Import/export HS code 761290: Various aluminium containers

Other types of aluminium containers not specified elsewhere, used for various storage purposes

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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 £
Czechia 135,421,446
France 120,289,898
Germany 89,362,479
Hungary 60,515,229
Netherlands 23,774,224

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 £
Czechia 72,580,604 62,840,842 -9,739,762
France 72,113,563 48,176,335 -23,937,228
Germany 47,440,124 41,922,355 -5,517,769
Hungary 32,089,806 28,425,423 -3,664,383
Netherlands 12,341,986 11,432,238 -909,748
Spain 7,262,057 13,387,772 +6,125,715
Switzerland 6,740,414 12,503,064 +5,762,650
China 9,158,087 9,540,921 +382,834
Denmark 4,709,716 5,719,355 +1,009,639
Austria 2,155,150 4,023,960 +1,868,810

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 £
Czechia 144,185,285
France 95,208,324
Germany 89,314,249
Hungary 62,667,844
Spain 27,810,235

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 £
Czechia 77,589,836 66,595,449 -10,994,387
France 57,652,457 37,555,867 -20,096,590
Germany 49,544,701 39,769,548 -9,775,153
Hungary 33,238,896 29,428,948 -3,809,948
Spain 11,732,576 16,077,659 +4,345,083
Switzerland 11,865,204 13,164,587 +1,299,383
China 9,934,689 10,107,053 +172,364
Netherlands 7,397,696 10,175,486 +2,777,790
Denmark 4,639,808 5,628,629 +988,821
Austria 2,109,959 3,608,274 +1,498,315

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
Outer London - West and North West 41
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 37
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 33
Surrey, East and West Sussex 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
Inner London - West 30 31 +1
Outer London - West and North West 25 25 +0
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 28 22 -6
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 27 22 -5
Surrey, East and West Sussex 18 19 +1
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 18 15 -3
Inner London - East 9 21 +12
Greater Manchester 17 14 -3
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 11 13 +2
Essex 14 16 +2

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) 437,723,593
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 83,050,546
Other 9,387,489
Air transport 8,751,004
Road transport 1,289,373

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) 232,767,231 204,956,362 -27,810,869
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 42,654,950 40,395,596 -2,259,354
Other 3,239,179 6,148,310 +2,909,131
Air transport 3,980,331 4,770,673 +790,342
Road transport 425,467 863,906 +438,439

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 262,957,327
Immingham Docks 137,315,345
Felixstowe 23,349,907
Dover / Eurotunnel 20,524,746
Killingholme 18,647,292

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 146,440,244 116,517,083 -29,923,161
Immingham Docks 72,032,874 65,282,471 -6,750,403
Felixstowe 10,028,251 13,321,656 +3,293,405
Dover / Eurotunnel 10,086,678 10,438,068 +351,390
Killingholme 11,524,972 7,122,320 -4,402,652
Eurotunnel 8,221,803 4,248,039 -3,973,764
000 3,239,179 6,148,310 +2,909,131
London Gateway Port 1,063,616 6,888,914 +5,825,298
Harwich 2,495,781 5,141,402 +2,645,621
Southampton 2,719,819 4,458,115 +1,738,296

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 167
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 92
Other manufacturing 62
Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products 47
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 35

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 88
2025-11 108
2025-10 102
2025-09 91
2025-08 106

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 232
54m+ 183
0-1m 87
15m-54m 73
Other 45

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 £
France 51,061,613
Ireland 42,401,069
Netherlands 27,082,805
Germany 20,100,360
Italy 17,417,977

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 £
France 27,476,581 23,585,032 -3,891,549
Ireland 20,847,870 21,553,199 +705,329
Netherlands 15,080,321 12,002,484 -3,077,837
Germany 5,793,877 14,306,483 +8,512,606
Italy 6,945,901 10,472,076 +3,526,175
Belgium 4,545,590 4,365,688 -179,902
United States 3,479,877 2,914,786 -565,091
Poland 2,840,827 1,578,548 -1,262,279
Sweden 1,525,393 2,508,992 +983,599
Finland 3,434,291 536,588 -2,897,703

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 35,615
China 5,434
Ireland 3,979
Netherlands 2,481
Italy 653

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 25,860 9,755 -16,105
China 2,699 2,735 +36
Ireland 3,272 707 -2,565
Netherlands 0 2,481 +2,481
Italy 69 584 +515
France 218 0 -218
Germany 113 88 -25
Denmark 0 56 +56
Turkey 16 0 -16

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) 195,457,235
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 12,199,634
Air transport 6,822,183
Other 416,272
Road transport 19,135

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) 97,094,218 98,363,017 +1,268,799
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 8,360,951 3,838,683 -4,522,268
Air transport 3,857,929 2,964,254 -893,675
Other 81,378 334,894 +253,516
Road transport 19,135 0 -19,135
Rail transport 0 12,498 +12,498

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 110,446,294
Liverpool Docks 26,752,061
Dover 16,047,781
Heysham 14,381,487
Immingham Docks 13,650,638

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 59,664,883 50,781,411 -8,883,472
Liverpool Docks 11,821,420 14,930,641 +3,109,221
Dover 5,859,562 10,188,219 +4,328,657
Heysham 8,809,643 5,571,844 -3,237,799
Immingham Docks 7,340,635 6,310,003 -1,030,632
London 2,073,949 2,575,162 +501,213
Eurotunnel 761,549 3,556,534 +2,794,985
London Heathrow Airport 2,683,844 1,334,912 -1,348,932
Felixstowe 1,141,446 2,860,400 +1,718,954
London Gateway Port 2,104,880 1,603,821 -501,059

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 761290

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

Description: Other types of aluminium containers not specified elsewhere, used for various storage purposes