Import/export HS code 73072910: Threaded iron or steel fittings

Threaded fittings made of iron or steel for pipe connections

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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 12,494,200
United States 11,434,462
Netherlands 11,294,685
China 10,502,510
Norway 3,561,403

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 6,126,179 6,368,021 +241,842
United States 5,860,055 5,574,407 -285,648
Netherlands 5,695,449 5,599,236 -96,213
China 5,335,624 5,166,886 -168,738
Norway 266,543 3,294,860 +3,028,317
Italy 1,581,452 1,562,809 -18,643
Spain 1,213,250 1,377,346 +164,096
France 1,198,876 1,144,357 -54,519
Taiwan 474,057 1,072,561 +598,504
Ireland 811,187 522,721 -288,466

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 22,171,254
China 11,828,314
Germany 9,307,132
Japan 4,295,221
Italy 3,205,221

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 11,228,351 10,942,903 -285,448
China 5,710,503 6,117,811 +407,308
Germany 4,538,535 4,768,597 +230,062
Japan 647,302 3,647,919 +3,000,617
Italy 1,671,229 1,533,992 -137,237
Spain 1,176,628 1,443,667 +267,039
Netherlands 690,587 683,211 -7,376
United Kingdom 900,338 472,307 -428,031
Taiwan 538,561 786,048 +247,487
Switzerland 645,769 432,843 -212,926

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Surrey, East and West Sussex 36
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 29
West Midlands 29
Greater Manchester 28
Inner London - West 27

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
Surrey, East and West Sussex 24 27 +3
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 21 21 +0
West Midlands 24 19 -5
Greater Manchester 19 20 +1
Inner London - West 18 19 +1
North Eastern Scotland 18 22 +4
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 12 19 +7
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 13 15 +2
Gloucestershire and Wiltshire 16 11 -5
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 18 15 -3

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 31,971,889
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 21,785,936
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 10,690,039
Other 1,413,187
Road transport 1,074,002

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 15,327,043 16,644,846 +1,317,803
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 9,563,889 12,222,047 +2,658,158
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 5,919,473 4,770,566 -1,148,907
Other 664,919 748,268 +83,349
Road transport 647,957 426,045 -221,912

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Birmingham Airport 12,228,818
Felixstowe 8,165,396
London Heathrow Airport 7,297,363
Thamesport 6,525,345
East Midlands Airport 5,036,018

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 £
Birmingham Airport 5,883,637 6,345,181 +461,544
Felixstowe 4,562,949 3,602,447 -960,502
London Heathrow Airport 3,900,079 3,397,284 -502,795
Thamesport 3,268,172 3,257,173 -10,999
East Midlands Airport 2,847,071 2,188,947 -658,124
Aberdeen Docks 597,710 3,620,344 +3,022,634
Dover 2,114,886 1,999,682 -115,204
London Stansted Airport 1,738,814 1,972,044 +233,230
London 900,670 1,001,467 +100,797
Eurotunnel 679,200 909,970 +230,770

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 137
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 60
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 47
Other manufacturing 37
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 34

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 108
2025-10 90
2025-09 104
2025-08 97
2025-07 95

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+ 242
1m-15m 196
Other 42
15m-54m 41
0-1m 18

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 15,924,119
United Arab Emirates 12,624,123
Norway 12,118,777
United States 11,778,431
Ireland 6,281,063

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 8,546,900 7,377,219 -1,169,681
United Arab Emirates 6,105,060 6,519,063 +414,003
Norway 5,829,719 6,289,058 +459,339
United States 5,817,573 5,960,858 +143,285
Ireland 2,773,527 3,507,536 +734,009
Kazakhstan 4,175,881 1,606,672 -2,569,209
Netherlands 3,146,638 2,054,762 -1,091,876
Brazil 1,651,297 1,793,662 +142,365
Italy 2,074,187 416,231 -1,657,956
Singapore 1,376,047 938,665 -437,382

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 20,482
Ireland 16,227
Germany 10,573
Nicaragua 5,977
Gambia 1,780

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 19,318 1,164 -18,154
Ireland 86 16,141 +16,055
Germany 6,632 3,941 -2,691
Nicaragua 5,977 0 -5,977
Gambia 760 1,020 +260
China 116 1,428 +1,312
XU 987 431 -556
Spain 461 295 -166
France 0 347 +347
India 59 23 -36

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 70,054,187
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 28,327,188
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 9,539,501
Road transport 171,354
Other 59,231

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 35,976,513 34,077,674 -1,898,839
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 16,076,613 12,250,575 -3,826,038
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 6,345,449 3,194,052 -3,151,397
Road transport 171,354 0 -171,354
Other 34,441 24,790 -9,651
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 £
London Heathrow Airport 23,719,323
Dover / Eurotunnel 20,642,826
East Midlands Airport 19,689,978
London Stansted Airport 10,093,088
ZLC 7,449,693

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 £
London Heathrow Airport 14,260,396 9,458,927 -4,801,469
Dover / Eurotunnel 12,808,381 7,834,445 -4,973,936
East Midlands Airport 9,877,047 9,812,931 -64,116
London Stansted Airport 4,205,805 5,887,283 +1,681,478
ZLC 3,896,303 3,553,390 -342,913
Glasgow Airport 996,337 2,982,177 +1,985,840
Immingham Docks 1,833,109 1,231,859 -601,250
Manchester Airport 1,597,151 1,379,343 -217,808
Tyne 2,183,620 775,214 -1,408,406
Dover 500,829 2,082,653 +1,581,824

Quick facts

HS code: 73072910

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

Description: Threaded fittings made of iron or steel for pipe connections