Import/export HS code 760720: Backed aluminium foil

Aluminium foil with additional backing materials like paper or plastic

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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 42,103,757
Spain 38,863,983
United States 38,138,786
France 32,032,830
Austria 22,503,813

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 22,443,463 19,660,294 -2,783,169
Spain 22,870,294 15,993,689 -6,876,605
United States 17,770,628 20,368,158 +2,597,530
France 16,225,605 15,807,225 -418,380
Austria 11,260,238 11,243,575 -16,663
Switzerland 10,155,490 6,363,437 -3,792,053
China 8,279,123 5,681,403 -2,597,720
Netherlands 7,640,873 2,990,595 -4,650,278
Italy 5,471,448 4,269,802 -1,201,646
Belgium 4,568,092 4,282,884 -285,208

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 45,586,963
Spain 43,745,662
United States 41,785,442
Austria 23,474,417
France 21,690,933

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 25,090,757 20,496,206 -4,594,551
Spain 25,640,455 18,105,207 -7,535,248
United States 20,672,615 21,112,827 +440,212
Austria 11,958,343 11,516,074 -442,269
France 10,641,437 11,049,496 +408,059
Switzerland 9,991,769 6,383,921 -3,607,848
China 9,067,677 6,923,609 -2,144,068
Italy 5,695,658 3,830,163 -1,865,495
Belgium 4,791,036 4,093,333 -697,703
South Africa 3,579,457 4,059,123 +479,666

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 33
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 33
Inner London - West 32
Greater Manchester 31
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 30

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
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 30 21 -9
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 23 26 +3
Inner London - West 23 24 +1
Greater Manchester 27 22 -5
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 23 21 -2
West Yorkshire 14 17 +3
Shropshire and Staffordshire 15 14 -1
Surrey, East and West Sussex 15 13 -2
West Midlands 15 10 -5
Lancashire 14 14 +0

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) 178,980,844
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 71,690,819
Road transport 13,939,447
Air transport 5,972,624
Other 4,240,196

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) 97,265,081 81,715,763 -15,549,318
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 34,793,502 36,897,317 +2,103,815
Road transport 9,995,419 3,944,028 -6,051,391
Air transport 4,147,354 1,825,270 -2,322,084
Other 2,162,567 2,077,629 -84,938

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 67,005,205
Southampton 41,254,492
Portsmouth 30,420,630
Immingham Docks 20,949,957
ZLC 17,980,902

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 36,871,302 30,133,903 -6,737,399
Southampton 17,843,283 23,411,209 +5,567,926
Portsmouth 17,786,112 12,634,518 -5,151,594
Immingham Docks 11,766,620 9,183,337 -2,583,283
ZLC 10,944,035 7,036,867 -3,907,168
Eurotunnel 6,401,453 7,627,258 +1,225,805
Dover / Eurotunnel 6,070,161 7,527,392 +1,457,231
Felixstowe 8,099,574 3,765,120 -4,334,454
London Gateway Port 3,828,432 6,737,773 +2,909,341
Harwich 4,516,128 2,514,579 -2,001,549

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 161
Other manufacturing 54
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 38
Manufacture of food products 33
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 32

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 113
2025-11 122
2025-10 114
2025-09 123
2025-08 115

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+ 198
1m-15m 196
15m-54m 79
0-1m 45
Other 36

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 82,194,187
Germany 37,463,247
France 26,990,927
Poland 12,138,615
Italy 10,592,182

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 38,688,889 43,505,298 +4,816,409
Germany 16,158,001 21,305,246 +5,147,245
France 13,172,341 13,818,586 +646,245
Poland 4,886,268 7,252,347 +2,366,079
Italy 3,657,917 6,934,265 +3,276,348
Ireland 4,298,242 4,735,409 +437,167
Canada 3,624,792 5,184,375 +1,559,583
Netherlands 2,799,326 5,630,000 +2,830,674
Spain 1,858,994 3,733,767 +1,874,773
Denmark 2,230,746 3,333,348 +1,102,602

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 1,183,628
China 253,752
Turkey 10,962
Czechia 1,280
Switzerland 727

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 596,802 586,826 -9,976
China 119,467 134,285 +14,818
Turkey 0 10,962 +10,962
Czechia 138 1,142 +1,004
Switzerland 0 727 +727
France 263 361 +98
Ireland 305 14 -291
Nicaragua 0 8 +8

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) 138,629,267
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 101,626,085
Air transport 3,141,657
Other 1,596,920
Rail transport 76,585

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) 58,260,938 80,368,329 +22,107,391
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 47,608,485 54,017,600 +6,409,115
Air transport 1,605,521 1,536,136 -69,385
Other 766,545 830,375 +63,830
Rail transport 76,585 0 -76,585
Road transport 14,476 0 -14,476

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 123,295,111
Felixstowe 41,798,104
London Gateway Port 38,030,679
Southampton 17,044,940
Immingham Docks 6,026,654

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 51,235,602 72,059,509 +20,823,907
Felixstowe 19,915,866 21,882,238 +1,966,372
London Gateway Port 17,510,082 20,520,597 +3,010,515
Southampton 7,898,128 9,146,812 +1,248,684
Immingham Docks 2,745,262 3,281,392 +536,130
Liverpool Docks 1,748,724 2,105,574 +356,850
Holyhead 1,582,682 1,902,610 +319,928
Dover 1,307,855 1,178,754 -129,101
Heysham 1,066,742 1,304,796 +238,054
London Heathrow Airport 727,918 914,122 +186,204

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 760720

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

Description: Aluminium foil with additional backing materials like paper or plastic