Import/export HS code 7320: Springs made of iron or steel

All types of springs, including leaf springs and helical springs, made of iron or steel

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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 71,665,393
Turkey 38,332,803
China 28,368,188
Netherlands 22,469,271
United States 20,821,464

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 37,980,518 33,684,875 -4,295,643
Turkey 19,683,899 18,648,904 -1,034,995
China 11,703,449 16,664,739 +4,961,290
Netherlands 12,268,236 10,201,035 -2,067,201
United States 10,304,182 10,517,282 +213,100
Belgium 7,882,830 8,476,069 +593,239
Poland 6,359,999 8,711,725 +2,351,726
Czechia 5,849,487 7,446,146 +1,596,659
France 7,695,476 5,449,934 -2,245,542
Sweden 5,647,996 5,851,940 +203,944

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 76,804,502
Turkey 41,598,016
China 29,990,672
United States 20,962,468
Poland 15,562,096

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 43,098,922 33,705,580 -9,393,342
Turkey 20,280,350 21,317,666 +1,037,316
China 12,298,264 17,692,408 +5,394,144
United States 10,506,752 10,455,716 -51,036
Poland 7,023,449 8,538,647 +1,515,198
Czechia 6,399,338 8,410,618 +2,011,280
Japan 5,688,621 6,242,171 +553,550
France 5,549,522 4,454,660 -1,094,862
Spain 4,838,494 4,989,901 +151,407
Sweden 4,393,835 5,334,023 +940,188

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 136
West Midlands 121
West Yorkshire 87
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 85
Surrey, East and West Sussex 84

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 102 88 -14
West Midlands 90 98 +8
West Yorkshire 65 63 -2
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 63 59 -4
Surrey, East and West Sussex 63 64 +1
Inner London - West 60 57 -3
Greater Manchester 58 55 -3
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 50 58 +8
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 55 53 -2
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 53 51 -2

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) 125,327,420
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 118,826,080
Air transport 47,206,696
Other 10,347,550
Road transport 892,649

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) 67,932,236 57,395,184 -10,537,052
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 55,481,260 63,344,820 +7,863,560
Air transport 23,518,842 23,687,854 +169,012
Other 6,486,535 3,861,015 -2,625,520
Road transport 305,558 587,091 +281,533
Rail transport 357,665 246,390 -111,275

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 51,614,428
Dover 38,053,219
Immingham Docks 32,633,705
Southampton 21,612,661
Eurotunnel 18,696,444

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 26,127,675 25,486,753 -640,922
Dover 22,770,823 15,282,396 -7,488,427
Immingham Docks 15,411,952 17,221,753 +1,809,801
Southampton 8,485,064 13,127,597 +4,642,533
Eurotunnel 9,607,634 9,088,810 -518,824
London Gateway Port 8,848,675 8,444,696 -403,979
East Midlands Airport 6,617,844 6,410,067 -207,777
Harwich 5,115,160 7,814,976 +2,699,816
Dover / Eurotunnel 6,594,977 5,542,656 -1,052,321
Birmingham Airport 5,822,909 5,794,489 -28,420

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 355
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 192
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 138
Other manufacturing 129
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 129

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 397
2025-10 417
2025-09 390
2025-08 395
2025-07 431

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+ 783
1m-15m 648
15m-54m 185
Other 134
0-1m 105

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 31,641,761
Germany 27,135,228
Italy 17,540,512
China 16,517,696
India 13,701,302

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 16,860,799 14,780,962 -2,079,837
Germany 14,540,248 12,594,980 -1,945,268
Italy 8,830,751 8,709,761 -120,990
China 8,998,807 7,518,889 -1,479,918
India 6,505,990 7,195,312 +689,322
Czechia 6,088,849 5,850,759 -238,090
Ireland 5,641,391 5,371,364 -270,027
Poland 4,878,671 4,425,340 -453,331
Sweden 4,077,102 4,801,464 +724,362
France 4,208,056 3,744,343 -463,713

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 257,186
Netherlands 123,604
XU 123,083
Czechia 91,853
Ireland 55,934

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 131,001 126,185 -4,816
Netherlands 79,880 43,724 -36,156
XU 54,583 68,500 +13,917
Czechia 40,338 51,515 +11,177
Ireland 15,091 40,843 +25,752
China 31,980 20,967 -11,013
Germany 26,713 21,212 -5,501
Switzerland 18,029 25,583 +7,554
India 24,759 7,748 -17,011
Belgium 6,989 15,727 +8,738

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) 95,149,598
Air transport 92,487,755
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 32,130,007
Other 964,861
Road transport 512,617

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) 46,072,282 49,077,316 +3,005,034
Air transport 47,727,201 44,760,554 -2,966,647
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 19,560,196 12,569,811 -6,990,385
Other 483,416 481,445 -1,971
Road transport 512,617 0 -512,617

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 61,140,845
London Heathrow Airport 34,569,716
East Midlands Airport 28,935,599
Immingham Docks 22,786,598
Manchester Airport 11,798,819

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 31,810,999 29,329,846 -2,481,153
London Heathrow Airport 17,163,960 17,405,756 +241,796
East Midlands Airport 15,811,144 13,124,455 -2,686,689
Immingham Docks 10,781,562 12,005,036 +1,223,474
Manchester Airport 6,009,198 5,789,621 -219,577
Liverpool Docks 4,655,429 4,986,001 +330,572
London Gateway Port 5,738,311 3,266,120 -2,472,191
ZLC 3,956,260 4,397,742 +441,482
Holyhead 2,875,256 3,048,211 +172,955
Southampton 2,171,473 3,255,374 +1,083,901

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 7320

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

Description: All types of springs, including leaf springs and helical springs, made of iron or steel