Import/export HS code 731819: Various fasteners

Other types of fasteners made of iron or steel, not covered by other codes

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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 59,623,115
United States 35,796,259
Germany 27,828,735
France 20,819,735
Italy 11,881,340

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 31,446,947 28,176,168 -3,270,779
United States 16,508,840 19,287,419 +2,778,579
Germany 13,812,537 14,016,198 +203,661
France 10,426,167 10,393,568 -32,599
Italy 6,733,960 5,147,380 -1,586,580
India 6,209,420 4,881,143 -1,328,277
Taiwan 5,391,979 5,497,589 +105,610
Austria 4,238,840 3,669,690 -569,150
Ireland 2,691,319 3,231,588 +540,269
Japan 2,418,494 2,066,426 -352,068

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 66,546,906
United States 35,838,064
Germany 22,646,375
France 18,296,046
Italy 12,934,567

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 35,057,926 31,488,980 -3,568,946
United States 16,646,803 19,191,261 +2,544,458
Germany 11,886,963 10,759,412 -1,127,551
France 8,915,563 9,380,483 +464,920
Italy 7,014,644 5,919,923 -1,094,721
Taiwan 6,398,649 6,135,497 -263,152
India 6,504,612 5,256,311 -1,248,301
Switzerland 2,565,011 2,328,462 -236,549
Japan 2,518,092 2,185,019 -333,073
Ireland 1,971,449 2,171,186 +199,737

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
West Midlands 147
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 124
Greater Manchester 80
Inner London - West 74
Surrey, East and West Sussex 74

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 116 103 -13
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 89 89 +0
Greater Manchester 57 56 -1
Inner London - West 48 51 +3
Surrey, East and West Sussex 55 52 -3
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 52 40 -12
Shropshire and Staffordshire 48 52 +4
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 37 45 +8
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 31 42 +11
Essex 33 39 +6

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) 92,825,402
Air transport 72,445,661
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 52,043,362
Other 4,548,264
Road transport 571,877

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) 49,073,838 43,751,564 -5,322,274
Air transport 34,776,620 37,669,041 +2,892,421
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 27,533,323 24,510,039 -3,023,284
Other 2,411,815 2,136,449 -275,366
Road transport 213,811 358,066 +144,255

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 54,900,945
Dover 22,732,505
East Midlands Airport 20,660,163
Southampton 16,748,116
London Heathrow Airport 15,824,813

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 31,507,845 23,393,100 -8,114,745
Dover 11,340,506 11,391,999 +51,493
East Midlands Airport 10,680,231 9,979,932 -700,299
Southampton 10,117,030 6,631,086 -3,485,944
London Heathrow Airport 6,192,310 9,632,503 +3,440,193
London Stansted Airport 7,416,569 6,069,729 -1,346,840
London Gateway Port 3,818,327 9,264,706 +5,446,379
Manchester Airport 5,071,281 4,433,612 -637,669
Birmingham Airport 3,025,036 5,604,366 +2,579,330
Dover / Eurotunnel 3,722,150 3,335,555 -386,595

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 361
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 180
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 119
Other manufacturing 88
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 82

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 338
2025-10 352
2025-09 327
2025-08 331
2025-07 362

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+ 643
1m-15m 565
15m-54m 179
Other 115
0-1m 86

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 21,015,121
Germany 14,169,924
India 13,706,886
France 11,822,547
Saudi Arabia 9,562,438

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 12,501,601 8,513,520 -3,988,081
Germany 6,634,172 7,535,752 +901,580
India 12,081,790 1,625,096 -10,456,694
France 6,040,697 5,781,850 -258,847
Saudi Arabia 3,469,966 6,092,472 +2,622,506
Ireland 2,456,576 3,831,858 +1,375,282
Poland 1,938,107 3,542,227 +1,604,120
Netherlands 2,486,275 2,562,438 +76,163
China 1,898,227 2,328,943 +430,716
Spain 2,367,057 1,495,158 -871,899

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 £
United States 452,606
Ireland 430,594
XI 324,875
China 214,553
Nicaragua 164,321

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 £
United States 3,305 449,301 +445,996
Ireland 227,911 202,683 -25,228
XI 121,824 203,051 +81,227
China 118,412 96,141 -22,271
Nicaragua 127,963 36,358 -91,605
Germany 42,831 32,348 -10,483
XU 23,360 30,438 +7,078
Poland 14,749 13,158 -1,591
Switzerland 4,037 5,764 +1,727
Taiwan 3,863 5,562 +1,699

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 81,392,521
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 34,453,738
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 24,690,675
Other 1,790,943
Road transport 643,905

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 41,659,274 39,733,247 -1,926,027
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 17,308,994 17,144,744 -164,250
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 17,296,785 7,393,890 -9,902,895
Other 704,284 1,086,659 +382,375
Road transport 642,882 1,023 -641,859

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 27,232,821
Dover / Eurotunnel 24,438,665
East Midlands Airport 23,387,590
ZLC 12,896,668
London Gateway Port 12,146,043

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 16,047,371 11,185,450 -4,861,921
Dover / Eurotunnel 12,726,964 11,711,701 -1,015,263
East Midlands Airport 13,136,261 10,251,329 -2,884,932
ZLC 5,888,801 7,007,867 +1,119,066
London Gateway Port 10,976,851 1,169,192 -9,807,659
Warton Aerodrome 2,890,152 4,873,129 +1,982,977
Southampton 3,098,067 3,792,078 +694,011
London Stansted Airport 2,122,040 2,882,732 +760,692
Immingham Docks 2,017,378 1,289,549 -727,829
Liverpool Docks 984,212 1,211,433 +227,221

Quick facts

HS code: 731819

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

Description: Other types of fasteners made of iron or steel, not covered by other codes