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 12,548,690
United States 11,430,033
Netherlands 11,396,866
China 10,479,051
Norway 3,534,197

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 6,232,959 6,315,731 +82,772
United States 5,943,315 5,486,718 -456,597
Netherlands 5,778,716 5,618,150 -160,566
China 5,565,877 4,913,174 -652,703
Norway 238,986 3,295,211 +3,056,225
Italy 1,545,549 1,604,484 +58,935
Spain 1,268,524 1,332,388 +63,864
France 1,266,555 1,081,840 -184,715
Taiwan 551,633 1,022,393 +470,760
Ireland 813,308 555,245 -258,063

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 22,145,438
China 11,881,516
Germany 9,378,130
Japan 4,423,695
Italy 3,204,975

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 11,329,188 10,816,250 -512,938
China 6,164,543 5,716,973 -447,570
Germany 4,682,421 4,695,709 +13,288
Japan 719,282 3,704,413 +2,985,131
Italy 1,621,801 1,583,174 -38,627
Spain 1,233,569 1,391,356 +157,787
Netherlands 685,829 732,049 +46,220
United Kingdom 897,427 503,929 -393,498
Taiwan 472,025 868,534 +396,509
Ireland 600,980 480,764 -120,216

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
West Midlands 32
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 29
Greater Manchester 27
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
West Midlands 25 21 -4
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 21 19 -2
Greater Manchester 18 19 +1
Inner London - West 19 19 +0
North Eastern Scotland 18 22 +4
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 13 18 +5
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 13 17 +4
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 18 15 -3
Gloucestershire and Wiltshire 14 11 -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 32,642,615
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 21,682,663
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 10,447,418
Other 1,400,393
Road transport 1,046,023

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 15,776,960 16,865,655 +1,088,695
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 9,672,022 12,010,641 +2,338,619
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 6,032,138 4,415,280 -1,616,858
Other 684,563 715,830 +31,267
Road transport 592,107 453,916 -138,191

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Birmingham Airport 12,469,079
Felixstowe 7,984,165
London Heathrow Airport 7,703,151
Thamesport 6,521,403
East Midlands Airport 4,897,463

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 5,980,396 6,488,683 +508,287
Felixstowe 4,567,592 3,416,573 -1,151,019
London Heathrow Airport 3,869,624 3,833,527 -36,097
Thamesport 3,355,818 3,165,585 -190,233
East Midlands Airport 2,773,561 2,123,902 -649,659
Dover 2,299,552 1,984,718 -314,834
Aberdeen Docks 580,797 3,660,370 +3,079,573
London Stansted Airport 1,838,661 1,897,038 +58,377
London 876,507 962,296 +85,789
Eurotunnel 685,096 914,646 +229,550

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 140
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 63
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 49
Other manufacturing 39
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 33

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 102
2025-11 108
2025-10 90
2025-09 104
2025-08 97

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+ 245
1m-15m 197
15m-54m 42
Other 41
0-1m 20

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 16,174,787
United Arab Emirates 12,793,475
Norway 12,186,732
United States 11,846,631
Ireland 6,309,003

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 8,684,031 7,490,756 -1,193,275
United Arab Emirates 6,239,488 6,553,987 +314,499
Norway 5,784,501 6,402,231 +617,730
United States 6,074,436 5,772,195 -302,241
Ireland 2,778,522 3,530,481 +751,959
Kazakhstan 4,178,818 1,737,052 -2,441,766
Netherlands 3,220,465 2,058,146 -1,162,319
Brazil 1,573,719 1,910,384 +336,665
Italy 2,042,172 544,220 -1,497,952
Singapore 1,415,122 955,363 -459,759

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 20,811
Ireland 17,206
Germany 10,521
Nicaragua 5,275
China 2,861

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 19,621 1,190 -18,431
Ireland 107 17,099 +16,992
Germany 6,476 4,045 -2,431
Nicaragua 5,275 0 -5,275
China 30 2,831 +2,801
Gambia 760 1,020 +260
Spain 461 310 -151
France 0 347 +347
India 62 14 -48
South Korea 45 0 -45

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 71,288,975
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 28,183,294
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 9,469,297
Road transport 106,392
Other 61,111

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 36,367,563 34,921,412 -1,446,151
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 15,904,484 12,278,810 -3,625,674
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 6,199,646 3,269,651 -2,929,995
Road transport 106,392 0 -106,392
Other 34,250 26,861 -7,389

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 24,311,885
Dover / Eurotunnel 20,433,250
East Midlands Airport 19,586,853
London Stansted Airport 10,251,387
ZLC 7,926,084

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 14,270,185 10,041,700 -4,228,485
Dover / Eurotunnel 12,559,419 7,873,831 -4,685,588
East Midlands Airport 10,268,113 9,318,740 -949,373
London Stansted Airport 4,289,313 5,962,074 +1,672,761
ZLC 3,887,280 4,038,804 +151,524
Glasgow Airport 998,206 3,089,177 +2,090,971
Immingham Docks 1,864,383 1,224,890 -639,493
Manchester Airport 1,577,448 1,483,599 -93,849
Tyne 2,212,888 726,480 -1,486,408
Dover 472,495 2,098,053 +1,625,558

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