Import/export HS code 830241: Building fittings

Metal fittings and mountings used in construction, such as for doors and windows

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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 329,655,530
India 97,534,194
Germany 37,443,347
Italy 26,234,081
Viet Nam 14,962,603

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 171,713,338 157,942,192 -13,771,146
India 51,565,721 45,968,473 -5,597,248
Germany 20,434,534 17,008,813 -3,425,721
Italy 13,071,394 13,162,687 +91,293
Viet Nam 8,011,845 6,950,758 -1,061,087
Poland 6,211,395 6,172,871 -38,524
Spain 5,981,586 6,396,681 +415,095
Belgium 6,431,705 5,538,691 -893,014
Ireland 5,641,065 5,773,148 +132,083
Austria 7,321,111 3,968,163 -3,352,948

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 342,032,787
India 97,568,222
Italy 26,938,827
Germany 23,779,706
Poland 18,150,102

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 178,406,891 163,625,896 -14,780,995
India 51,845,281 45,722,941 -6,122,340
Italy 13,601,755 13,337,072 -264,683
Germany 12,804,832 10,974,874 -1,829,958
Poland 10,613,488 7,536,614 -3,076,874
Viet Nam 8,387,129 7,523,442 -863,687
Spain 5,957,618 6,492,777 +535,159
Belgium 5,616,316 4,675,510 -940,806
Taiwan 5,910,010 3,799,015 -2,110,995
Turkey 4,387,796 3,896,766 -491,030

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
West Midlands 146
Inner London - West 132
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 94
West Yorkshire 78
Greater Manchester 74

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 110 119 +9
Inner London - West 101 72 -29
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 72 67 -5
West Yorkshire 60 54 -6
Greater Manchester 58 49 -9
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 46 57 +11
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 53 51 -2
Outer London - West and North West 42 49 +7
Surrey, East and West Sussex 47 48 +1
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 39 42 +3

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) 423,137,123
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 132,445,832
Air transport 63,873,149
Other 12,628,601
Road transport 962,579

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) 221,475,586 201,661,537 -19,814,049
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 70,883,764 61,562,068 -9,321,696
Air transport 33,742,138 30,131,011 -3,611,127
Other 7,576,946 5,051,655 -2,525,291
Road transport 479,736 482,843 +3,107

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 262,032,854
Southampton 78,724,449
London Gateway Port 66,485,841
Dover 54,979,950
London Heathrow Airport 23,606,988

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 160,382,704 101,650,150 -58,732,554
Southampton 42,443,188 36,281,261 -6,161,927
London Gateway Port 13,376,271 53,109,570 +39,733,299
Dover 29,031,844 25,948,106 -3,083,738
London Heathrow Airport 12,989,897 10,617,091 -2,372,806
Eurotunnel 11,950,711 11,223,785 -726,926
Birmingham Airport 9,302,826 8,124,623 -1,178,203
London 8,842,452 7,099,553 -1,742,899
000 7,576,946 5,051,655 -2,525,291
Thamesport 4,292,385 4,261,698 -30,687

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
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 278
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 239
Specialised construction activities 211
Other manufacturing 127

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 394
2025-11 445
2025-10 471
2025-09 447
2025-08 403

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 794
0-1m 369
54m+ 309
15m-54m 196
Other 117

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 £
Ireland 48,298,644
United States 27,765,477
France 10,671,099
United Arab Emirates 7,809,339
Germany 5,915,182

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 £
Ireland 26,426,596 21,872,048 -4,554,548
United States 11,757,404 16,008,073 +4,250,669
France 5,371,312 5,299,787 -71,525
United Arab Emirates 3,917,992 3,891,347 -26,645
Germany 2,858,960 3,056,222 +197,262
Netherlands 2,155,788 2,407,466 +251,678
Australia 2,082,577 2,294,220 +211,643
Poland 2,273,414 1,849,523 -423,891
Saudi Arabia 1,092,377 2,735,393 +1,643,016
Italy 1,638,740 2,153,514 +514,774

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 1,888,570
China 832,508
Nicaragua 576,476
Ireland 324,651
Italy 81,794

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 978,798 909,772 -69,026
China 412,120 420,388 +8,268
Nicaragua 246,060 330,416 +84,356
Ireland 197,806 126,845 -70,961
Italy 38,582 43,212 +4,630
Austria 35,240 40,398 +5,158
Belgium 30,634 32,736 +2,102
Germany 14,092 19,170 +5,078
India 12,078 6,674 -5,404
Poland 7,089 2,544 -4,545

Export volume by transport

What this shows: Export value by transport mode used to ship goods from the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 75,809,432
Air transport 47,633,605
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 35,368,335
Other 4,440,473
Road transport 114,039

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 £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 40,108,949 35,700,483 -4,408,466
Air transport 22,587,134 25,046,471 +2,459,337
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 15,784,903 19,583,432 +3,798,529
Other 2,239,987 2,200,486 -39,501
Road transport 114,039 0 -114,039

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Holyhead 28,578,397
Dover / Eurotunnel 26,747,080
London Heathrow Airport 15,827,139
Liverpool Docks 14,373,656
East Midlands Airport 13,565,760

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 £
Holyhead 16,120,396 12,458,001 -3,662,395
Dover / Eurotunnel 13,563,573 13,183,507 -380,066
London Heathrow Airport 6,922,208 8,904,931 +1,982,723
Liverpool Docks 6,529,657 7,843,999 +1,314,342
East Midlands Airport 7,227,049 6,338,711 -888,338
London Gateway Port 5,808,755 5,007,025 -801,730
Southampton 4,043,521 5,307,219 +1,263,698
ZLC 4,127,868 4,173,728 +45,860
London Stansted Airport 3,373,550 4,171,935 +798,385
Immingham Docks 2,146,718 2,303,527 +156,809

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 830241

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

Description: Metal fittings and mountings used in construction, such as for doors and windows