Import/export HS code 73089098: Various iron or steel structural parts

Various structural parts made of iron or steel, 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 £
China 466,113,094
Germany 422,339,061
Spain 246,505,318
Belgium 173,056,782
Netherlands 167,549,437

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 £
China 142,705,791 323,407,303 +180,701,512
Germany 170,410,660 251,928,401 +81,517,741
Spain 127,874,267 118,631,051 -9,243,216
Belgium 90,715,775 82,341,007 -8,374,768
Netherlands 114,310,355 53,239,082 -61,071,273
Poland 66,890,530 52,152,388 -14,738,142
Turkey 65,416,046 40,112,468 -25,303,578
France 60,766,791 42,332,677 -18,434,114
Denmark 60,643,369 19,227,019 -41,416,350
Ireland 22,295,785 30,811,835 +8,516,050

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 £
China 487,777,081
Germany 433,515,710
Spain 259,713,524
Belgium 178,380,652
Poland 155,671,300

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 £
China 150,407,884 337,369,197 +186,961,313
Germany 177,211,757 256,303,953 +79,092,196
Spain 139,153,834 120,559,690 -18,594,144
Belgium 112,134,262 66,246,390 -45,887,872
Poland 85,693,768 69,977,532 -15,716,236
Turkey 68,849,236 42,072,281 -26,776,955
Netherlands 52,290,869 34,111,687 -18,179,182
Denmark 55,419,026 10,560,107 -44,858,919
France 27,008,857 25,811,642 -1,197,215
Italy 30,722,056 20,346,586 -10,375,470

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 182
Inner London - West 168
West Midlands 153
Greater Manchester 129
Surrey, East and West Sussex 110

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 122 125 +3
Inner London - West 115 111 -4
West Midlands 107 100 -7
Greater Manchester 83 81 -2
Surrey, East and West Sussex 65 75 +10
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 76 79 +3
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 73 63 -10
Shropshire and Staffordshire 74 68 -6
West Yorkshire 66 56 -10
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 60 69 +9

Import volume by transport

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

Top 5 values

Transport £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,135,705,114
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 992,593,925
Other 32,939,360
Air transport 29,405,665
Road transport 13,960,961

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 £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 505,717,072 629,988,042 +124,270,970
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 526,534,573 466,059,352 -60,475,221
Other 13,034,354 19,905,006 +6,870,652
Air transport 15,563,317 13,842,348 -1,720,969
Road transport 9,267,734 4,693,227 -4,574,507
Rail transport 211,228 454,265 +243,037

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 345,065,866
Tyne 294,924,688
Felixstowe 259,309,480
Hull 149,160,630
Immingham Docks 146,106,811

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 171,432,079 173,633,787 +2,201,708
Tyne 152,134,207 142,790,481 -9,343,726
Felixstowe 137,997,904 121,311,576 -16,686,328
Hull 12,029,676 137,130,954 +125,101,278
Immingham Docks 69,108,371 76,998,440 +7,890,069
Leith 0 144,870,326 +144,870,326
Aberdeen Docks 129,571,699 1,590,623 -127,981,076
Southampton 40,628,535 30,814,089 -9,814,446
Eurotunnel 34,757,074 36,168,927 +1,411,853
London 35,696,494 30,813,995 -4,882,499

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 589
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 293
Specialised construction activities 272
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 225
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 154

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 478
2025-10 502
2025-09 470
2025-08 464
2025-07 507

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
1m-15m 1046
54m+ 829
0-1m 397
15m-54m 314
Other 239

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 £
Denmark 215,417,159
Netherlands 188,119,061
Ireland 187,647,644
Belgium 69,918,248
Germany 51,380,289

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 £
Denmark 3,956,853 211,460,306 +207,503,453
Netherlands 130,870,808 57,248,253 -73,622,555
Ireland 96,299,337 91,348,307 -4,951,030
Belgium 57,769,213 12,149,035 -45,620,178
Germany 31,840,425 19,539,864 -12,300,561
France 26,478,928 16,225,032 -10,253,896
United States 21,852,004 16,753,450 -5,098,554
Sweden 16,547,024 7,980,298 -8,566,726
Spain 15,235,277 5,943,648 -9,291,629
Israel 7,904,941 3,490,583 -4,414,358

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 45,370,781
Ireland 13,921,262
Germany 2,445,026
XU 2,066,507
France 1,880,022

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 23,287,152 22,083,629 -1,203,523
Ireland 6,054,352 7,866,910 +1,812,558
Germany 1,370,707 1,074,319 -296,388
XU 1,208,914 857,593 -351,321
France 966,520 913,502 -53,018
China 404,675 528,383 +123,708
United Arab Emirates 111,234 76,935 -34,299
Denmark 100,660 6,215 -94,445
Nicaragua 94,251 0 -94,251
Netherlands 56,537 31,951 -24,586

Export volume by transport

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

Top 5 values

Transport £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 594,119,707
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 333,711,646
Other 67,214,021
Air transport 28,271,101
Road transport 2,151,053

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 £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 294,863,297 299,256,410 +4,393,113
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 164,029,582 169,682,064 +5,652,482
Other 33,729,467 33,484,554 -244,913
Air transport 15,425,608 12,845,493 -2,580,115
Road transport 2,146,965 4,088 -2,142,877

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Tyne 325,470,938
Dover / Eurotunnel 160,731,101
Immingham Docks 92,998,720
000 67,214,021
London Gateway Port 58,850,775

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 £
Tyne 91,038,959 234,431,979 +143,393,020
Dover / Eurotunnel 94,797,999 65,933,102 -28,864,897
Immingham Docks 59,327,067 33,671,653 -25,655,414
000 33,729,467 33,484,554 -244,913
London Gateway Port 37,104,506 21,746,269 -15,358,237
Liverpool Docks 26,272,165 17,708,397 -8,563,768
Holyhead 18,165,386 19,429,342 +1,263,956
499 35,263,328 0 -35,263,328
Heysham 14,296,939 15,105,659 +808,720
Southampton 16,834,796 10,425,193 -6,409,603

Quick facts

HS code: 73089098

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

Description: Various structural parts made of iron or steel, not specified elsewhere