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 93,001,594
Finland 28,282,191
Sweden 17,816,561
Norway 13,945,792
Poland 5,712,299

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 49,606,781 43,394,813 -6,211,968
Finland 12,256,822 16,025,369 +3,768,547
Sweden 9,939,681 7,876,880 -2,062,801
Norway 6,994,495 6,951,297 -43,198
Poland 2,235,902 3,476,397 +1,240,495
France 2,578,306 1,899,007 -679,299
Latvia 3,426,598 397,389 -3,029,209
Netherlands 1,646,124 1,267,648 -378,476
Belgium 1,069,269 1,059,990 -9,279
Germany 695,045 742,121 +47,076

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 53,199,772
Finland 24,149,913
Norway 14,211,219
Sweden 10,757,594
France 4,792,333

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 28,005,339 25,194,433 -2,810,906
Finland 11,018,374 13,131,539 +2,113,165
Norway 7,349,310 6,861,909 -487,401
Sweden 5,048,225 5,709,369 +661,144
France 2,932,425 1,859,908 -1,072,517
Poland 2,109,212 2,362,541 +253,329
Latvia 2,957,106 302,755 -2,654,351
Belgium 1,298,893 1,567,364 +268,471
Germany 881,763 836,061 -45,702
Estonia 386,044 995,930 +609,886

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 11
Norfolk 4
Surrey, East and West Sussex 4
Essex 3
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 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 5 -2
Norfolk 3 2 -1
Surrey, East and West Sussex 4 1 -3
Essex 2 2 +0
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 3 2 -1
Northern Ireland 0 3 +3
North Somerset, Somerset and Dorset 1 3 +2
Outer London - West and North West 2 3 +1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 2 1 -1
Gloucestershire and Wiltshire 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) 70,991,878
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 57,825,473
Other 50,192,633
Road transport 164,805
Air transport 157,306

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) 35,627,612 35,364,266 -263,346
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 29,687,491 28,137,982 -1,549,509
Other 27,423,540 22,769,093 -4,654,447
Road transport 100,903 63,902 -37,001
Air transport 46,971 110,335 +63,364

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
000 50,192,633
Liverpool Docks 24,063,621
Newport 20,712,057
Immingham Docks 16,762,254
Holyhead 11,912,628

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 27,423,540 22,769,093 -4,654,447
Liverpool Docks 11,589,151 12,474,470 +885,319
Newport 9,643,964 11,068,093 +1,424,129
Immingham Docks 8,937,178 7,825,076 -1,112,102
Holyhead 6,101,653 5,810,975 -290,678
Inverness 5,939,599 2,009,638 -3,929,961
Milford 3,799,975 3,707,645 -92,330
Boston 3,489,040 4,009,441 +520,401
Dover 3,227,008 3,936,097 +709,089
Montrose 1,908,337 3,010,136 +1,101,799

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 28
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 14
Manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, except furniture; manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials 8
Other manufacturing 5
Architectural and engineering activities; technical testing and analysis 2

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 7
2025-11 2
2025-10 9
2025-09 4
2025-08 12

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 32
54m+ 15
0-1m 9
15m-54m 9

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 24,216,778
Sweden 11,587,271
Germany 2,641,647
Norway 2,329,175
Viet Nam 883,080

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 16,026,764 8,190,014 -7,836,750
Sweden 5,874,665 5,712,606 -162,059
Germany 1,646,346 995,301 -651,045
Norway 496,511 1,832,664 +1,336,153
Viet Nam 513,993 369,087 -144,906
Belgium 591,840 9,995 -581,845
Luxembourg 0 571,500 +571,500
France 310,779 255,276 -55,503
India 294,297 131,543 -162,754
Iceland 403,258 16,096 -387,162

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 8,600,435
Sweden 4,865,855
Ireland 1,571,231
Nicaragua 1,217,275
Latvia 34,140

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 4,869,272 3,731,163 -1,138,109
Sweden 3,091,453 1,774,402 -1,317,051
Ireland 790,809 780,422 -10,387
Nicaragua 656,764 560,511 -96,253
Latvia 13,789 20,351 +6,562
Finland 12,489 12,223 -266
France 11,735 0 -11,735
Netherlands 660 2,226 +1,566
Germany 223 114 -109
Estonia 0 63 +63

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) 23,650,886
Other 19,038,377
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 2,098,117
Air transport 473,752

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) 14,041,489 9,609,397 -4,432,092
Other 11,199,278 7,839,099 -3,360,179
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 1,390,799 707,318 -683,481
Air transport 308,588 165,164 -143,424

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
000 19,038,377
Inverness 6,271,784
499 5,378,505
Aberdeen Docks 4,083,767
Greenock 3,661,452

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 11,199,278 7,839,099 -3,360,179
Inverness 3,584,640 2,687,144 -897,496
499 2,430,523 2,947,982 +517,459
Aberdeen Docks 1,801,593 2,282,174 +480,581
Greenock 3,661,452 0 -3,661,452
Montrose 0 1,194,729 +1,194,729
Southampton 649,971 318,061 -331,910
Dover / Eurotunnel 380,394 318,987 -61,407
Hull 684,146 0 -684,146
Blyth Harbour 588,600 0 -588,600

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