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 71,858,681
Hungary 64,234,723
Germany 31,133,345
Spain 11,964,536
France 11,296,866

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 37,872,123 33,986,558 -3,885,565
Hungary 36,759,906 27,474,817 -9,285,089
Germany 16,513,862 14,619,483 -1,894,379
Spain 5,071,913 6,892,623 +1,820,710
France 4,344,754 6,952,112 +2,607,358
Ireland 8,088,126 7,140 -8,080,986
Turkey 5,801,820 2,131,403 -3,670,417
China 6,393,448 1,081,629 -5,311,819
Italy 1,123,107 4,831,259 +3,708,152
Netherlands 1,208,663 2,990,024 +1,781,361

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 108,388,787
France 29,310,297
Germany 22,866,084
Hungary 15,596,878
China 10,745,853

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 58,176,513 50,212,274 -7,964,239
France 13,515,524 15,794,773 +2,279,249
Germany 13,690,840 9,175,244 -4,515,596
Hungary 13,784,613 1,812,265 -11,972,348
China 9,589,202 1,156,651 -8,432,551
Spain 3,858,033 6,375,298 +2,517,265
Turkey 5,801,820 2,742,808 -3,059,012
Mexico 1,124,897 3,467,707 +2,342,810
Netherlands 1,087,018 2,213,464 +1,126,446
United Kingdom 468,593 2,329,289 +1,860,696

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 31
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 29
Inner London - West 20
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 16
Surrey, East and West Sussex 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
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 24 21 -3
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 16 25 +9
Inner London - West 12 16 +4
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 13 10 -3
Surrey, East and West Sussex 12 8 -4
West Midlands 11 10 -1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 10 9 -1
Lancashire 6 11 +5
Gloucestershire and Wiltshire 8 5 -3
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 7 6 -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 134,293,224
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 81,299,148
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 13,026,030
Other 8,926,918
Road transport 2,771,775

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 66,799,022 67,494,202 +695,180
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 52,443,035 28,856,113 -23,586,922
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 9,891,079 3,134,951 -6,756,128
Other 3,632,062 5,294,856 +1,662,794
Road transport 17,387 2,754,388 +2,737,001

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 44,363,548
Glasgow Airport 41,019,298
London Heathrow Airport 31,259,415
London Stansted Airport 20,567,679
Birmingham Airport 17,150,242

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 26,984,488 17,379,060 -9,605,428
Glasgow Airport 20,482,929 20,536,369 +53,440
London Heathrow Airport 15,095,922 16,163,493 +1,067,571
London Stansted Airport 10,914,715 9,652,964 -1,261,751
Birmingham Airport 8,966,576 8,183,666 -782,910
East Midlands Airport 5,674,144 8,878,062 +3,203,918
Eurotunnel 4,342,429 5,798,725 +1,456,296
000 3,632,062 5,294,856 +1,662,794
ZLC 5,868,652 2,793,749 -3,074,903
Cardiff International Airport - Rhoose 4,564,557 3,836,952 -727,605

Importer companies by SIC division

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

Top 5 values

SIC Companies
Other manufacturing 42
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 35
Manufacture of other transport equipment 32
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 28
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 24

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 63
2025-11 68
2025-10 76
2025-09 72
2025-08 59

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+ 125
1m-15m 108
15m-54m 33
0-1m 30
Other 19

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 35,103,977
Germany 32,500,198
United States 23,153,601
China 22,460,627
Italy 18,632,202

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 21,543,388 13,560,589 -7,982,799
Germany 18,437,376 14,062,822 -4,374,554
United States 13,453,367 9,700,234 -3,753,133
China 8,703,802 13,756,825 +5,053,023
Italy 10,525,049 8,107,153 -2,417,896
France 7,267,724 11,107,253 +3,839,529
Spain 5,571,889 9,383,974 +3,812,085
Singapore 7,516,435 6,593,085 -923,350
Austria 7,342,006 6,220,336 -1,121,670
Japan 6,498,087 5,867,006 -631,081

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 19,454
Italy 382
Taiwan 177

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 974 18,480 +17,506
Italy 382 0 -382
Taiwan 134 43 -91

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) 139,971,417
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 76,147,473
Air transport 62,931,445
Other 23,625
Road transport 1,080

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) 65,105,618 74,865,799 +9,760,181
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 46,740,914 29,406,559 -17,334,355
Air transport 33,418,801 29,512,644 -3,906,157
Other 1,490 22,135 +20,645
Road transport 1,080 0 -1,080

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 111,787,633
Felixstowe 49,120,191
London Heathrow Airport 38,805,032
Southampton 17,379,081
London Gateway Port 16,580,607

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 51,298,567 60,489,066 +9,190,499
Felixstowe 31,173,029 17,947,162 -13,225,867
London Heathrow Airport 22,076,305 16,728,727 -5,347,578
Southampton 7,111,653 10,267,428 +3,155,775
London Gateway Port 10,145,892 6,434,715 -3,711,177
Birmingham Airport 3,618,503 7,864,689 +4,246,186
Portsmouth 3,909,132 4,233,203 +324,071
Harwich 2,526,499 2,528,165 +1,666
East Midlands Airport 2,265,406 2,471,355 +205,949
Dover 2,280,105 834,674 -1,445,431

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