Import/export HS code 29339980: 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 76,262,026
Netherlands 74,927,003
China 50,369,435
Switzerland 38,916,357
United States 17,545,783

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 72,560,962 3,701,064 -68,859,898
Netherlands 30,360,354 44,566,649 +14,206,295
China 18,775,583 31,593,852 +12,818,269
Switzerland 20,881,101 18,035,256 -2,845,845
United States 12,066,225 5,479,558 -6,586,667
Germany 6,625,607 8,218,710 +1,593,103
India 4,201,395 8,198,815 +3,997,420
France 5,454,574 4,070,825 -1,383,749
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 61,232,550
Switzerland 25,578,923
India 20,678,244
United States 17,898,406

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 24,528,218 36,704,332 +12,176,114
Switzerland 20,098,840 5,480,083 -14,618,757
India 6,214,232 14,464,012 +8,249,780
United States 11,884,175 6,014,231 -5,869,944
Germany 5,422,318 5,367,510 -54,808
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 1,730,409 2,952,970 +1,222,561

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 14 +0
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) 202,821,483
Air transport 73,731,171
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 45,721,297
Other 9,555,247
Road transport 625,898

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) 130,894,642 71,926,841 -58,967,801
Air transport 34,792,138 38,939,033 +4,146,895
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 19,752,703 25,968,594 +6,215,891
Other 4,152,278 5,402,969 +1,250,691
Road transport 50,514 575,384 +524,870

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 52,180,632
Felixstowe 26,953,008
Dover 23,424,002

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 24,985,232 27,195,400 +2,210,168
Felixstowe 11,326,380 15,626,628 +4,300,248
Dover 6,583,164 16,840,838 +10,257,674
Southampton 4,690,790 5,769,674 +1,078,884
000 4,152,278 5,402,969 +1,250,691
ZLC 4,145,200 4,943,519 +798,319
London Stansted Airport 3,237,528 5,514,081 +2,276,553
Manchester Airport 3,507,330 2,734,214 -773,116

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 79
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 74
2025-10 75
2025-09 71
2025-08 63
2025-07 81

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 112
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 57,542,782
United States 56,473,018
Canada 31,536,985
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 32,613,576 +7,684,370
United States 36,654,317 19,818,701 -16,835,616
Canada 16,173,130 15,363,855 -809,275
Netherlands 8,018,412 2,622,679 -5,395,733
Mexico 4,021,430 6,126,964 +2,105,534
Australia 3,519,897 2,330,623 -1,189,274
Japan 1,926,737 2,606,679 +679,942
Switzerland 3,714,395 705,628 -3,008,767
Sweden 1,191,985 2,448,508 +1,256,523
Belgium 1,320,183 2,258,247 +938,064

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) 145,680,219
Air transport 57,831,214
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 10,209,477
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) 72,529,232 73,150,987 +621,755
Air transport 39,688,659 18,142,555 -21,546,104
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 5,036,898 5,172,579 +135,681
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 45,314,362
London Heathrow Airport 32,841,814
London Stansted Airport 11,845,135

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 17,296,081 28,018,281 +10,722,200
London Heathrow Airport 24,526,172 8,315,642 -16,210,530
London Stansted Airport 6,903,303 4,941,832 -1,961,471
Dover / Eurotunnel 3,683,391 2,338,508 -1,344,883
Manchester Airport 3,406,752 1,772,896 -1,633,856
Immingham Docks 2,630,317 1,056,621 -1,573,696
East Midlands Airport 2,307,345 729,151 -1,578,194
ZLC 1,238,088 1,362,112 +124,024

Quick facts

HS code: 29339980

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

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