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 134,875,775
France 121,682,279
Germany 88,518,193
Hungary 61,196,930
Netherlands 23,272,509

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 72,533,095 62,342,680 -10,190,415
France 73,502,646 48,179,633 -25,323,013
Germany 46,479,046 42,039,147 -4,439,899
Hungary 31,502,659 29,694,271 -1,808,388
Netherlands 12,090,275 11,182,234 -908,041
Spain 6,351,090 14,414,831 +8,063,741
China 8,734,886 9,887,109 +1,152,223
Switzerland 6,670,138 10,649,595 +3,979,457
Denmark 4,474,292 5,664,842 +1,190,550
Austria 2,754,615 3,823,993 +1,069,378

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 143,800,899
France 95,092,728
Germany 88,568,690
Hungary 63,471,949
Spain 27,961,542

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 77,486,129 66,314,770 -11,171,359
France 58,029,673 37,063,055 -20,966,618
Germany 48,815,153 39,753,537 -9,061,616
Hungary 32,664,446 30,807,503 -1,856,943
Spain 10,799,344 17,162,198 +6,362,854
Switzerland 13,302,662 11,130,905 -2,171,757
China 9,408,608 10,427,569 +1,018,961
Netherlands 7,143,300 10,096,632 +2,953,332
Denmark 4,404,384 5,598,346 +1,193,962
Austria 2,711,461 3,570,594 +859,133

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 47
Outer London - West and North West 39
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 37
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 34
Surrey, East and West Sussex 32

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 31 30 -1
Outer London - West and North West 23 24 +1
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 28 22 -6
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 27 21 -6
Surrey, East and West Sussex 18 22 +4
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 18 17 -1
Greater Manchester 18 14 -4
Inner London - East 8 21 +13
Essex 13 17 +4
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 9 14 +5

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) 435,926,736
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 82,326,242
Air transport 8,902,092
Other 8,865,867
Road transport 1,265,697

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 £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 231,787,925 204,138,811 -27,649,114
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 42,274,381 40,051,861 -2,222,520
Air transport 4,009,698 4,892,394 +882,696
Other 2,740,875 6,124,992 +3,384,117
Road transport 391,712 873,985 +482,273

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 263,304,276
Immingham Docks 137,137,220
Felixstowe 22,625,098
Dover / Eurotunnel 19,471,431
Killingholme 18,828,649

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 146,663,878 116,640,398 -30,023,480
Immingham Docks 70,956,454 66,180,766 -4,775,688
Felixstowe 10,048,812 12,576,286 +2,527,474
Dover / Eurotunnel 10,534,849 8,936,582 -1,598,267
Killingholme 11,276,964 7,551,685 -3,725,279
Eurotunnel 8,269,593 4,787,437 -3,482,156
000 2,740,875 6,124,992 +3,384,117
Harwich 2,406,446 5,417,759 +3,011,313
Southampton 2,425,281 4,628,607 +2,203,326
London Gateway Port 1,143,836 5,618,644 +4,474,808

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 165
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 92
Other manufacturing 63
Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products 46
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 37

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 108
2025-10 102
2025-09 91
2025-08 106
2025-07 114

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 238
54m+ 184
0-1m 81
15m-54m 74
Other 48

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 52,402,059
Ireland 42,306,117
Netherlands 27,631,576
Germany 19,964,344
Italy 16,688,496

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 29,439,398 22,962,661 -6,476,737
Ireland 21,447,160 20,858,957 -588,203
Netherlands 14,966,773 12,664,803 -2,301,970
Germany 6,067,371 13,896,973 +7,829,602
Italy 6,784,111 9,904,385 +3,120,274
Belgium 4,469,907 4,336,294 -133,613
United States 3,711,400 2,861,164 -850,236
XS 4,216,799 1,288,858 -2,927,941
Poland 2,813,535 1,544,107 -1,269,428
Finland 3,388,166 671,749 -2,716,417

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 £
XU 367,536
XI 37,739
China 5,468
Ireland 4,044
Netherlands 2,481

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 £
XU 28,842 338,694 +309,852
XI 27,705 10,034 -17,671
China 2,733 2,735 +2
Ireland 3,089 955 -2,134
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) 194,997,547
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 13,335,241
Air transport 6,809,187
Other 418,412
Road transport 37,122

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) 99,041,811 95,955,736 -3,086,075
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 9,265,864 4,069,377 -5,196,487
Air transport 3,802,290 3,006,897 -795,393
Other 62,785 355,627 +292,842
Road transport 37,122 0 -37,122
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 110,471,933
Liverpool Docks 26,432,647
Dover 16,100,613
Heysham 14,619,321
Immingham Docks 13,524,032

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 61,230,705 49,241,228 -11,989,477
Liverpool Docks 11,821,196 14,611,451 +2,790,255
Dover 5,592,246 10,508,367 +4,916,121
Heysham 9,401,511 5,217,810 -4,183,701
Immingham Docks 7,315,791 6,208,241 -1,107,550
Eurotunnel 1,850,228 3,000,073 +1,149,845
London 1,809,742 2,812,728 +1,002,986
London Heathrow Airport 2,708,968 1,401,501 -1,307,467
Felixstowe 1,047,664 2,904,579 +1,856,915
London Gateway Port 2,294,774 1,501,062 -793,712

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