Import/export HS code 681513: Various carbon fibre products

Includes all other items made from carbon fibres, such as rods, tubes, or custom shapes

Why this is important if you are looking for potential customers in the UK:

  • It helps you understand the market size for your product in the UK.
  • It provides you with a list of potential leads who have bought similar products.

* 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 £
United States 81,196,879
Hungary 62,872,192
Germany 34,732,535
France 15,034,300
Spain 12,608,140

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 £
United States 36,890,834 44,306,045 +7,415,211
Hungary 32,595,510 30,276,682 -2,318,828
Germany 15,871,382 18,861,153 +2,989,771
France 4,181,250 10,853,050 +6,671,800
Spain 6,816,788 5,791,352 -1,025,436
Turkey 5,801,820 2,762,686 -3,039,134
Italy 1,206,803 6,987,223 +5,780,420
Ireland 8,081,292 10,829 -8,070,463
China 5,421,522 1,246,466 -4,175,056
Netherlands 2,404,602 3,404,781 +1,000,179

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 £
United States 114,578,266
France 37,279,938
Germany 25,053,306
Hungary 11,685,052
Spain 11,163,377

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 £
United States 55,852,249 58,726,017 +2,873,768
France 14,306,523 22,973,415 +8,666,892
Germany 13,017,568 12,035,738 -981,830
Hungary 10,274,399 1,410,653 -8,863,746
Spain 5,640,571 5,522,806 -117,765
Turkey 5,801,820 4,314,106 -1,487,714
China 5,578,730 1,432,620 -4,146,110
Mexico 1,540,289 3,774,970 +2,234,681
Italy 1,072,434 3,452,419 +2,379,985
United Kingdom 471,915 3,787,430 +3,315,515

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 35
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 33
Inner London - West 19
West Midlands 17
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 16

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
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 20 28 +8
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 22 26 +4
Inner London - West 13 14 +1
West Midlands 11 13 +2
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 11 11 +0
Surrey, East and West Sussex 11 9 -2
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 12 9 -3
Lancashire 5 11 +6
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 7 8 +1
Gloucestershire and Wiltshire 8 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 £
Air transport 149,309,251
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 86,707,170
Other 10,584,914
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 9,351,506
Road transport 4,558,907

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 £
Air transport 65,504,072 83,805,179 +18,301,107
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 51,125,803 35,581,367 -15,544,436
Other 3,392,056 7,192,858 +3,800,802
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 6,185,174 3,166,332 -3,018,842
Road transport 95,549 4,463,358 +4,367,809

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 44,251,016
Glasgow Airport 44,195,029
London Heathrow Airport 39,670,553
London Stansted Airport 20,175,709
East Midlands Airport 18,243,983

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 23,141,652 21,109,364 -2,032,288
Glasgow Airport 20,336,373 23,858,656 +3,522,283
London Heathrow Airport 14,692,125 24,978,428 +10,286,303
London Stansted Airport 9,871,711 10,303,998 +432,287
East Midlands Airport 5,586,775 12,657,208 +7,070,433
Birmingham Airport 9,470,128 6,866,496 -2,603,632
Eurotunnel 5,545,462 8,967,343 +3,421,881
000 3,392,056 7,192,858 +3,800,802
ZLC 5,944,719 4,446,524 -1,498,195
Cardiff International Airport - Rhoose 4,564,557 4,262,241 -302,316

Importer companies by SIC division

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

Top 5 values

SIC Companies
Other manufacturing 43
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 37
Manufacture of other transport equipment 34
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 28
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 21

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 81
2026-03 80
2026-02 67
2026-01 63
2025-12 67

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+ 132
1m-15m 116
15m-54m 36
0-1m 28
Other 22

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 £
Malaysia 39,597,684
Germany 35,089,917
United States 28,826,726
China 24,063,879
France 20,289,412

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 £
Malaysia 21,568,429 18,029,255 -3,539,174
Germany 17,116,099 17,973,818 +857,719
United States 13,200,322 15,626,404 +2,426,082
China 9,612,023 14,451,856 +4,839,833
France 7,352,144 12,937,268 +5,585,124
Italy 10,189,100 9,508,197 -680,903
Austria 7,643,574 9,856,020 +2,212,446
Spain 6,078,969 10,254,780 +4,175,811
Singapore 6,905,060 8,463,051 +1,557,991
Japan 6,390,071 6,581,809 +191,738

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 18,599
Italy 200
Taiwan 185

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 0 18,599 +18,599
Italy 200 0 -200
Taiwan 122 63 -59

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) 161,624,127
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 80,167,788
Air transport 71,664,461
Other 24,067

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) 68,431,998 93,192,129 +24,760,131
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 42,974,630 37,193,158 -5,781,472
Air transport 32,197,501 39,466,960 +7,269,459
Other 322 23,745 +23,423

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 129,948,272
Felixstowe 50,329,227
London Heathrow Airport 45,259,780
Southampton 21,437,877
London Gateway Port 16,091,957

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 £
Dover / Eurotunnel 52,124,617 77,823,655 +25,699,038
Felixstowe 32,415,386 17,913,841 -14,501,545
London Heathrow Airport 21,901,889 23,357,891 +1,456,002
Southampton 5,693,620 15,744,257 +10,050,637
London Gateway Port 9,105,102 6,986,855 -2,118,247
Birmingham Airport 4,849,394 9,184,435 +4,335,041
Portsmouth 4,289,279 5,141,674 +852,395
East Midlands Airport 2,327,271 3,629,314 +1,302,043
Harwich 2,528,415 2,974,065 +445,650
Immingham Docks 1,515,482 1,799,275 +283,793

Quick facts

HS code: 681513

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

Description: Includes all other items made from carbon fibres, such as rods, tubes, or custom shapes