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 826,708,731
Germany 274,492,361
United States 216,335,205
India 162,968,404
Turkey 140,131,944

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 429,990,114 396,718,617 -33,271,497
Germany 143,996,066 130,496,295 -13,499,771
United States 111,902,545 104,432,660 -7,469,885
India 83,323,053 79,645,351 -3,677,702
Turkey 71,838,973 68,292,971 -3,546,002
Austria 67,412,719 63,657,141 -3,755,578
Italy 57,698,584 56,937,395 -761,189
Netherlands 41,652,732 42,758,078 +1,105,346
France 44,559,595 38,969,829 -5,589,766
Taiwan 32,144,156 26,033,589 -6,110,567

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 939,927,478
Germany 222,074,804
United States 213,527,157
India 167,146,944
Turkey 143,175,228

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 487,056,233 452,871,245 -34,184,988
Germany 115,649,262 106,425,542 -9,223,720
United States 108,316,711 105,210,446 -3,106,265
India 86,290,066 80,856,878 -5,433,188
Turkey 73,581,924 69,593,304 -3,988,620
Austria 65,675,886 63,865,589 -1,810,297
Italy 57,336,680 54,091,815 -3,244,865
Taiwan 35,426,368 28,303,096 -7,123,272
Spain 28,978,534 28,790,576 -187,958
France 30,976,873 24,654,139 -6,322,734

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 466
West Midlands 399
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 361
Surrey, East and West Sussex 269
Greater Manchester 253

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 314 311 -3
West Midlands 299 305 +6
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 262 264 +2
Surrey, East and West Sussex 204 183 -21
Greater Manchester 191 185 -6
West Yorkshire 187 183 -4
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 175 172 -3
Outer London - West and North West 151 156 +5
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 174 164 -10
Inner London - East 129 155 +26

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) 1,174,689,543
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 789,780,074
Air transport 476,909,988
Other 78,386,171
Road transport 17,198,097

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) 602,824,344 571,865,199 -30,959,145
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 412,290,733 377,489,341 -34,801,392
Air transport 240,287,507 236,622,481 -3,665,026
Other 49,727,784 28,658,387 -21,069,397
Road transport 10,776,470 6,421,627 -4,354,843
Rail transport 5,028,237 2,446,491 -2,581,746

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 617,450,048
Dover 322,572,473
Southampton 228,484,029
London Heathrow Airport 165,879,149
Eurotunnel 146,674,945

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 358,346,817 259,103,231 -99,243,586
Dover 163,179,321 159,393,152 -3,786,169
Southampton 124,459,225 104,024,804 -20,434,421
London Heathrow Airport 89,463,767 76,415,382 -13,048,385
Eurotunnel 75,205,170 71,469,775 -3,735,395
London Gateway Port 29,492,741 99,155,894 +69,663,153
Immingham Docks 51,890,125 39,481,539 -12,408,586
000 49,727,784 28,658,387 -21,069,397
London Stansted Airport 35,448,367 40,957,424 +5,509,057
Birmingham Airport 37,377,337 37,104,494 -272,843

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 1452
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 901
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 472
Specialised construction activities 381
Other manufacturing 376

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 1369
2025-11 1439
2025-10 1492
2025-09 1448
2025-08 1371

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 2532
54m+ 1507
0-1m 957
15m-54m 662
Other 415

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 204,643,396
Ireland 104,960,638
Germany 88,839,877
France 52,178,758
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 50,732,611

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 122,168,378 82,475,018 -39,693,360
Ireland 54,752,591 50,208,047 -4,544,544
Germany 44,307,079 44,532,798 +225,719
France 25,903,233 26,275,525 +372,292
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 23,215,856 27,516,755 +4,300,899
United Arab Emirates 24,147,249 25,012,648 +865,399
Singapore 15,132,665 23,230,198 +8,097,533
Belgium 7,548,517 23,772,956 +16,224,439
Netherlands 14,634,303 13,139,086 -1,495,217
China 10,108,390 9,646,852 -461,538

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 5,578,442
XI 3,019,544
China 2,866,658
Germany 1,107,708
Nicaragua 642,368

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 2,803,383 2,775,059 -28,324
XI 1,903,884 1,115,660 -788,224
China 1,594,183 1,272,475 -321,708
Germany 510,326 597,382 +87,056
Nicaragua 301,722 340,646 +38,924
Ireland 292,432 300,510 +8,078
Italy 139,929 167,095 +27,166
Sweden 94,083 127,275 +33,192
Taiwan 79,400 92,859 +13,459
Poland 83,643 45,463 -38,180

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 447,298,816
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 322,120,946
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 141,966,225
Other 16,428,683
Road transport 639,938

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 226,344,004 220,954,812 -5,389,192
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 156,353,100 165,767,846 +9,414,746
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 86,628,731 55,337,494 -31,291,237
Other 8,802,312 7,626,371 -1,175,941
Road transport 638,717 1,221 -637,496

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 214,961,606
Dover / Eurotunnel 188,825,871
East Midlands Airport 104,250,792
Holyhead 55,943,735
London Stansted Airport 52,181,829

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 113,110,691 101,850,915 -11,259,776
Dover / Eurotunnel 90,097,843 98,728,028 +8,630,185
East Midlands Airport 50,397,059 53,853,733 +3,456,674
Holyhead 28,708,887 27,234,848 -1,474,039
London Stansted Airport 31,926,899 20,254,930 -11,671,969
Felixstowe 31,775,082 7,182,398 -24,592,684
Liverpool Docks 18,718,267 18,503,017 -215,250
ZLC 18,845,500 16,898,423 -1,947,077
London Gateway Port 22,100,593 13,515,583 -8,585,010
Southampton 14,465,445 15,813,352 +1,347,907

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