Import/export HS code 8202: Handsaws and saw blades

All types of handsaws and blades for saws, including slitting, slotting, and toothless saw blades

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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 £
China 54,806,531
Germany 48,368,312
Netherlands 12,368,267
Denmark 10,261,803
Belgium 8,863,054

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 27,633,163 27,173,368 -459,795
Germany 23,822,311 24,546,001 +723,690
Netherlands 5,944,567 6,423,700 +479,133
Denmark 5,150,955 5,110,848 -40,107
Belgium 4,616,751 4,246,303 -370,448
Switzerland 3,677,361 4,795,125 +1,117,764
France 3,908,104 4,338,123 +430,019
Austria 3,821,010 3,107,864 -713,146
Sweden 2,900,376 3,395,951 +495,575
Taiwan 2,876,457 2,486,547 -389,910

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 65,039,382
Switzerland 31,317,636
Germany 21,678,147
United States 10,867,294
Denmark 10,289,604

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 33,232,629 31,806,753 -1,425,876
Switzerland 15,145,306 16,172,330 +1,027,024
Germany 10,059,555 11,618,592 +1,559,037
United States 5,237,854 5,629,440 +391,586
Denmark 5,147,838 5,141,766 -6,072
Sweden 4,476,098 4,856,784 +380,686
Japan 4,409,742 4,219,939 -189,803
Italy 4,553,398 3,648,229 -905,169
Taiwan 3,079,441 2,576,361 -503,080
Brazil 2,258,174 2,002,987 -255,187

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
West Midlands 43
West Yorkshire 38
Greater Manchester 36
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 33
Shropshire and Staffordshire 33

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
West Midlands 29 32 +3
West Yorkshire 26 30 +4
Greater Manchester 21 30 +9
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 22 24 +2
Shropshire and Staffordshire 22 25 +3
Inner London - West 18 20 +2
Kent 23 23 +0
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 21 20 -1
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 22 21 -1
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 20 16 -4

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) 76,343,737
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 74,862,431
Air transport 33,223,394
Road transport 7,136,397
Other 2,791,191

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) 37,178,778 39,164,959 +1,986,181
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 38,068,237 36,794,194 -1,274,043
Air transport 16,954,828 16,268,566 -686,262
Road transport 3,064,177 4,072,220 +1,008,043
Other 1,685,666 1,105,525 -580,141

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 29,715,960
Southampton 26,419,313
Dover / Eurotunnel 22,675,732
Immingham Docks 17,639,964
Dover 17,552,020

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 £
Felixstowe 16,943,490 12,772,470 -4,171,020
Southampton 13,577,300 12,842,013 -735,287
Dover / Eurotunnel 13,043,925 9,631,807 -3,412,118
Immingham Docks 8,089,691 9,550,273 +1,460,582
Dover 6,561,021 10,990,999 +4,429,978
Leeds Bradford Airport 5,660,241 5,587,879 -72,362
London Gateway Port 1,996,727 6,088,024 +4,091,297
ZLC 3,279,888 4,566,280 +1,286,392
Eurotunnel 3,120,834 3,727,900 +607,066
Thamesport 3,816,771 2,869,227 -947,544

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 288
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 117
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 52
Other manufacturing 46
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 39

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 160
2025-10 175
2025-09 163
2025-08 155
2025-07 173

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 315
54m+ 192
0-1m 108
15m-54m 83
Other 53

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 £
Netherlands 18,016,902
United States 14,375,976
Ireland 6,497,629
Taiwan 3,992,222
France 2,409,655

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 £
Netherlands 9,037,353 8,979,549 -57,804
United States 7,570,906 6,805,070 -765,836
Ireland 3,491,487 3,006,142 -485,345
Taiwan 2,247,434 1,744,788 -502,646
France 1,519,281 890,374 -628,907
China 1,035,877 1,188,057 +152,180
Germany 776,387 966,361 +189,974
Poland 600,350 745,114 +144,764
Switzerland 689,206 374,775 -314,431
United Arab Emirates 292,582 658,413 +365,831

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 £
China 452,606
United States 272,971
Sweden 248,913
XI 183,893
Italy 58,599

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 £
China 248,859 203,747 -45,112
United States 142,459 130,512 -11,947
Sweden 127,843 121,070 -6,773
XI 97,065 86,828 -10,237
Italy 30,829 27,770 -3,059
XU 21,662 25,688 +4,026
Belarus 9,645 7,070 -2,575
Ireland 8,069 7,085 -984
Germany 5,754 8,052 +2,298
Switzerland 2,362 10,142 +7,780

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) 30,604,819
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 23,341,053
Air transport 14,265,308
Other 1,376,655
Road transport 57,775

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) 15,023,423 15,581,396 +557,973
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 13,016,185 10,324,868 -2,691,317
Air transport 7,625,094 6,640,214 -984,880
Other 726,944 649,711 -77,233
Road transport 57,775 0 -57,775

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Immingham Docks 14,816,900
Dover / Eurotunnel 9,360,340
London Heathrow Airport 7,163,204
Liverpool Docks 6,789,034
London Gateway Port 5,823,426

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 £
Immingham Docks 7,512,899 7,304,001 -208,898
Dover / Eurotunnel 5,386,281 3,974,059 -1,412,222
London Heathrow Airport 4,117,928 3,045,276 -1,072,652
Liverpool Docks 3,227,099 3,561,935 +334,836
London Gateway Port 2,937,125 2,886,301 -50,824
Southampton 2,689,163 2,997,711 +308,548
Holyhead 2,127,741 1,569,573 -558,168
Hull 905,959 1,468,149 +562,190
East Midlands Airport 1,140,526 1,182,456 +41,930
Felixstowe 1,314,240 795,017 -519,223

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 8202

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

Description: All types of handsaws and blades for saws, including slitting, slotting, and toothless saw blades