Import/export HS code 73181568: Various screws and bolts

Screws and bolts made of materials other than stainless steel

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  • It helps you understand the market size for your product in the UK.
  • It provides you with a list of potential leads who have bought similar products.

* 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 8,216,365
China 7,446,458
Taiwan 5,034,214
Netherlands 4,800,317
India 4,436,277

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 4,473,796 3,742,569 -731,227
China 3,899,092 3,547,366 -351,726
Taiwan 2,816,579 2,217,635 -598,944
Netherlands 2,466,113 2,334,204 -131,909
India 2,669,205 1,767,072 -902,133
United States 1,510,624 1,966,898 +456,274
Poland 1,038,218 917,890 -120,328
Italy 930,446 776,342 -154,104
France 464,464 822,002 +357,538
Ireland 482,472 720,867 +238,395

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 8,267,317
China 7,905,634
Taiwan 6,868,957
India 4,387,784
United States 3,644,686

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 4,448,792 3,818,525 -630,267
China 4,052,772 3,852,862 -199,910
Taiwan 3,709,362 3,159,595 -549,767
India 2,716,692 1,671,092 -1,045,600
United States 1,636,467 2,008,219 +371,752
Italy 1,135,109 990,231 -144,878
Poland 1,071,481 963,346 -108,135
France 658,652 1,360,275 +701,623
Netherlands 704,782 714,081 +9,299
Turkey 630,765 566,146 -64,619

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 53
West Midlands 38
Inner London - West 26
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 25
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 21

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 39 35 -4
West Midlands 34 27 -7
Inner London - West 13 21 +8
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 17 21 +4
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 12 17 +5
Greater Manchester 15 14 -1
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 11 16 +5
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 14 14 +0
West Yorkshire 12 14 +2
Shropshire and Staffordshire 14 13 -1

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) 18,222,580
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 17,054,936
Air transport 8,224,153
Other 968,893
Road transport 438,481

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) 9,888,877 8,333,703 -1,555,174
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 8,768,638 8,286,298 -482,340
Air transport 3,891,183 4,332,970 +441,787
Other 500,771 468,122 -32,649
Road transport 49,107 389,374 +340,267

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Southampton 6,999,738
Felixstowe 6,926,788
Dover 5,472,884
Immingham Docks 4,823,105
London Heathrow Airport 2,633,099

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 £
Southampton 3,752,075 3,247,663 -504,412
Felixstowe 4,090,474 2,836,314 -1,254,160
Dover 2,596,481 2,876,403 +279,922
Immingham Docks 2,570,034 2,253,071 -316,963
London Heathrow Airport 1,338,929 1,294,170 -44,759
East Midlands Airport 1,050,307 1,448,119 +397,812
London Gateway Port 1,223,873 1,171,123 -52,750
Eurotunnel 1,127,865 1,119,608 -8,257
Birmingham Airport 667,686 504,845 -162,841
Harwich 581,757 589,947 +8,190

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 119
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 56
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 56
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 45
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 33

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 93
2025-11 97
2025-10 101
2025-09 89
2025-08 79

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+ 273
1m-15m 147
15m-54m 46
Other 32
0-1m 29

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 £
Norway 4,301,021
United States 3,401,664
Spain 2,775,379
Germany 2,607,972
Ireland 2,152,270

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 £
Norway 2,486,942 1,814,079 -672,863
United States 1,881,154 1,520,510 -360,644
Spain 1,012,687 1,762,692 +750,005
Germany 1,528,068 1,079,904 -448,164
Ireland 1,380,010 772,260 -607,750
Thailand 1,161,553 813,845 -347,708
France 870,004 883,149 +13,145
Denmark 768,658 482,277 -286,381
Netherlands 453,285 460,511 +7,226
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 368,628 529,243 +160,615

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 489,066
Ireland 368,942
Nicaragua 51,986
India 45,060
Taiwan 13,794

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 268,757 220,309 -48,448
Ireland 166,026 202,916 +36,890
Nicaragua 17,037 34,949 +17,912
India 44,054 1,006 -43,048
Taiwan 11,594 2,200 -9,394
Italy 1,974 6,170 +4,196
China 2,819 4,701 +1,882
United States 828 3,218 +2,390
Canada 1,331 832 -499
Germany 97 206 +109

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 16,617,187
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 9,202,811
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 5,792,758
Other 1,495,376
Road transport 47,820

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 8,723,152 7,894,035 -829,117
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 4,921,165 4,281,646 -639,519
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 3,339,644 2,453,114 -886,530
Other 1,018,217 477,159 -541,058
Road transport 47,820 0 -47,820

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 7,084,553
Dover / Eurotunnel 5,964,987
London Heathrow Airport 5,357,081
Immingham Docks 3,199,308
ZLC 2,651,152

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 £
East Midlands Airport 4,252,617 2,831,936 -1,420,681
Dover / Eurotunnel 3,380,497 2,584,490 -796,007
London Heathrow Airport 2,810,384 2,546,697 -263,687
Immingham Docks 1,766,297 1,433,011 -333,286
ZLC 832,072 1,819,080 +987,008
Southampton 1,137,926 740,258 -397,668
000 1,018,217 477,159 -541,058
London Gateway Port 453,033 588,994 +135,961
London Stansted Airport 461,283 292,354 -168,929
Holyhead 200,130 226,695 +26,565

Quick facts

HS code: 73181568

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

Description: Screws and bolts made of materials other than stainless steel