Import/export HS code 75: Nickel and nickel products

All types of nickel items, including raw nickel, processed nickel, and products made from nickel

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 £
United States 700,654,462
Japan 642,763,619
Germany 225,104,913
Italy 169,066,152
France 128,626,490

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 £
United States 339,095,457 361,559,005 +22,463,548
Japan 339,294,107 303,469,512 -35,824,595
Germany 124,664,367 100,440,546 -24,223,821
Italy 105,189,960 63,876,192 -41,313,768
France 63,883,685 64,742,805 +859,120
Netherlands 56,561,385 66,000,959 +9,439,574
Austria 60,654,100 60,522,992 -131,108
Norway 46,560,582 34,192,256 -12,368,326
Australia 48,416,299 29,074,624 -19,341,675
China 29,701,546 26,348,063 -3,353,483

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 £
United States 638,033,471
Indonesia 567,263,955
Germany 250,864,575
Italy 176,075,542
Austria 134,561,363

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 £
United States 319,440,198 318,593,273 -846,925
Indonesia 282,502,675 284,761,280 +2,258,605
Germany 135,640,098 115,224,477 -20,415,621
Italy 111,634,537 64,441,005 -47,193,532
Austria 63,740,235 70,821,128 +7,080,893
France 56,664,876 54,232,989 -2,431,887
Japan 71,426,995 32,365,473 -39,061,522
Norway 53,217,100 39,359,622 -13,857,478
Australia 54,648,365 34,017,185 -20,631,180
Taiwan 49,839,846 37,582,348 -12,257,498

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 80
West Midlands 80
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 79
Greater Manchester 68
Surrey, East and West Sussex 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 51 56 +5
West Midlands 57 62 +5
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 61 48 -13
Greater Manchester 52 49 -3
Surrey, East and West Sussex 43 50 +7
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 39 36 -3
West Yorkshire 34 35 +1
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 35 30 -5
North Eastern Scotland 27 32 +5
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 35 30 -5

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) 1,266,089,305
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 840,415,343
Air transport 546,864,122
Other 16,699,922
Road transport 3,302,255

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) 675,790,131 590,299,174 -85,490,957
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 462,586,337 377,829,006 -84,757,331
Air transport 274,379,404 272,484,718 -1,894,686
Other 10,526,894 6,173,028 -4,353,866
Road transport 1,872,473 1,429,782 -442,691
Rail transport 0 32,477 +32,477

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Southampton 597,332,790
Immingham Docks 342,193,393
Felixstowe 293,935,307
Dover 248,987,670
Liverpool Docks 201,060,810

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 £
Southampton 310,680,403 286,652,387 -24,028,016
Immingham Docks 171,987,212 170,206,181 -1,781,031
Felixstowe 189,888,502 104,046,805 -85,841,697
Dover 147,115,271 101,872,399 -45,242,872
Liverpool Docks 102,835,218 98,225,592 -4,609,626
London Heathrow Airport 86,185,522 94,554,664 +8,369,142
Eurotunnel 65,090,152 69,289,498 +4,199,346
London Stansted Airport 51,792,859 51,185,639 -607,220
Birmingham Airport 45,864,423 43,144,317 -2,720,106
East Midlands Airport 33,802,715 37,776,255 +3,973,540

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 220
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 183
Other manufacturing 98
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 84
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 71

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 295
2025-10 311
2025-09 301
2025-08 280
2025-07 304

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
1m-15m 457
54m+ 452
15m-54m 135
Other 84
0-1m 67

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 532,274,517
Germany 273,030,787
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 219,673,359
China 217,074,286
Singapore 189,766,163

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 284,432,852 247,841,665 -36,591,187
Germany 142,117,377 130,913,410 -11,203,967
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 90,881,231 128,792,128 +37,910,897
China 123,071,609 94,002,677 -29,068,932
Singapore 97,564,626 92,201,537 -5,363,089
France 100,744,540 86,405,202 -14,339,338
Italy 106,609,318 76,231,587 -30,377,731
Japan 86,326,209 92,503,201 +6,176,992
Belgium 99,714,454 61,831,966 -37,882,488
Sweden 93,705,317 54,153,748 -39,551,569

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 £
United States 912,850
Ireland 77,771
XI 10,338
QV 4,213
China 2,345

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 £
United States 393,196 519,654 +126,458
Ireland 41,682 36,089 -5,593
XI 8,481 1,857 -6,624
QV 247 3,966 +3,719
China 2,345 0 -2,345
New Zealand 750 0 -750
Austria 0 494 +494
XU 6 440 +434

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) 1,355,457,373
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,119,713,829
Air transport 946,079,306
Road transport 2,772,752
Other 1,013,530

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) 752,271,527 603,185,846 -149,085,681
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 631,294,260 488,419,569 -142,874,691
Air transport 456,129,056 489,950,250 +33,821,194
Road transport 2,771,032 1,720 -2,769,312
Other 450,552 562,978 +112,426
Own propulsion (e.g. imported vehicle driven across land boundary) 8,145 0 -8,145

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 997,521,679
London Heathrow Airport 566,422,598
Southampton 452,055,566
London Gateway Port 267,915,013
Liverpool Docks 182,053,366

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 548,180,867 449,340,812 -98,840,055
London Heathrow Airport 290,594,656 275,827,942 -14,766,714
Southampton 258,358,495 193,697,071 -64,661,424
London Gateway Port 138,527,491 129,387,522 -9,139,969
Liverpool Docks 88,276,143 93,777,223 +5,501,080
Immingham Docks 82,009,665 59,733,016 -22,276,649
Felixstowe 81,387,615 49,723,353 -31,664,262
East Midlands Airport 57,910,093 59,012,221 +1,102,128
Dover 68,733,140 38,242,077 -30,491,063
Manchester Airport 41,998,406 41,268,271 -730,135

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 75

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

Description: All types of nickel items, including raw nickel, processed nickel, and products made from nickel