Import/export HS code 730729: Various iron or steel fittings

Various iron or steel fittings not specified elsewhere

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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 £
Germany 71,979,422
United States 23,853,949
Netherlands 23,271,146
China 22,334,432
France 16,005,939

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 £
Germany 23,840,532 48,138,890 +24,298,358
United States 11,498,503 12,355,446 +856,943
Netherlands 11,758,601 11,512,545 -246,056
China 11,586,275 10,748,157 -838,118
France 8,145,422 7,860,517 -284,905
Italy 6,466,584 3,546,932 -2,919,652
Norway 1,579,906 3,987,741 +2,407,835
Denmark 2,405,028 2,571,823 +166,795
Belgium 3,403,838 1,145,179 -2,258,659
Taiwan 2,091,440 2,333,003 +241,563

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 £
Germany 66,145,698
United States 37,543,125
China 32,163,398
Italy 10,703,360
Netherlands 9,067,296

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 £
Germany 21,485,093 44,660,605 +23,175,512
United States 18,293,756 19,249,369 +955,613
China 16,408,979 15,754,419 -654,560
Italy 6,896,075 3,807,285 -3,088,790
Netherlands 4,815,218 4,252,078 -563,140
France 2,853,274 2,350,252 -503,022
Japan 899,662 3,945,798 +3,046,136
Denmark 1,808,325 2,332,382 +524,057
Taiwan 1,920,979 2,190,753 +269,774
Poland 1,912,896 1,678,319 -234,577

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 77
Surrey, East and West Sussex 70
West Midlands 67
Greater Manchester 57
Inner London - West 52

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 56 51 -5
Surrey, East and West Sussex 52 52 +0
West Midlands 52 47 -5
Greater Manchester 43 37 -6
Inner London - West 30 42 +12
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 27 39 +12
North Eastern Scotland 33 34 +1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 32 32 +0
Shropshire and Staffordshire 28 34 +6
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 22 25 +3

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) 86,642,373
Air transport 70,481,962
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 50,719,168
Other 3,898,378
Road transport 1,900,773

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) 33,514,767 53,127,606 +19,612,839
Air transport 33,876,310 36,605,652 +2,729,342
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 26,132,506 24,586,662 -1,545,844
Other 1,208,182 2,690,196 +1,482,014
Road transport 973,681 927,092 -46,589

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 51,773,003
Birmingham Airport 19,820,920
Felixstowe 16,858,142
East Midlands Airport 16,311,630
Thamesport 15,362,080

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 15,614,436 36,158,567 +20,544,131
Birmingham Airport 9,335,686 10,485,234 +1,149,548
Felixstowe 9,440,405 7,417,737 -2,022,668
East Midlands Airport 8,769,498 7,542,132 -1,227,366
Thamesport 9,986,554 5,375,526 -4,611,028
London Heathrow Airport 6,627,306 6,621,427 -5,879
Immingham Docks 5,910,293 5,960,562 +50,269
London Stansted Airport 5,204,860 6,146,403 +941,543
Eurotunnel 2,378,113 7,780,839 +5,402,726
Aberdeen Docks 815,011 3,837,301 +3,022,290

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 269
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 117
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 98
Other manufacturing 83
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 77

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 243
2025-11 250
2025-10 254
2025-09 251
2025-08 241

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+ 461
1m-15m 433
15m-54m 107
Other 74
0-1m 58

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 £
Germany 38,270,642
Norway 34,526,537
United States 26,682,761
United Arab Emirates 16,204,696
Brazil 11,092,768

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 £
Germany 20,879,349 17,391,293 -3,488,056
Norway 18,060,250 16,466,287 -1,593,963
United States 13,781,168 12,901,593 -879,575
United Arab Emirates 8,396,981 7,807,715 -589,266
Brazil 6,241,658 4,851,110 -1,390,548
Netherlands 5,961,010 4,503,691 -1,457,319
China 4,161,023 5,776,863 +1,615,840
Ireland 4,421,990 4,775,374 +353,384
Italy 5,740,035 3,373,003 -2,367,032
Malaysia 4,450,457 4,122,828 -327,629

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 158,621
Ireland 17,206
XL 16,751
Germany 10,704
Nicaragua 5,275

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 78,079 80,542 +2,463
Ireland 107 17,099 +16,992
XL 0 16,751 +16,751
Germany 6,659 4,045 -2,614
Nicaragua 5,275 0 -5,275
China 44 2,831 +2,787
Gambia 760 1,020 +260
Spain 461 509 +48
Taiwan 619 335 -284
France 0 347 +347

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 139,373,492
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 98,202,145
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 40,351,050
Road transport 276,740
Other 217,469

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 71,365,290 68,008,202 -3,357,088
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 52,269,432 45,932,713 -6,336,719
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 24,432,903 15,918,147 -8,514,756
Road transport 266,879 9,861 -257,018
Other 93,957 123,512 +29,555

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 62,022,990
London Heathrow Airport 58,693,076
East Midlands Airport 38,720,183
Immingham Docks 23,406,825
London Gateway Port 14,166,027

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 34,830,118 27,192,872 -7,637,246
London Heathrow Airport 31,920,457 26,772,619 -5,147,838
East Midlands Airport 19,995,488 18,724,695 -1,270,793
Immingham Docks 13,368,213 10,038,612 -3,329,601
London Gateway Port 8,871,733 5,294,294 -3,577,439
London Stansted Airport 5,490,809 7,369,255 +1,878,446
ZLC 6,536,734 6,078,330 -458,404
Southampton 4,567,469 4,170,163 -397,306
Manchester Airport 4,034,486 2,690,833 -1,343,653
Dover 2,527,403 3,225,670 +698,267

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 730729

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

Description: Various iron or steel fittings not specified elsewhere