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 327,749,118
India 96,232,790
Germany 37,863,820
Italy 25,804,320
Viet Nam 14,965,233

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 168,350,789 159,398,329 -8,952,460
India 50,318,906 45,913,884 -4,405,022
Germany 20,493,375 17,370,445 -3,122,930
Italy 12,644,463 13,159,857 +515,394
Viet Nam 7,812,372 7,152,861 -659,511
Spain 5,950,321 6,411,881 +461,560
Poland 6,047,023 6,236,558 +189,535
Belgium 6,015,020 5,793,673 -221,347
Austria 7,601,546 4,056,571 -3,544,975
Ireland 5,502,431 5,862,755 +360,324

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 340,195,741
India 96,301,630
Italy 26,582,780
Germany 23,907,535
Poland 18,401,932

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 174,931,082 165,264,659 -9,666,423
India 50,567,678 45,733,952 -4,833,726
Italy 13,215,886 13,366,894 +151,008
Germany 12,797,777 11,109,758 -1,688,019
Poland 10,734,186 7,667,746 -3,066,440
Viet Nam 8,219,724 7,597,706 -622,018
Spain 5,983,783 6,471,684 +487,901
Belgium 5,209,180 4,956,055 -253,125
Taiwan 5,635,955 4,038,507 -1,597,448
Turkey 4,315,642 3,828,484 -487,158

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
West Midlands 147
Inner London - West 135
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 89
West Yorkshire 81
Greater Manchester 73

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 109 121 +12
Inner London - West 100 74 -26
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 70 64 -6
West Yorkshire 63 56 -7
Greater Manchester 60 47 -13
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 50 55 +5
Surrey, East and West Sussex 46 49 +3
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 43 54 +11
Outer London - West and North West 42 48 +6
Inner London - East 34 39 +5

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) 419,506,931
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 132,624,467
Air transport 62,811,166
Other 13,202,216
Road transport 958,017

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) 216,618,156 202,888,775 -13,729,381
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 70,615,654 62,008,813 -8,606,841
Air transport 32,530,467 30,280,699 -2,249,768
Other 7,785,619 5,416,597 -2,369,022
Road transport 482,530 475,487 -7,043

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 265,893,536
Southampton 78,061,669
London Gateway Port 60,722,175
Dover 54,773,250
London Heathrow Airport 23,443,302

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 157,602,309 108,291,227 -49,311,082
Southampton 41,706,990 36,354,679 -5,352,311
London Gateway Port 12,737,687 47,984,488 +35,246,801
Dover 28,903,611 25,869,639 -3,033,972
London Heathrow Airport 13,117,860 10,325,442 -2,792,418
Eurotunnel 11,764,289 11,352,080 -412,209
Birmingham Airport 8,703,670 8,424,641 -279,029
London 8,827,322 7,077,770 -1,749,552
000 7,785,619 5,416,597 -2,369,022
Thamesport 4,212,568 4,262,661 +50,093

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 447
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 274
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 238
Specialised construction activities 210
Other manufacturing 129

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 445
2025-10 471
2025-09 447
2025-08 403
2025-07 486

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 790
0-1m 356
54m+ 315
15m-54m 195
Other 124

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 48,209,718
United States 27,363,125
France 10,438,547
United Arab Emirates 7,689,965
Germany 5,871,437

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 26,548,858 21,660,860 -4,887,998
United States 11,747,444 15,615,681 +3,868,237
France 5,325,858 5,112,689 -213,169
United Arab Emirates 4,033,623 3,656,342 -377,281
Germany 2,656,772 3,214,665 +557,893
Netherlands 2,196,437 2,308,367 +111,930
Australia 2,096,399 2,219,290 +122,891
Poland 2,247,472 1,913,889 -333,583
Saudi Arabia 1,127,041 2,558,908 +1,431,867
Italy 1,609,235 1,991,955 +382,720

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 1,896,497
China 852,375
Nicaragua 586,882
XU 513,138
Ireland 339,947

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 956,389 940,108 -16,281
China 402,707 449,668 +46,961
Nicaragua 256,466 330,416 +73,950
XU 252,720 260,418 +7,698
Ireland 207,027 132,920 -74,107
Italy 37,937 41,316 +3,379
Austria 31,880 45,825 +13,945
Belgium 30,634 32,736 +2,102
Germany 12,209 20,771 +8,562
India 11,015 7,917 -3,098

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) 75,194,178
Air transport 47,177,124
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 35,225,517
Other 4,491,838
Road transport 153,668

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) 39,933,806 35,260,372 -4,673,434
Air transport 22,817,524 24,359,600 +1,542,076
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 15,972,808 19,252,709 +3,279,901
Other 2,219,077 2,272,761 +53,684
Road transport 152,409 1,259 -151,150

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Holyhead 28,380,562
Dover / Eurotunnel 26,639,419
London Heathrow Airport 15,589,901
Liverpool Docks 14,463,346
East Midlands Airport 13,663,004

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 16,597,286 11,783,276 -4,814,010
Dover / Eurotunnel 13,395,097 13,244,322 -150,775
London Heathrow Airport 7,140,547 8,449,354 +1,308,807
Liverpool Docks 6,520,342 7,943,004 +1,422,662
East Midlands Airport 7,276,789 6,386,215 -890,574
London Gateway Port 5,810,958 4,817,355 -993,603
Southampton 3,905,147 5,283,716 +1,378,569
ZLC 3,956,470 4,184,506 +228,036
London Stansted Airport 3,496,008 3,937,542 +441,534
000 2,219,077 2,272,761 +53,684

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