Import/export HS code 7307: Iron or steel pipe fittings

Includes couplings, elbows, and sleeves made of iron or steel, used for connecting pipes

Why this is important if you are looking for potential customers in the UK:

  • It helps you understand the market size for your product in the UK.
  • It provides you with a list of potential leads who have bought similar products.

* 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 £
China 184,934,423
Italy 168,857,614
Germany 165,801,089
United States 97,286,000
Netherlands 79,760,486

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 £
China 98,297,659 86,636,764 -11,660,895
Italy 91,288,090 77,569,524 -13,718,566
Germany 61,592,291 104,208,798 +42,616,507
United States 50,942,225 46,343,775 -4,598,450
Netherlands 41,608,143 38,152,343 -3,455,800
France 26,055,205 23,630,248 -2,424,957
India 24,225,409 21,365,330 -2,860,079
Poland 16,215,655 14,717,031 -1,498,624
Romania 18,307,567 10,412,068 -7,895,499
Spain 10,993,461 10,433,729 -559,732

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 £
China 215,901,946
Italy 177,606,976
Germany 155,444,658
United States 116,613,430
India 47,689,186

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 £
China 113,514,753 102,387,193 -11,127,560
Italy 97,207,863 80,399,113 -16,808,750
Germany 56,597,691 98,846,967 +42,249,276
United States 61,373,482 55,239,948 -6,133,534
India 25,270,308 22,418,878 -2,851,430
Poland 20,422,730 18,665,824 -1,756,906
France 17,365,310 14,902,572 -2,462,738
Romania 19,608,691 11,594,061 -8,014,630
Austria 10,842,850 11,661,952 +819,102
Netherlands 12,657,243 8,842,150 -3,815,093

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 192
West Midlands 185
Greater Manchester 149
Surrey, East and West Sussex 148
Inner London - West 132

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 145 136 -9
West Midlands 148 138 -10
Greater Manchester 122 106 -16
Surrey, East and West Sussex 99 118 +19
Inner London - West 87 89 +2
Shropshire and Staffordshire 88 87 -1
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 81 82 +1
North Eastern Scotland 84 76 -8
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 75 83 +8
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 71 81 +10

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) 480,261,771
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 353,434,987
Air transport 221,186,388
Other 24,476,080
Road transport 3,479,183

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) 235,646,455 244,615,316 +8,968,861
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 188,251,913 165,183,074 -23,068,839
Air transport 110,935,850 110,250,538 -685,312
Other 13,290,649 11,185,431 -2,105,218
Road transport 1,995,516 1,483,667 -511,849

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 285,931,183
Felixstowe 164,223,601
Southampton 57,514,764
Immingham Docks 56,374,939
London Heathrow Airport 51,109,446

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 £
Dover 125,599,174 160,332,009 +34,732,835
Felixstowe 91,139,454 73,084,147 -18,055,307
Southampton 29,650,099 27,864,665 -1,785,434
Immingham Docks 27,570,720 28,804,219 +1,233,499
London Heathrow Airport 28,593,230 22,516,216 -6,077,014
Birmingham Airport 21,248,693 25,138,491 +3,889,798
East Midlands Airport 24,085,175 21,472,587 -2,612,588
Eurotunnel 20,679,701 21,378,260 +698,559
Thamesport 23,427,207 14,188,150 -9,239,057
London Gateway Port 14,101,631 14,816,437 +714,806

Importer companies by SIC division

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

Top 5 values

SIC Companies
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 668
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 300
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 275
Other manufacturing 194
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 165

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 658
2025-10 708
2025-09 653
2025-08 633
2025-07 715

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
1m-15m 1182
54m+ 1064
15m-54m 301
0-1m 206
Other 188

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 £
Norway 122,581,557
Germany 79,268,427
United States 75,406,615
Brazil 70,561,605
Ireland 63,155,746

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 £
Norway 59,196,954 63,384,603 +4,187,649
Germany 42,553,345 36,715,082 -5,838,263
United States 38,816,708 36,589,907 -2,226,801
Brazil 31,150,350 39,411,255 +8,260,905
Ireland 33,705,265 29,450,481 -4,254,784
Netherlands 28,314,318 24,295,960 -4,018,358
France 22,343,019 19,961,357 -2,381,662
United Arab Emirates 16,830,784 18,240,816 +1,410,032
Italy 18,224,629 15,083,995 -3,140,634
China 15,232,112 17,253,589 +2,021,477

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 16,285,153
China 687,386
XU 637,010
Italy 481,962
Germany 299,764

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 9,454,313 6,830,840 -2,623,473
China 300,029 387,357 +87,328
XU 457,818 179,192 -278,626
Italy 260,963 220,999 -39,964
Germany 195,645 104,119 -91,526
France 140,015 112,272 -27,743
Cambodia 57,500 35,102 -22,398
Ireland 10,901 43,911 +33,010
Poland 23,519 25,326 +1,807
Indonesia 44,572 2,709 -41,863

Export volume by transport

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

Top 5 values

Transport £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 355,913,970
Air transport 343,004,938
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 293,072,430
Other 19,053,783
Road transport 1,363,063

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 £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 179,624,975 176,288,995 -3,335,980
Air transport 178,916,163 164,088,775 -14,827,388
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 164,339,459 128,732,971 -35,606,488
Other 11,036,148 8,017,635 -3,018,513
Road transport 1,353,202 9,861 -1,343,341
Rail transport 3,000 0 -3,000

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 195,304,439
London Heathrow Airport 155,410,677
Immingham Docks 118,526,691
London Gateway Port 105,914,669
East Midlands Airport 80,039,970

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 £
Dover / Eurotunnel 104,599,273 90,705,166 -13,894,107
London Heathrow Airport 84,033,752 71,376,925 -12,656,827
Immingham Docks 57,588,806 60,937,885 +3,349,079
London Gateway Port 55,391,323 50,523,346 -4,867,977
East Midlands Airport 41,750,677 38,289,293 -3,461,384
Tyne 37,499,305 14,852,947 -22,646,358
Aberdeen Docks 16,816,828 16,935,509 +118,681
Manchester Airport 13,130,913 14,955,196 +1,824,283
ZLC 15,925,545 10,205,580 -5,719,965
Southampton 9,137,674 13,714,851 +4,577,177

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 7307

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

Description: Includes couplings, elbows, and sleeves made of iron or steel, used for connecting pipes