Import/export HS code 741980: Various copper products

Copper items not covered by other codes, including a wide range of goods like household items or industrial parts

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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 £
Germany 41,705,525
India 26,653,398
China 24,415,713
France 12,828,761
Czechia 9,420,201

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 £
Germany 26,694,202 15,011,323 -11,682,879
India 10,394,641 16,258,757 +5,864,116
China 12,672,548 11,743,165 -929,383
France 6,570,090 6,258,671 -311,419
Czechia 780,072 8,640,129 +7,860,057
United States 3,804,912 4,496,510 +691,598
Italy 3,543,805 3,354,586 -189,219
Netherlands 4,080,065 2,809,468 -1,270,597
Switzerland 2,421,392 2,604,938 +183,546
Austria 1,191,836 1,840,168 +648,332

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 £
Germany 40,678,532
China 27,209,501
India 26,877,259
Czechia 9,992,926
Italy 9,005,713

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 £
Germany 25,806,084 14,872,448 -10,933,636
China 14,064,021 13,145,480 -918,541
India 10,454,650 16,422,609 +5,967,959
Czechia 1,075,037 8,917,889 +7,842,852
Italy 4,196,675 4,809,038 +612,363
France 4,375,166 3,975,341 -399,825
United States 3,970,727 4,323,611 +352,884
Switzerland 2,714,423 2,643,088 -71,335
Netherlands 2,581,184 1,699,544 -881,640
Poland 1,372,603 1,503,192 +130,589

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 141
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 111
West Midlands 100
Surrey, East and West Sussex 86
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 66

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 101 90 -11
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 72 80 +8
West Midlands 83 60 -23
Surrey, East and West Sussex 60 61 +1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 47 47 +0
Greater Manchester 53 44 -9
Outer London - West and North West 31 47 +16
Inner London - East 45 36 -9
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 40 35 -5
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 47 39 -8

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) 69,762,858
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 49,325,778
Air transport 36,669,008
Road transport 2,378,655
Other 1,942,882

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) 40,097,165 29,665,693 -10,431,472
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 19,524,983 29,800,795 +10,275,812
Air transport 18,012,532 18,656,476 +643,944
Road transport 1,047,064 1,331,591 +284,527
Other 1,373,854 569,028 -804,826
Rail transport 1,451 2,356 +905

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Immingham Docks 25,694,487
Felixstowe 23,328,913
Dover 21,272,479
Southampton 14,845,105
Eurotunnel 13,462,784

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 £
Immingham Docks 16,825,052 8,869,435 -7,955,617
Felixstowe 12,961,436 10,367,477 -2,593,959
Dover 9,156,969 12,115,510 +2,958,541
Southampton 5,427,506 9,417,599 +3,990,093
Eurotunnel 4,133,026 9,329,758 +5,196,732
London Heathrow Airport 5,350,942 7,677,776 +2,326,834
East Midlands Airport 5,877,754 5,206,024 -671,730
London 2,927,040 2,718,726 -208,314
Birmingham Airport 2,867,712 2,720,334 -147,378
Thamesport 2,349,186 1,112,647 -1,236,539

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 347
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 224
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 125
Other manufacturing 117
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 103

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 273
2025-10 301
2025-09 257
2025-08 248
2025-07 288

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+ 562
1m-15m 551
0-1m 168
15m-54m 141
Other 99

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 20,843,427
Ireland 11,781,604
France 11,486,988
Germany 7,865,716
India 7,516,128

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 9,240,766 11,602,661 +2,361,895
Ireland 5,799,240 5,982,364 +183,124
France 5,620,356 5,866,632 +246,276
Germany 5,366,358 2,499,358 -2,867,000
India 2,656,851 4,859,277 +2,202,426
Singapore 3,712,503 1,946,845 -1,765,658
United Arab Emirates 2,410,858 2,064,881 -345,977
Netherlands 2,322,870 1,707,071 -615,799
China 2,363,197 1,376,991 -986,206
Saudi Arabia 1,318,244 1,962,664 +644,420

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 8,044,780
Nicaragua 31,918
China 24,965
India 12,597
Netherlands 11,277

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 3,819,374 4,225,406 +406,032
Nicaragua 28,409 3,509 -24,900
China 20,953 4,012 -16,941
India 8,119 4,478 -3,641
Netherlands 7,271 4,006 -3,265
Ireland 156 4,883 +4,727
XU 2,014 45 -1,969
Turkey 1,559 0 -1,559
Germany 248 494 +246
Italy 291 172 -119

Export volume by transport

What this shows: Export value by transport mode used to ship goods from the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Air transport 47,432,259
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 32,542,519
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 23,937,228
Other 8,136,168
Road transport 331,547

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 £
Air transport 23,548,809 23,883,450 +334,641
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 17,348,112 15,194,407 -2,153,705
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 12,618,661 11,318,567 -1,300,094
Other 3,888,746 4,247,422 +358,676
Road transport 312,135 19,412 -292,723
Rail transport 94,399 0 -94,399

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 22,466,191
London Heathrow Airport 18,933,591
London Gateway Port 12,205,630
East Midlands Airport 11,343,093
Manchester Airport 8,700,053

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 11,413,073 11,053,118 -359,955
London Heathrow Airport 7,551,556 11,382,035 +3,830,479
London Gateway Port 6,920,608 5,285,022 -1,635,586
East Midlands Airport 5,831,084 5,512,009 -319,075
Manchester Airport 5,265,323 3,434,730 -1,830,593
000 3,888,746 4,247,422 +358,676
Southampton 3,918,885 3,515,735 -403,150
ZLC 2,431,223 2,091,404 -339,819
London Stansted Airport 2,299,314 1,044,622 -1,254,692
Liverpool Docks 987,169 2,216,454 +1,229,285

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 741980

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

Description: Copper items not covered by other codes, including a wide range of goods like household items or industrial parts