Import/export HS code 730419: Various seamless iron or steel tubes

Seamless tubes and pipes made of iron or steel, not including stainless steel

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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 £
Norway 40,373,074
Italy 32,970,316
Germany 15,242,579
Japan 11,283,095
China 7,618,563

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 £
Norway 23,917,927 16,455,147 -7,462,780
Italy 16,883,090 16,087,226 -795,864
Germany 1,524,570 13,718,009 +12,193,439
Japan 10,755,739 527,356 -10,228,383
China 4,206,041 3,412,522 -793,519
Netherlands 2,794,403 3,508,274 +713,871
United States 2,317,791 578,884 -1,738,907
Brazil 1,398,767 1,476,108 +77,341
Greece 2,687,690 17,143 -2,670,547
Romania 1,834,620 814,712 -1,019,908

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 72,324,898
Germany 19,473,487
Japan 11,504,694
China 8,114,457
Romania 3,682,020

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 39,766,471 32,558,427 -7,208,044
Germany 5,140,363 14,333,124 +9,192,761
Japan 10,912,372 592,322 -10,320,050
China 5,026,152 3,088,305 -1,937,847
Romania 2,321,112 1,360,908 -960,204
Slovakia 1,691,722 1,291,507 -400,215
Brazil 1,394,781 1,494,829 +100,048
Spain 1,971,810 907,753 -1,064,057
Czechia 897,563 1,964,763 +1,067,200
United States 2,286,889 421,175 -1,865,714

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
North Eastern Scotland 15
Inner London - West 13
West Midlands 11
Northumberland, Durham and Tyne & Wear 6
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 5

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
North Eastern Scotland 11 9 -2
Inner London - West 10 7 -3
West Midlands 8 9 +1
Northumberland, Durham and Tyne & Wear 4 4 +0
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 4 3 -1
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 3 2 -1
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 4 4 +0
West Central Scotland 3 4 +1
West Yorkshire 3 1 -2
Cheshire 2 2 +0

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) 85,126,266
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 46,358,701
Air transport 5,879,051
Road transport 293,728
Other 119,757

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) 50,708,651 34,417,615 -16,291,036
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 21,251,711 25,106,990 +3,855,279
Air transport 3,667,597 2,211,454 -1,456,143
Road transport 178,570 115,158 -63,412
Other 71,910 47,847 -24,063

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Aberdeen Docks 28,564,561
Middlesbrough 26,843,600
Dover 17,173,593
Invergordon 16,471,503
Lerwick 10,918,767

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 £
Aberdeen Docks 12,840,691 15,723,870 +2,883,179
Middlesbrough 15,571,892 11,271,708 -4,300,184
Dover 9,575,045 7,598,548 -1,976,497
Invergordon 16,445,972 25,531 -16,420,441
Lerwick 0 10,918,767 +10,918,767
Immingham Docks 3,557,116 4,444,442 +887,326
Liverpool Docks 3,582,844 2,616,696 -966,148
Hartlepool 2,617,473 0 -2,617,473
Grangemouth Docks 1,415,234 862,221 -553,013
Aberdeen Airport 1,079,936 1,095,235 +15,299

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
32
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment
15
Specialised construction activities
11
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities
10
Mining support service activities
9

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 22
2026-04 16
2026-03 25
2026-02 25
2026-01 22

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+ 66
1m-15m 32
15m-54m 11
Other 7
0-1m 4

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 £
Norway 13,349,507
United States 11,908,640
Malta 10,564,741
Saudi Arabia 7,289,882
Italy 6,143,586

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 £
Norway 1,903,579 11,445,928 +9,542,349
United States 8,626,362 3,282,278 -5,344,084
Malta 0 10,564,741 +10,564,741
Saudi Arabia 2,792,154 4,497,728 +1,705,574
Italy 2,181,825 3,961,761 +1,779,936
Brazil 1,554,491 4,552,304 +2,997,813
Belgium 4,131,817 283,462 -3,848,355
United Arab Emirates 2,222,981 1,828,344 -394,637
Ireland 2,098,064 1,844,639 -253,425
Nigeria 189,445 3,677,096 +3,487,651

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 90,647
Spain 77,236
China 8,292
Germany 883
Czechia 818

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 41,405 49,242 +7,837
Spain 54,960 22,276 -32,684
China 8,292 0 -8,292
Germany 883 0 -883
Czechia 0 818 +818
Ireland 654 0 -654
Italy 369 84 -285
Slovakia 41 0 -41

Export volume by transport

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

Top 5 values

Transport £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 57,503,757
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 29,198,391
Air transport 6,449,292
Other 182,632
Road transport 1,693

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 £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 16,636,362 40,867,395 +24,231,033
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 16,234,324 12,964,067 -3,270,257
Air transport 3,125,627 3,323,665 +198,038
Other 110,075 72,557 -37,518
Road transport 1,693 0 -1,693

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Gateway Port 13,709,099
Aberdeen Docks 12,873,303
Dover / Eurotunnel 11,599,466
Hartlepool 10,564,741
Immingham Docks 10,530,670

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 £
London Gateway Port 8,654,154 5,054,945 -3,599,209
Aberdeen Docks 1,382,378 11,490,925 +10,108,547
Dover / Eurotunnel 5,456,519 6,142,947 +686,428
Hartlepool 0 10,564,741 +10,564,741
Immingham Docks 7,542,665 2,988,005 -4,554,660
Grangemouth Docks 3,480,812 6,250,605 +2,769,793
London 217,046 3,807,809 +3,590,763
Southampton 1,627,402 1,627,255 -147
Liverpool Docks 1,502,580 1,251,972 -250,608
London Heathrow Airport 1,044,614 1,583,342 +538,728

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 730419

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

Description: Seamless tubes and pipes made of iron or steel, not including stainless steel