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 39,930,905
China 24,247,796
India 20,356,712
France 12,656,273
Czechia 9,410,404

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 25,688,786 14,242,119 -11,446,667
China 12,629,142 11,618,654 -1,010,488
India 7,285,764 13,070,948 +5,785,184
France 6,480,169 6,176,104 -304,065
Czechia 777,617 8,632,787 +7,855,170
United States 3,324,916 4,253,055 +928,139
Italy 3,532,434 3,317,457 -214,977
Netherlands 3,993,216 2,674,338 -1,318,878
Switzerland 2,300,005 2,281,342 -18,663
Austria 1,172,295 1,828,203 +655,908

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 39,423,852
China 26,942,293
India 20,569,503
Czechia 9,991,366
Italy 8,894,663

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 25,131,896 14,291,956 -10,839,940
China 13,955,927 12,986,366 -969,561
India 7,371,762 13,197,741 +5,825,979
Czechia 1,075,037 8,916,329 +7,841,292
Italy 4,144,170 4,750,493 +606,323
France 4,261,272 3,903,986 -357,286
United States 3,345,655 3,889,504 +543,849
Switzerland 2,571,381 2,324,247 -247,134
Netherlands 2,526,261 1,638,335 -887,926
Austria 1,144,428 1,617,882 +473,454

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 134
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 98
West Midlands 94
Surrey, East and West Sussex 82
Greater Manchester 64

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 77 -21
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 66 67 +1
West Midlands 77 58 -19
Surrey, East and West Sussex 56 53 -3
Greater Manchester 52 43 -9
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 43 41 -2
Outer London - West and North West 28 42 +14
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 44 36 -8
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 37 32 -5
Inner London - East 41 31 -10

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) 65,417,365
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 46,962,766
Air transport 32,563,709
Other 1,933,582
Road transport 1,774,826

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) 37,795,302 27,622,063 -10,173,239
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 18,396,034 28,566,732 +10,170,698
Air transport 15,986,532 16,577,177 +590,645
Other 1,371,284 562,298 -808,986
Road transport 837,910 936,916 +99,006
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 25,278,917
Felixstowe 21,810,131
Dover 20,806,867
Southampton 13,849,058
Eurotunnel 13,178,520

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 16,702,750 8,576,167 -8,126,583
Felixstowe 12,234,909 9,575,222 -2,659,687
Dover 8,988,233 11,818,634 +2,830,401
Southampton 4,862,802 8,986,256 +4,123,454
Eurotunnel 3,910,757 9,267,763 +5,357,006
London Heathrow Airport 4,716,216 7,085,670 +2,369,454
East Midlands Airport 5,319,912 4,702,860 -617,052
Birmingham Airport 2,710,122 2,551,927 -158,195
London 2,224,499 2,084,613 -139,886
Thamesport 2,222,331 998,563 -1,223,768

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 321
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 204
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 114
Other manufacturing 105
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
2025-11 240
2025-10 271
2025-09 228
2025-08 220
2025-07 247

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 496
0-1m 142
15m-54m 131
Other 94

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 15,263,768
France 11,332,731
Ireland 10,812,824
Germany 7,527,537
India 7,366,205

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 7,983,718 7,280,050 -703,668
France 5,575,782 5,756,949 +181,167
Ireland 5,397,255 5,415,569 +18,314
Germany 5,063,061 2,464,476 -2,598,585
India 2,598,412 4,767,793 +2,169,381
United Arab Emirates 2,206,037 2,058,090 -147,947
Netherlands 2,287,731 1,683,480 -604,251
China 2,268,924 1,301,780 -967,144
Saudi Arabia 1,287,799 1,931,715 +643,916
Singapore 2,262,529 438,370 -1,824,159

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 41,948,851
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 30,425,318
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 18,255,007
Other 8,136,168
Road transport 313,614

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 20,899,725 21,049,126 +149,401
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 16,156,958 14,268,360 -1,888,598
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 10,873,983 7,381,024 -3,492,959
Other 3,888,746 4,247,422 +358,676
Road transport 294,202 19,412 -274,790
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 21,368,464
London Heathrow Airport 15,929,997
London Gateway Port 10,865,101
East Midlands Airport 10,092,577
Manchester Airport 8,532,640

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 10,716,053 10,652,411 -63,642
London Heathrow Airport 5,988,414 9,941,583 +3,953,169
London Gateway Port 6,280,166 4,584,935 -1,695,231
East Midlands Airport 5,333,831 4,758,746 -575,085
Manchester Airport 5,120,292 3,412,348 -1,707,944
000 3,888,746 4,247,422 +358,676
Southampton 3,415,924 1,356,870 -2,059,054
ZLC 2,263,540 1,728,723 -534,817
London Stansted Airport 2,084,753 789,076 -1,295,677
Felixstowe 1,021,101 722,746 -298,355

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