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

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

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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 72,001,500
Germany 13,345,379
Spain 12,944,439
Belgium 9,582,252
Italy 7,110,760

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 38,941,274 33,060,226 -5,881,048
Germany 6,823,445 6,521,934 -301,511
Spain 6,700,875 6,243,564 -457,311
Belgium 5,160,541 4,421,711 -738,830
Italy 3,876,707 3,234,053 -642,654
Czechia 4,474,017 2,222,174 -2,251,843
France 3,228,981 2,785,300 -443,681
Netherlands 2,801,141 2,248,360 -552,781
Poland 2,247,795 2,004,160 -243,635
Denmark 1,671,684 1,664,399 -7,285

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 83,031,981
Spain 13,221,455
Czechia 9,995,740
Germany 8,432,822
Slovakia 6,616,553

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 44,233,495 38,798,486 -5,435,009
Spain 6,897,678 6,323,777 -573,901
Czechia 6,004,115 3,991,625 -2,012,490
Germany 4,676,960 3,755,862 -921,098
Slovakia 3,476,837 3,139,716 -337,121
Italy 2,482,349 3,136,152 +653,803
Poland 2,593,914 2,140,970 -452,944
France 2,244,970 1,152,540 -1,092,430
Ukraine 1,549,688 1,682,598 +132,910
Turkey 1,300,605 1,722,895 +422,290

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 85
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 84
West Midlands 63
Greater Manchester 62
Surrey, East and West Sussex 55

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 51 58 +7
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 61 56 -5
West Midlands 43 43 +0
Greater Manchester 42 46 +4
Surrey, East and West Sussex 38 43 +5
Outer London - West and North West 35 36 +1
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 33 36 +3
West Yorkshire 34 39 +5
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 35 31 -4
Essex 26 33 +7

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) 81,241,006
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 60,949,710
Other 12,327,403
Air transport 9,315,472
Road transport 2,218,819

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) 40,601,770 40,639,236 +37,466
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 34,511,568 26,438,142 -8,073,426
Other 7,369,671 4,957,732 -2,411,939
Air transport 4,768,525 4,546,947 -221,578
Road transport 1,262,361 956,458 -305,903
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 42,905,838
Dover 26,603,899
Southampton 16,500,217
000 12,327,403
London Gateway Port 9,971,284

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 26,640,648 16,265,190 -10,375,458
Dover 14,838,250 11,765,649 -3,072,601
Southampton 8,750,555 7,749,662 -1,000,893
000 7,369,671 4,957,732 -2,411,939
London Gateway Port 1,466,811 8,504,473 +7,037,662
Liverpool Docks 4,812,146 4,735,024 -77,122
Eurotunnel 4,331,025 3,877,546 -453,479
Immingham Docks 3,885,428 2,791,787 -1,093,641
Thamesport 2,421,564 1,387,117 -1,034,447
Harwich 1,402,073 2,094,268 +692,195

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 371
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 247
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 74
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 71
Other manufacturing 71

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 217
2025-10 247
2025-09 215
2025-08 240
2025-07 240

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 484
54m+ 397
0-1m 145
15m-54m 142
Other 86

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 6,943,153
United Arab Emirates 6,392,866
United States 5,866,131
Poland 5,396,938
Netherlands 2,444,048

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 3,702,919 3,240,234 -462,685
United Arab Emirates 212,234 6,180,632 +5,968,398
United States 3,310,226 2,555,905 -754,321
Poland 4,918,959 477,979 -4,440,980
Netherlands 1,079,413 1,364,635 +285,222
Turkey 1,423,921 964,345 -459,576
France 1,567,352 734,778 -832,574
Germany 1,169,349 818,431 -350,918
Spain 1,220,838 244,589 -976,249
Luxembourg 64,489 1,167,156 +1,102,667

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 820,718
XI 569,481
United States 351,027
XU 310,376
Italy 307,554

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 360,614 460,104 +99,490
XI 192,370 377,111 +184,741
United States 227,917 123,110 -104,807
XU 296,857 13,519 -283,338
Italy 165,958 141,596 -24,362
China 69,755 80,079 +10,324
Spain 31,310 40,434 +9,124
Belgium 21,464 15,936 -5,528
Nicaragua 13,086 0 -13,086
Netherlands 12,817 0 -12,817

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) 23,567,482
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 16,185,619
Air transport 7,275,434
Other 2,650,406
Road transport 54,485

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) 13,871,734 9,695,748 -4,175,986
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 6,059,855 10,125,764 +4,065,909
Air transport 4,535,260 2,740,174 -1,795,086
Other 1,395,863 1,254,543 -141,320
Road transport 54,485 0 -54,485

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 13,844,513
London Gateway Port 8,410,354
Immingham Docks 3,707,361
Felixstowe 3,284,118
Liverpool Docks 2,915,418

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 8,648,453 5,196,060 -3,452,393
London Gateway Port 1,174,398 7,235,956 +6,061,558
Immingham Docks 2,621,191 1,086,170 -1,535,021
Felixstowe 1,840,987 1,443,131 -397,856
Liverpool Docks 1,554,815 1,360,603 -194,212
000 1,395,863 1,254,543 -141,320
London Stansted Airport 1,813,941 566,758 -1,247,183
London Heathrow Airport 1,093,006 1,030,777 -62,229
East Midlands Airport 997,852 778,027 -219,825
Dover 1,120,930 405,406 -715,524

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