Import/export HS code 7411: Copper tubes and pipes

Hollow copper tubes and pipes used for plumbing, heating, and industrial systems

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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 £
Greece 148,718,968
Germany 119,232,250
Viet Nam 97,934,396
Italy 36,560,364
Spain 31,122,061

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 £
Greece 68,157,406 80,561,562 +12,404,156
Germany 60,757,128 58,475,122 -2,282,006
Viet Nam 48,831,930 49,102,466 +270,536
Italy 20,596,226 15,964,138 -4,632,088
Spain 27,885,343 3,236,718 -24,648,625
South Korea 16,568,607 10,705,886 -5,862,721
Finland 12,963,551 13,351,002 +387,451
Thailand 5,875,819 6,303,098 +427,279
Austria 5,075,998 5,102,827 +26,829
Canada 4,504,147 4,488,766 -15,381

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 £
Greece 150,000,064
Germany 118,396,332
Viet Nam 104,047,897
Italy 36,839,304
Spain 31,136,727

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 £
Greece 69,053,150 80,946,914 +11,893,764
Germany 60,581,390 57,814,942 -2,766,448
Viet Nam 51,281,867 52,766,030 +1,484,163
Italy 18,977,382 17,861,922 -1,115,460
Spain 27,912,023 3,224,704 -24,687,319
South Korea 16,576,006 10,667,425 -5,908,581
Finland 13,659,723 13,487,973 -171,750
Thailand 5,913,235 6,305,527 +392,292
Austria 5,060,207 5,680,281 +620,074
Canada 4,497,916 4,469,084 -28,832

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
West Midlands 39
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 22
Surrey, East and West Sussex 21
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 19
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 18

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 33 25 -8
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 15 15 +0
Surrey, East and West Sussex 17 12 -5
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 16 14 -2
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 10 15 +5
Northumberland, Durham and Tyne & Wear 17 13 -4
Greater Manchester 14 13 -1
Shropshire and Staffordshire 9 17 +8
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 12 10 -2
Inner London - West 10 13 +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) 319,441,205
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 230,299,316
Air transport 12,861,233
Other 1,288,833
Road transport 100,582

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) 158,021,786 161,419,419 +3,397,633
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 126,065,006 104,234,310 -21,830,696
Air transport 6,700,110 6,161,123 -538,987
Other 967,311 321,522 -645,789
Road transport 6,155 94,427 +88,272

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Gateway Port 126,423,869
Dover 125,817,030
Felixstowe 114,925,169
Southampton 62,311,731
Immingham Docks 30,943,483

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 £
London Gateway Port 62,192,845 64,231,024 +2,038,179
Dover 65,793,459 60,023,571 -5,769,888
Felixstowe 49,081,383 65,843,786 +16,762,403
Southampton 38,231,770 24,079,961 -14,151,809
Immingham Docks 17,561,570 13,381,913 -4,179,657
Purfleet 17,888,530 793,616 -17,094,914
London 10,315,388 8,254,906 -2,060,482
Eurotunnel 6,186,539 7,368,002 +1,181,463
Killingholme 4,169,241 6,845,547 +2,676,306
Harwich 2,476,746 7,226,491 +4,749,745

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 99
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 51
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 40
Other manufacturing 31
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 22

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 93
2025-10 81
2025-09 88
2025-08 69
2025-07 92

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
54m+ 136
1m-15m 125
15m-54m 52
0-1m 40
Other 26

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 £
Germany 7,417,075
United States 6,575,363
France 4,291,248
Ireland 2,779,536
Saudi Arabia 1,169,646

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 £
Germany 1,795,203 5,621,872 +3,826,669
United States 2,832,270 3,743,093 +910,823
France 2,291,952 1,999,296 -292,656
Ireland 1,588,874 1,190,662 -398,212
Saudi Arabia 735,533 434,113 -301,420
United Arab Emirates 796,382 346,163 -450,219
Spain 616,669 388,535 -228,134
Jordan 539,182 278,508 -260,674
Japan 339,896 400,859 +60,963
Italy 202,977 459,738 +256,761

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 44,229
China 33,380
XU 29,945
Italy 8,574
Ireland 3,912

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 36,501 7,728 -28,773
China 24,392 8,988 -15,404
XU 17,035 12,910 -4,125
Italy 874 7,700 +6,826
Ireland 159 3,753 +3,594
Poland 661 1,740 +1,079
India 0 137 +137
France 39 39 +0

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) 18,563,146
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 10,539,326
Air transport 7,627,431
Other 122,814
Road transport 12,965

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) 7,662,486 10,900,660 +3,238,174
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 4,586,146 5,953,180 +1,367,034
Air transport 4,387,740 3,239,691 -1,148,049
Other 79,819 42,995 -36,824
Road transport 12,965 0 -12,965

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 12,550,599
London Gateway Port 4,846,880
Immingham Docks 2,709,040
London Heathrow Airport 2,619,772
London Stansted Airport 2,478,067

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 4,819,093 7,731,506 +2,912,413
London Gateway Port 2,535,344 2,311,536 -223,808
Immingham Docks 934,471 1,774,569 +840,098
London Heathrow Airport 1,036,681 1,583,091 +546,410
London Stansted Airport 2,097,694 380,373 -1,717,321
Southampton 419,260 2,033,325 +1,614,065
Holyhead 946,199 861,428 -84,771
Liverpool Docks 546,605 1,137,990 +591,385
Felixstowe 876,909 387,349 -489,560
East Midlands Airport 526,315 616,446 +90,131

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 7411

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

Description: Hollow copper tubes and pipes used for plumbing, heating, and industrial systems