Import/export HS code 732393: Stainless steel kitchen items

Household tools and utensils made of durable stainless steel, like pots and pans

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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 254,296,649
India 25,608,958
Netherlands 9,931,341
United States 8,541,904
Belgium 8,217,366

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 124,569,250 129,727,399 +5,158,149
India 12,844,350 12,764,608 -79,742
Netherlands 5,128,380 4,802,961 -325,419
United States 4,826,667 3,715,237 -1,111,430
Belgium 4,919,942 3,297,424 -1,622,518
Germany 4,333,035 3,858,392 -474,643
France 4,396,441 3,783,395 -613,046
Taiwan 3,690,911 2,554,473 -1,136,438
Italy 2,631,449 3,083,475 +452,026
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 2,542,602 2,437,038 -105,564

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 292,577,166
India 25,909,666
Taiwan 6,055,351
Italy 5,221,380
France 4,889,905

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 145,149,110 147,428,056 +2,278,946
India 12,980,181 12,929,485 -50,696
Taiwan 3,697,835 2,357,516 -1,340,319
Italy 2,244,660 2,976,720 +732,060
France 2,597,513 2,292,392 -305,121
United States 2,327,270 2,233,819 -93,451
Turkey 1,265,673 2,589,726 +1,324,053
Portugal 1,875,816 1,688,128 -187,688
Viet Nam 1,271,662 1,423,724 +152,062
Belgium 1,532,885 1,136,058 -396,827

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 277
Outer London - West and North West 160
Inner London - East 151
Greater Manchester 122
West Midlands 107

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
Inner London - West 177 182 +5
Outer London - West and North West 104 118 +14
Inner London - East 92 106 +14
Greater Manchester 83 86 +3
West Midlands 69 78 +9
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 73 75 +2
Surrey, East and West Sussex 55 57 +2
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 52 51 -1
Outer London - East and North East 41 50 +9
West Yorkshire 38 44 +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) 271,601,011
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 46,053,775
Air transport 34,366,484
Other 15,727,520
Road transport 1,489,746

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) 133,721,652 137,879,359 +4,157,707
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 25,192,758 20,861,017 -4,331,741
Air transport 16,223,818 18,142,666 +1,918,848
Other 7,804,543 7,922,977 +118,434
Road transport 512,182 977,564 +465,382
Rail transport 4,944 0 -4,944

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 132,262,197
Southampton 87,267,515
London Gateway Port 32,342,831
000 15,727,520
Dover 14,625,513

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 74,484,451 57,777,746 -16,706,705
Southampton 46,062,450 41,205,065 -4,857,385
London Gateway Port 6,764,142 25,578,689 +18,814,547
000 7,804,543 7,922,977 +118,434
Dover 7,242,407 7,383,106 +140,699
London Heathrow Airport 6,605,628 5,961,829 -643,799
London 5,076,675 4,617,939 -458,736
Birmingham Airport 3,417,677 5,668,435 +2,250,758
499 703,973 7,067,716 +6,363,743
Eurotunnel 2,766,344 2,767,964 +1,620

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 741
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 680
Food and beverage service activities 127
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 110
Other manufacturing 58

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 408
2025-10 450
2025-09 374
2025-08 358
2025-07 374

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
1m-15m 793
0-1m 490
54m+ 373
Other 199
15m-54m 184

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 £
Ireland 9,922,560
Netherlands 5,692,751
Germany 2,708,543
United States 2,567,277
France 2,416,406

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 £
Ireland 5,379,478 4,543,082 -836,396
Netherlands 4,082,993 1,609,758 -2,473,235
Germany 1,454,607 1,253,936 -200,671
United States 1,463,620 1,103,657 -359,963
France 1,368,003 1,048,403 -319,600
United Arab Emirates 907,571 766,210 -141,361
Belgium 830,877 714,866 -116,011
Norway 601,090 785,282 +184,192
Sweden 263,006 681,598 +418,592
Spain 386,417 224,244 -162,173

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 £
China 389,918
XU 243,326
India 212,164
XI 166,483
Switzerland 17,856

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 £
China 241,209 148,709 -92,500
XU 141,024 102,302 -38,722
India 128,145 84,019 -44,126
XI 137,930 28,553 -109,377
Switzerland 11,234 6,622 -4,612
Cambodia 0 17,633 +17,633
Ireland 7,274 8,956 +1,682
Turkey 8,229 6,907 -1,322
Taiwan 9,266 311 -8,955
Germany 6,691 2,477 -4,214

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) 24,082,339
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 8,413,343
Air transport 5,189,816
Other 1,131,949
Road transport 23,297

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) 13,407,279 10,675,060 -2,732,219
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 4,897,558 3,515,785 -1,381,773
Air transport 3,026,605 2,163,211 -863,394
Other 717,073 414,876 -302,197
Road transport 23,297 0 -23,297

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 11,320,021
Holyhead 5,398,680
Immingham Docks 3,017,382
London Gateway Port 2,688,746
London Heathrow Airport 2,175,953

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 7,064,681 4,255,340 -2,809,341
Holyhead 2,857,556 2,541,124 -316,432
Immingham Docks 1,207,389 1,809,993 +602,604
London Gateway Port 1,435,470 1,253,276 -182,194
London Heathrow Airport 1,348,132 827,821 -520,311
Felixstowe 1,400,387 542,941 -857,446
Liverpool Docks 976,238 940,959 -35,279
East Midlands Airport 1,064,205 789,967 -274,238
Heysham 794,446 621,618 -172,828
Dover 870,845 417,846 -452,999

Quick facts

HS code: 732393

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

Description: Household tools and utensils made of durable stainless steel, like pots and pans