Import/export HS code 732619: Various iron or steel products

Miscellaneous iron or steel items 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 £
Italy 37,267,621
China 22,117,941
United States 20,228,294
France 14,678,193
Spain 11,115,311

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 £
Italy 21,844,552 15,423,069 -6,421,483
China 12,918,454 9,199,487 -3,718,967
United States 10,789,957 9,438,337 -1,351,620
France 5,925,839 8,752,354 +2,826,515
Spain 5,526,925 5,588,386 +61,461
Netherlands 2,637,700 2,724,436 +86,736
Germany 2,727,577 2,515,428 -212,149
India 2,980,628 2,123,562 -857,066
Switzerland 1,414,367 1,503,587 +89,220
Sweden 1,197,628 830,677 -366,951

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 £
Italy 39,750,470
China 23,646,324
United States 20,059,136
Spain 11,233,246
France 9,932,754

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 £
Italy 23,313,464 16,437,006 -6,876,458
China 13,711,338 9,934,986 -3,776,352
United States 10,450,232 9,608,904 -841,328
Spain 5,568,991 5,664,255 +95,264
France 5,182,157 4,750,597 -431,560
Germany 3,002,557 2,398,916 -603,641
India 2,967,101 2,180,311 -786,790
Poland 337,583 3,527,562 +3,189,979
Switzerland 1,335,621 1,849,049 +513,428
Netherlands 1,664,415 1,412,378 -252,037

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
West Midlands 71
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 53
Surrey, East and West Sussex 53
Inner London - West 41
Shropshire and Staffordshire 37

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 53 46 -7
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 35 35 +0
Surrey, East and West Sussex 42 33 -9
Inner London - West 26 25 -1
Shropshire and Staffordshire 29 27 -2
Greater Manchester 28 21 -7
West Yorkshire 26 18 -8
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 23 21 -2
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 23 23 +0
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 24 15 -9

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) 71,928,327
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 43,996,479
Air transport 23,786,996
Other 1,566,675
Road transport 1,374,150

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) 38,399,998 33,528,329 -4,871,669
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 23,552,472 20,444,007 -3,108,465
Air transport 13,542,260 10,244,736 -3,297,524
Other 1,280,837 285,838 -994,999
Road transport 671,889 702,261 +30,372

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 40,810,443
Southampton 17,980,284
Felixstowe 14,925,229
Eurotunnel 11,556,465
London Heathrow Airport 9,846,238

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 £
Dover 20,923,729 19,886,714 -1,037,015
Southampton 8,885,016 9,095,268 +210,252
Felixstowe 8,606,923 6,318,306 -2,288,617
Eurotunnel 6,363,568 5,192,897 -1,170,671
London Heathrow Airport 5,629,362 4,216,876 -1,412,486
Immingham Docks 2,239,221 2,189,039 -50,182
Manchester Airport 2,158,000 2,131,301 -26,699
Portsmouth 2,102,608 2,037,570 -65,038
East Midlands Airport 2,161,120 1,633,189 -527,931
Dover / Eurotunnel 1,968,396 1,221,558 -746,838

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 196
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 97
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 83
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 81
Other manufacturing 66

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 130
2025-10 148
2025-09 150
2025-08 146
2025-07 166

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 337
54m+ 313
15m-54m 91
0-1m 89
Other 60

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 £
Japan 16,271,320
Poland 7,223,333
Czechia 5,943,782
Germany 5,043,704
United States 4,896,575

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 £
Japan 6,352,081 9,919,239 +3,567,158
Poland 4,052,833 3,170,500 -882,333
Czechia 3,303,531 2,640,251 -663,280
Germany 2,602,430 2,441,274 -161,156
United States 2,536,723 2,359,852 -176,871
Spain 2,335,758 2,155,740 -180,018
France 1,586,548 1,701,728 +115,180
Canada 1,601,791 1,184,415 -417,376
Norway 1,169,387 1,336,798 +167,411
Ireland 1,234,029 748,944 -485,085

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 £
India 124,257
XU 70,260
Ireland 20,629
XI 16,111
Lithuania 15,172

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 £
India 124,257 0 -124,257
XU 50,413 19,847 -30,566
Ireland 11,457 9,172 -2,285
XI 9,323 6,788 -2,535
Lithuania 0 15,172 +15,172
Finland 2,576 0 -2,576
Sweden 0 2,160 +2,160
China 394 1,306 +912
Taiwan 595 0 -595
Thailand 364 0 -364

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) 35,207,291
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 21,373,401
Air transport 21,349,943
Other 254,222
Road transport 111,065

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) 18,465,320 16,741,971 -1,723,349
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 11,981,046 9,392,355 -2,588,691
Air transport 8,833,406 12,516,537 +3,683,131
Other 199,744 54,478 -145,266
Road transport 111,065 0 -111,065

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 25,238,786
London Heathrow Airport 16,095,446
Immingham Docks 5,191,004
London Gateway Port 4,504,412
Liverpool Docks 4,089,183

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 13,337,888 11,900,898 -1,436,990
London Heathrow Airport 6,166,919 9,928,527 +3,761,608
Immingham Docks 3,423,803 1,767,201 -1,656,602
London Gateway Port 2,313,329 2,191,083 -122,246
Liverpool Docks 2,123,472 1,965,711 -157,761
Southampton 1,504,041 1,832,887 +328,846
Felixstowe 2,077,583 921,275 -1,156,308
Poole 1,252,273 1,183,607 -68,666
Portsmouth 887,364 1,287,969 +400,605
ZLC 1,181,800 755,418 -426,382

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 732619

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

Description: Miscellaneous iron or steel items not covered by specific codes