Import/export HS code 8302: Metal fittings for furniture, doors, and more

Includes hinges, castors, and other metal parts for furniture, doors, vehicles, and buildings. Also covers hat racks, brackets, and automatic door closers

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 821,281,734
Germany 274,026,978
United States 220,137,711
India 160,102,780
Turkey 141,109,338

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 422,362,412 398,919,322 -23,443,090
Germany 144,427,674 129,599,304 -14,828,370
United States 112,626,925 107,510,786 -5,116,139
India 81,312,730 78,790,050 -2,522,680
Turkey 72,747,307 68,362,031 -4,385,276
Austria 67,763,615 63,363,677 -4,399,938
Italy 57,770,405 55,662,027 -2,108,378
Netherlands 42,181,132 41,871,669 -309,463
France 45,046,569 38,021,517 -7,025,052
Taiwan 31,883,585 26,344,777 -5,538,808

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 933,957,101
Germany 222,346,826
United States 215,931,903
India 164,394,472
Turkey 144,198,416

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 479,857,527 454,099,574 -25,757,953
Germany 117,545,506 104,801,320 -12,744,186
United States 107,909,759 108,022,144 +112,385
India 84,207,967 80,186,505 -4,021,462
Turkey 74,634,947 69,563,469 -5,071,478
Austria 65,605,867 63,682,500 -1,923,367
Italy 57,424,147 52,971,480 -4,452,667
Taiwan 35,188,273 28,908,073 -6,280,200
Spain 29,700,617 28,000,661 -1,699,956
France 30,957,600 24,673,475 -6,284,125

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 468
West Midlands 396
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 361
Surrey, East and West Sussex 276
West Yorkshire 252

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
Inner London - West 315 308 -7
West Midlands 299 301 +2
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 266 265 -1
Surrey, East and West Sussex 203 194 -9
West Yorkshire 192 184 -8
Greater Manchester 189 181 -8
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 173 171 -2
Outer London - West and North West 153 160 +7
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 174 165 -9
Inner London - East 130 158 +28

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) 1,166,224,794
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 788,895,007
Air transport 475,861,305
Other 81,994,773
Road transport 18,247,814

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) 596,942,482 569,282,312 -27,660,170
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 415,070,486 373,824,521 -41,245,965
Air transport 235,697,882 240,163,423 +4,465,541
Other 50,432,361 31,562,412 -18,869,949
Road transport 11,849,884 6,397,930 -5,451,954
Rail transport 4,995,478 2,610,720 -2,384,758

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 622,812,659
Dover 321,498,377
Southampton 227,991,456
London Heathrow Airport 167,297,769
Eurotunnel 146,459,017

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 353,625,270 269,187,389 -84,437,881
Dover 164,347,696 157,150,681 -7,197,015
Southampton 122,533,249 105,458,207 -17,075,042
London Heathrow Airport 87,287,082 80,010,687 -7,276,395
Eurotunnel 75,359,278 71,099,739 -4,259,539
London Gateway Port 28,690,994 90,377,208 +61,686,214
Immingham Docks 57,893,215 37,381,325 -20,511,890
000 50,432,361 31,562,412 -18,869,949
London Stansted Airport 33,922,314 42,305,360 +8,383,046
Dover / Eurotunnel 42,923,415 31,535,836 -11,387,579

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 1430
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 890
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 471
Other manufacturing 382
Specialised construction activities 381

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 1437
2025-10 1491
2025-09 1447
2025-08 1371
2025-07 1545

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 2522
54m+ 1514
0-1m 946
15m-54m 659
Other 416

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 205,561,974
Ireland 104,827,675
Germany 89,898,660
France 52,372,054
United Arab Emirates 49,219,586

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 122,038,957 83,523,017 -38,515,940
Ireland 54,706,607 50,121,068 -4,585,539
Germany 45,457,317 44,441,343 -1,015,974
France 26,745,330 25,626,724 -1,118,606
United Arab Emirates 23,900,286 25,319,300 +1,419,014
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 22,195,178 26,576,088 +4,380,910
Singapore 14,284,169 22,989,701 +8,705,532
Belgium 7,545,482 23,819,777 +16,274,295
Netherlands 14,964,690 12,889,933 -2,074,757
China 10,514,674 9,796,948 -717,726

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 £
Switzerland 5,599,219
XI 3,030,659
China 2,943,639
XU 1,295,997
Germany 1,081,927

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 £
Switzerland 2,894,819 2,704,400 -190,419
XI 1,836,284 1,194,375 -641,909
China 1,604,061 1,339,578 -264,483
XU 741,734 554,263 -187,471
Germany 479,234 602,693 +123,459
Nicaragua 330,320 343,952 +13,632
Ireland 333,915 290,142 -43,773
Italy 136,731 163,595 +26,864
Sweden 93,649 129,492 +35,843
Taiwan 79,750 93,550 +13,800

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 444,495,340
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 322,811,035
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 144,145,032
Other 16,617,209
Road transport 902,187

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 224,126,658 220,368,682 -3,757,976
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 156,900,610 165,910,425 +9,009,815
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 88,371,073 55,773,959 -32,597,114
Other 8,890,185 7,727,024 -1,163,161
Road transport 889,312 12,875 -876,437

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 213,350,317
Dover / Eurotunnel 190,858,668
East Midlands Airport 105,015,703
Holyhead 55,497,775
London Stansted Airport 53,612,901

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 112,172,680 101,177,637 -10,995,043
Dover / Eurotunnel 92,513,460 98,345,208 +5,831,748
East Midlands Airport 50,911,822 54,103,881 +3,192,059
Holyhead 29,589,878 25,907,897 -3,681,981
London Stansted Airport 32,432,155 21,180,746 -11,251,409
Felixstowe 32,211,877 7,428,682 -24,783,195
Liverpool Docks 18,532,198 18,749,272 +217,074
London Gateway Port 21,658,807 13,833,619 -7,825,188
ZLC 18,187,972 16,896,032 -1,291,940
Southampton 14,258,990 16,261,253 +2,002,263

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 8302

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

Description: Includes hinges, castors, and other metal parts for furniture, doors, vehicles, and buildings. Also covers hat racks, brackets, and automatic door closers