Import/export HS code 441821: Wooden shingles and shakes made of tropical wood

Roofing materials like shingles and shakes crafted from tropical wood

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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 £
Indonesia 79,974,763
China 38,416,296
Malaysia 24,989,749
Ireland 24,642,331
Poland 4,709,766

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 £
Indonesia 43,286,390 36,688,373 -6,598,017
China 20,490,371 17,925,925 -2,564,446
Malaysia 12,829,066 12,160,683 -668,383
Ireland 16,281,056 8,361,275 -7,919,781
Poland 2,334,031 2,375,735 +41,704
Spain 2,537,686 1,739,367 -798,319
Viet Nam 816,341 1,690,852 +874,511
Netherlands 1,017,189 1,284,926 +267,737
Lithuania 1,222,365 1,066,507 -155,858
France 1,011,265 1,073,967 +62,702

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 £
Indonesia 79,828,439
China 38,398,492
Malaysia 25,141,586
Ireland 22,358,275
Poland 6,800,095

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 £
Indonesia 42,877,048 36,951,391 -5,925,657
China 20,475,862 17,922,630 -2,553,232
Malaysia 12,937,918 12,203,668 -734,250
Ireland 14,847,617 7,510,658 -7,336,959
Poland 3,283,750 3,516,345 +232,595
Spain 2,639,288 1,814,443 -824,845
Viet Nam 816,341 1,704,779 +888,438
Lithuania 1,053,224 1,044,268 -8,956
Latvia 682,582 1,030,187 +347,605
India 802,650 594,651 -207,999

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Outer London - West and North West 29
Outer London - South 20
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 16
Inner London - West 16
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 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
Outer London - West and North West 17 21 +4
Outer London - South 12 16 +4
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 13 10 -3
Inner London - West 11 11 +0
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 12 8 -4
Inner London - East 11 9 -2
Outer London - East and North East 9 9 +0
Essex 9 9 +0
Surrey, East and West Sussex 4 8 +4
Gloucestershire and Wiltshire 4 6 +2

Import volume by transport

What this shows: Import value by transport mode used to bring goods into the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 148,820,605
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 38,330,245
Other 2,303,296
Air transport 605,492
Road transport 12,547

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 £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 78,933,195 69,887,410 -9,045,785
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 23,048,960 15,281,285 -7,767,675
Other 1,428,369 874,927 -553,442
Air transport 411,259 194,233 -217,026
Road transport 7,141 5,406 -1,735
Rail transport 1,548 0 -1,548

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 96,971,690
Holyhead 21,993,426
London Gateway Port 21,432,756
Southampton 19,591,466
Dover 9,112,891

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 £
Felixstowe 48,903,895 48,067,795 -836,100
Holyhead 14,556,619 7,436,807 -7,119,812
London Gateway Port 12,884,161 8,548,595 -4,335,566
Southampton 11,848,622 7,742,844 -4,105,778
Dover 5,069,132 4,043,759 -1,025,373
Liverpool Docks 3,259,826 3,353,394 +93,568
Harwich 1,551,372 1,845,544 +294,172
Belfast Port 960,075 1,358,374 +398,299
000 1,428,369 874,927 -553,442
Eurotunnel 1,094,504 1,181,352 +86,848

Importer companies by SIC division

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

Top 5 values

SIC Companies
Specialised construction activities 86
Construction of buildings 37
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 37
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 28
Manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, except furniture; manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials 20

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 38
2025-11 48
2025-10 50
2025-09 53
2025-08 43

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
0-1m 111
1m-15m 57
54m+ 20
Other 11
15m-54m 9

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 £
Ireland 11,315,260
United Republic of Tanzania 1,365,394
Australia 808,043
China 719,842
United States 521,019

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 £
Ireland 5,234,625 6,080,635 +846,010
United Republic of Tanzania 1,026,298 339,096 -687,202
Australia 0 808,043 +808,043
China 210,676 509,166 +298,490
United States 478,365 42,654 -435,711
France 309,726 123,555 -186,171
Gibraltar 52,356 101,306 +48,950
Antigua and Barbuda 0 110,611 +110,611
Spain 64,932 0 -64,932
Botswana 0 59,678 +59,678

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 6,611,994
Indonesia 1,067,014
Ireland 518,223
Nicaragua 286,204
Spain 15,574

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 2,904,774 3,707,220 +802,446
Indonesia 516,172 550,842 +34,670
Ireland 274,080 244,143 -29,937
Nicaragua 226,490 59,714 -166,776
Spain 9,309 6,265 -3,044
Poland 8,553 0 -8,553
Portugal 4,881 0 -4,881
Singapore 3,011 1,173 -1,838
China 818 414 -404

Export volume by transport

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

Top 5 values

Transport £
Other 10,296,587
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 3,214,546
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 1,829,768
Air transport 506,417

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 £
Other 4,796,651 5,499,936 +703,285
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,666,550 1,547,996 -118,554
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 987,890 841,878 -146,012
Air transport 87,285 419,132 +331,847

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
000 10,296,587
Felixstowe 1,383,477
Liverpool Docks 975,688
Holyhead 786,310
London Gateway Port 598,571

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 £
000 4,796,651 5,499,936 +703,285
Felixstowe 899,538 483,939 -415,599
Liverpool Docks 942,780 32,908 -909,872
Holyhead 293,674 492,636 +198,962
London Gateway Port 12,820 585,751 +572,931
Southampton 0 470,607 +470,607
Dover / Eurotunnel 242,339 212,385 -29,954
London Heathrow Airport 11,043 387,135 +376,092
Heysham 70,722 33,555 -37,167
Manchester Airport 61,348 10,912 -50,436

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 441821

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

Description: Roofing materials like shingles and shakes crafted from tropical wood