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 75,946,663
Netherlands 74,761,087
China 51,612,712
Switzerland 23,041,565
United States 16,703,885

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 30,120,480 44,640,607 +14,520,127
China 19,385,474 32,227,238 +12,841,764
Switzerland 5,383,034 17,658,531 +12,275,497
United States 11,198,095 5,505,790 -5,692,305
Germany 6,920,299 8,301,366 +1,381,067
India 4,407,131 8,016,708 +3,609,577
France 5,640,140 4,054,076 -1,586,064
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 62,558,894
India 20,630,566
United States 17,290,683
Germany 10,685,577

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 26,325,030 36,233,864 +9,908,834
India 6,755,285 13,875,281 +7,119,996
United States 11,174,133 6,116,550 -5,057,583
Germany 5,417,924 5,267,653 -150,271
Switzerland 4,184,796 5,521,174 +1,336,378
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 1,627,886 3,084,514 +1,456,628

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 5 7 +2

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) 187,536,441
Air transport 73,267,610
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 46,983,930
Other 9,021,705
Road transport 661,215

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) 115,640,508 71,895,933 -43,744,575
Air transport 34,226,946 39,040,664 +4,813,718
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 20,864,033 26,119,897 +5,255,864
Other 3,560,169 5,461,536 +1,901,367
Road transport 62,770 598,445 +535,675

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 51,974,143
Dover / Eurotunnel 44,608,944
Felixstowe 26,560,311
Dover 23,519,165

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 25,195,899 26,778,244 +1,582,345
Dover / Eurotunnel 1,601,712 43,007,232 +41,405,520
Felixstowe 11,290,163 15,270,148 +3,979,985
Dover 6,694,996 16,824,169 +10,129,173
Southampton 4,695,928 7,048,934 +2,353,006
London Stansted Airport 3,344,646 5,753,638 +2,408,992
000 3,560,169 5,461,536 +1,901,367
ZLC 2,479,452 4,517,899 +2,038,447
Immingham Docks 2,763,753 3,217,644 +453,891

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 77
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 77
2025-11 75
2025-10 75
2025-09 71
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+ 119
1m-15m 114
15m-54m 34
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 58,989,338
United States 55,961,612
Canada 31,462,819
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 31,418,815 +3,848,292
United States 35,425,243 20,536,369 -14,888,874
Canada 18,819,555 12,643,264 -6,176,291
Mexico 4,485,073 6,192,926 +1,707,853
Netherlands 8,024,469 2,622,645 -5,401,824
Australia 3,529,108 2,321,412 -1,207,696
Japan 2,073,553 2,467,060 +393,507
Sweden 2,010,065 1,585,663 -424,402
Belgium 1,261,606 2,302,670 +1,041,064
Switzerland 2,805,292 633,357 -2,171,935

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) 147,816,329
Air transport 56,779,621
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 9,596,675
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) 77,727,082 70,089,247 -7,637,835
Air transport 39,390,277 17,389,344 -22,000,933
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 5,068,650 4,528,025 -540,625
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 46,864,901
London Heathrow Airport 31,967,836
London Stansted Airport 12,076,701

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 19,607,136 27,257,765 +7,650,629
London Heathrow Airport 24,125,784 7,842,052 -16,283,732
London Stansted Airport 7,341,151 4,735,550 -2,605,601
Dover / Eurotunnel 3,029,017 2,132,415 -896,602
Manchester Airport 3,355,094 1,625,203 -1,729,891
Immingham Docks 3,084,983 528,272 -2,556,711
East Midlands Airport 2,185,147 734,051 -1,451,096
Middlesbrough 731,886 1,777,125 +1,045,239

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