Import/export HS code 730722: Threaded iron or steel fittings

Threaded fittings like elbows, bends, and sleeves made of iron or steel

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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 £
Thailand 14,513,538
United States 14,383,392
Italy 10,502,685
China 9,110,741
Netherlands 8,534,353

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 £
Thailand 10,178,379 4,335,159 -5,843,220
United States 7,811,681 6,571,711 -1,239,970
Italy 5,263,306 5,239,379 -23,927
China 4,395,936 4,714,805 +318,869
Netherlands 5,047,989 3,486,364 -1,561,625
Germany 2,904,933 2,922,999 +18,066
Israel 2,724,588 2,664,661 -59,927
Romania 2,356,837 1,559,379 -797,458
India 685,255 601,449 -83,806
France 600,635 470,714 -129,921

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 £
United States 20,959,268
Thailand 14,537,316
Italy 10,659,674
China 10,140,198
Romania 5,981,270

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 £
United States 11,362,387 9,596,881 -1,765,506
Thailand 10,181,699 4,355,617 -5,826,082
Italy 5,320,595 5,339,079 +18,484
China 4,913,509 5,226,689 +313,180
Romania 3,613,857 2,367,413 -1,246,444
Israel 2,697,145 2,668,376 -28,769
Germany 1,123,598 1,618,237 +494,639
France 1,161,107 604,484 -556,623
India 678,737 599,265 -79,472
United Kingdom 564,007 393,065 -170,942

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
West Midlands 43
Inner London - West 34
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 31
Greater Manchester 29
Surrey, East and West Sussex 29

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
West Midlands 33 29 -4
Inner London - West 23 22 -1
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 18 22 +4
Greater Manchester 16 20 +4
Surrey, East and West Sussex 23 19 -4
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 21 14 -7
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 8 17 +9
North Eastern Scotland 13 15 +2
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 15 11 -4
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 13 13 +0

Import volume by transport

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

Top 5 values

Transport £
Air transport 30,261,213
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 29,947,957
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 19,717,931
Other 2,187,081
Road transport 217,956

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 £
Air transport 15,418,792 14,842,421 -576,371
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 18,461,780 11,486,177 -6,975,603
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 10,503,699 9,214,232 -1,289,467
Other 1,296,973 890,108 -406,865
Road transport 47,994 169,962 +121,968

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Southampton 13,594,217
London Heathrow Airport 12,877,042
Felixstowe 9,335,310
Dover 7,719,944
Birmingham Airport 6,182,147

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 £
Southampton 9,105,464 4,488,753 -4,616,711
London Heathrow Airport 7,404,754 5,472,288 -1,932,466
Felixstowe 5,460,081 3,875,229 -1,584,852
Dover 3,743,534 3,976,410 +232,876
Birmingham Airport 3,048,319 3,133,828 +85,509
London Stansted Airport 1,991,360 2,531,307 +539,947
Purfleet 2,275,150 1,999,874 -275,276
East Midlands Airport 1,845,296 1,612,543 -232,753
Eurotunnel 1,917,532 1,357,157 -560,375
London Gateway Port 1,493,110 1,374,075 -119,035

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 115
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 61
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 42
Other manufacturing 29
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 28

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 75
2025-11 77
2025-10 105
2025-09 95
2025-08 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+ 235
1m-15m 179
15m-54m 45
Other 42
0-1m 15

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 £
Italy 7,790,875
Germany 7,774,075
United States 5,116,261
United Arab Emirates 3,940,991
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 3,797,423

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 £
Italy 3,105,667 4,685,208 +1,579,541
Germany 3,964,207 3,809,868 -154,339
United States 2,996,218 2,120,043 -876,175
United Arab Emirates 1,600,233 2,340,758 +740,525
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 1,378,741 2,418,682 +1,039,941
Norway 1,322,390 1,910,375 +587,985
Romania 852,415 1,249,671 +397,256
Netherlands 1,144,261 526,763 -617,498
France 996,993 601,318 -395,675
China 1,084,979 323,551 -761,428

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 62,290
Turkey 19,012
Italy 12,003
Netherlands 4,649
Germany 2,654

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 50,801 11,489 -39,312
Turkey 10,634 8,378 -2,256
Italy 9,774 2,229 -7,545
Netherlands 2,094 2,555 +461
Germany 2,240 414 -1,826
Nicaragua 2,066 0 -2,066
Switzerland 221 174 -47
China 271 67 -204
South Korea 219 0 -219

Export volume by transport

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

Top 5 values

Transport £
Air transport 25,648,028
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 21,618,464
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 8,850,410
Other 107,559
Road transport 77,196

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 £
Air transport 12,762,767 12,885,261 +122,494
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 9,776,512 11,841,952 +2,065,440
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 5,151,577 3,698,833 -1,452,744
Other 80,353 27,206 -53,147
Road transport 77,196 0 -77,196

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 16,227,938
London Heathrow Airport 12,073,241
East Midlands Airport 5,880,414
London Stansted Airport 2,864,067
London Gateway Port 1,856,589

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 7,343,882 8,884,056 +1,540,174
London Heathrow Airport 6,010,125 6,063,116 +52,991
East Midlands Airport 2,943,528 2,936,886 -6,642
London Stansted Airport 1,245,777 1,618,290 +372,513
London Gateway Port 939,558 917,031 -22,527
Immingham Docks 817,878 991,891 +174,013
Liverpool Docks 1,633,804 132,287 -1,501,517
Dover 784,418 932,669 +148,251
Aberdeen Docks 664,770 1,032,793 +368,023
London 477,962 1,163,309 +685,347

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 730722

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

Description: Threaded fittings like elbows, bends, and sleeves made of iron or steel