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 57,043,099
Japan 32,866,850
Germany 26,956,907
United States 18,290,474
Spain 16,117,764

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 30,830,621 26,212,478 -4,618,143
Japan 14,381,024 18,485,826 +4,104,802
Germany 14,078,033 12,878,874 -1,199,159
United States 8,260,193 10,030,281 +1,770,088
Spain 3,594,626 12,523,138 +8,928,512
South Korea 5,876,994 5,688,668 -188,326
Italy 3,889,039 2,654,618 -1,234,421
France 3,012,330 3,291,887 +279,557
Austria 2,756,299 1,996,195 -760,104
Taiwan 1,946,673 1,844,670 -102,003

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 57,744,081
Japan 33,947,148
Germany 23,972,336
United States 19,618,121
Spain 15,922,838

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 31,221,517 26,522,564 -4,698,953
Japan 14,737,607 19,209,541 +4,471,934
Germany 13,041,896 10,930,440 -2,111,456
United States 8,535,622 11,082,499 +2,546,877
Spain 3,698,609 12,224,229 +8,525,620
South Korea 5,867,545 5,284,002 -583,543
Italy 4,697,871 3,454,317 -1,243,554
France 1,769,277 2,571,448 +802,171
Austria 2,853,639 1,360,009 -1,493,630
Taiwan 2,021,688 1,847,934 -173,754

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
West Midlands 72
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 55
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 50
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 45
Shropshire and Staffordshire 42

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 55 48 -7
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 37 36 -1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 32 31 -1
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 29 36 +7
Shropshire and Staffordshire 35 31 -4
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 26 31 +5
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 29 21 -8
West Yorkshire 28 22 -6
Inner London - West 23 24 +1
Northumberland, Durham and Tyne & Wear 24 24 +0

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) 97,962,632
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 51,287,168
Air transport 49,363,725
Rail transport 1,367,995
Other 996,617

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) 50,177,395 47,785,237 -2,392,158
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 24,525,628 26,761,540 +2,235,912
Air transport 22,567,884 26,795,841 +4,227,957
Rail transport 0 1,367,995 +1,367,995
Other 558,188 438,429 -119,759
Road transport 192,059 201,239 +9,180

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 42,420,668
Tyne 30,527,091
Dover 26,295,073
East Midlands Airport 23,024,220
Southampton 18,033,299

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 22,818,075 19,602,593 -3,215,482
Tyne 12,708,091 17,819,000 +5,110,909
Dover 14,062,680 12,232,393 -1,830,287
East Midlands Airport 11,112,240 11,911,980 +799,740
Southampton 9,097,801 8,935,498 -162,303
London Heathrow Airport 6,698,240 8,092,262 +1,394,022
Eurotunnel 5,845,884 6,563,464 +717,580
London Stansted Airport 2,284,689 2,470,596 +185,907
Birmingham Airport 1,775,490 2,928,324 +1,152,834
Liverpool Docks 3,416,112 859,639 -2,556,473

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 182
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 162
Other manufacturing 74
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 73
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 60

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 134
2025-11 161
2025-10 160
2025-09 138
2025-08 145

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 342
54m+ 337
0-1m 103
15m-54m 88
Other 69

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 40,375,960
United States 13,702,512
Spain 8,928,862
Ireland 4,975,994
France 4,595,986

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 21,453,669 18,922,291 -2,531,378
United States 6,273,010 7,429,502 +1,156,492
Spain 5,032,274 3,896,588 -1,135,686
Ireland 2,580,090 2,395,904 -184,186
France 1,766,607 2,829,379 +1,062,772
Slovakia 2,916,546 1,399,510 -1,517,036
Netherlands 2,111,720 2,189,410 +77,690
Italy 2,134,789 1,801,685 -333,104
Poland 1,828,676 2,086,533 +257,857
Brazil 2,094,019 1,820,352 -273,667

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 32,793
Taiwan 13,647
XI 5,968
Italy 2,205
Germany 582

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 15,624 17,169 +1,545
Taiwan 8,277 5,370 -2,907
XI 3,711 2,257 -1,454
Italy 1,397 808 -589
Germany 582 0 -582
Ireland 62 416 +354
Switzerland 194 84 -110
Nicaragua 0 193 +193
Indonesia 90 48 -42
India 13 58 +45

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 95,837,886
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 38,568,926
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 7,294,149
Road transport 179,689
Other 69,353

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 47,429,504 48,408,382 +978,878
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 21,796,500 16,772,426 -5,024,074
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 2,860,327 4,433,822 +1,573,495
Road transport 179,689 0 -179,689
Other 36,813 32,540 -4,273

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 54,714,646
London Heathrow Airport 33,861,737
Dover / Eurotunnel 27,873,825
Dover 4,763,918
ZLC 2,831,992

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 27,573,332 27,141,314 -432,018
London Heathrow Airport 15,724,197 18,137,540 +2,413,343
Dover / Eurotunnel 15,051,683 12,822,142 -2,229,541
Dover 3,571,996 1,191,922 -2,380,074
ZLC 1,669,730 1,162,262 -507,468
Liverpool Docks 1,004,140 1,602,245 +598,105
Immingham Docks 2,007,988 566,520 -1,441,468
London Stansted Airport 1,597,870 743,562 -854,308
London Gateway Port 939,226 1,041,895 +102,669
Manchester Airport 825,671 974,391 +148,720

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