Import/export HS code 730661: Square or rectangular steel tubes

Tubes made of iron or steel with square or rectangular cross-sections

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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 £
Turkey 150,902,536
Italy 53,872,895
United Arab Emirates 11,731,305
Spain 8,102,622
Germany 6,590,526

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 £
Turkey 68,025,117 82,877,419 +14,852,302
Italy 26,491,037 27,381,858 +890,821
United Arab Emirates 6,111,681 5,619,624 -492,057
Spain 3,701,414 4,401,208 +699,794
Germany 2,194,335 4,396,191 +2,201,856
China 3,143,865 3,399,594 +255,729
Portugal 2,961,213 2,937,336 -23,877
France 3,011,457 2,203,245 -808,212
Finland 2,753,944 2,292,071 -461,873
Taiwan 2,867,125 1,894,358 -972,767

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 £
Turkey 153,462,624
Italy 56,538,053
United Arab Emirates 12,112,471
Spain 8,619,667
China 6,810,529

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 £
Turkey 69,161,404 84,301,220 +15,139,816
Italy 28,430,123 28,107,930 -322,193
United Arab Emirates 6,449,297 5,663,174 -786,123
Spain 3,804,588 4,815,079 +1,010,491
China 3,390,049 3,420,480 +30,431
Portugal 2,986,820 3,100,190 +113,370
Finland 2,940,075 2,528,032 -412,043
Taiwan 2,788,880 2,066,944 -721,936
Netherlands 856,510 2,309,276 +1,452,766
Germany 1,174,073 1,523,774 +349,701

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
West Midlands 29
Inner London - West 14
Greater Manchester 11
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 11
Shropshire and Staffordshire 10

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 24 21 -3
Inner London - West 8 9 +1
Greater Manchester 6 8 +2
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 8 10 +2
Shropshire and Staffordshire 5 10 +5
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 6 7 +1
Cheshire 7 4 -3
Northumberland, Durham and Tyne & Wear 4 5 +1
North Yorkshire 6 6 +0
South East Wales 6 6 +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) 184,628,806
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 82,095,964
Other 6,863,748
Road transport 1,017,669
Air transport 265,784

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) 83,621,442 101,007,364 +17,385,922
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 41,629,071 40,466,893 -1,162,178
Other 3,433,942 3,429,806 -4,136
Road transport 998,483 19,186 -979,297
Air transport 157,490 108,294 -49,196
Rail transport 0 18,025 +18,025

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
TRT 38,338,921
Dover 25,501,260
Liverpool Docks 25,398,367
Hull 23,112,091
Felixstowe 21,384,664

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 £
TRT 17,772,669 20,566,252 +2,793,583
Dover 11,044,535 14,456,725 +3,412,190
Liverpool Docks 10,801,067 14,597,300 +3,796,233
Hull 10,292,744 12,819,347 +2,526,603
Felixstowe 12,086,604 9,298,060 -2,788,544
Belfast Port 7,240,670 11,402,651 +4,161,981
Immingham Docks 9,296,900 8,974,747 -322,153
Cardiff Docks 8,676,941 9,563,107 +886,166
Warrenpoint Harbour 8,394,995 8,844,249 +449,254
Purfleet 8,986,612 7,925,478 -1,061,134

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
88
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment
19
Manufacture of basic metals
14
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
13
Specialised construction activities
13

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 48
2026-04 57
2026-03 45
2026-02 44
2026-01 55

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 79
54m+ 79
15m-54m 44
0-1m 17
Other 12

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 £
Germany 68,254,064
Ireland 55,561,586
Sweden 30,839,657
Finland 19,335,261
Italy 18,124,850

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 £
Germany 32,845,776 35,408,288 +2,562,512
Ireland 29,023,600 26,537,986 -2,485,614
Sweden 19,124,227 11,715,430 -7,408,797
Finland 13,469,250 5,866,011 -7,603,239
Italy 8,665,601 9,459,249 +793,648
Netherlands 8,806,704 8,153,554 -653,150
Norway 9,152,539 4,003,445 -5,149,094
Poland 6,510,510 6,598,107 +87,597
Denmark 6,203,393 4,398,749 -1,804,644
Slovakia 3,726,111 3,825,039 +98,928

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 £
Turkey 17,184,175
XI 10,673,788
United Arab Emirates 84,174
Poland 14,990
China 6,181

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 £
Turkey 8,986,553 8,197,622 -788,931
XI 5,697,716 4,976,072 -721,644
United Arab Emirates 76,160 8,014 -68,146
Poland 2,257 12,733 +10,476
China 3,681 2,500 -1,181
Taiwan 6,147 0 -6,147
Italy 4,363 0 -4,363
Spain 573 0 -573
Netherlands 0 387 +387
France 183 0 -183

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) 252,609,396
Other 30,470,004
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 20,234,631
Air transport 493,902

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) 138,094,568 114,514,828 -23,579,740
Other 17,078,615 13,391,389 -3,687,226
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 8,725,039 11,509,592 +2,784,553
Air transport 354,848 139,054 -215,794

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Immingham Docks 103,113,623
Dover / Eurotunnel 35,483,288
London 35,057,801
000 30,470,004
Harwich 27,931,553

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 £
Immingham Docks 57,474,195 45,639,428 -11,834,767
Dover / Eurotunnel 20,313,849 15,169,439 -5,144,410
London 13,941,032 21,116,769 +7,175,737
000 17,078,615 13,391,389 -3,687,226
Harwich 20,344,553 7,587,000 -12,757,553
Felixstowe 5,149,151 9,593,037 +4,443,886
Middlesbrough 9,898,544 2,748,889 -7,149,655
Holyhead 4,885,471 4,608,043 -277,428
Heysham 3,918,743 5,227,138 +1,308,395
Liverpool Docks 3,135,401 4,998,338 +1,862,937

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 730661

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

Description: Tubes made of iron or steel with square or rectangular cross-sections