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 118,548,574
Germany 23,691,771
Italy 19,894,325
Turkey 18,178,219
United States 16,771,796

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 62,092,171 56,456,403 -5,635,768
Germany 12,929,189 10,762,582 -2,166,607
Italy 10,105,904 9,788,421 -317,483
Turkey 10,247,964 7,930,255 -2,317,709
United States 7,879,513 8,892,283 +1,012,770
Netherlands 8,463,565 6,719,049 -1,744,516
Finland 3,836,291 9,782,643 +5,946,352
France 5,152,445 4,387,592 -764,853
Austria 3,857,568 4,354,335 +496,767
Ireland 4,177,219 2,981,185 -1,196,034

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 126,173,540
Italy 19,288,411
Turkey 19,153,486
United States 18,591,081
Germany 18,034,497

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 65,739,498 60,434,042 -5,305,456
Italy 9,528,091 9,760,320 +232,229
Turkey 10,786,134 8,367,352 -2,418,782
United States 9,364,722 9,226,359 -138,363
Germany 10,260,728 7,773,769 -2,486,959
Finland 3,832,586 9,786,409 +5,953,823
Netherlands 6,593,781 4,836,598 -1,757,183
Austria 3,870,642 4,397,642 +527,000
Spain 3,341,057 2,942,898 -398,159
Malaysia 3,235,922 1,416,299 -1,819,623

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 249
Inner London - East 125
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 101
West Midlands 81
Outer London - West and North West 76

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 169 152 -17
Inner London - East 91 82 -9
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 69 64 -5
West Midlands 49 55 +6
Outer London - West and North West 49 46 -3
Surrey, East and West Sussex 53 33 -20
Greater Manchester 52 39 -13
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 46 39 -7
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 45 27 -18
West Yorkshire 33 35 +2

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) 155,038,413
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 102,182,160
Air transport 28,128,103
Other 3,570,878
Road transport 2,690,253

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) 85,028,911 70,009,502 -15,019,409
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 50,445,738 51,736,422 +1,290,684
Air transport 13,416,092 14,712,011 +1,295,919
Other 1,671,676 1,899,202 +227,526
Road transport 1,676,740 1,013,513 -663,227

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 97,821,514
Southampton 33,172,701
Dover 27,696,772
Immingham Docks 16,760,498
Eurotunnel 16,329,735

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 55,051,020 42,770,494 -12,280,526
Southampton 19,497,817 13,674,884 -5,822,933
Dover 13,259,425 14,437,347 +1,177,922
Immingham Docks 5,764,427 10,996,071 +5,231,644
Eurotunnel 9,265,501 7,064,234 -2,201,267
London Gateway Port 3,996,447 11,207,635 +7,211,188
Purfleet 5,659,008 5,714,225 +55,217
London Stansted Airport 6,780,362 4,527,015 -2,253,347
London 5,234,260 4,301,142 -933,118
Harwich 5,205,112 3,676,010 -1,529,102

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 451
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 431
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 106
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
2026-01 206
2025-11 234
2025-10 243
2025-09 235
2025-08 210

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 670
54m+ 381
0-1m 311
15m-54m 159
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 39,712,475
France 28,023,664
Ireland 27,391,474
Germany 21,150,560
Netherlands 15,152,015

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 20,182,663 19,529,812 -652,851
France 15,442,473 12,581,191 -2,861,282
Ireland 17,004,739 10,386,735 -6,618,004
Germany 12,024,272 9,126,288 -2,897,984
Netherlands 8,089,215 7,062,800 -1,026,415
United Arab Emirates 4,718,918 4,095,951 -622,967
Saudi Arabia 5,499,716 2,667,689 -2,832,027
Norway 1,653,137 4,815,776 +3,162,639
Italy 4,490,647 1,909,545 -2,581,102
Singapore 2,351,180 3,023,572 +672,392

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 3,103,699
China 116,571
Malaysia 38,000
Ireland 33,482
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 1,880,123 1,223,576 -656,547
China 107,911 8,660 -99,251
Malaysia 26,724 11,276 -15,448
Ireland 19,262 14,220 -5,042
Spain 5,217 19,885 +14,668
Italy 0 11,282 +11,282
Ukraine 3,134 0 -3,134
Switzerland 2,223 0 -2,223
Finland 0 992 +992
Hungary 0 669 +669

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) 119,312,057
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 65,059,134
Air transport 46,047,021
Other 3,360,768
Road transport 133,472

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) 64,823,534 54,488,523 -10,335,011
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 36,294,198 28,764,936 -7,529,262
Air transport 24,939,786 21,107,235 -3,832,551
Other 2,067,792 1,292,976 -774,816
Road transport 133,472 0 -133,472

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 60,834,432
London Heathrow Airport 32,168,177
London Gateway Port 23,172,494
Southampton 20,753,075
Dover 19,520,469

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 33,145,899 27,688,533 -5,457,366
London Heathrow Airport 16,113,874 16,054,303 -59,571
London Gateway Port 13,244,656 9,927,838 -3,316,818
Southampton 10,576,687 10,176,388 -400,299
Dover 11,905,021 7,615,448 -4,289,573
Liverpool Docks 6,827,433 7,124,846 +297,413
Immingham Docks 4,046,781 6,336,756 +2,289,975
Holyhead 5,430,766 3,977,914 -1,452,852
Felixstowe 3,385,468 2,418,476 -966,992
London Stansted Airport 4,430,398 902,766 -3,527,632

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