Import/export HS code 441821: Wooden shingles and shakes made of tropical wood

Roofing materials like shingles and shakes crafted from tropical wood

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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 £
Indonesia 76,006,288
China 36,692,072
Malaysia 23,778,610
Ireland 22,843,573
Poland 4,512,854

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 £
Indonesia 42,898,781 33,107,507 -9,791,274
China 19,520,989 17,171,083 -2,349,906
Malaysia 13,336,443 10,442,167 -2,894,276
Ireland 15,149,309 7,694,264 -7,455,045
Poland 2,353,778 2,159,076 -194,702
Spain 2,546,341 1,525,892 -1,020,449
Viet Nam 1,209,895 1,297,298 +87,403
Netherlands 1,043,488 1,210,534 +167,046
Lithuania 1,227,553 993,403 -234,150
France 961,958 1,007,228 +45,270

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 £
Indonesia 75,859,964
China 36,665,627
Malaysia 23,930,447
Ireland 20,843,875
Poland 6,566,420

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 £
Indonesia 42,489,439 33,370,525 -9,118,914
China 19,487,053 17,178,574 -2,308,479
Malaysia 13,445,295 10,485,152 -2,960,143
Ireland 13,836,693 7,007,182 -6,829,511
Poland 3,341,126 3,225,294 -115,832
Spain 2,631,391 1,561,555 -1,069,836
Viet Nam 1,209,895 1,311,225 +101,330
Lithuania 1,058,412 971,164 -87,248
Latvia 641,770 1,002,861 +361,091
India 753,210 543,438 -209,772

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Outer London - West and North West 29
Outer London - South 20
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 16
Inner London - West 16
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 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
Outer London - West and North West 17 21 +4
Outer London - South 12 15 +3
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 13 9 -4
Inner London - West 11 11 +0
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 12 7 -5
Inner London - East 10 9 -1
Outer London - East and North East 10 8 -2
Essex 9 9 +0
Surrey, East and West Sussex 4 8 +4
Gloucestershire and Wiltshire 4 6 +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) 141,757,600
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 36,229,593
Other 2,018,938
Air transport 574,833
Road transport 5,406

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) 78,386,287 63,371,313 -15,014,974
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 22,190,479 14,039,114 -8,151,365
Other 1,223,861 795,077 -428,784
Air transport 391,059 183,774 -207,285
Road transport 0 5,406 +5,406
Rail transport 1,548 0 -1,548

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 93,000,461
Holyhead 20,485,634
London Gateway Port 20,130,873
Southampton 18,689,341
Dover 8,811,851

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 48,842,035 44,158,426 -4,683,609
Holyhead 13,614,801 6,870,833 -6,743,968
London Gateway Port 12,466,320 7,664,553 -4,801,767
Southampton 11,913,580 6,775,761 -5,137,819
Dover 5,241,039 3,570,812 -1,670,227
Liverpool Docks 3,161,597 2,781,331 -380,266
Harwich 1,646,706 1,687,405 +40,699
Belfast Port 1,019,885 1,212,871 +192,986
Eurotunnel 1,002,583 1,133,120 +130,537
000 1,223,861 795,077 -428,784

Importer companies by SIC division

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

Top 5 values

SIC Companies
Specialised construction activities 85
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 37
Construction of buildings 36
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 28
Manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, except furniture; manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials 20

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 38
2025-11 48
2025-10 50
2025-09 53
2025-08 43

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
0-1m 111
1m-15m 56
54m+ 20
Other 10
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 10,862,566
United Republic of Tanzania 1,363,144
Australia 808,043
China 710,333
France 430,851

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 5,252,164 5,610,402 +358,238
United Republic of Tanzania 1,363,144 0 -1,363,144
Australia 0 808,043 +808,043
China 215,726 494,607 +278,881
France 320,950 109,901 -211,049
United States 270,216 40,733 -229,483
Gibraltar 49,326 98,718 +49,392
Antigua and Barbuda 0 110,611 +110,611
Spain 64,932 0 -64,932
Botswana 0 59,678 +59,678

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 6,403,354
Indonesia 1,067,014
Ireland 518,223
Nicaragua 271,729
Spain 13,541

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 2,711,669 3,691,685 +980,016
Indonesia 590,766 476,248 -114,518
Ireland 509,478 8,745 -500,733
Nicaragua 237,099 34,630 -202,469
Spain 7,984 5,557 -2,427
Poland 8,553 0 -8,553
Portugal 4,881 0 -4,881
Singapore 3,011 1,173 -1,838
China 1,232 0 -1,232

Export volume by transport

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

Top 5 values

Transport £
Other 9,999,708
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 3,006,548
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 1,665,905
Air transport 479,766

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 £
Other 4,922,964 5,076,744 +153,780
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,812,207 1,194,341 -617,866
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 891,186 774,719 -116,467
Air transport 62,555 417,211 +354,656

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
000 9,999,708
Felixstowe 1,371,718
Holyhead 767,992
Liverpool Docks 658,132
London Gateway Port 585,751

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 4,922,964 5,076,744 +153,780
Felixstowe 1,241,434 130,284 -1,111,150
Holyhead 319,997 447,995 +127,998
Liverpool Docks 625,224 32,908 -592,316
London Gateway Port 0 585,751 +585,751
Southampton 0 470,607 +470,607
Dover / Eurotunnel 245,083 201,593 -43,490
London Heathrow Airport 11,043 387,135 +376,092
Heysham 69,762 33,555 -36,207
Portsmouth 64,932 2,197 -62,735

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 441821

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

Description: Roofing materials like shingles and shakes crafted from tropical wood