Import/export HS code 4403: Rough wood

Unprocessed wood, which may still have bark or sapwood. Can be roughly shaped or left natural

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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 96,551,322
Finland 33,111,759
Sweden 21,604,223
Norway 14,163,848
Poland 6,744,925

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 51,604,443 44,946,879 -6,657,564
Finland 14,092,374 19,019,385 +4,927,011
Sweden 9,134,128 12,470,095 +3,335,967
Norway 6,518,260 7,645,588 +1,127,328
Poland 2,919,127 3,825,798 +906,671
France 2,259,739 1,875,966 -383,773
Latvia 2,974,757 380,975 -2,593,782
Netherlands 1,757,605 1,066,505 -691,100
Belgium 1,415,355 1,270,012 -145,343
United States 85,439 1,614,644 +1,529,205

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 53,812,877
Finland 28,178,168
Sweden 14,610,954
Norway 14,152,167
Poland 4,877,704

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 30,067,245 23,745,632 -6,321,613
Finland 12,528,516 15,649,652 +3,121,136
Sweden 4,934,083 9,676,871 +4,742,788
Norway 6,671,200 7,480,967 +809,767
Poland 2,342,309 2,535,395 +193,086
France 2,471,327 1,807,644 -663,683
Belgium 1,829,858 1,899,039 +69,181
Latvia 2,504,829 425,858 -2,078,971
Ukraine 529,957 1,617,262 +1,087,305
United States 87,698 1,621,245 +1,533,547

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 10
Norfolk 4
Surrey, East and West Sussex 4
Essex 3
Kent 3

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 7 3 -4
Norfolk 3 2 -1
Surrey, East and West Sussex 4 2 -2
Essex 2 2 +0
Kent 2 2 +0
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 3 2 -1
Northern Ireland 1 2 +1
Outer London - West and North West 3 0 -3
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 2 0 -2
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 1 2 +1

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) 73,844,625
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 65,314,621
Other 54,099,263
Road transport 210,455
Air transport 155,356

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) 38,431,003 35,413,622 -3,017,381
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 30,267,930 35,046,691 +4,778,761
Other 27,301,168 26,798,095 -503,073
Road transport 121,707 88,748 -32,959
Air transport 55,588 99,768 +44,180

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
000 54,099,263
Liverpool Docks 24,821,188
Newport 24,797,941
Immingham Docks 16,896,968
Holyhead 12,014,388

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 £
000 27,301,168 26,798,095 -503,073
Liverpool Docks 13,179,966 11,641,222 -1,538,744
Newport 10,103,335 14,694,606 +4,591,271
Immingham Docks 8,307,515 8,589,453 +281,938
Holyhead 6,261,834 5,752,554 -509,280
Boston 4,385,892 4,086,667 -299,225
Dover 3,601,309 4,248,604 +647,295
Montrose 2,037,393 5,716,712 +3,679,319
Milford 3,926,044 3,793,419 -132,625
Inverness 6,144,215 1,018,170 -5,126,045

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
30
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
13
Manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, except furniture; manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials
9
Other manufacturing
4
Financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding
3

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 11
2026-04 8
2026-03 10
2026-02 6
2026-01 7

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 33
54m+ 13
0-1m 9
15m-54m 9
Other 1

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 20,802,645
Sweden 10,865,017
Germany 5,689,784
Norway 2,410,099
Luxembourg 1,071,500

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 13,112,641 7,690,004 -5,422,637
Sweden 4,974,149 5,890,868 +916,719
Germany 1,727,522 3,962,262 +2,234,740
Norway 1,507,776 902,323 -605,453
Luxembourg 0 1,071,500 +1,071,500
Viet Nam 444,907 382,970 -61,937
Belgium 424,100 248,387 -175,713
Poland 21,977 509,009 +487,032
India 293,934 102,028 -191,906
France 121,938 205,953 +84,015

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 8,262,501
Sweden 4,276,719
Ireland 1,630,217
Nicaragua 1,375,968
Latvia 36,750

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 4,935,168 3,327,333 -1,607,835
Sweden 2,739,319 1,537,400 -1,201,919
Ireland 804,583 825,634 +21,051
Nicaragua 527,870 848,098 +320,228
Latvia 22,346 14,404 -7,942
Finland 22,868 1,536 -21,332
XL 0 11,968 +11,968
France 6,813 0 -6,813
Netherlands 931 2,924 +1,993
Germany 136 157 +21

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) 24,400,163
Other 17,726,491
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 2,057,259
Air transport 439,675

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) 11,636,154 12,764,009 +1,127,855
Other 10,210,792 7,515,699 -2,695,093
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 1,304,420 752,839 -551,581
Air transport 318,328 121,347 -196,981

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
000 17,726,491
499 6,458,016
Inverness 6,141,358
Aberdeen Docks 6,015,265
Montrose 1,440,601

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 £
000 10,210,792 7,515,699 -2,695,093
499 2,180,798 4,277,218 +2,096,420
Inverness 3,795,497 2,345,861 -1,449,636
Aberdeen Docks 2,102,433 3,912,832 +1,810,399
Montrose 699,931 740,670 +40,739
Greenock 1,220,750 0 -1,220,750
Southampton 570,892 310,971 -259,921
Grangemouth Docks 0 508,500 +508,500
Dover / Eurotunnel 201,839 290,561 +88,722
Hull 431,666 12,846 -418,820

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 4403

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

Description: Unprocessed wood, which may still have bark or sapwood. Can be roughly shaped or left natural