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 1,826,541,112
China 1,038,143,656
Netherlands 795,684,714
France 774,104,378
Italy 483,049,706

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 977,155,068 849,386,044 -127,769,024
China 569,407,554 468,736,102 -100,671,452
Netherlands 444,693,376 350,991,338 -93,702,038
France 424,368,154 349,736,224 -74,631,930
Italy 271,687,194 211,362,512 -60,324,682
Spain 209,958,940 184,033,112 -25,925,828
Turkey 201,687,937 163,718,990 -37,968,947
Belgium 164,465,244 124,283,527 -40,181,717
United States 151,874,319 125,928,499 -25,945,820
Czechia 142,772,169 116,179,999 -26,592,170

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 1,963,571,234
China 1,141,487,508
France 679,895,401
Italy 499,475,512
Spain 447,968,522

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 1,059,109,261 904,461,973 -154,647,288
China 624,447,676 517,039,832 -107,407,844
France 372,742,725 307,152,676 -65,590,049
Italy 280,697,337 218,778,175 -61,919,162
Spain 239,016,497 208,952,025 -30,064,472
Turkey 214,229,955 175,351,727 -38,878,228
Czechia 153,672,547 122,405,526 -31,267,021
United States 150,891,328 125,165,789 -25,725,539
United Arab Emirates 137,510,561 127,049,068 -10,461,493
Netherlands 138,342,291 101,614,154 -36,728,137

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 694
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 658
West Midlands 532
Surrey, East and West Sussex 520
Greater Manchester 477

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 504 466 -38
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 505 502 -3
West Midlands 421 400 -21
Surrey, East and West Sussex 406 350 -56
Greater Manchester 360 345 -15
Outer London - West and North West 345 313 -32
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 335 328 -7
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 345 326 -19
Inner London - East 298 281 -17
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 291 279 -12

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) 4,137,655,897
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 3,547,663,651
Other 867,873,630
Air transport 415,335,376
Road transport 150,315,863

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) 2,213,402,702 1,924,253,195 -289,149,507
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,871,870,949 1,675,792,702 -196,078,247
Other 574,111,075 293,762,555 -280,348,520
Air transport 220,612,702 194,722,674 -25,890,028
Road transport 71,781,652 78,534,211 +6,752,559
Rail transport 20,463,011 59,017,015 +38,554,004
Own propulsion (e.g. imported vehicle driven across land boundary) 0 30,097 +30,097

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 1,521,096,668
Immingham Docks 1,383,820,402
Felixstowe 1,242,606,016
000 866,051,314
Goole 508,378,030

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 820,292,414 700,804,254 -119,488,160
Immingham Docks 726,786,426 657,033,976 -69,752,450
Felixstowe 717,790,068 524,815,948 -192,974,120
000 574,044,832 292,006,482 -282,038,350
Goole 259,619,940 248,758,090 -10,861,850
Eurotunnel 225,180,163 215,249,044 -9,931,119
Southampton 230,237,292 158,838,265 -71,399,027
London Gateway Port 126,148,374 211,947,145 +85,798,771
London 154,885,561 105,730,258 -49,155,303
499 12,686,836 171,743,276 +159,056,440

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 2649
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 1483
Specialised construction activities 859
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 779
Other manufacturing 750

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 2468
2025-11 2680
2025-10 2799
2025-09 2655
2025-08 2518

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 4809
54m+ 2387
0-1m 2108
15m-54m 1104
Other 650

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 1,333,154,488
India 613,853,994
United States 404,630,710
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 297,414,010
France 295,706,955

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 647,709,725 685,444,763 +37,735,038
India 333,556,112 280,297,882 -53,258,230
United States 210,293,000 194,337,710 -15,955,290
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 148,386,100 149,027,910 +641,810
France 156,740,106 138,966,849 -17,773,257
Ireland 161,398,440 125,406,816 -35,991,624
China 133,395,986 125,464,451 -7,931,535
Netherlands 102,121,507 101,485,144 -636,363
Switzerland 80,022,009 103,233,771 +23,211,762
Italy 68,282,674 60,803,742 -7,478,932

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 27,392,023
United Arab Emirates 16,315,957
China 6,634,952
Spain 3,874,390
Turkey 3,341,054

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 15,810,070 11,581,953 -4,228,117
United Arab Emirates 8,639,290 7,676,667 -962,623
China 2,982,512 3,652,440 +669,928
Spain 2,315,104 1,559,286 -755,818
Turkey 1,811,783 1,529,271 -282,512
Austria 1,436,104 1,400,995 -35,109
Ireland 1,168,262 1,212,914 +44,652
Belgium 1,288,507 954,256 -334,251
United States 1,102,380 62,083 -1,040,297
Romania 865,694 290,471 -575,223

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) 2,785,239,493
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 2,021,555,483
Air transport 464,055,027
Rail transport 165,350,891
Other 81,264,707

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) 1,397,266,179 1,387,973,314 -9,292,865
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 1,067,091,803 954,463,680 -112,628,123
Air transport 242,625,689 221,429,338 -21,196,351
Rail transport 142,664,371 22,686,520 -119,977,851
Other 45,657,061 35,607,646 -10,049,415
Road transport 2,964,755 197,989 -2,766,766
Own propulsion (e.g. imported vehicle driven across land boundary) 911,367 609,782 -301,585

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 1,430,533,925
Felixstowe 742,443,277
London Gateway Port 707,096,023
Goole 524,672,371
Southampton 390,494,405

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 798,558,473 631,975,452 -166,583,021
Felixstowe 513,859,694 228,583,583 -285,276,111
London Gateway Port 320,788,875 386,307,148 +65,518,273
Goole 164,071,217 360,601,154 +196,529,937
Southampton 178,062,342 212,432,063 +34,369,721
Immingham Docks 185,996,271 161,549,771 -24,446,500
Liverpool Docks 101,501,994 91,609,819 -9,892,175
London Heathrow Airport 96,892,556 89,403,988 -7,488,568
East Midlands Airport 56,941,591 55,078,294 -1,863,297
Holyhead 54,386,942 47,363,590 -7,023,352

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