Import/export HS code 6807: Asphalt-based construction materials

Products made from asphalt or similar materials, such as petroleum bitumen or coal tar pitch, used in construction and waterproofing

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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 £
Netherlands 53,301,237
Italy 50,503,119
France 16,559,623
Belgium 13,609,617
Poland 11,777,902

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 £
Netherlands 28,960,415 24,340,822 -4,619,593
Italy 25,830,572 24,672,547 -1,158,025
France 12,182,568 4,377,055 -7,805,513
Belgium 8,272,624 5,336,993 -2,935,631
Poland 7,390,860 4,387,042 -3,003,818
Germany 3,191,881 2,261,747 -930,134
Portugal 2,768,902 1,771,544 -997,358
Spain 1,865,767 2,076,249 +210,482
Turkey 2,064,610 1,570,160 -494,450
Egypt 1,504,279 1,125,766 -378,513

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 £
Italy 59,958,263
Germany 49,062,080
France 14,569,792
Poland 12,020,268
Belgium 10,374,438

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 £
Italy 31,819,793 28,138,470 -3,681,323
Germany 27,750,147 21,311,933 -6,438,214
France 9,985,408 4,584,384 -5,401,024
Poland 7,534,858 4,485,410 -3,049,448
Belgium 6,230,363 4,144,075 -2,086,288
Netherlands 1,758,203 3,071,501 +1,313,298
Portugal 2,806,393 1,775,779 -1,030,614
Spain 1,837,692 2,036,623 +198,931
Turkey 2,092,693 1,604,110 -488,583
Egypt 1,506,705 1,137,021 -369,684

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
West Midlands 22
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 13
West Yorkshire 11
Lancashire 10
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 9

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
West Midlands 17 17 +0
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 8 9 +1
West Yorkshire 7 7 +0
Lancashire 6 7 +1
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 9 6 -3
Inner London - East 7 5 -2
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 6 6 +0
Outer London - West and North West 5 7 +2
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 5 6 +1
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 6 7 +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) 123,289,210
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 52,717,486
Other 1,816,722
Air transport 691,684
Road transport 52,839

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) 75,989,243 47,299,967 -28,689,276
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 22,963,352 29,754,134 +6,790,782
Other 1,041,890 774,832 -267,058
Air transport 370,859 320,825 -50,034
Road transport 50,831 2,008 -48,823

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 40,382,689
Felixstowe 31,223,969
London 27,860,803
Immingham Docks 26,143,295
London Gateway Port 9,572,171

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 £
Dover 23,354,685 17,028,004 -6,326,681
Felixstowe 16,610,260 14,613,709 -1,996,551
London 13,748,446 14,112,357 +363,911
Immingham Docks 15,281,340 10,861,955 -4,419,385
London Gateway Port 5,357,570 4,214,601 -1,142,969
Hull 4,878,610 4,233,512 -645,098
Killingholme 3,547,403 2,380,081 -1,167,322
Harwich 4,280,476 1,463,485 -2,816,991
Middlesbrough 2,614,705 1,259,179 -1,355,526
Purfleet 1,754,056 840,830 -913,226

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 80
Specialised construction activities 31
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 20
Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products 11
Other manufacturing 11

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 46
2025-11 61
2025-10 66
2025-09 58
2025-08 62

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 91
54m+ 47
0-1m 30
15m-54m 28
Other 5

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 11,360,827
France 1,043,033
Viet Nam 675,627
South Korea 471,439
Bahrain 349,482

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 5,178,971 6,181,856 +1,002,885
France 491,669 551,364 +59,695
Viet Nam 486,156 189,471 -296,685
South Korea 445,292 26,147 -419,145
Bahrain 310,485 38,997 -271,488
United States 189,916 122,840 -67,076
Italy 171,081 125,457 -45,624
Czechia 152,056 126,840 -25,216
Trinidad and Tobago 175,993 102,074 -73,919
Ghana 153,008 103,906 -49,102

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 2,456,319
Italy 182,478
Ireland 51,281
Spain 24,753
Belgium 12,801

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 990,060 1,466,259 +476,199
Italy 132,462 50,016 -82,446
Ireland 32,686 18,595 -14,091
Spain 17,082 7,671 -9,411
Belgium 12,413 388 -12,025
Poland 6,363 346 -6,017
Egypt 1,254 507 -747
Slovakia 804 886 +82
Switzerland 1,615 0 -1,615
China 276 0 -276

Export volume by transport

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

Top 5 values

Transport £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 11,404,451
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 4,184,770
Other 2,840,193
Air transport 328,049

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 £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 5,430,464 5,973,987 +543,523
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 2,933,336 1,251,434 -1,681,902
Other 1,249,460 1,590,733 +341,273
Air transport 228,987 99,062 -129,925

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Holyhead 3,844,561
Liverpool Docks 3,400,782
000 2,840,193
London Gateway Port 2,513,874
Dover / Eurotunnel 2,205,554

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 £
Holyhead 1,368,525 2,476,036 +1,107,511
Liverpool Docks 2,129,009 1,271,773 -857,236
000 1,249,460 1,590,733 +341,273
London Gateway Port 1,936,513 577,361 -1,359,152
Dover / Eurotunnel 1,191,084 1,014,470 -176,614
Heysham 550,818 956,003 +405,185
Southampton 383,531 473,124 +89,593
Felixstowe 353,665 199,251 -154,414
London Heathrow Airport 152,385 59,805 -92,580
Immingham Docks 115,369 79,212 -36,157

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 6807

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

Description: Products made from asphalt or similar materials, such as petroleum bitumen or coal tar pitch, used in construction and waterproofing