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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  • It helps you understand the market size for your product in the UK.
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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 41,929,513
India 27,155,699
China 24,265,107
France 12,757,776
Czechia 10,180,507

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 26,565,386 15,364,127 -11,201,259
India 10,853,741 16,301,958 +5,448,217
China 12,479,000 11,786,107 -692,893
France 6,444,734 6,313,042 -131,692
Czechia 780,749 9,399,758 +8,619,009
United States 4,099,378 4,362,726 +263,348
Italy 3,666,301 3,140,511 -525,790
Netherlands 3,887,416 2,833,754 -1,053,662
Switzerland 2,531,768 2,557,235 +25,467
Austria 1,378,611 1,880,048 +501,437

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 40,844,301
India 27,422,820
China 27,150,429
Czechia 10,770,716
Italy 8,960,317

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 25,662,586 15,181,715 -10,480,871
India 10,940,276 16,482,544 +5,542,268
China 13,918,150 13,232,279 -685,871
Czechia 1,064,151 9,706,565 +8,642,414
Italy 4,281,012 4,679,305 +398,293
United States 4,149,142 4,270,818 +121,676
France 4,167,371 4,012,615 -154,756
Switzerland 2,825,317 2,557,458 -267,859
Netherlands 2,494,523 1,616,636 -877,887
Austria 1,345,358 1,653,429 +308,071

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 140
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 110
West Midlands 101
Surrey, East and West Sussex 85
Greater Manchester 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 89 -12
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 72 79 +7
West Midlands 82 63 -19
Surrey, East and West Sussex 60 61 +1
Greater Manchester 54 45 -9
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 47 45 -2
Outer London - West and North West 33 46 +13
Inner London - East 46 37 -9
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 40 35 -5
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 46 40 -6

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) 70,027,461
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 50,120,496
Air transport 37,037,740
Road transport 2,417,108
Other 1,826,848

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) 40,293,164 29,734,297 -10,558,867
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 19,373,686 30,746,810 +11,373,124
Air transport 18,223,498 18,814,242 +590,744
Road transport 1,124,602 1,292,506 +167,904
Other 1,286,732 540,116 -746,616
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 25,944,499
Felixstowe 23,219,819
Dover 21,876,084
Southampton 14,966,710
Eurotunnel 13,771,705

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 16,881,321 9,063,178 -7,818,143
Felixstowe 12,730,136 10,489,683 -2,240,453
Dover 9,268,780 12,607,304 +3,338,524
Southampton 5,675,019 9,291,691 +3,616,672
Eurotunnel 3,769,257 10,002,448 +6,233,191
London Heathrow Airport 5,369,297 7,890,209 +2,520,912
East Midlands Airport 5,981,243 5,194,715 -786,528
London 3,143,971 2,535,917 -608,054
Birmingham Airport 2,859,282 2,755,874 -103,408
London Gateway Port 1,443,038 1,928,195 +485,157

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 346
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 222
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 124
Other manufacturing 119
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 101

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 264
2025-11 272
2025-10 301
2025-09 257
2025-08 248

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+ 563
1m-15m 550
0-1m 171
15m-54m 144
Other 95

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 20,255,251
Ireland 11,904,672
France 11,650,739
Germany 8,030,543
India 6,882,290

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 9,268,410 10,986,841 +1,718,431
Ireland 5,981,525 5,923,147 -58,378
France 6,158,508 5,492,231 -666,277
Germany 5,192,656 2,837,887 -2,354,769
India 2,055,888 4,826,402 +2,770,514
Singapore 3,958,400 1,674,196 -2,284,204
United Arab Emirates 2,476,440 1,867,348 -609,092
Netherlands 2,206,293 1,618,029 -588,264
China 2,501,664 1,249,698 -1,251,966
Saudi Arabia 1,277,385 2,131,743 +854,358

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 8,152,468
Nicaragua 29,600
China 22,706
India 12,579
Netherlands 11,273

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 3,899,245 4,253,223 +353,978
Nicaragua 28,792 808 -27,984
China 19,167 3,539 -15,628
India 8,131 4,448 -3,683
Netherlands 7,267 4,006 -3,261
Ireland 0 4,987 +4,987
Turkey 1,559 0 -1,559
Germany 505 237 -268
Italy 291 172 -119
United States 0 412 +412

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 46,641,688
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 33,273,853
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 23,139,848
Other 8,238,736
Road transport 208,907

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 23,261,682 23,380,006 +118,324
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 17,968,327 15,305,526 -2,662,801
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 12,340,035 10,799,813 -1,540,222
Other 3,966,899 4,271,837 +304,938
Road transport 189,495 19,412 -170,083
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 22,980,478
London Heathrow Airport 18,760,006
London Gateway Port 11,757,069
East Midlands Airport 11,286,887
Manchester Airport 8,390,604

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 11,927,577 11,052,901 -874,676
London Heathrow Airport 7,563,133 11,196,873 +3,633,740
London Gateway Port 6,752,785 5,004,284 -1,748,501
East Midlands Airport 5,847,760 5,439,127 -408,633
Manchester Airport 5,322,128 3,068,476 -2,253,652
000 3,966,899 4,271,837 +304,938
Southampton 4,002,984 3,407,834 -595,150
ZLC 2,360,057 2,152,224 -207,833
Liverpool Docks 1,106,254 2,055,529 +949,275
London Stansted Airport 1,873,414 1,123,588 -749,826

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