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 64,843,676
United States 23,603,944
Netherlands 22,934,781
China 22,242,285
France 16,143,105

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 23,076,774 41,766,902 +18,690,128
United States 11,243,800 12,360,144 +1,116,344
Netherlands 11,576,547 11,358,234 -218,313
China 10,956,663 11,285,622 +328,959
France 7,861,785 8,281,320 +419,535
Italy 6,426,695 3,536,858 -2,889,837
Norway 1,665,568 4,035,466 +2,369,898
Denmark 2,283,932 2,360,910 +76,978
Belgium 3,370,826 1,195,564 -2,175,262
Taiwan 1,949,453 2,383,513 +434,060

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 59,159,256
United States 37,209,954
China 32,013,737
Italy 10,669,847
Netherlands 8,943,011

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 20,747,417 38,411,839 +17,664,422
United States 18,073,975 19,135,979 +1,062,004
China 15,384,254 16,629,483 +1,245,229
Italy 6,872,521 3,797,326 -3,075,195
Netherlands 4,757,897 4,185,114 -572,783
France 2,855,602 2,439,888 -415,714
Japan 832,957 3,894,232 +3,061,275
Taiwan 1,953,712 2,093,145 +139,433
Denmark 1,877,530 2,067,597 +190,067
Poland 1,807,761 1,709,901 -97,860

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 78
Surrey, East and West Sussex 69
West Midlands 65
Greater Manchester 58
Inner London - West 49

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 58 54 -4
Surrey, East and West Sussex 53 51 -2
West Midlands 51 45 -6
Greater Manchester 45 37 -8
Inner London - West 31 38 +7
North Eastern Scotland 32 35 +3
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 27 35 +8
Shropshire and Staffordshire 28 32 +4
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 31 33 +2
Gloucestershire and Wiltshire 28 28 +0

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) 80,424,257
Air transport 69,126,137
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 50,765,841
Other 3,908,601
Road transport 1,944,858

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) 32,798,699 47,625,558 +14,826,859
Air transport 32,947,981 36,178,156 +3,230,175
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 26,447,190 24,318,651 -2,128,539
Other 1,029,288 2,879,313 +1,850,025
Road transport 1,021,020 923,838 -97,182

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 48,644,373
Birmingham Airport 19,413,528
Felixstowe 17,101,014
East Midlands Airport 16,450,575
Thamesport 15,394,431

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 15,439,679 33,204,694 +17,765,015
Birmingham Airport 8,870,832 10,542,696 +1,671,864
Felixstowe 9,077,048 8,023,966 -1,053,082
East Midlands Airport 8,803,977 7,646,598 -1,157,379
Thamesport 9,864,913 5,529,518 -4,335,395
London Heathrow Airport 6,613,361 5,991,071 -622,290
Immingham Docks 6,730,802 5,743,293 -987,509
London Stansted Airport 5,076,307 5,993,910 +917,603
Eurotunnel 2,222,877 4,285,284 +2,062,407
Killingholme 3,671,468 1,017,821 -2,653,647

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 271
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 115
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 96
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 79
Other manufacturing 79

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 249
2025-10 254
2025-09 251
2025-08 241
2025-07 242

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+ 455
1m-15m 435
15m-54m 105
Other 73
0-1m 54

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 38,568,730
Norway 34,576,549
United States 26,806,670
United Arab Emirates 15,975,246
Brazil 10,977,094

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 21,063,753 17,504,977 -3,558,776
Norway 18,232,637 16,343,912 -1,888,725
United States 13,647,744 13,158,926 -488,818
United Arab Emirates 8,224,555 7,750,691 -473,864
Brazil 6,439,495 4,537,599 -1,901,896
Netherlands 5,854,558 4,620,592 -1,233,966
China 3,935,329 5,761,610 +1,826,281
Italy 6,048,852 3,169,506 -2,879,346
Ireland 4,401,055 4,781,729 +380,674
Malaysia 3,956,912 4,609,754 +652,842

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 159,436
XL 16,751
Ireland 16,227
Germany 10,756
Nicaragua 5,977

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 78,504 80,932 +2,428
XL 0 16,751 +16,751
Ireland 86 16,141 +16,055
Germany 6,815 3,941 -2,874
Nicaragua 5,977 0 -5,977
Gambia 760 1,020 +260
XU 1,325 454 -871
China 130 1,428 +1,298
Spain 461 494 +33
Taiwan 593 361 -232

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 137,285,318
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 99,290,986
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 41,119,765
Road transport 410,628
Other 216,735

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 69,823,620 67,461,698 -2,361,922
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 53,012,470 46,278,516 -6,733,954
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 24,547,302 16,572,463 -7,974,839
Road transport 400,767 9,861 -390,906
Other 94,843 121,892 +27,049
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 63,281,683
London Heathrow Airport 57,713,798
East Midlands Airport 38,955,862
Immingham Docks 23,557,148
London Gateway Port 13,973,571

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 £
Dover / Eurotunnel 36,155,996 27,125,687 -9,030,309
London Heathrow Airport 32,081,142 25,632,656 -6,448,486
East Midlands Airport 18,964,361 19,991,501 +1,027,140
Immingham Docks 13,435,643 10,121,505 -3,314,138
London Gateway Port 8,766,036 5,207,535 -3,558,501
London Stansted Airport 5,450,525 7,183,284 +1,732,759
ZLC 6,534,143 5,456,716 -1,077,427
Southampton 3,959,231 4,830,621 +871,390
Manchester Airport 3,466,233 3,121,133 -345,100
Dover 2,499,594 3,297,894 +798,300

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