Import/export HS code 940310: Metal office furniture

Furniture made of metal, designed for use in offices, such as desks, cabinets, and cupboards

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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 117,923,881
Germany 23,625,105
Italy 19,267,381
Turkey 18,637,501
United States 16,978,136

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 61,605,405 56,318,476 -5,286,929
Germany 12,540,734 11,084,371 -1,456,363
Italy 10,425,480 8,841,901 -1,583,579
Turkey 10,581,738 8,055,763 -2,525,975
United States 8,219,592 8,758,544 +538,952
Netherlands 9,107,031 6,497,900 -2,609,131
Finland 3,463,339 9,183,863 +5,720,524
France 5,240,031 4,552,978 -687,053
Austria 3,740,886 4,422,557 +681,671
Ireland 4,063,281 3,260,368 -802,913

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 125,770,347
Turkey 19,637,511
United States 18,792,500
Italy 18,672,484
Germany 18,150,054

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 65,268,591 60,501,756 -4,766,835
Turkey 11,153,487 8,484,024 -2,669,463
United States 9,335,885 9,456,615 +120,730
Italy 9,993,453 8,679,031 -1,314,422
Germany 10,066,213 8,083,841 -1,982,372
Finland 3,459,634 9,187,629 +5,727,995
Netherlands 7,079,520 4,661,911 -2,417,609
Austria 3,740,410 4,460,709 +720,299
Spain 3,239,520 3,131,492 -108,028
Malaysia 3,251,937 1,518,165 -1,733,772

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 250
Inner London - East 128
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 99
West Midlands 82
Outer London - West and North West 75

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 164 152 -12
Inner London - East 94 83 -11
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 65 62 -3
West Midlands 47 56 +9
Outer London - West and North West 51 44 -7
Surrey, East and West Sussex 53 34 -19
Greater Manchester 48 39 -9
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 45 28 -17
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 46 40 -6
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 35 26 -9

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) 155,891,189
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 100,927,409
Air transport 28,064,704
Other 3,632,837
Road transport 2,616,377

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) 85,892,942 69,998,247 -15,894,695
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 49,912,514 51,014,895 +1,102,381
Air transport 13,107,618 14,957,086 +1,849,468
Other 1,597,719 2,035,118 +437,399
Road transport 1,625,555 990,822 -634,733

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 98,006,029
Southampton 33,793,881
Dover 27,953,248
Eurotunnel 16,269,842
Immingham Docks 16,013,699

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 54,987,148 43,018,881 -11,968,267
Southampton 19,805,522 13,988,359 -5,817,163
Dover 13,426,921 14,526,327 +1,099,406
Eurotunnel 9,088,404 7,181,438 -1,906,966
Immingham Docks 5,514,766 10,498,933 +4,984,167
London Gateway Port 3,807,075 10,552,221 +6,745,146
London Stansted Airport 6,843,167 4,541,355 -2,301,812
Purfleet 5,577,713 4,828,198 -749,515
London 5,266,580 4,402,272 -864,308
Harwich 5,598,665 3,746,602 -1,852,063

Importer companies by SIC division

What this shows: Industry breakdown (SIC divisions) of importing companies.

Top 5 values

SIC Companies
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 449
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 434
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 105
Manufacture of furniture 75
Specialised construction activities 69

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 234
2025-10 243
2025-09 235
2025-08 210
2025-07 250

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 678
54m+ 384
0-1m 301
15m-54m 156
Other 126

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 40,381,705
France 28,484,606
Ireland 28,243,938
Germany 21,292,009
Netherlands 15,679,127

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 20,805,149 19,576,556 -1,228,593
France 15,599,265 12,885,341 -2,713,924
Ireland 17,565,650 10,678,288 -6,887,362
Germany 11,854,116 9,437,893 -2,416,223
Netherlands 8,643,481 7,035,646 -1,607,835
United Arab Emirates 4,751,720 3,939,142 -812,578
Saudi Arabia 5,486,597 2,566,669 -2,919,928
Norway 1,598,552 4,973,323 +3,374,771
Italy 4,497,137 1,979,737 -2,517,400
Singapore 2,510,738 2,987,527 +476,789

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 3,143,577
China 118,001
Ireland 45,480
Malaysia 38,000
Spain 25,102

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 1,863,872 1,279,705 -584,167
China 108,017 9,984 -98,033
Ireland 26,474 19,006 -7,468
Malaysia 22,806 15,194 -7,612
Spain 3,485 21,617 +18,132
XU 21,357 3,718 -17,639
Italy 0 11,282 +11,282
Ukraine 2,362 772 -1,590
Switzerland 2,223 0 -2,223
Finland 0 992 +992

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) 120,082,456
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 67,137,127
Air transport 46,444,992
Other 3,414,200
Road transport 139,292

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) 65,291,886 54,790,570 -10,501,316
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 37,755,562 29,381,565 -8,373,997
Air transport 25,455,583 20,989,409 -4,466,174
Other 2,051,161 1,363,039 -688,122
Road transport 139,292 0 -139,292

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 61,257,826
London Heathrow Airport 32,624,309
London Gateway Port 23,124,903
Southampton 20,715,087
Dover 19,617,672

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 £
Dover / Eurotunnel 33,243,802 28,014,024 -5,229,778
London Heathrow Airport 16,928,949 15,695,360 -1,233,589
London Gateway Port 12,898,373 10,226,530 -2,671,843
Southampton 10,630,314 10,084,773 -545,541
Dover 11,928,070 7,689,602 -4,238,468
Liverpool Docks 7,156,052 7,350,314 +194,262
Immingham Docks 4,019,732 6,437,845 +2,418,113
Holyhead 5,857,042 3,934,420 -1,922,622
Felixstowe 3,728,337 2,422,437 -1,305,900
London Stansted Airport 4,128,082 1,276,111 -2,851,971

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 940310

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

Description: Furniture made of metal, designed for use in offices, such as desks, cabinets, and cupboards