Import/export HS code 73072910: Threaded iron or steel fittings

Threaded fittings made of iron or steel for pipe connections

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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 13,559,274
United States 12,082,867
Netherlands 11,752,163
China 10,679,821
Norway 3,534,761

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 6,815,530 6,743,744 -71,786
United States 5,616,552 6,466,315 +849,763
Netherlands 5,974,061 5,778,102 -195,959
China 5,677,278 5,002,543 -674,735
Norway 298,688 3,236,073 +2,937,385
Italy 1,689,953 1,590,501 -99,452
Spain 1,373,953 1,529,091 +155,138
France 1,421,639 866,018 -555,621
Taiwan 788,973 1,007,055 +218,082
Ireland 530,575 925,108 +394,533

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 23,355,706
China 12,486,645
Germany 10,125,996
Japan 4,502,601
Italy 3,295,261

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 11,346,848 12,008,858 +662,010
China 6,630,843 5,855,802 -775,041
Germany 5,274,806 4,851,190 -423,616
Japan 744,907 3,757,694 +3,012,787
Italy 1,716,388 1,578,873 -137,515
Spain 1,429,439 1,499,598 +70,159
Netherlands 798,669 843,165 +44,496
Taiwan 487,010 968,540 +481,530
United Kingdom 576,913 692,145 +115,232
Ireland 364,136 818,971 +454,835

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Surrey, East and West Sussex 37
West Midlands 34
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 31
Greater Manchester 27
North Eastern Scotland 27

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
Surrey, East and West Sussex 24 22 -2
West Midlands 21 27 +6
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 23 19 -4
Greater Manchester 19 20 +1
North Eastern Scotland 22 19 -3
Inner London - West 17 19 +2
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 13 18 +5
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 16 16 +0
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 16 15 -1
Gloucestershire and Wiltshire 11 13 +2

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 37,015,953
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 22,900,162
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 9,322,138
Other 1,404,691
Road transport 977,893

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 16,724,985 20,290,968 +3,565,983
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 9,920,173 12,979,989 +3,059,816
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 5,593,612 3,728,526 -1,865,086
Other 868,491 536,200 -332,291
Road transport 428,718 549,175 +120,457

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Birmingham Airport 13,534,067
London Heathrow Airport 9,294,945
Felixstowe 7,356,166
Thamesport 7,127,824
East Midlands Airport 5,071,415

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 £
Birmingham Airport 6,638,271 6,895,796 +257,525
London Heathrow Airport 3,698,680 5,596,265 +1,897,585
Felixstowe 4,464,378 2,891,788 -1,572,590
Thamesport 3,318,131 3,809,693 +491,562
East Midlands Airport 2,487,545 2,583,870 +96,325
Aberdeen Docks 769,048 3,548,989 +2,779,941
Dover 2,217,071 2,073,075 -143,996
London Stansted Airport 1,793,308 1,836,641 +43,333
London Gateway Port 714,049 1,357,971 +643,922
Manchester Airport 752,548 1,108,190 +355,642

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
151
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.
59
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment
49
Other manufacturing
40
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities
33

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 90
2026-04 102
2026-03 102
2026-02 95
2026-01 102

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+ 240
1m-15m 197
15m-54m 47
Other 40
0-1m 26

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 15,710,549
United Arab Emirates 13,982,846
Norway 12,874,406
United States 12,042,255
Ireland 6,188,627

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 7,161,707 8,548,842 +1,387,135
United Arab Emirates 7,182,279 6,800,567 -381,712
Norway 6,313,054 6,561,352 +248,298
United States 6,954,144 5,088,111 -1,866,033
Ireland 2,485,235 3,703,392 +1,218,157
Kazakhstan 3,269,515 1,937,205 -1,332,310
Netherlands 2,196,518 2,397,761 +201,243
Brazil 1,738,673 2,126,761 +388,088
Singapore 1,515,300 1,261,345 -253,955
Italy 1,468,618 587,498 -881,120

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 £
Ireland 27,034
XI 18,064
Germany 9,546
China 3,800
Gambia 1,653

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 £
Ireland 1,451 25,583 +24,132
XI 17,591 473 -17,118
Germany 6,271 3,275 -2,996
China 0 3,800 +3,800
Gambia 633 1,020 +387
Spain 201 310 +109
France 0 347 +347
India 108 0 -108
South Korea 45 0 -45

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 73,929,038
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 27,092,521
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 8,257,790
Other 61,748
Road transport 6,221

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 36,847,551 37,081,487 +233,936
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 13,712,766 13,379,755 -333,011
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 4,934,012 3,323,778 -1,610,234
Other 26,940 34,808 +7,868
Road transport 5,204 1,017 -4,187

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 25,743,169
Dover / Eurotunnel 19,979,135
East Midlands Airport 18,177,287
London Stansted Airport 10,659,791
ZLC 8,877,001

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 Heathrow Airport 13,244,981 12,498,188 -746,793
Dover / Eurotunnel 10,955,570 9,023,565 -1,932,005
East Midlands Airport 10,507,169 7,670,118 -2,837,051
London Stansted Airport 5,674,128 4,985,663 -688,465
ZLC 3,988,116 4,888,885 +900,769
Glasgow Airport 1,091,456 3,505,303 +2,413,847
Manchester Airport 1,573,882 1,934,912 +361,030
Immingham Docks 1,675,493 1,487,649 -187,844
London Gateway Port 1,709,075 823,295 -885,780
Dover 134,548 2,151,109 +2,016,561

Quick facts

HS code: 73072910

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

Description: Threaded fittings made of iron or steel for pipe connections