Import/export HS code 732599: Various cast iron or steel items

Miscellaneous cast iron or steel products not covered by specific 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 61,497,172
India 56,355,363
Turkey 50,639,676
France 36,734,245
Germany 10,344,353

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 31,437,248 30,059,924 -1,377,324
India 27,342,294 29,013,069 +1,670,775
Turkey 24,345,927 26,293,749 +1,947,822
France 12,506,506 24,227,739 +11,721,233
Germany 6,055,793 4,288,560 -1,767,233
Belgium 7,031,143 2,605,807 -4,425,336
Spain 4,583,999 3,969,407 -614,592
Italy 4,709,041 3,231,643 -1,477,398
Netherlands 2,472,986 3,381,139 +908,153
Poland 3,580,238 2,233,928 -1,346,310

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 65,488,019
Turkey 55,794,648
India 53,244,187
France 30,388,088
Italy 10,486,790

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 33,245,154 32,242,865 -1,002,289
Turkey 26,042,798 29,751,850 +3,709,052
India 26,754,630 26,489,557 -265,073
France 9,236,863 21,151,225 +11,914,362
Italy 6,068,905 4,417,885 -1,651,020
Spain 5,803,433 3,850,065 -1,953,368
Belgium 6,576,223 1,949,378 -4,626,845
Poland 3,976,137 2,988,041 -988,096
Germany 4,314,956 2,288,145 -2,026,811
United Kingdom 2,018,905 3,394,362 +1,375,457

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
West Midlands 56
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 50
Greater Manchester 50
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 39
Surrey, East and West Sussex 38

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 43 33 -10
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 37 27 -10
Greater Manchester 33 37 +4
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 32 21 -11
Surrey, East and West Sussex 26 20 -6
Inner London - West 22 14 -8
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 21 25 +4
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 26 20 -6
Shropshire and Staffordshire 23 26 +3
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 22 18 -4

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) 165,853,256
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 85,430,619
Air transport 20,292,944
Road transport 4,069,958
Other 1,761,352

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) 82,028,567 83,824,689 +1,796,122
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 40,805,248 44,625,371 +3,820,123
Air transport 11,089,959 9,202,985 -1,886,974
Road transport 2,092,048 1,977,910 -114,138
Other 776,260 985,092 +208,832

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 103,702,521
Dover 47,135,192
London Gateway Port 28,130,839
Southampton 14,137,182
Eurotunnel 10,251,566

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 52,323,716 51,378,805 -944,911
Dover 19,240,914 27,894,278 +8,653,364
London Gateway Port 14,071,092 14,059,747 -11,345
Southampton 6,381,751 7,755,431 +1,373,680
Eurotunnel 4,777,408 5,474,158 +696,750
London 4,065,367 5,678,117 +1,612,750
Immingham Docks 5,909,494 1,989,998 -3,919,496
London Heathrow Airport 3,278,683 2,621,974 -656,709
Thamesport 2,912,169 2,025,865 -886,304
Belfast Port 2,337,355 2,244,548 -92,807

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 187
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 109
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 103
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 95
Other manufacturing 61

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 172
2025-10 163
2025-09 144
2025-08 165
2025-07 173

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 364
54m+ 311
15m-54m 91
0-1m 65
Other 62

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 44,982,733
Germany 25,902,375
Netherlands 21,343,974
Sweden 15,235,379
Ireland 13,129,000

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 22,479,152 22,503,581 +24,429
Germany 12,263,433 13,638,942 +1,375,509
Netherlands 7,409,932 13,934,042 +6,524,110
Sweden 7,343,503 7,891,876 +548,373
Ireland 7,405,717 5,723,283 -1,682,434
France 7,164,511 4,850,799 -2,313,712
Greece 4,348,687 950,361 -3,398,326
Italy 2,501,307 2,569,735 +68,428
Turkey 1,502,463 1,841,250 +338,787
Denmark 1,381,846 1,806,747 +424,901

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 165,261
Ireland 52,768
XU 49,120
Germany 34,949
China 31,915

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 37,565 127,696 +90,131
Ireland 6,954 45,814 +38,860
XU 40,553 8,567 -31,986
Germany 6,445 28,504 +22,059
China 25,252 6,663 -18,589
India 10,751 2,906 -7,845
Switzerland 4,244 5,123 +879
United States 4,799 3,854 -945
Nicaragua 6,831 0 -6,831
France 704 2,980 +2,276

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) 102,814,987
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 70,220,173
Air transport 12,579,933
Other 382,945
Road transport 47,655

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) 52,121,115 50,693,872 -1,427,243
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 35,868,617 34,351,556 -1,517,061
Air transport 5,914,805 6,665,128 +750,323
Other 148,359 234,586 +86,227
Road transport 47,655 0 -47,655

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 53,474,195
Immingham Docks 29,694,187
Southampton 23,356,487
Liverpool Docks 20,250,346
Dover 7,707,063

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 28,505,991 24,968,204 -3,537,787
Immingham Docks 10,663,764 19,030,423 +8,366,659
Southampton 13,639,698 9,716,789 -3,922,909
Liverpool Docks 8,615,281 11,635,065 +3,019,784
Dover 4,757,514 2,949,549 -1,807,965
London Gateway Port 4,361,303 2,494,143 -1,867,160
London Heathrow Airport 2,836,885 3,331,105 +494,220
Felixstowe 3,337,054 2,712,828 -624,226
Eurotunnel 1,342,368 3,775,796 +2,433,428
Heysham 3,197,679 1,719,721 -1,477,958

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 732599

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

Description: Miscellaneous cast iron or steel products not covered by specific codes