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 139,146,070
Italy 48,073,533
United Arab Emirates 11,839,242
Spain 6,951,149
Portugal 5,748,559

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 74,289,782 64,856,288 -9,433,494
Italy 27,672,258 20,401,275 -7,270,983
United Arab Emirates 6,679,837 5,159,405 -1,520,432
Spain 3,784,206 3,166,943 -617,263
Portugal 3,420,025 2,328,534 -1,091,491
China 3,205,359 2,223,965 -981,394
France 2,094,825 2,489,460 +394,635
Germany 2,311,409 2,176,288 -135,121
Netherlands 1,731,665 2,706,893 +975,228
Finland 2,551,221 1,849,592 -701,629

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 140,280,782
Italy 51,003,558
United Arab Emirates 12,244,898
Spain 7,275,847
China 5,719,714

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 75,448,680 64,832,102 -10,616,578
Italy 29,445,223 21,558,335 -7,886,888
United Arab Emirates 7,035,710 5,209,188 -1,826,522
Spain 3,870,543 3,405,304 -465,239
China 3,537,439 2,182,275 -1,355,164
Portugal 3,337,981 2,358,464 -979,517
Finland 2,759,267 1,982,270 -776,997
Taiwan 2,560,952 1,791,902 -769,050
Netherlands 887,914 2,149,306 +1,261,392
Germany 1,141,948 1,236,191 +94,243

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
West Midlands 30
Inner London - West 12
Shropshire and Staffordshire 11
Greater Manchester 10
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 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 26 20 -6
Inner London - West 9 7 -2
Shropshire and Staffordshire 7 10 +3
Greater Manchester 6 7 +1
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 7 10 +3
Suffolk 10 5 -5
Cheshire 6 7 +1
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 5 7 +2
Northumberland, Durham and Tyne & Wear 4 5 +1
North Yorkshire 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) 166,817,381
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 75,283,377
Other 6,207,098
Road transport 998,483
Air transport 253,199

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) 87,224,696 79,592,685 -7,632,011
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 45,362,593 29,920,784 -15,441,809
Other 3,592,054 2,615,044 -977,010
Road transport 998,483 0 -998,483
Air transport 127,176 126,023 -1,153

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
TRT 35,811,185
Liverpool Docks 22,836,566
Dover 20,905,356
Felixstowe 20,634,773
Hull 20,052,015

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 22,235,837 13,575,348 -8,660,489
Liverpool Docks 11,909,477 10,927,089 -982,388
Dover 10,322,775 10,582,581 +259,806
Felixstowe 12,180,974 8,453,799 -3,727,175
Hull 10,901,340 9,150,675 -1,750,665
Cardiff Docks 9,845,323 8,817,612 -1,027,711
Belfast Port 7,072,449 9,745,192 +2,672,743
Warrenpoint Harbour 8,425,433 8,298,492 -126,941
Purfleet 9,758,524 6,662,822 -3,095,702
Immingham Docks 8,228,888 7,533,966 -694,922

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 84
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 16
Manufacture of basic metals 14
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 14
Other manufacturing 12

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 55
2025-11 57
2025-10 62
2025-09 52
2025-08 51

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 82
54m+ 72
15m-54m 40
0-1m 16
Other 15

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 63,586,860
Ireland 52,145,460
Sweden 32,579,007
Finland 21,395,562
Italy 18,197,883

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 33,927,544 29,659,316 -4,268,228
Ireland 29,458,483 22,686,977 -6,771,506
Sweden 21,406,908 11,172,099 -10,234,809
Finland 13,771,380 7,624,182 -6,147,198
Italy 10,502,334 7,695,549 -2,806,785
Netherlands 8,446,877 6,608,660 -1,838,217
Norway 12,195,065 2,618,600 -9,576,465
Poland 7,626,347 5,674,067 -1,952,280
Denmark 6,336,677 4,755,890 -1,580,787
Slovakia 4,137,569 3,440,236 -697,333

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 17,117,181
XI 10,004,453
United Arab Emirates 94,839
Taiwan 6,147
China 6,062

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 9,703,943 7,413,238 -2,290,705
XI 6,407,618 3,596,835 -2,810,783
United Arab Emirates 74,832 20,007 -54,825
Taiwan 2,648 3,499 +851
China 3,681 2,381 -1,300
Italy 3,453 1,663 -1,790
Poland 1,141 1,803 +662
Ireland 1,278 0 -1,278
Spain 962 0 -962
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) 245,306,451
Other 29,961,396
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 21,647,620
Air transport 469,776

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) 144,259,404 101,047,047 -43,212,357
Other 17,770,077 12,191,319 -5,578,758
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 14,657,669 6,989,951 -7,667,718
Air transport 370,729 99,047 -271,682

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Immingham Docks 104,475,819
Dover / Eurotunnel 38,390,254
London 32,657,991
Harwich 30,218,801
000 29,961,396

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 64,013,490 40,462,329 -23,551,161
Dover / Eurotunnel 24,379,206 14,011,048 -10,368,158
London 15,321,424 17,336,567 +2,015,143
Harwich 22,237,834 7,980,967 -14,256,867
000 17,770,077 12,191,319 -5,578,758
Middlesbrough 10,096,586 3,993,690 -6,102,896
Felixstowe 4,537,544 5,299,119 +761,575
Holyhead 4,887,225 3,723,397 -1,163,828
Heysham 3,487,518 4,385,058 +897,540
Liverpool Docks 3,307,973 3,286,500 -21,473

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