Import/export HS code 73259990: Various cast iron or steel items

Various cast iron or steel products not specified elsewhere

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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 32,950,835
India 9,996,269
Belgium 8,925,507
France 7,891,312
Spain 7,618,910

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 18,036,094 14,914,741 -3,121,353
India 4,937,644 5,058,625 +120,981
Belgium 6,702,508 2,222,999 -4,479,509
France 3,121,960 4,769,352 +1,647,392
Spain 4,154,499 3,464,411 -690,088
Italy 4,239,456 2,333,547 -1,905,909
Netherlands 2,188,490 3,175,078 +986,588
United States 2,832,729 2,135,873 -696,856
Poland 2,570,610 1,421,254 -1,149,356
Turkey 1,483,107 1,428,829 -54,278

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 35,716,498
India 10,592,958
Spain 8,706,974
Belgium 8,510,714
Italy 6,111,557

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 19,362,130 16,354,368 -3,007,762
India 5,222,928 5,370,030 +147,102
Spain 5,391,950 3,315,024 -2,076,926
Belgium 6,574,186 1,936,528 -4,637,658
Italy 4,157,068 1,954,489 -2,202,579
Poland 2,865,041 2,180,316 -684,725
France 1,536,313 2,965,889 +1,429,576
Turkey 2,079,657 2,226,488 +146,831
United States 2,070,695 1,570,722 -499,973
Netherlands 1,818,979 1,616,056 -202,923

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
West Midlands 43
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 39
Greater Manchester 39
Surrey, East and West Sussex 31
Inner London - West 29

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 34 25 -9
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 27 20 -7
Greater Manchester 23 31 +8
Surrey, East and West Sussex 21 16 -5
Inner London - West 20 11 -9
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 23 12 -11
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 20 15 -5
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 20 15 -5
Shropshire and Staffordshire 18 20 +2
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 16 19 +3

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) 45,370,425
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 41,028,859
Air transport 16,675,038
Road transport 1,128,502
Other 884,145

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) 24,747,510 20,622,915 -4,124,595
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 22,975,821 18,053,038 -4,922,783
Air transport 9,311,007 7,364,031 -1,946,976
Road transport 705,556 422,946 -282,610
Other 455,408 428,737 -26,671

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 20,670,084
Dover 18,829,727
Southampton 9,412,415
Eurotunnel 7,612,137
Immingham Docks 5,909,854

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 12,564,625 8,105,459 -4,459,166
Dover 8,096,323 10,733,404 +2,637,081
Southampton 5,054,606 4,357,809 -696,797
Eurotunnel 3,451,590 4,160,547 +708,957
Immingham Docks 5,380,840 529,014 -4,851,826
London Gateway Port 2,388,852 2,400,800 +11,948
London Heathrow Airport 2,514,197 1,875,440 -638,757
Thamesport 2,496,311 1,564,568 -931,743
London 2,042,706 1,647,725 -394,981
Manchester Airport 1,971,289 1,323,854 -647,435

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 137
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 89
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 81
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 70
Other manufacturing 49

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 124
2025-10 114
2025-09 98
2025-08 111
2025-07 125

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 264
54m+ 262
15m-54m 74
Other 49
0-1m 47

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 39,628,406
Germany 19,443,999
Netherlands 18,599,398
Sweden 13,563,178
Ireland 8,376,460

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 20,152,095 19,476,311 -675,784
Germany 9,115,760 10,328,239 +1,212,479
Netherlands 6,357,768 12,241,630 +5,883,862
Sweden 6,566,583 6,996,595 +430,012
Ireland 5,083,648 3,292,812 -1,790,836
France 3,042,394 2,767,261 -275,133
Greece 4,046,314 126,501 -3,919,813
Turkey 1,495,498 1,778,258 +282,760
Italy 1,288,013 1,036,775 -251,238
Poland 1,586,933 499,575 -1,087,358

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 59,579
Ireland 40,337
China 9,950
Nicaragua 6,831
XU 5,355

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 29,869 29,710 -159
Ireland 0 40,337 +40,337
China 5,965 3,985 -1,980
Nicaragua 6,831 0 -6,831
XU 1,988 3,367 +1,379
Belgium 1,911 539 -1,372
India 2,284 0 -2,284
United Arab Emirates 957 481 -476
Switzerland 498 337 -161
Germany 75 160 +85

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) 73,884,156
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 59,896,562
Air transport 8,140,288
Other 129,529
Road transport 26,509

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) 38,999,089 34,885,067 -4,114,022
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 29,886,636 30,009,926 +123,290
Air transport 3,660,823 4,479,465 +818,642
Other 50,613 78,916 +28,303
Road transport 26,509 0 -26,509

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 34,859,129
Immingham Docks 25,736,476
Southampton 22,541,462
Liverpool Docks 15,698,649
Dover 5,449,095

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 19,588,037 15,271,092 -4,316,945
Immingham Docks 9,339,607 16,396,869 +7,057,262
Southampton 13,372,141 9,169,321 -4,202,820
Liverpool Docks 6,630,360 9,068,289 +2,437,929
Dover 3,272,316 2,176,779 -1,095,537
London Gateway Port 3,439,439 1,867,189 -1,572,250
Felixstowe 2,753,711 2,546,650 -207,061
Eurotunnel 1,341,433 3,735,208 +2,393,775
Heysham 2,938,712 1,525,692 -1,413,020
London Heathrow Airport 1,667,617 2,477,020 +809,403

Quick facts

HS code: 73259990

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

Description: Various cast iron or steel products not specified elsewhere