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 362,415,300
Italy 43,903,976
France 30,605,562
China 12,956,826
Australia 11,040,765

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 174,889,455 187,525,845 +12,636,390
Italy 26,666,303 17,237,673 -9,428,630
France 14,737,833 15,867,729 +1,129,896
China 5,640,864 7,315,962 +1,675,098
Australia 10,154,648 886,117 -9,268,531
Turkey 3,384,622 6,722,632 +3,338,010
Germany 4,919,761 4,617,065 -302,696
Poland 4,349,404 2,746,638 -1,602,766
Netherlands 2,277,970 3,109,340 +831,370
Japan 1,792,619 1,108,438 -684,181

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 257,436,730
Taiwan 50,231,663
Italy 45,710,641
China 31,390,590
France 30,526,171

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 122,319,967 135,116,763 +12,796,796
Taiwan 25,813,181 24,418,482 -1,394,699
Italy 27,385,999 18,324,642 -9,061,357
China 15,256,763 16,133,827 +877,064
France 13,620,172 16,905,999 +3,285,827
Turkey 7,937,366 10,276,314 +2,338,948
Poland 7,588,042 7,101,324 -486,718
Australia 10,914,033 885,279 -10,028,754
United Kingdom 4,702,119 6,091,792 +1,389,673
Japan 4,542,268 5,534,087 +991,819

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 45
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 42
Surrey, East and West Sussex 41
Greater Manchester 34
West Midlands 28

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 27 33 +6
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 28 29 +1
Surrey, East and West Sussex 30 29 -1
Greater Manchester 23 19 -4
West Midlands 16 23 +7
North Eastern Scotland 15 22 +7
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 24 16 -8
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 20 15 -5
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 22 14 -8
Cheshire 13 16 +3

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 385,260,318
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 71,951,646
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 55,412,514
Other 12,925,343
Road transport 430,697

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 193,974,373 191,285,945 -2,688,428
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 38,998,033 32,953,613 -6,044,420
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 22,881,050 32,531,464 +9,650,414
Other 7,379,892 5,545,451 -1,834,441
Road transport 239,081 191,616 -47,465

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 114,934,718
London Stansted Airport 85,430,703
Birmingham Airport 69,963,542
East Midlands Airport 60,813,667
Dover 43,990,959

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 54,084,068 60,850,650 +6,766,582
London Stansted Airport 41,483,995 43,946,708 +2,462,713
Birmingham Airport 41,410,432 28,553,110 -12,857,322
East Midlands Airport 28,175,316 32,638,351 +4,463,035
Dover 26,719,036 17,271,923 -9,447,113
Glasgow Airport 23,181,047 16,051,629 -7,129,418
Liverpool Docks 18,145,070 20,664,055 +2,518,985
Eurotunnel 8,024,152 11,115,319 +3,091,167
000 7,379,892 5,545,451 -1,834,441
Southampton 472,540 8,613,665 +8,141,125

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 76
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 45
Other manufacturing 44
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 42

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 142
2025-10 146
2025-09 142
2025-08 126
2025-07 134

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+ 284
1m-15m 198
15m-54m 64
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 217,947,122
Germany 144,243,082
Singapore 136,042,020
United States 112,007,826
Czechia 75,640,918

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 89,956,578 127,990,544 +38,033,966
Germany 65,548,224 78,694,858 +13,146,634
Singapore 60,520,272 75,521,748 +15,001,476
United States 54,612,244 57,395,582 +2,783,338
Czechia 41,242,103 34,398,815 -6,843,288
Italy 33,014,300 25,225,418 -7,788,882
Canada 19,478,285 14,314,789 -5,163,496
Japan 13,071,092 17,655,208 +4,584,116
Spain 9,557,149 13,136,523 +3,579,374
Turkey 10,316,608 10,959,945 +643,337

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 77,771
XU 446
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 41,682 36,089 -5,593
XU 6 440 +434
XI 12 201 +189

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 659,737,932
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 324,600,531
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 39,989,766
Road transport 243,447
Other 78,430

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 303,610,827 356,127,105 +52,516,278
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 160,916,592 163,683,939 +2,767,347
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 23,161,040 16,828,726 -6,332,314
Road transport 243,447 0 -243,447
Other 41,700 36,730 -4,970

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 425,855,768
Dover / Eurotunnel 301,068,685
East Midlands Airport 83,565,369
Birmingham Airport 73,450,028
London Stansted Airport 31,089,186

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 210,419,898 215,435,870 +5,015,972
Dover / Eurotunnel 150,691,636 150,377,049 -314,587
East Midlands Airport 39,913,711 43,651,658 +3,737,947
Birmingham Airport 10,189,570 63,260,458 +53,070,888
London Stansted Airport 16,789,917 14,299,269 -2,490,648
Manchester Airport 15,714,699 11,606,829 -4,107,870
London Gateway Port 8,281,193 5,604,187 -2,677,006
Eurotunnel 4,297,705 8,058,600 +3,760,895
Southampton 5,688,883 5,685,748 -3,135
ZLC 5,125,200 5,453,202 +328,002

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