Import/export HS code 73181575: Stainless steel screws and bolts

Screws and bolts made of stainless steel, durable and rust-resistant

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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 £
China 17,751,978
Germany 8,399,764
United States 7,280,925
Italy 3,716,459
Taiwan 2,828,746

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 7,737,682 10,014,296 +2,276,614
Germany 4,091,509 4,308,255 +216,746
United States 3,468,619 3,812,306 +343,687
Italy 2,088,282 1,628,177 -460,105
Taiwan 1,635,143 1,193,603 -441,540
Switzerland 1,209,882 820,371 -389,511
France 783,666 1,201,444 +417,778
India 590,539 1,139,620 +549,081
Netherlands 560,195 502,595 -57,600
Sweden 502,439 350,106 -152,333

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 21,396,144
United States 7,438,320
Germany 4,671,932
Italy 3,792,207
India 2,983,745

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 9,556,621 11,839,523 +2,282,902
United States 3,660,398 3,777,922 +117,524
Germany 1,872,196 2,799,736 +927,540
Italy 2,089,030 1,703,177 -385,853
India 1,520,113 1,463,632 -56,481
Taiwan 1,711,156 1,263,497 -447,659
Switzerland 858,169 787,657 -70,512
France 688,678 893,365 +204,687
Malaysia 147,278 716,016 +568,738
Sweden 482,773 353,735 -129,038

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
West Midlands 47
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 40
Inner London - West 36
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 28
Surrey, East and West Sussex 24

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 33 38 +5
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 31 29 -2
Inner London - West 22 26 +4
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 14 24 +10
Surrey, East and West Sussex 18 12 -6
Shropshire and Staffordshire 15 16 +1
Greater Manchester 16 13 -3
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 12 18 +6
West Yorkshire 14 13 -1
Gloucestershire and Wiltshire 15 12 -3

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) 27,516,156
Air transport 12,835,561
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 10,369,210
Other 1,523,530
Road transport 130,861

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) 12,378,540 15,137,616 +2,759,076
Air transport 6,052,683 6,782,878 +730,195
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 5,147,448 5,221,762 +74,314
Other 780,886 742,644 -38,242
Road transport 68,311 62,550 -5,761

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 10,203,677
London Heathrow Airport 5,535,003
Southampton 5,210,632
London Gateway Port 5,137,018
Dover 3,263,760

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 6,141,193 4,062,484 -2,078,709
London Heathrow Airport 2,654,084 2,880,919 +226,835
Southampton 2,156,130 3,054,502 +898,372
London Gateway Port 1,672,968 3,464,050 +1,791,082
Dover 1,567,670 1,696,090 +128,420
Grangemouth Docks 497,687 2,584,163 +2,086,476
Thamesport 1,764,093 990,325 -773,768
East Midlands Airport 1,336,387 1,383,054 +46,667
London Stansted Airport 1,233,032 1,303,495 +70,463
Harwich 891,383 1,156,064 +264,681

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 124
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 61
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 46
Manufacture of other transport equipment 29
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 29

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 98
2025-11 100
2025-10 112
2025-09 94
2025-08 114

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+ 272
1m-15m 163
15m-54m 50
Other 50
0-1m 22

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 8,291,587
Norway 5,720,402
France 2,962,324
Ireland 2,946,257
Germany 2,662,766

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 1,594,377 6,697,210 +5,102,833
Norway 3,287,990 2,432,412 -855,578
France 1,203,691 1,758,633 +554,942
Ireland 1,573,602 1,372,655 -200,947
Germany 1,355,048 1,307,718 -47,330
Sweden 1,043,828 920,495 -123,333
Italy 610,301 1,197,690 +587,389
Canada 961,883 711,144 -250,739
Netherlands 719,182 726,011 +6,829
Poland 684,282 469,080 -215,202

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 788,990
Nicaragua 294,696
China 97,518
Ireland 65,947
Viet Nam 18,815

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 526,821 262,169 -264,652
Nicaragua 231,008 63,688 -167,320
China 94,221 3,297 -90,924
Ireland 4,330 61,617 +57,287
Viet Nam 13,916 4,899 -9,017
Taiwan 184 4,617 +4,433
India 2,341 43 -2,298
United States 1,830 334 -1,496
Malaysia 1,551 523 -1,028
Denmark 827 697 -130

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 20,683,741
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 11,985,893
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 10,404,573
Other 1,288,518
Road transport 68,244

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 11,016,747 9,666,994 -1,349,753
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 5,499,844 6,486,049 +986,205
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 2,642,742 7,761,831 +5,119,089
Other 882,946 405,572 -477,374
Road transport 68,244 0 -68,244

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 9,774,017
Dover / Eurotunnel 7,247,935
Southampton 5,992,305
London Heathrow Airport 5,745,088
Immingham Docks 3,662,453

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 5,563,796 4,210,221 -1,353,575
Dover / Eurotunnel 3,013,242 4,234,693 +1,221,451
Southampton 513,316 5,478,989 +4,965,673
London Heathrow Airport 2,664,370 3,080,718 +416,348
Immingham Docks 2,267,264 1,395,189 -872,075
ZLC 1,296,249 879,920 -416,329
London Gateway Port 856,352 961,996 +105,644
000 882,946 405,572 -477,374
London Stansted Airport 687,046 569,030 -118,016
Holyhead 468,886 606,060 +137,174

Quick facts

HS code: 73181575

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

Description: Screws and bolts made of stainless steel, durable and rust-resistant