Import/export HS code 76: Aluminum and aluminum products

Includes all types of aluminum items, from raw materials to finished goods

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 1,905,276,593
China 1,061,467,412
Netherlands 822,239,501
France 806,642,891
Italy 510,915,911

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 957,690,353 947,586,240 -10,104,113
China 542,542,910 518,924,502 -23,618,408
Netherlands 421,894,252 400,345,249 -21,549,003
France 419,627,718 387,015,173 -32,612,545
Italy 279,691,347 231,224,564 -48,466,783
Spain 205,408,749 204,406,110 -1,002,639
Turkey 202,195,982 181,824,758 -20,371,224
Belgium 160,888,566 132,603,966 -28,284,600
United States 152,670,908 137,992,561 -14,678,347
Czechia 135,737,530 133,055,116 -2,682,414

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 2,048,473,612
China 1,169,516,260
France 694,443,345
Italy 529,439,426
Spain 466,922,612

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 1,033,110,031 1,015,363,581 -17,746,450
China 598,786,677 570,729,583 -28,057,094
France 366,562,619 327,880,726 -38,681,893
Italy 289,714,478 239,724,948 -49,989,530
Spain 234,840,413 232,082,199 -2,758,214
Turkey 215,270,649 194,740,609 -20,530,040
United States 152,560,972 138,235,121 -14,325,851
Czechia 146,430,245 140,523,681 -5,906,564
United Arab Emirates 128,006,736 130,206,069 +2,199,333
Netherlands 129,071,552 119,650,389 -9,421,163

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 696
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 677
West Midlands 536
Surrey, East and West Sussex 531
Greater Manchester 494

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 498 476 -22
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 505 509 +4
West Midlands 407 412 +5
Surrey, East and West Sussex 408 362 -46
Greater Manchester 373 356 -17
Outer London - West and North West 345 327 -18
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 340 340 +0
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 334 335 +1
Inner London - East 299 303 +4
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 295 286 -9

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) 4,292,264,725
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 3,652,303,092
Other 958,934,704
Air transport 429,942,694
Road transport 144,488,154

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) 2,182,553,344 2,109,711,381 -72,841,963
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,818,272,831 1,834,030,261 +15,757,430
Other 559,312,231 399,622,473 -159,689,758
Air transport 219,554,970 210,387,724 -9,167,246
Road transport 73,412,067 71,076,087 -2,335,980
Rail transport 18,059,582 48,970,644 +30,911,062
Own propulsion (e.g. imported vehicle driven across land boundary) 0 7,455 +7,455

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 1,595,567,336
Immingham Docks 1,432,424,840
Felixstowe 1,289,128,742
000 957,862,664
Goole 531,380,969

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 £
Dover 824,094,186 771,473,150 -52,621,036
Immingham Docks 704,667,978 727,756,862 +23,088,884
Felixstowe 698,521,390 590,607,352 -107,914,038
000 559,144,451 398,718,213 -160,426,238
Goole 258,859,416 272,521,553 +13,662,137
Eurotunnel 216,865,273 238,167,715 +21,302,442
Southampton 223,136,347 180,727,299 -42,409,048
London Gateway Port 112,541,182 213,522,470 +100,981,288
London 145,054,263 122,873,968 -22,180,295
Liverpool Docks 92,650,862 91,159,071 -1,491,791

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 2669
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 1511
Specialised construction activities 867
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 784
Other manufacturing 770

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 2679
2025-10 2798
2025-09 2654
2025-08 2519
2025-07 2825

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 4894
54m+ 2423
0-1m 2127
15m-54m 1116
Other 684

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 £
Germany 1,365,625,950
India 635,028,524
United States 417,116,662
France 308,309,781
Ireland 304,728,586

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 £
Germany 632,841,056 732,784,894 +99,943,838
India 326,481,961 308,546,563 -17,935,398
United States 196,168,504 220,948,158 +24,779,654
France 156,276,766 152,033,015 -4,243,751
Ireland 164,238,079 140,490,507 -23,747,572
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 136,629,783 166,446,768 +29,816,985
China 136,121,432 138,541,460 +2,420,028
Netherlands 98,440,515 112,706,988 +14,266,473
Switzerland 74,804,583 104,843,562 +30,038,979
Italy 65,062,691 70,119,111 +5,056,420

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 28,837,432
United Arab Emirates 17,336,980
XU 7,102,930
China 6,962,055
Spain 4,198,865

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 16,265,947 12,571,485 -3,694,462
United Arab Emirates 9,368,962 7,968,018 -1,400,944
XU 4,957,125 2,145,805 -2,811,320
China 2,668,040 4,294,015 +1,625,975
Spain 2,478,078 1,720,787 -757,291
Turkey 1,814,442 1,632,628 -181,814
Austria 1,208,622 1,683,852 +475,230
Ireland 1,142,983 1,349,080 +206,097
Belgium 1,362,115 1,061,234 -300,881
Romania 719,202 533,425 -185,777

Export volume by transport

What this shows: Export value by transport mode used to ship goods from the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 2,903,013,449
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 2,067,997,728
Air transport 478,780,781
Rail transport 177,493,839
Other 86,145,711

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 £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,410,111,568 1,492,901,881 +82,790,313
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 1,019,361,959 1,048,635,769 +29,273,810
Air transport 236,502,909 242,277,872 +5,774,963
Rail transport 131,353,557 46,140,282 -85,213,275
Other 47,037,166 39,108,545 -7,928,621
Road transport 3,918,071 256,195 -3,661,876
Own propulsion (e.g. imported vehicle driven across land boundary) 426,502 1,094,647 +668,145

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 1,488,212,523
Felixstowe 809,933,533
London Gateway Port 710,483,275
Goole 521,498,337
Southampton 394,672,688

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 774,437,498 713,775,025 -60,662,473
Felixstowe 527,692,242 282,241,291 -245,450,951
London Gateway Port 285,134,548 425,348,727 +140,214,179
Goole 174,790,794 346,707,543 +171,916,749
Southampton 173,914,302 220,758,386 +46,844,084
Immingham Docks 168,493,139 179,146,844 +10,653,705
Liverpool Docks 103,261,806 101,444,259 -1,817,547
London Heathrow Airport 95,562,482 98,557,978 +2,995,496
East Midlands Airport 57,190,387 58,686,421 +1,496,034
Holyhead 58,001,422 51,266,122 -6,735,300

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 76

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

Description: Includes all types of aluminum items, from raw materials to finished goods