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 81,685,956
Hungary 61,581,066
Germany 34,826,722
France 15,281,006
Spain 12,654,232

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 37,351,173 44,334,783 +6,983,610
Hungary 32,608,643 28,972,423 -3,636,220
Germany 17,002,890 17,823,832 +820,942
France 4,318,355 10,962,651 +6,644,296
Spain 7,186,723 5,467,509 -1,719,214
Turkey 5,952,654 2,629,617 -3,323,037
Italy 1,216,648 7,025,882 +5,809,234
Ireland 8,081,292 10,935 -8,070,357
Netherlands 2,313,940 3,890,933 +1,576,993
China 4,287,144 1,219,853 -3,067,291

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 114,736,517
France 37,520,411
Germany 25,225,710
Spain 11,326,108
Hungary 10,518,486

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 58,608,525 56,127,992 -2,480,533
France 13,176,343 24,344,068 +11,167,725
Germany 13,196,684 12,029,026 -1,167,658
Spain 5,698,942 5,627,166 -71,776
Hungary 9,504,836 1,013,650 -8,491,186
Turkey 5,952,654 4,493,572 -1,459,082
China 4,491,983 1,403,059 -3,088,924
Mexico 2,008,688 3,455,923 +1,447,235
Italy 1,095,008 3,478,613 +2,383,605
United Kingdom 471,611 3,784,543 +3,312,932

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 36
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 33
Inner London - West 18
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 17
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 17

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 22 28 +6
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 23 26 +3
Inner London - West 14 13 -1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 13 11 -2
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 11 12 +1
Surrey, East and West Sussex 12 9 -3
West Midlands 11 12 +1
Lancashire 6 10 +4
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 8 7 -1
Gloucestershire and Wiltshire 7 7 +0

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 149,890,120
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 85,604,169
Other 10,457,537
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 8,483,394
Road transport 4,916,949

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 67,541,750 82,348,370 +14,806,620
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 50,199,233 35,404,936 -14,794,297
Other 4,159,824 6,297,713 +2,137,889
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 5,429,677 3,053,717 -2,375,960
Road transport 256,338 4,660,611 +4,404,273

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Glasgow Airport 43,678,088
Dover 43,290,452
London Heathrow Airport 41,192,304
London Stansted Airport 20,134,518
East Midlands Airport 18,836,616

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 £
Glasgow Airport 21,346,976 22,331,112 +984,136
Dover 22,286,969 21,003,483 -1,283,486
London Heathrow Airport 15,149,912 26,042,392 +10,892,480
London Stansted Airport 10,932,148 9,202,370 -1,729,778
East Midlands Airport 5,403,252 13,433,364 +8,030,112
Birmingham Airport 9,119,833 6,226,038 -2,893,795
Eurotunnel 5,463,634 8,590,267 +3,126,633
ZLC 6,105,508 4,598,270 -1,507,238
000 4,159,824 6,297,713 +2,137,889
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
36
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
2026-05 66
2026-04 81
2026-03 80
2026-02 67
2026-01 63

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+ 134
1m-15m 116
15m-54m 36
0-1m 27
Other 23

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 39,286,957
Germany 34,152,310
United States 29,835,074
China 23,801,467
France 20,418,158

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 21,741,267 17,545,690 -4,195,577
Germany 16,688,292 17,464,018 +775,726
United States 13,020,125 16,814,949 +3,794,824
China 9,584,589 14,216,878 +4,632,289
France 7,563,119 12,855,039 +5,291,920
Italy 10,597,743 9,626,349 -971,394
Austria 7,249,571 10,429,305 +3,179,734
Spain 6,271,066 10,106,872 +3,835,806
Singapore 6,906,624 8,876,191 +1,969,567
Japan 7,369,653 5,651,132 -1,718,521

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
Taiwan 164
Italy 77

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
Taiwan 104 60 -44
Italy 77 0 -77

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) 162,800,726
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 78,729,140
Air transport 73,464,039
Other 23,923

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) 71,397,160 91,403,566 +20,006,406
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 42,701,934 36,027,206 -6,674,728
Air transport 32,029,325 41,434,714 +9,405,389
Other 181 23,742 +23,561

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 130,058,162
Felixstowe 49,146,901
London Heathrow Airport 46,545,671
Southampton 22,391,491
London Gateway Port 14,907,463

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 53,293,209 76,764,953 +23,471,744
Felixstowe 32,426,304 16,720,597 -15,705,707
London Heathrow Airport 21,263,503 25,282,168 +4,018,665
Southampton 5,734,060 16,657,431 +10,923,371
London Gateway Port 9,401,706 5,505,757 -3,895,949
Birmingham Airport 5,289,082 9,518,639 +4,229,557
Portsmouth 4,021,423 5,104,642 +1,083,219
East Midlands Airport 2,654,790 3,309,636 +654,846
Harwich 3,576,707 1,925,773 -1,650,934
Immingham Docks 1,354,156 2,840,639 +1,486,483

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