Import/export HS code 29339980: Various nitrogen-based chemicals

Various chemicals with nitrogen, used in medicines, research, or industrial processes

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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 £
Ireland 75,946,663
Netherlands 74,546,609
China 49,962,225
Switzerland 22,984,750
United States 16,337,739

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 £
Ireland 72,180,484 3,766,179 -68,414,305
Netherlands 30,057,475 44,489,134 +14,431,659
China 25,670,760 24,291,465 -1,379,295
Switzerland 7,828,152 15,156,598 +7,328,446
United States 10,944,677 5,393,062 -5,551,615
Germany 6,743,877 7,785,398 +1,041,521
India 4,467,943 7,184,449 +2,716,506
France 5,730,875 3,804,235 -1,926,640
Italy 4,639,800 3,563,571 -1,076,229
South Korea 3,925,907 3,442,322 -483,585

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 £
Ireland 146,569,790
China 60,781,943
India 19,854,697
United States 16,691,525
Germany 10,284,760

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 £
Ireland 98,150,941 48,418,849 -49,732,092
China 32,810,903 27,971,040 -4,839,863
India 6,814,849 13,039,848 +6,224,999
United States 10,921,746 5,769,779 -5,151,967
Germany 5,231,612 5,053,148 -178,464
Switzerland 6,640,590 3,009,657 -3,630,933
France 4,961,168 3,159,645 -1,801,523
South Korea 3,861,145 3,635,369 -225,776
Italy 2,681,209 2,179,815 -501,394
Japan 1,623,625 3,076,612 +1,452,987

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 24
Inner London - West 19
Cheshire 16
West Yorkshire 15
Greater Manchester 14

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
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 22 20 -2
Inner London - West 15 13 -2
Cheshire 11 13 +2
West Yorkshire 12 9 -3
Greater Manchester 11 10 -1
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough 9 8 -1
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 6 13 +7
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 7 9 +2
Essex 8 7 -1
Lancashire 6 6 +0

Import volume by transport

What this shows: Import value by transport mode used to bring goods into the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 186,668,620
Air transport 71,805,888
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 44,950,763
Other 8,834,499
Road transport 659,097

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 £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 117,681,509 68,987,111 -48,694,398
Air transport 39,314,821 32,491,067 -6,823,754
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 22,975,664 21,975,099 -1,000,565
Other 3,800,417 5,034,082 +1,233,665
Road transport 63,865 595,232 +531,367

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Holyhead 98,610,077
London Heathrow Airport 51,071,802
Dover / Eurotunnel 44,607,137
Felixstowe 24,556,505
Dover 23,299,647

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 £
Holyhead 98,132,673 477,404 -97,655,269
London Heathrow Airport 29,996,115 21,075,687 -8,920,428
Dover / Eurotunnel 1,599,905 43,007,232 +41,407,327
Felixstowe 12,199,702 12,356,803 +157,101
Dover 6,799,839 16,499,808 +9,699,969
Southampton 5,557,373 6,121,575 +564,202
000 3,800,417 5,034,082 +1,233,665
London Stansted Airport 3,445,586 5,359,355 +1,913,769
ZLC 4,556,862 2,438,371 -2,118,491
Immingham Docks 2,723,323 3,023,956 +300,633

Importer companies by SIC division

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

Top 5 values

SIC Companies
Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products 77
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 76
Scientific research and development 45
Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations 33
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 17

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 77
2025-11 75
2025-10 75
2025-09 71
2025-08 63

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
54m+ 120
1m-15m 113
15m-54m 33
Other 20
0-1m 14

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 £
Brazil 58,869,060
United States 53,814,923
Canada 24,811,839
Mexico 10,674,903
Netherlands 9,679,002

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 £
Brazil 28,915,797 29,953,263 +1,037,466
United States 37,994,140 15,820,783 -22,173,357
Canada 14,018,138 10,793,701 -3,224,437
Mexico 5,113,845 5,561,058 +447,213
Netherlands 7,169,892 2,509,110 -4,660,782
Australia 3,922,185 1,685,717 -2,236,468
Japan 2,417,708 1,992,141 -425,567
Sweden 2,078,174 1,502,299 -575,875
Belgium 1,271,151 2,291,439 +1,020,288
Ireland 2,676,291 550,373 -2,125,918

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 148,127
Ireland 2,086

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 134,747 13,380 -121,367
Ireland 952 1,134 +182

Export volume by transport

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

Top 5 values

Transport £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 135,586,999
Air transport 53,750,641
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 9,549,893
Rail transport 278,566
Other 150,332

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 £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 74,536,271 61,050,728 -13,485,543
Air transport 37,630,783 16,119,858 -21,510,925
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 5,070,443 4,479,450 -590,993
Rail transport 278,566 0 -278,566
Other 135,818 14,514 -121,304
Road transport 10,907 0 -10,907

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Southampton 49,440,122
London Gateway Port 43,798,454
Felixstowe 39,928,407
London Heathrow Airport 30,285,944
London Stansted Airport 11,815,558

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 £
Southampton 26,818,238 22,621,884 -4,196,354
London Gateway Port 18,862,226 24,936,228 +6,074,002
Felixstowe 27,521,970 12,406,437 -15,115,533
London Heathrow Airport 22,987,729 7,298,215 -15,689,514
London Stansted Airport 7,535,109 4,280,449 -3,254,660
Dover / Eurotunnel 3,027,684 2,090,351 -937,333
Manchester Airport 2,820,618 1,542,801 -1,277,817
East Midlands Airport 2,039,261 685,475 -1,353,786
Immingham Docks 2,180,135 520,786 -1,659,349
Middlesbrough 731,886 1,777,125 +1,045,239

Quick facts

HS code: 29339980

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

Description: Various chemicals with nitrogen, used in medicines, research, or industrial processes