Import/export HS code 732020: Helical springs

Coil-shaped springs used in machinery, vehicles, and household items

Why this is important if you are looking for potential customers in the UK:

  • 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 35,822,947
Turkey 18,096,082
China 15,423,473
Netherlands 11,032,607
Belgium 9,241,432

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 18,593,536 17,229,411 -1,364,125
Turkey 8,854,419 9,241,663 +387,244
China 5,360,651 10,062,822 +4,702,171
Netherlands 5,897,288 5,135,319 -761,969
Belgium 3,921,479 5,319,953 +1,398,474
Czechia 4,654,520 4,509,019 -145,501
Japan 4,324,889 4,669,481 +344,592
United States 4,408,974 4,399,895 -9,079
Sweden 3,887,551 4,898,389 +1,010,838
France 5,243,007 3,527,954 -1,715,053

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 40,022,949
Turkey 18,862,349
China 16,225,468
Czechia 10,190,360
Spain 9,361,668

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 21,939,513 18,083,436 -3,856,077
Turkey 8,894,265 9,968,084 +1,073,819
China 5,726,395 10,499,073 +4,772,678
Czechia 4,937,841 5,252,519 +314,678
Spain 4,483,481 4,878,187 +394,706
Japan 4,488,265 4,792,740 +304,475
United States 4,395,854 4,201,983 -193,871
Sweden 3,571,862 4,546,438 +974,576
France 3,734,536 2,859,141 -875,395
Poland 3,088,078 3,342,751 +254,673

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 81
West Midlands 62
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 58
Surrey, East and West Sussex 57
Inner London - West 55

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 59 50 -9
West Midlands 46 47 +1
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 42 43 +1
Surrey, East and West Sussex 39 44 +5
Inner London - West 41 39 -2
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 36 36 +0
West Yorkshire 34 38 +4
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 33 28 -5
Greater Manchester 31 31 +0
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 31 24 -7

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) 64,520,183
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 61,017,357
Air transport 23,804,473
Other 8,913,823
Rail transport 560,102

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) 27,863,653 36,656,530 +8,792,877
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 33,788,288 27,229,069 -6,559,219
Air transport 11,791,155 12,013,318 +222,163
Other 5,808,630 3,105,193 -2,703,437
Rail transport 294,515 265,587 -28,928
Road transport 84,072 299,023 +214,951

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 26,917,476
Immingham Docks 20,600,946
Dover 19,435,949
Southampton 12,523,160
Eurotunnel 9,480,642

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 12,818,200 14,099,276 +1,281,076
Immingham Docks 9,693,656 10,907,290 +1,213,634
Dover 11,330,079 8,105,870 -3,224,209
Southampton 4,859,713 7,663,447 +2,803,734
Eurotunnel 4,401,147 5,079,495 +678,348
000 5,808,630 3,105,193 -2,703,437
London Gateway Port 4,304,925 4,386,943 +82,018
Dover / Eurotunnel 4,664,885 2,768,255 -1,896,630
Birmingham Airport 3,603,560 3,743,170 +139,610
Harwich 3,309,582 2,398,262 -911,320

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 197
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 134
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 90
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 75
Other manufacturing 74

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 206
2025-11 235
2025-10 230
2025-09 234
2025-08 212

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+ 505
1m-15m 358
15m-54m 100
Other 83
0-1m 49

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 24,150,821
Germany 21,643,619
Italy 14,606,735
China 12,854,297
India 10,149,467

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 13,226,953 10,923,868 -2,303,085
Germany 11,729,161 9,914,458 -1,814,703
Italy 7,351,359 7,255,376 -95,983
China 7,044,801 5,809,496 -1,235,305
India 4,884,067 5,265,400 +381,333
Ireland 4,426,379 4,252,624 -173,755
Sweden 3,750,685 4,187,391 +436,706
France 2,856,421 2,573,268 -283,153
Poland 2,706,566 2,287,379 -419,187
Netherlands 2,156,775 1,985,086 -171,689

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 245,680
Netherlands 110,856
Czechia 86,273
Ireland 40,609
Germany 23,264

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 123,070 122,610 -460
Netherlands 75,524 35,332 -40,192
Czechia 39,642 46,631 +6,989
Ireland 12,402 28,207 +15,805
Germany 12,790 10,474 -2,316
Australia 3,252 16,523 +13,271
United States 11,722 7,155 -4,567
China 9,503 6,205 -3,298
Turkey 2,402 11,486 +9,084
Nicaragua 6,774 399 -6,375

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) 63,638,004
Air transport 61,338,856
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 21,190,052
Other 670,497
Road transport 159,956

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) 30,966,689 32,671,315 +1,704,626
Air transport 32,029,676 29,309,180 -2,720,496
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 12,657,732 8,532,320 -4,125,412
Other 338,975 331,522 -7,453
Road transport 159,956 0 -159,956

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 34,325,720
London Heathrow Airport 25,541,797
Immingham Docks 19,938,004
East Midlands Airport 16,353,781
Manchester Airport 9,889,741

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 18,142,216 16,183,504 -1,958,712
London Heathrow Airport 12,799,145 12,742,652 -56,493
Immingham Docks 9,507,035 10,430,969 +923,934
East Midlands Airport 9,067,274 7,286,507 -1,780,767
Manchester Airport 5,518,608 4,371,133 -1,147,475
Liverpool Docks 4,301,532 3,939,219 -362,313
ZLC 2,220,082 2,991,450 +771,368
Holyhead 2,247,109 2,587,438 +340,329
London Gateway Port 2,718,960 1,977,541 -741,419
Felixstowe 2,441,879 1,269,068 -1,172,811

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 732020

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

Description: Coil-shaped springs used in machinery, vehicles, and household items