Import/export HS code 7505: Nickel bars, rods, profiles, and wire

Solid nickel products in various shapes, used for construction, machinery, and electrical applications

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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 146,650,582
United States 117,766,238
Austria 114,466,522
Italy 82,530,678
France 33,187,388

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 87,121,902 59,528,680 -27,593,222
United States 49,736,608 68,029,630 +18,293,022
Austria 56,733,358 57,733,164 +999,806
Italy 49,841,456 32,689,222 -17,152,234
France 17,340,821 15,846,567 -1,494,254
Japan 19,308,907 13,596,763 -5,712,144
Taiwan 19,725,442 10,055,431 -9,670,011
Belgium 22,015,594 6,507,383 -15,508,211
Sweden 15,711,228 11,734,464 -3,976,764
Netherlands 6,751,782 10,357,829 +3,606,047

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 160,076,514
United States 143,942,306
Austria 126,878,045
Italy 83,287,708
Japan 32,934,722

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 91,784,886 68,291,628 -23,493,258
United States 70,330,012 73,612,294 +3,282,282
Austria 59,181,514 67,696,531 +8,515,017
Italy 53,096,362 30,191,346 -22,905,016
Japan 19,000,124 13,934,598 -5,065,526
Taiwan 20,025,025 9,994,170 -10,030,855
Sweden 14,470,801 10,445,901 -4,024,900
France 13,117,595 9,081,999 -4,035,596
Australia 11,549,383 2,856,983 -8,692,400
China 3,264,776 4,692,815 +1,428,039

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
West Midlands 39
Greater Manchester 23
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 19
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 17
West Yorkshire 16

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
West Midlands 31 28 -3
Greater Manchester 18 19 +1
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 18 8 -10
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 10 13 +3
West Yorkshire 13 10 -3
Inner London - West 12 9 -3
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 11 10 -1
Shropshire and Staffordshire 11 10 -1
South Yorkshire 12 11 -1
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 9 10 +1

Import volume by transport

What this shows: Import value by transport mode used to bring goods into the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 398,415,521
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 216,345,501
Air transport 49,929,402
Road transport 624,874
Other 355,660

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 £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 224,125,763 174,289,758 -49,836,005
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 120,500,674 95,844,827 -24,655,847
Air transport 22,295,941 27,633,461 +5,337,520
Road transport 534,181 90,693 -443,488
Other 301,279 54,381 -246,898

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Immingham Docks 137,957,642
Dover 117,325,775
Felixstowe 77,087,996
Eurotunnel 75,686,606
Southampton 50,771,872

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 66,886,250 71,071,392 +4,185,142
Dover 77,713,935 39,611,840 -38,102,095
Felixstowe 49,084,263 28,003,733 -21,080,530
Eurotunnel 34,796,154 40,890,452 +6,094,298
Southampton 25,207,678 25,564,194 +356,516
Killingholme 30,327,846 12,898,925 -17,428,921
Portsmouth 16,400,835 16,521,751 +120,916
London Heathrow Airport 11,255,585 9,054,180 -2,201,405
Liverpool Docks 7,750,099 8,797,627 +1,047,528
Harwich 9,477,485 4,561,028 -4,916,457

Importer companies by SIC division

What this shows: Industry breakdown (SIC divisions) of importing companies.

Top 5 values

SIC Companies
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 88
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 76
Other manufacturing 37
Manufacture of basic metals 36
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 24

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 85
2025-10 91
2025-09 81
2025-08 85
2025-07 96

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 141
54m+ 121
15m-54m 49
Other 22
0-1m 17

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 88,315,099
India 46,416,361
France 46,210,430
China 43,787,267
Singapore 41,503,875

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 45,602,521 42,712,578 -2,889,943
India 23,813,991 22,602,370 -1,211,621
France 27,801,143 18,409,287 -9,391,856
China 23,757,591 20,029,676 -3,727,915
Singapore 30,563,263 10,940,612 -19,622,651
Italy 20,944,549 15,393,646 -5,550,903
Tunisia 19,657,181 11,405,196 -8,251,985
Romania 15,419,021 13,472,571 -1,946,450
United Arab Emirates 10,942,730 14,617,396 +3,674,666
Sweden 14,741,286 10,390,418 -4,350,868

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 420,640
New Zealand 750
Austria 494

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 113,611 307,029 +193,418
New Zealand 750 0 -750
Austria 0 494 +494

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) 213,367,847
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 208,002,260
Air transport 144,271,127
Road transport 2,198,865
Other 421,884

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) 122,945,903 90,421,944 -32,523,959
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 116,959,164 91,043,096 -25,916,068
Air transport 74,574,805 69,696,322 -4,878,483
Road transport 2,197,145 1,720 -2,195,425
Other 114,361 307,523 +193,162
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 175,438,928
London Gateway Port 80,612,022
London Heathrow Airport 68,252,876
Southampton 67,330,683
Manchester Airport 29,905,466

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 101,509,287 73,929,641 -27,579,646
London Gateway Port 47,248,350 33,363,672 -13,884,678
London Heathrow Airport 34,299,127 33,953,749 -345,378
Southampton 38,436,603 28,894,080 -9,542,523
Manchester Airport 17,152,909 12,752,557 -4,400,352
Liverpool Docks 10,259,836 16,953,293 +6,693,457
Felixstowe 16,898,024 8,710,953 -8,187,071
ZLC 13,044,324 12,435,462 -608,862
Immingham Docks 9,696,465 7,345,447 -2,351,018
East Midlands Airport 8,490,773 6,905,358 -1,585,415

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 7505

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

Description: Solid nickel products in various shapes, used for construction, machinery, and electrical applications