Import/export HS code 820730: Pressing tools

Tools used for pressing, stamping, or punching materials, including metal

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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 56,080,114
Japan 32,908,872
Germany 29,379,454
United States 17,645,055
Spain 15,953,699

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 31,271,778 24,808,336 -6,463,442
Japan 10,782,935 22,125,937 +11,343,002
Germany 16,859,086 12,520,368 -4,338,718
United States 8,491,473 9,153,582 +662,109
Spain 1,926,102 14,027,597 +12,101,495
South Korea 5,178,573 6,019,225 +840,652
Italy 4,391,016 2,517,626 -1,873,390
France 3,144,600 3,230,646 +86,046
Ireland 3,555,866 1,318,917 -2,236,949
Austria 2,833,199 1,992,731 -840,468

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 57,688,181
Japan 34,080,661
Germany 26,447,828
United States 18,870,950
Spain 15,713,355

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 31,682,446 26,005,735 -5,676,711
Japan 11,223,870 22,856,791 +11,632,921
Germany 15,747,751 10,700,077 -5,047,674
United States 8,785,836 10,085,114 +1,299,278
Spain 2,045,603 13,667,752 +11,622,149
South Korea 5,174,236 5,632,656 +458,420
Italy 5,332,513 3,263,993 -2,068,520
France 1,933,598 2,486,355 +552,757
Austria 2,839,359 1,355,024 -1,484,335
Taiwan 2,046,881 1,868,794 -178,087

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
West Midlands 66
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 55
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 51
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 45
Shropshire and Staffordshire 44

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 53 44 -9
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 35 38 +3
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 32 32 +0
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 29 37 +8
Shropshire and Staffordshire 36 32 -4
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 30 22 -8
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 26 31 +5
West Yorkshire 29 24 -5
Inner London - West 22 25 +3
Northumberland, Durham and Tyne & Wear 23 25 +2

Import volume by transport

What this shows: Import value by transport mode used to bring goods into the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 97,180,886
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 55,429,772
Air transport 48,872,845
Rail transport 1,367,995
Other 978,019

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 £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 46,715,610 50,465,276 +3,749,666
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 27,933,382 27,496,390 -436,992
Air transport 23,037,381 25,835,464 +2,798,083
Rail transport 0 1,367,995 +1,367,995
Other 508,383 469,636 -38,747
Road transport 288,099 168,607 -119,492

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 40,628,129
Tyne 30,527,091
Dover 28,738,562
East Midlands Airport 23,043,212
Southampton 18,735,151

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 22,434,465 18,193,664 -4,240,801
Tyne 8,405,679 22,121,412 +13,715,733
Dover 15,983,386 12,755,176 -3,228,210
East Midlands Airport 11,205,524 11,837,688 +632,164
Southampton 9,919,835 8,815,316 -1,104,519
London Heathrow Airport 6,813,803 7,337,993 +524,190
Eurotunnel 5,103,532 7,501,035 +2,397,503
London Stansted Airport 2,289,730 2,551,766 +262,036
Birmingham Airport 1,721,081 2,881,134 +1,160,053
Liverpool Docks 3,396,112 879,639 -2,516,473

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 183
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 162
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 74
Other manufacturing 73
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 57

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 161
2025-10 160
2025-09 138
2025-08 145
2025-07 164

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 351
54m+ 336
0-1m 97
15m-54m 88
Other 72

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 £
Germany 40,036,140
United States 13,990,287
Spain 8,982,466
Ireland 4,898,675
France 4,647,902

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 £
Germany 21,394,203 18,641,937 -2,752,266
United States 6,421,719 7,568,568 +1,146,849
Spain 5,039,446 3,943,020 -1,096,426
Ireland 2,598,318 2,300,357 -297,961
France 1,793,873 2,854,029 +1,060,156
Slovakia 2,752,380 1,551,689 -1,200,691
Netherlands 2,129,926 2,153,535 +23,609
Italy 2,381,956 1,673,823 -708,133
Poland 1,679,671 2,197,789 +518,118
Brazil 1,978,561 1,836,515 -142,046

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 35,707
Taiwan 13,647
XU 12,984
XI 5,968
Italy 2,343

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 16,926 18,781 +1,855
Taiwan 8,277 5,370 -2,907
XU 6,879 6,105 -774
XI 3,256 2,712 -544
Italy 1,535 808 -727
Germany 786 0 -786
Switzerland 194 84 -110
Nicaragua 0 193 +193
Indonesia 81 57 -24
Ireland 62 9 -53

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 95,792,017
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 38,068,349
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 7,934,440
Road transport 260,562
Other 72,218

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 46,945,427 48,846,590 +1,901,163
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 21,182,588 16,885,761 -4,296,827
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 3,399,976 4,534,464 +1,134,488
Road transport 260,562 0 -260,562
Other 38,009 34,209 -3,800

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 54,880,094
London Heathrow Airport 33,545,980
Dover / Eurotunnel 27,463,445
Dover 4,785,356
Immingham Docks 2,916,140

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 £
East Midlands Airport 27,836,456 27,043,638 -792,818
London Heathrow Airport 14,977,207 18,568,773 +3,591,566
Dover / Eurotunnel 15,073,951 12,389,494 -2,684,457
Dover 2,996,369 1,788,987 -1,207,382
Immingham Docks 2,358,157 557,983 -1,800,174
ZLC 1,703,056 1,176,019 -527,037
Liverpool Docks 1,034,457 1,624,859 +590,402
London Stansted Airport 1,586,793 816,184 -770,609
London Gateway Port 809,770 1,171,344 +361,574
Manchester Airport 806,479 995,065 +188,586

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 820730

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

Description: Tools used for pressing, stamping, or punching materials, including metal