Import/export HS code 731815: Various screws and bolts

Screws and bolts, with or without nuts or washers, for general use

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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 157,630,173
China 150,753,821
Italy 99,380,832
United States 79,666,853
Taiwan 58,500,273

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 85,982,058 71,648,115 -14,333,943
China 74,174,769 76,579,052 +2,404,283
Italy 52,047,294 47,333,538 -4,713,756
United States 39,019,413 40,647,440 +1,628,027
Taiwan 32,488,430 26,011,843 -6,476,587
France 28,586,639 25,911,813 -2,674,826
Netherlands 19,647,917 24,108,454 +4,460,537
Poland 22,974,320 17,292,857 -5,681,463
India 20,863,994 18,059,837 -2,804,157
Japan 16,816,264 16,359,761 -456,503

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 172,799,954
Italy 141,633,027
Germany 125,210,184
United States 83,152,895
Taiwan 70,742,250

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 85,336,581 87,463,373 +2,126,792
Italy 75,202,691 66,430,336 -8,772,355
Germany 69,963,700 55,246,484 -14,717,216
United States 41,572,395 41,580,500 +8,105
Taiwan 38,775,672 31,966,578 -6,809,094
Poland 23,546,909 19,771,971 -3,774,938
France 22,125,194 20,204,938 -1,920,256
India 22,514,435 18,935,221 -3,579,214
Japan 17,298,424 16,474,274 -824,150
Czechia 9,862,243 8,934,151 -928,092

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
West Midlands 242
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 241
Inner London - West 176
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 138
Greater Manchester 133

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
West Midlands 196 187 -9
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 172 179 +7
Inner London - West 123 130 +7
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 102 109 +7
Greater Manchester 102 96 -6
Surrey, East and West Sussex 94 96 +2
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 84 102 +18
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 82 91 +9
West Yorkshire 78 91 +13
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 85 92 +7

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) 338,041,071
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 336,146,556
Air transport 192,936,237
Other 37,863,201
Road transport 15,587,243

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) 187,205,686 150,835,385 -36,370,301
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 173,598,534 162,548,022 -11,050,512
Air transport 94,342,380 98,593,857 +4,251,477
Other 19,111,208 18,751,993 -359,215
Road transport 7,373,077 8,214,166 +841,089
Rail transport 626,177 1,077,688 +451,511

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 145,006,121
Dover 113,325,172
Southampton 95,412,869
London Heathrow Airport 56,582,137
Immingham Docks 50,177,767

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 £
Felixstowe 80,813,789 64,192,332 -16,621,457
Dover 54,917,074 58,408,098 +3,491,024
Southampton 51,572,383 43,840,486 -7,731,897
London Heathrow Airport 27,167,142 29,414,995 +2,247,853
Immingham Docks 25,462,950 24,714,817 -748,133
East Midlands Airport 21,064,692 21,900,422 +835,730
000 19,111,208 18,751,993 -359,215
Dover / Eurotunnel 23,545,594 14,181,431 -9,364,163
Eurotunnel 18,517,149 19,011,646 +494,497
London 24,406,331 11,889,323 -12,517,008

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 712
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 317
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 261
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 180
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 174

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 783
2025-10 815
2025-09 748
2025-08 763
2025-07 809

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+ 1264
1m-15m 1193
15m-54m 394
Other 266
0-1m 220

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 £
United States 114,327,432
Germany 60,325,424
Denmark 45,456,412
France 45,179,216
Saudi Arabia 43,126,199

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 £
United States 72,214,660 42,112,772 -30,101,888
Germany 30,704,349 29,621,075 -1,083,274
Denmark 19,276,728 26,179,684 +6,902,956
France 20,471,887 24,707,329 +4,235,442
Saudi Arabia 21,935,746 21,190,453 -745,293
Norway 21,827,482 17,718,855 -4,108,627
Netherlands 19,927,939 13,180,194 -6,747,745
Ireland 15,460,581 12,006,790 -3,453,791
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 12,063,914 13,691,655 +1,627,741
China 14,035,989 10,666,859 -3,369,130

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 4,919,407
Ireland 2,204,556
Nicaragua 942,434
XU 671,070
China 536,127

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 2,865,914 2,053,493 -812,421
Ireland 900,614 1,303,942 +403,328
Nicaragua 711,564 230,870 -480,694
XU 619,076 51,994 -567,082
China 355,450 180,677 -174,773
Taiwan 275,768 259,795 -15,973
India 96,928 8,998 -87,930
Viet Nam 38,933 44,080 +5,147
Germany 17,136 26,789 +9,653
Italy 15,718 17,273 +1,555

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 354,334,465
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 214,057,662
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 170,360,130
Other 10,205,258
Road transport 767,037

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 175,556,626 178,777,839 +3,221,213
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 102,876,069 111,181,593 +8,305,524
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 106,274,589 64,085,541 -42,189,048
Other 5,981,993 4,223,265 -1,758,728
Road transport 765,102 1,935 -763,167

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 135,156,026
London Heathrow Airport 126,379,003
East Midlands Airport 118,063,906
Immingham Docks 83,876,933
Felixstowe 37,666,586

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 67,010,722 68,145,304 +1,134,582
London Heathrow Airport 60,789,763 65,589,240 +4,799,477
East Midlands Airport 63,539,496 54,524,410 -9,015,086
Immingham Docks 42,126,596 41,750,337 -376,259
Felixstowe 33,047,907 4,618,679 -28,429,228
London Gateway Port 18,084,366 17,734,934 -349,432
Warton Aerodrome 16,902,573 18,010,079 +1,107,506
Southampton 17,620,475 17,185,835 -434,640
ZLC 10,218,799 12,013,530 +1,794,731
London Stansted Airport 10,645,317 8,392,536 -2,252,781

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 731815

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

Description: Screws and bolts, with or without nuts or washers, for general use