Import/export HS code 76169910: Cast aluminium items

Products made by pouring molten aluminium into molds, such as decorative pieces or machine parts

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 £
China 36,095,849
Italy 11,521,226
United States 11,184,838
Germany 7,885,115
Czechia 7,720,955

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 £
China 18,539,815 17,556,034 -983,781
Italy 5,451,132 6,070,094 +618,962
United States 5,197,012 5,987,826 +790,814
Germany 4,474,577 3,410,538 -1,064,039
Czechia 4,145,045 3,575,910 -569,135
Hungary 4,002,220 3,471,581 -530,639
France 3,162,877 2,434,793 -728,084
Poland 2,136,885 2,346,056 +209,171
Netherlands 1,520,196 1,821,413 +301,217
Spain 1,863,293 1,294,443 -568,850

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 £
China 39,155,056
Italy 12,780,052
United States 11,686,456
Hungary 7,364,311
Czechia 7,332,469

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 £
China 20,041,976 19,113,080 -928,896
Italy 6,082,380 6,697,672 +615,292
United States 5,603,473 6,082,983 +479,510
Hungary 3,902,662 3,461,649 -441,013
Czechia 3,907,072 3,425,397 -481,675
Germany 3,319,785 2,230,610 -1,089,175
Poland 1,902,351 2,279,104 +376,753
Spain 2,165,595 1,469,923 -695,672
Taiwan 2,189,180 1,080,378 -1,108,802
France 1,825,692 1,067,848 -757,844

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 86
Surrey, East and West Sussex 69
Inner London - West 61
West Midlands 58
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 49

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
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 64 49 -15
Surrey, East and West Sussex 52 44 -8
Inner London - West 41 39 -2
West Midlands 43 39 -4
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 37 37 +0
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 29 31 +2
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 30 35 +5
Greater Manchester 28 31 +3
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 29 26 -3
Shropshire and Staffordshire 20 28 +8

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) 48,234,220
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 40,853,524
Air transport 28,531,605
Other 1,926,693
Road transport 229,577

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) 25,904,278 22,329,942 -3,574,336
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 21,229,961 19,623,563 -1,606,398
Air transport 15,797,754 12,733,851 -3,063,903
Other 687,787 1,238,906 +551,119
Road transport 58,290 171,287 +112,997
Own propulsion (e.g. imported vehicle driven across land boundary) 0 5,585 +5,585

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 31,423,731
Southampton 20,813,552
Felixstowe 12,653,160
London Heathrow Airport 10,075,972
Eurotunnel 7,075,079

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 17,176,021 14,247,710 -2,928,311
Southampton 10,843,932 9,969,620 -874,312
Felixstowe 7,447,606 5,205,554 -2,242,052
London Heathrow Airport 4,952,229 5,123,743 +171,514
Eurotunnel 3,616,826 3,458,253 -158,573
East Midlands Airport 3,992,383 2,863,167 -1,129,216
Birmingham Airport 2,308,413 1,816,789 -491,624
Thamesport 2,241,144 1,530,998 -710,146
Dover / Eurotunnel 1,763,712 1,426,647 -337,065
London Stansted Airport 1,507,681 1,187,732 -319,949

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 194
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 113
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 95
Other manufacturing 89
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 84

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 182
2025-10 196
2025-09 180
2025-08 190
2025-07 200

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+ 397
1m-15m 395
15m-54m 110
0-1m 89
Other 77

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 22,626,920
France 17,081,982
Germany 8,324,776
Netherlands 7,478,960
Spain 4,492,437

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 8,677,760 13,949,160 +5,271,400
France 7,329,662 9,752,320 +2,422,658
Germany 2,969,004 5,355,772 +2,386,768
Netherlands 4,438,604 3,040,356 -1,398,248
Spain 2,852,646 1,639,791 -1,212,855
Poland 2,294,334 2,123,731 -170,603
Saudi Arabia 2,830,980 1,205,821 -1,625,159
United Arab Emirates 663,638 1,938,867 +1,275,229
Turkey 419,705 2,154,247 +1,734,542
Italy 1,104,286 1,309,062 +204,776

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 £
France 69,968
XI 33,050
XU 15,256
Germany 13,274
Italy 12,992

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 £
France 28,817 41,151 +12,334
XI 31,469 1,581 -29,888
XU 9,271 5,985 -3,286
Germany 7,364 5,910 -1,454
Italy 1,033 11,959 +10,926
India 11,950 196 -11,754
Ireland 0 2,737 +2,737
Nicaragua 2,495 0 -2,495
China 6 347 +341
Pakistan 105 14 -91

Export volume by transport

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

Top 5 values

Transport £
Air transport 55,706,266
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 35,072,052
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 15,351,885
Road transport 354,660
Other 162,520

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 £
Air transport 21,686,546 34,019,720 +12,333,174
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 18,433,414 16,638,638 -1,794,776
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 9,380,453 5,971,432 -3,409,021
Road transport 354,660 0 -354,660
Other 92,532 69,988 -22,544
Rail transport 64,423 0 -64,423

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 23,827,102
Dover / Eurotunnel 20,063,517
East Midlands Airport 19,167,143
Portsmouth 6,722,917
ZLC 6,177,096

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 £
London Heathrow Airport 8,871,195 14,955,907 +6,084,712
Dover / Eurotunnel 10,309,052 9,754,465 -554,587
East Midlands Airport 6,739,890 12,427,253 +5,687,363
Portsmouth 2,782,990 3,939,927 +1,156,937
ZLC 2,582,747 3,594,349 +1,011,602
Immingham Docks 4,715,426 724,351 -3,991,075
London Stansted Airport 2,870,340 2,201,995 -668,345
Southampton 2,776,913 1,699,269 -1,077,644
Felixstowe 1,070,627 2,002,746 +932,119
London 1,463,901 1,608,018 +144,117

Quick facts

HS code: 76169910

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

Description: Products made by pouring molten aluminium into molds, such as decorative pieces or machine parts