Holyhead 98,331,579
Dover / Eurotunnel 58,532,062
London Heathrow Airport 52,375,786
Felixstowe 26,953,008
Dover 23,497,158

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 98,131,473 200,106 -97,931,367
Dover / Eurotunnel 15,541,758 42,990,304 +27,448,546
London Heathrow Airport 25,025,127 27,350,659 +2,325,532
Felixstowe 11,326,380 15,626,628 +4,300,248
Dover 6,611,351 16,885,807 +10,274,456
Southampton 4,690,790 5,774,680 +1,083,890
000 4,152,278 5,402,969 +1,250,691
ZLC 4,151,568 4,943,519 +791,951
London Stansted Airport 3,302,004 5,644,911 +2,342,907
Manchester Airport 3,554,086 2,735,273 -818,813

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 80
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 76
Scientific research and development 43
Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations 32
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 16

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 75
2025-10 78
2025-09 72
2025-08 63
2025-07 83

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+ 121
1m-15m 113
15m-54m 33
Other 20
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 57,544,727
United States 57,461,601
Canada 31,545,659
Netherlands 10,641,091
Mexico 10,148,394

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 24,929,206 32,615,521 +7,686,315
United States 37,188,126 20,273,475 -16,914,651
Canada 16,178,366 15,367,293 -811,073
Netherlands 8,018,412 2,622,679 -5,395,733
Mexico 4,021,430 6,126,964 +2,105,534
Australia 3,524,602 2,330,623 -1,193,979
Japan 2,132,685 2,675,130 +542,445
Switzerland 3,797,014 755,897 -3,041,117
Sweden 1,191,985 2,450,813 +1,258,828
Belgium 1,326,183 2,258,247 +932,064

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 155,552
Ireland 3,576
XU 119

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 134,195 21,357 -112,838
Ireland 2,442 1,134 -1,308
XU 119 0 -119

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) 145,683,738
Air transport 59,380,713
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 10,255,777
Rail transport 278,566
Other 159,247

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) 72,531,753 73,151,985 +620,232
Air transport 40,617,483 18,763,230 -21,854,253
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 5,060,644 5,195,133 +134,489
Rail transport 278,566 0 -278,566
Other 136,756 22,491 -114,265
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 50,014,907
Felixstowe 46,927,480
London Gateway Port 45,317,881
London Heathrow Airport 33,079,880
London Stansted Airport 12,167,415

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 20,158,838 29,856,069 +9,697,231
Felixstowe 32,602,016 14,325,464 -18,276,552
London Gateway Port 17,298,602 28,019,279 +10,720,677
London Heathrow Airport 24,747,808 8,332,072 -16,415,736
London Stansted Airport 7,047,520 5,119,895 -1,927,625
Dover / Eurotunnel 3,707,137 2,361,062 -1,346,075
Manchester Airport 3,406,752 1,772,896 -1,633,856
East Midlands Airport 2,664,664 1,049,154 -1,615,510
Immingham Docks 2,630,317 1,056,621 -1,573,696
ZLC 1,269,094 1,444,641 +175,547

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