Import/export HS code 732620: Iron or steel wire products

Items made from iron or steel wire, like fencing, mesh, or springs

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 £
China 72,239,745
Germany 13,373,758
Spain 12,543,408
Belgium 9,528,292
Italy 6,935,577

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 40,311,952 31,927,793 -8,384,159
Germany 7,341,005 6,032,753 -1,308,252
Spain 6,449,277 6,094,131 -355,146
Belgium 5,317,468 4,210,824 -1,106,644
Italy 3,697,069 3,238,508 -458,561
Czechia 4,504,412 1,964,162 -2,540,250
France 3,207,980 2,759,695 -448,285
Netherlands 2,838,639 2,245,390 -593,249
Poland 2,163,928 1,932,061 -231,867
Slovakia 1,446,675 2,043,514 +596,839

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 83,396,369
Spain 12,820,205
Czechia 9,727,249
Germany 8,445,012
Slovakia 6,587,307

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 45,799,654 37,596,715 -8,202,939
Spain 6,688,399 6,131,806 -556,593
Czechia 6,082,735 3,644,514 -2,438,221
Germany 4,638,255 3,806,757 -831,498
Slovakia 3,487,731 3,099,576 -388,155
Italy 2,456,174 3,168,797 +712,623
Poland 2,569,734 1,994,050 -575,684
France 2,218,734 1,142,890 -1,075,844
Ukraine 1,572,333 1,724,363 +152,030
Turkey 1,269,286 1,644,253 +374,967

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 88
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 85
West Midlands 66
Greater Manchester 62
Surrey, East and West Sussex 56

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 54 57 +3
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 61 55 -6
West Midlands 43 45 +2
Greater Manchester 41 46 +5
Surrey, East and West Sussex 38 43 +5
Outer London - West and North West 37 34 -3
West Yorkshire 34 41 +7
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 31 37 +6
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 34 34 +0
Essex 28 32 +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) 81,714,283
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 60,558,178
Other 11,895,231
Air transport 9,226,742
Road transport 2,337,327

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) 42,232,746 39,481,537 -2,751,209
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 34,190,217 26,367,961 -7,822,256
Other 7,786,933 4,108,298 -3,678,635
Air transport 4,767,282 4,459,460 -307,822
Road transport 1,286,303 1,051,024 -235,279
Rail transport 12,184 0 -12,184

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 42,335,268
Dover 26,115,423
Southampton 16,305,295
000 11,895,231
London Gateway Port 11,077,819

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 27,657,917 14,677,351 -12,980,566
Dover 14,844,373 11,271,050 -3,573,323
Southampton 8,969,182 7,336,113 -1,633,069
000 7,786,933 4,108,298 -3,678,635
London Gateway Port 1,720,767 9,357,052 +7,636,285
Liverpool Docks 4,615,982 4,643,732 +27,750
Eurotunnel 4,313,369 3,978,731 -334,638
Immingham Docks 3,898,685 2,915,149 -983,536
Thamesport 2,450,571 1,318,035 -1,132,536
London 1,663,350 2,037,974 +374,624

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 376
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 250
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 73
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 72
Other manufacturing 71

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 205
2025-11 218
2025-10 247
2025-09 215
2025-08 240

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 490
54m+ 394
15m-54m 147
0-1m 145
Other 89

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 6,921,212
United Arab Emirates 6,383,132
United States 5,916,236
Poland 5,188,913
Netherlands 2,420,070

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 3,706,383 3,214,829 -491,554
United Arab Emirates 201,483 6,181,649 +5,980,166
United States 3,483,412 2,432,824 -1,050,588
Poland 4,702,313 486,600 -4,215,713
Netherlands 1,094,230 1,325,840 +231,610
Turkey 1,478,184 933,750 -544,434
France 1,376,643 742,604 -634,039
Germany 1,205,388 777,160 -428,228
Spain 1,237,882 221,482 -1,016,400
Luxembourg 1,186,947 64,858 -1,122,089

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 £
Slovakia 802,096
XI 604,193
United States 351,025
Italy 312,459
China 148,161

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 £
Slovakia 380,030 422,066 +42,036
XI 213,682 390,511 +176,829
United States 249,610 101,415 -148,195
Italy 163,803 148,656 -15,147
China 68,278 79,883 +11,605
Spain 32,641 39,171 +6,530
Belgium 21,553 16,802 -4,751
Netherlands 12,817 0 -12,817
Ireland 694 1,251 +557
Switzerland 740 533 -207

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) 23,144,252
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 15,689,821
Air transport 7,446,704
Other 2,576,688
Road transport 29,834

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) 14,933,143 8,211,109 -6,722,034
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 5,607,011 10,082,810 +4,475,799
Air transport 4,414,545 3,032,159 -1,382,386
Other 1,362,725 1,213,963 -148,762
Road transport 29,834 0 -29,834

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 13,408,559
London Gateway Port 7,826,808
Immingham Docks 3,649,892
Felixstowe 3,330,736
Liverpool Docks 2,990,012

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 9,442,206 3,966,353 -5,475,853
London Gateway Port 568,810 7,257,998 +6,689,188
Immingham Docks 2,698,022 951,870 -1,746,152
Felixstowe 2,146,581 1,184,155 -962,426
Liverpool Docks 1,561,957 1,428,055 -133,902
000 1,362,725 1,213,963 -148,762
London Heathrow Airport 1,118,571 1,280,456 +161,885
London Stansted Airport 1,707,564 568,290 -1,139,274
East Midlands Airport 982,194 813,051 -169,143
Dover 1,073,220 406,162 -667,058

Quick facts

HS code: 732620

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

Description: Items made from iron or steel wire, like fencing, mesh, or springs