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 79,240,309
Netherlands 74,364,797
China 53,964,314
Switzerland 42,293,382
United States 17,344,003

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 74,507,921 4,732,388 -69,775,533
Netherlands 71,690,658 2,674,139 -69,016,519
China 24,914,797 29,049,517 +4,134,720
Switzerland 8,439,635 33,853,747 +25,414,112
United States 11,634,461 5,709,542 -5,924,919
Germany 6,862,522 7,879,551 +1,017,029
India 4,620,675 9,104,531 +4,483,856
Italy 4,763,758 4,876,487 +112,729
South Korea 4,868,623 4,447,148 -421,475
France 4,166,200 2,068,747 -2,097,453

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 165,739,186
China 64,503,393
India 20,958,455
United States 17,834,533
Switzerland 11,839,867

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 135,285,109 30,454,077 -104,831,032
China 31,867,640 32,635,753 +768,113
India 10,621,359 10,337,096 -284,263
United States 11,191,228 6,643,305 -4,547,923
Switzerland 7,134,396 4,705,471 -2,428,925
Germany 5,236,499 4,633,673 -602,826
South Korea 4,762,974 4,597,564 -165,410
Italy 3,033,514 2,550,598 -482,916
France 3,383,899 1,486,137 -1,897,762
Japan 796,588 3,507,365 +2,710,777

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 28
Inner London - West 21
Cheshire 17
Greater Manchester 15
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough 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 20 24 +4
Inner London - West 16 15 -1
Cheshire 12 14 +2
Greater Manchester 11 11 +0
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough 9 11 +2
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 8 14 +6
West Yorkshire 12 10 -2
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 9 8 -1
Surrey, East and West Sussex 4 12 +8
Merseyside 5 10 +5

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) 203,665,933
Air transport 72,944,262
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 54,255,019
Other 11,230,824
Road transport 1,822,069

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) 158,249,784 45,416,149 -112,833,635
Air transport 39,170,600 33,773,662 -5,396,938
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 23,845,795 30,409,224 +6,563,429
Other 6,289,384 4,941,440 -1,347,944
Road transport 84,709 1,737,360 +1,652,651

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Holyhead 100,265,437
London Heathrow Airport 48,985,057
Dover / Eurotunnel 43,351,450
Dover 40,184,521
Felixstowe 28,529,014

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 97,693,557 2,571,880 -95,121,677
London Heathrow Airport 28,232,291 20,752,766 -7,479,525
Dover / Eurotunnel 42,218,848 1,132,602 -41,086,246
Dover 7,593,106 32,591,415 +24,998,309
Felixstowe 12,167,917 16,361,097 +4,193,180
Southampton 6,357,575 9,835,513 +3,477,938
000 6,289,384 4,941,440 -1,347,944
London Stansted Airport 4,478,515 5,628,458 +1,149,943
ZLC 4,296,804 3,207,194 -1,089,610
Manchester Airport 2,909,308 3,364,616 +455,308

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
81
Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products
76
Scientific research and development
52
Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations
35
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
15

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 86
2026-04 76
2026-03 78
2026-02 78
2026-01 77

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+ 125
1m-15m 115
15m-54m 36
Other 20
0-1m 17

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 63,040,579
United States 43,132,025
Canada 29,165,076
Netherlands 8,638,241
Mexico 8,452,356

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 39,309,508 23,731,071 -15,578,437
United States 19,664,022 23,468,003 +3,803,981
Canada 16,107,176 13,057,900 -3,049,276
Netherlands 6,270,897 2,367,344 -3,903,553
Mexico 6,494,486 1,957,870 -4,536,616
Japan 3,198,084 1,886,474 -1,311,610
Australia 3,013,872 1,942,654 -1,071,218
Belgium 1,206,283 3,119,516 +1,913,233
Sweden 2,133,040 1,637,498 -495,542
Hungary 1,201,233 2,244,543 +1,043,310

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 61,657
Ireland 2,680

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 55,986 5,671 -50,315
Ireland 1,519 1,161 -358

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) 143,090,107
Air transport 42,649,674
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 8,654,325
Rail transport 278,566
Other 64,456

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) 82,057,567 61,032,540 -21,025,027
Air transport 22,269,066 20,380,608 -1,888,458
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 3,736,289 4,918,036 +1,181,747
Rail transport 278,566 0 -278,566
Other 57,624 6,832 -50,792

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Gateway Port 64,629,287
Southampton 46,932,990
Felixstowe 28,880,976
London Heathrow Airport 15,670,690
London Stansted Airport 14,014,781

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 £
London Gateway Port 31,074,920 33,554,367 +2,479,447
Southampton 27,891,883 19,041,107 -8,850,776
Felixstowe 22,312,312 6,568,664 -15,743,648
London Heathrow Airport 7,049,821 8,620,869 +1,571,048
London Stansted Airport 8,708,335 5,306,446 -3,401,889
Manchester Airport 2,814,244 1,911,637 -902,607
Dover / Eurotunnel 1,432,689 2,272,206 +839,517
ZLC 940,482 2,680,478 +1,739,996
Middlesbrough 1,450,726 2,047,697 +596,971
Immingham Docks 818,584 1,541,570 +722,986

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