Import/export HS code 820790: Various tools

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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 55,179,966
Germany 32,328,926
United States 24,324,420
France 9,166,081
Netherlands 8,010,407

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 26,542,060 28,637,906 +2,095,846
Germany 15,868,709 16,460,217 +591,508
United States 14,585,481 9,738,939 -4,846,542
France 3,296,980 5,869,101 +2,572,121
Netherlands 3,927,005 4,083,402 +156,397
Taiwan 4,086,055 3,884,579 -201,476
Italy 2,555,511 3,346,203 +790,692
Ireland 2,129,936 1,957,889 -172,047
Belgium 2,069,737 1,942,039 -127,698
Austria 1,899,643 2,041,787 +142,144

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 69,580,055
United States 26,330,960
Germany 15,142,115
Taiwan 10,216,781
Italy 7,084,032

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 34,449,634 35,130,421 +680,787
United States 15,167,470 11,163,490 -4,003,980
Germany 7,373,170 7,768,945 +395,775
Taiwan 5,144,228 5,072,553 -71,675
Italy 3,095,400 3,988,632 +893,232
United Kingdom 4,042,193 2,461,293 -1,580,900
France 1,669,148 3,321,279 +1,652,131
Czechia 2,150,894 1,898,479 -252,415
South Korea 1,466,180 2,358,294 +892,114
Brazil 1,811,253 1,743,315 -67,938

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
West Midlands 105
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 97
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 85
West Yorkshire 84
Inner London - West 82

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 80 72 -8
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 65 58 -7
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 74 52 -22
West Yorkshire 58 61 +3
Inner London - West 49 50 +1
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 57 51 -6
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 53 49 -4
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 50 46 -4
Greater Manchester 48 42 -6
Shropshire and Staffordshire 46 47 +1

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) 80,776,163
Air transport 67,123,245
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 32,968,156
Other 2,780,445
Road transport 228,388

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) 40,928,419 39,847,744 -1,080,675
Air transport 32,603,348 34,519,897 +1,916,549
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 17,700,527 15,267,629 -2,432,898
Other 948,646 1,831,799 +883,153
Road transport 171,419 56,969 -114,450
Rail transport 0 2,428 +2,428

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 36,412,346
East Midlands Airport 30,752,995
Southampton 23,543,960
London Heathrow Airport 11,784,114
London Gateway Port 10,419,892

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 20,145,093 16,267,253 -3,877,840
East Midlands Airport 15,244,911 15,508,084 +263,173
Southampton 12,150,215 11,393,745 -756,470
London Heathrow Airport 5,676,445 6,107,669 +431,224
London Gateway Port 3,138,692 7,281,200 +4,142,508
Dover 4,208,384 5,068,656 +860,272
London Stansted Airport 4,296,596 4,356,114 +59,518
Dover / Eurotunnel 5,173,861 3,326,115 -1,847,746
Birmingham Airport 2,226,630 3,232,478 +1,005,848
Thamesport 3,106,944 2,130,348 -976,596

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 450
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 219
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 142
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 141
Other manufacturing 111

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 327
2025-10 337
2025-09 303
2025-08 320
2025-07 315

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 668
54m+ 552
15m-54m 192
0-1m 186
Other 118

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 15,329,356
Netherlands 12,629,495
Germany 8,897,751
Ireland 6,008,901
France 5,805,769

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 9,689,552 5,639,804 -4,049,748
Netherlands 6,304,617 6,324,878 +20,261
Germany 4,848,417 4,049,334 -799,083
Ireland 3,586,824 2,422,077 -1,164,747
France 3,170,978 2,634,791 -536,187
Saudi Arabia 2,683,392 1,536,297 -1,147,095
India 1,639,325 1,956,481 +317,156
Poland 2,011,394 1,572,781 -438,613
Norway 2,064,732 1,374,252 -690,480
Italy 1,361,590 1,388,208 +26,618

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 £
XI 459,370
China 393,132
Italy 107,956
Portugal 84,133
XU 76,302

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 £
XI 406,302 53,068 -353,234
China 212,746 180,386 -32,360
Italy 61,036 46,920 -14,116
Portugal 43,879 40,254 -3,625
XU 34,289 42,013 +7,724
Taiwan 14,891 13,238 -1,653
Brazil 10,622 12,042 +1,420
Germany 6,250 10,054 +3,804
Czechia 2,735 6,134 +3,399
Ireland 1,286 4,859 +3,573

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 65,538,738
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 24,943,549
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 11,091,266
Other 1,220,014
Road transport 379,660

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 36,956,674 28,582,064 -8,374,610
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 13,517,072 11,426,477 -2,090,595
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 5,102,881 5,988,385 +885,504
Other 798,595 421,419 -377,176
Road transport 374,656 5,004 -369,652
Rail transport 0 3,769 +3,769

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 26,185,097
London Heathrow Airport 15,301,851
Dover / Eurotunnel 13,010,732
London Stansted Airport 12,404,685
ZLC 6,286,760

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 13,482,360 12,702,737 -779,623
London Heathrow Airport 9,205,055 6,096,796 -3,108,259
Dover / Eurotunnel 6,878,120 6,132,612 -745,508
London Stansted Airport 8,569,948 3,834,737 -4,735,211
ZLC 3,024,470 3,262,290 +237,820
Tyne 2,581,687 1,585,732 -995,955
London Gateway Port 1,303,678 1,808,568 +504,890
Immingham Docks 1,762,851 948,759 -814,092
Holyhead 1,374,162 985,759 -388,403
Southampton 688,943 1,649,140 +960,197

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 820790

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

Description: Various interchangeable tools not covered by other categories