Import/export HS code 730729: Various iron or steel fittings

Various iron or steel fittings not specified elsewhere

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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 £
Germany 68,623,966
United States 22,103,191
Netherlands 21,199,858
China 20,979,664
France 14,889,818

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 £
Germany 24,870,240 43,753,726 +18,883,486
United States 11,739,427 10,363,764 -1,375,663
Netherlands 11,921,558 9,278,300 -2,643,258
China 12,666,840 8,312,824 -4,354,016
France 8,760,958 6,128,860 -2,632,098
Italy 6,008,558 2,974,299 -3,034,259
Norway 1,434,951 3,825,695 +2,390,744
Denmark 2,771,409 1,956,274 -815,135
Belgium 3,382,900 899,273 -2,483,627
Taiwan 2,211,793 1,774,347 -437,446

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 £
Germany 62,990,519
United States 34,496,827
China 30,291,503
Italy 9,670,356
Netherlands 8,486,481

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 £
Germany 22,367,950 40,622,569 +18,254,619
United States 18,550,692 15,946,135 -2,604,557
China 17,863,162 12,428,341 -5,434,821
Italy 6,498,154 3,172,202 -3,325,952
Netherlands 4,822,947 3,663,534 -1,159,413
Japan 945,038 3,841,518 +2,896,480
France 2,597,461 1,918,460 -679,001
Denmark 2,051,057 1,862,448 -188,609
Taiwan 1,829,376 1,809,268 -20,108
Poland 1,956,788 1,413,443 -543,345

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 73
Surrey, East and West Sussex 66
West Midlands 62
Greater Manchester 55
Inner London - West 52

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 57 47 -10
Surrey, East and West Sussex 48 48 +0
West Midlands 50 43 -7
Greater Manchester 44 30 -14
Inner London - West 33 38 +5
North Eastern Scotland 34 32 -2
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 31 37 +6
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 33 29 -4
Shropshire and Staffordshire 27 32 +5
West Yorkshire 26 24 -2

Import volume by transport

What this shows: Import value by transport mode used to bring goods into the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 80,933,047
Air transport 65,326,508
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 47,671,702
Other 3,849,755
Road transport 1,624,816

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 £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 33,380,922 47,552,125 +14,171,203
Air transport 35,154,069 30,172,439 -4,981,630
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 27,142,442 20,529,260 -6,613,182
Other 2,117,482 1,732,273 -385,209
Road transport 922,580 702,236 -220,344

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 49,157,191
Birmingham Airport 18,492,347
Felixstowe 15,451,398
East Midlands Airport 14,720,075
Thamesport 14,149,597

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 16,413,064 32,744,127 +16,331,063
Birmingham Airport 10,098,154 8,394,193 -1,703,961
Felixstowe 9,952,791 5,498,607 -4,454,184
East Midlands Airport 8,487,121 6,232,954 -2,254,167
Thamesport 9,874,862 4,274,735 -5,600,127
London Heathrow Airport 6,650,639 5,594,235 -1,056,404
Immingham Docks 5,978,578 5,302,619 -675,959
London Stansted Airport 5,288,798 5,216,906 -71,892
Eurotunnel 2,399,860 7,378,344 +4,978,484
Aberdeen Docks 923,077 3,683,805 +2,760,728

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 267
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 111
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 93
Other manufacturing 80
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 74

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 243
2025-11 250
2025-10 254
2025-09 251
2025-08 241

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+ 446
1m-15m 414
15m-54m 103
Other 71
0-1m 57

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 33,794,298
Norway 32,572,789
United States 24,299,008
United Arab Emirates 15,288,411
Brazil 9,766,357

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 19,679,625 14,114,673 -5,564,952
Norway 20,951,876 11,620,913 -9,330,963
United States 15,509,047 8,789,961 -6,719,086
United Arab Emirates 9,055,749 6,232,662 -2,823,087
Brazil 5,603,879 4,162,478 -1,441,401
China 5,681,910 3,745,376 -1,936,534
Netherlands 4,934,439 3,788,630 -1,145,809
Ireland 4,421,743 4,269,980 -151,763
Malaysia 5,117,737 3,325,516 -1,792,221
Italy 5,645,796 2,617,906 -3,027,890

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 158,556
Ireland 17,155
XL 16,751
Germany 9,335
China 2,861

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 88,609 69,947 -18,662
Ireland 138 17,017 +16,879
XL 0 16,751 +16,751
Germany 6,247 3,088 -3,159
China 30 2,831 +2,801
Gambia 760 1,020 +260
Spain 461 509 +48
Taiwan 602 225 -377
France 0 347 +347
India 56 9 -47

Export volume by transport

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

Top 5 values

Transport £
Air transport 128,322,573
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 90,004,965
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 34,873,280
Other 209,606
Road transport 71,112

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 £
Air transport 75,122,236 53,200,337 -21,921,899
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 55,236,120 34,768,845 -20,467,275
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 21,586,650 13,286,630 -8,300,020
Other 97,852 111,754 +13,902
Road transport 71,112 0 -71,112

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 55,510,299
London Heathrow Airport 54,086,929
East Midlands Airport 34,447,400
Immingham Docks 22,297,655
London Gateway Port 12,404,217

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 34,354,315 21,155,984 -13,198,331
London Heathrow Airport 33,526,505 20,560,424 -12,966,081
East Midlands Airport 20,897,473 13,549,927 -7,347,546
Immingham Docks 15,882,150 6,415,505 -9,466,645
London Gateway Port 7,993,814 4,410,403 -3,583,411
London Stansted Airport 6,385,620 5,957,597 -428,023
ZLC 6,889,270 4,988,720 -1,900,550
Southampton 5,038,623 3,367,027 -1,671,596
Manchester Airport 4,078,931 2,279,553 -1,799,378
Dover 2,554,730 2,695,627 +140,897

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 730729

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

Description: Various iron or steel fittings not specified elsewhere