Import/export HS code 7508: Various nickel products

Includes various items made of nickel, such as tools, parts, and accessories, not specified elsewhere

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 359,328,967
Italy 43,764,973
France 30,583,390
China 12,793,405
Australia 10,736,426

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 170,635,362 188,693,605 +18,058,243
Italy 26,746,482 17,018,491 -9,727,991
France 14,551,595 16,031,795 +1,480,200
China 5,451,667 7,341,738 +1,890,071
Australia 9,852,027 884,399 -8,967,628
Turkey 3,939,270 6,117,717 +2,178,447
Germany 4,594,625 4,725,477 +130,852
Poland 4,708,010 1,542,613 -3,165,397
Netherlands 2,516,091 2,895,442 +379,351
Japan 1,814,173 1,185,157 -629,016

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 255,601,713
Taiwan 48,831,863
Italy 45,601,787
China 31,949,768
France 30,323,564

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 119,177,347 136,424,366 +17,247,019
Taiwan 25,498,759 23,333,104 -2,165,655
Italy 27,658,511 17,943,276 -9,715,235
China 15,214,868 16,734,900 +1,520,032
France 13,669,106 16,654,458 +2,985,352
Turkey 8,414,350 9,691,663 +1,277,313
Poland 7,726,035 6,802,406 -923,629
Australia 10,611,412 883,561 -9,727,851
United Kingdom 4,567,906 6,158,356 +1,590,450
Japan 4,568,131 5,530,030 +961,899

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 46
Surrey, East and West Sussex 44
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 42
Greater Manchester 33
West Midlands 29

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 31 30 -1
Surrey, East and West Sussex 32 32 +0
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 30 28 -2
Greater Manchester 22 19 -3
West Midlands 17 22 +5
North Eastern Scotland 15 19 +4
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 21 14 -7
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 22 17 -5
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 12 17 +5
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 22 13 -9

Import volume by transport

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

Top 5 values

Transport £
Air transport 383,050,695
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 71,294,638
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 54,916,855
Other 12,193,916
Road transport 410,649

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 £
Air transport 191,040,673 192,010,022 +969,349
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 39,591,662 31,702,976 -7,888,686
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 20,610,223 34,306,632 +13,696,409
Other 7,434,492 4,759,424 -2,675,068
Road transport 211,117 199,532 -11,585

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 114,475,081
London Stansted Airport 84,161,601
Birmingham Airport 68,600,048
East Midlands Airport 60,105,742
Dover 42,844,357

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 £
London Heathrow Airport 52,093,073 62,382,008 +10,288,935
London Stansted Airport 40,168,801 43,992,800 +3,823,999
Birmingham Airport 41,731,266 26,868,782 -14,862,484
East Midlands Airport 25,107,601 34,998,141 +9,890,540
Dover 25,820,020 17,024,337 -8,795,683
Glasgow Airport 25,711,014 13,989,890 -11,721,124
Liverpool Docks 16,729,279 21,315,479 +4,586,200
Eurotunnel 8,281,270 11,409,669 +3,128,399
000 7,434,492 4,759,424 -2,675,068
Southampton 476,331 9,577,456 +9,101,125

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 93
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 77
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 46
Other manufacturing 46
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 41

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 127
2025-11 142
2025-10 146
2025-09 142
2025-08 126

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+ 283
1m-15m 197
15m-54m 66
Other 51
0-1m 16

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 £
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 230,533,213
Germany 149,853,441
Singapore 139,219,142
United States 109,933,179
Czechia 74,844,285

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 £
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 91,120,172 139,413,041 +48,292,869
Germany 66,102,364 83,751,077 +17,648,713
Singapore 63,687,674 75,531,468 +11,843,794
United States 54,963,316 54,969,863 +6,547
Czechia 40,319,025 34,525,260 -5,793,765
Italy 32,251,002 25,257,020 -6,993,982
Canada 19,458,861 14,592,081 -4,866,780
Japan 13,963,222 17,224,847 +3,261,625
Spain 9,040,520 14,070,683 +5,030,163
Turkey 9,829,760 12,455,568 +2,625,808

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 £
Ireland 77,554
XI 213

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 £
Ireland 42,225 35,329 -6,896
XI 25 188 +163

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 676,717,502
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 331,066,027
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 38,814,724
Road transport 182,875
Other 78,213

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 307,821,587 368,895,915 +61,074,328
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 159,572,696 171,493,331 +11,920,635
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 23,080,704 15,734,020 -7,346,684
Road transport 182,875 0 -182,875
Other 42,256 35,957 -6,299

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 434,200,520
Dover / Eurotunnel 306,720,906
East Midlands Airport 85,999,548
Birmingham Airport 79,476,493
London Stansted Airport 31,254,828

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 £
London Heathrow Airport 207,764,419 226,436,101 +18,671,682
Dover / Eurotunnel 148,536,655 158,184,251 +9,647,596
East Midlands Airport 39,303,629 46,695,919 +7,392,290
Birmingham Airport 17,564,161 61,912,332 +44,348,171
London Stansted Airport 16,805,311 14,449,517 -2,355,794
Manchester Airport 15,752,070 11,463,681 -4,288,389
London Gateway Port 8,770,913 5,355,231 -3,415,682
Eurotunnel 5,195,475 7,678,916 +2,483,441
ZLC 5,339,902 5,187,765 -152,137
Southampton 4,810,391 5,685,061 +874,670

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 7508

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

Description: Includes various items made of nickel, such as tools, parts, and accessories, not specified elsewhere