Import/export HS code 74198090: Various copper items not listed

Miscellaneous copper products not specified elsewhere, such as small hardware or decorative pieces

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 £
Germany 40,182,986
China 24,088,174
India 20,612,062
France 12,596,906
Czechia 10,173,165

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 25,566,614 14,616,372 -10,950,242
China 12,439,251 11,648,923 -790,328
India 7,555,191 13,056,871 +5,501,680
France 6,367,379 6,229,527 -137,852
Czechia 779,189 9,393,976 +8,614,787
United States 3,708,286 4,175,443 +467,157
Italy 3,647,176 3,113,048 -534,128
Netherlands 3,787,456 2,696,022 -1,091,434
Switzerland 2,347,539 2,296,481 -51,058
Austria 1,360,511 1,868,083 +507,572

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 39,641,772
China 26,873,216
India 20,864,833
Czechia 10,769,156
Italy 8,855,321

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 25,001,793 14,639,979 -10,361,814
China 13,812,295 13,060,921 -751,374
India 7,667,715 13,197,118 +5,529,403
Czechia 1,062,591 9,706,565 +8,643,974
Italy 4,225,197 4,630,124 +404,927
France 4,066,043 3,939,224 -126,819
United States 3,598,507 3,908,533 +310,026
Switzerland 2,619,433 2,301,459 -317,974
Netherlands 2,426,489 1,556,105 -870,384
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 132
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 97
West Midlands 94
Surrey, East and West Sussex 81
Greater Manchester 65

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 98 73 -25
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 66 66 +0
West Midlands 75 60 -15
Surrey, East and West Sussex 57 54 -3
Greater Manchester 53 44 -9
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 43 41 -2
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 44 37 -7
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 37 33 -4
Outer London - West and North West 30 39 +9
Inner London - East 42 31 -11

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) 65,719,014
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 47,666,592
Air transport 32,857,979
Other 1,817,548
Road transport 1,772,661

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) 37,880,884 27,838,130 -10,042,754
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 18,135,319 29,531,273 +11,395,954
Air transport 16,212,896 16,645,083 +432,187
Other 1,284,162 533,386 -750,776
Road transport 870,248 902,413 +32,165
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 25,486,018
Felixstowe 21,690,438
Dover 21,378,261
Southampton 13,911,630
Eurotunnel 13,483,105

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 16,726,075 8,759,943 -7,966,132
Felixstowe 11,879,771 9,810,667 -2,069,104
Dover 9,128,308 12,249,953 +3,121,645
Southampton 5,046,318 8,865,312 +3,818,994
Eurotunnel 3,550,056 9,933,049 +6,382,993
London Heathrow Airport 4,769,674 7,224,976 +2,455,302
East Midlands Airport 5,418,940 4,689,759 -729,181
Birmingham Airport 2,708,301 2,582,232 -126,069
London 2,516,322 1,932,934 -583,388
Thamesport 2,120,305 976,135 -1,144,170

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 319
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 200
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 113
Other manufacturing 107
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 100

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 233
2025-11 240
2025-10 271
2025-09 228
2025-08 220

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+ 541
1m-15m 495
0-1m 143
15m-54m 134
Other 91

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 14,821,680
France 11,483,524
Ireland 10,954,352
Germany 7,683,565
India 6,746,205

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 8,119,825 6,701,855 -1,417,970
France 6,113,024 5,370,500 -742,524
Ireland 5,549,108 5,405,244 -143,864
Germany 4,896,132 2,787,433 -2,108,699
India 2,011,287 4,734,918 +2,723,631
United Arab Emirates 2,264,828 1,867,348 -397,480
Netherlands 2,166,730 1,598,862 -567,868
China 2,416,065 1,175,409 -1,240,656
Saudi Arabia 1,251,429 2,078,557 +827,128
Singapore 2,391,915 321,651 -2,070,264

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 41,183,993
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 31,188,187
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 17,686,634
Other 8,238,736
Road transport 203,975

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 20,500,094 20,683,899 +183,805
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 16,716,913 14,471,274 -2,245,639
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 10,824,364 6,862,270 -3,962,094
Other 3,966,899 4,271,837 +304,938
Road transport 184,563 19,412 -165,151
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 21,886,638
London Heathrow Airport 15,851,835
London Gateway Port 10,430,378
East Midlands Airport 9,983,943
000 8,238,736

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 11,199,249 10,687,389 -511,860
London Heathrow Airport 5,886,965 9,964,870 +4,077,905
London Gateway Port 6,126,181 4,304,197 -1,821,984
East Midlands Airport 5,351,679 4,632,264 -719,415
000 3,966,899 4,271,837 +304,938
Manchester Airport 5,183,828 3,054,060 -2,129,768
Southampton 3,528,468 1,248,969 -2,279,499
ZLC 2,196,317 1,772,060 -424,257
London Stansted Airport 1,660,530 860,927 -799,603
Felixstowe 1,080,730 680,611 -400,119

Quick facts

HS code: 74198090

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

Description: Miscellaneous copper products not specified elsewhere, such as small hardware or decorative pieces