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 12,068,856
United States 11,008,781
Netherlands 10,688,128
China 10,288,507
Norway 3,500,707

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 6,129,279 5,939,577 -189,702
United States 5,977,164 5,031,617 -945,547
Netherlands 5,612,421 5,075,707 -536,714
China 5,886,647 4,401,860 -1,484,787
Norway 224,742 3,275,965 +3,051,223
Italy 1,589,676 1,411,504 -178,172
Spain 1,355,534 1,177,811 -177,723
France 1,204,700 1,019,522 -185,178
Taiwan 522,698 952,075 +429,377
Ireland 806,731 527,921 -278,810

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 21,329,791
China 11,631,313
Germany 9,018,728
Japan 4,419,862
Italy 3,056,331

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 11,454,898 9,874,893 -1,580,005
China 6,518,339 5,112,974 -1,405,365
Germany 4,674,925 4,343,803 -331,122
Japan 750,490 3,669,372 +2,918,882
Italy 1,663,496 1,392,835 -270,661
Spain 1,312,010 1,245,543 -66,467
Netherlands 736,257 649,642 -86,615
Taiwan 382,333 854,540 +472,207
United Kingdom 626,347 449,593 -176,754
Ireland 589,804 459,250 -130,554

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 34
West Midlands 32
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 29
Greater Manchester 27
Inner London - West 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 24 +0
West Midlands 25 19 -6
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 20 19 -1
Greater Manchester 19 18 -1
Inner London - West 20 18 -2
North Eastern Scotland 17 20 +3
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 13 18 +5
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 14 15 +1
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 18 15 -3
Gloucestershire and Wiltshire 14 10 -4

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 31,633,048
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 21,060,131
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 9,590,032
Other 1,400,064
Road transport 963,573

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 16,199,509 15,433,539 -765,970
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 9,937,547 11,122,584 +1,185,037
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 5,569,775 4,020,257 -1,549,518
Other 703,106 696,958 -6,148
Road transport 541,783 421,790 -119,993

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Birmingham Airport 12,098,149
Felixstowe 7,697,154
London Heathrow Airport 7,427,463
Thamesport 6,202,992
East Midlands Airport 4,703,209

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 6,190,304 5,907,845 -282,459
Felixstowe 4,713,102 2,984,052 -1,729,050
London Heathrow Airport 3,847,323 3,580,140 -267,183
Thamesport 3,367,136 2,835,856 -531,280
East Midlands Airport 2,734,566 1,968,643 -765,923
Aberdeen Docks 635,868 3,604,290 +2,968,422
Dover 2,238,627 1,859,032 -379,595
London Stansted Airport 1,923,975 1,686,665 -237,310
London 888,735 895,247 +6,512
Eurotunnel 608,941 883,483 +274,542

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 140
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 62
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 48
Other manufacturing 37
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
2026-01 102
2025-11 108
2025-10 90
2025-09 104
2025-08 97

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+ 241
1m-15m 194
15m-54m 40
Other 39
0-1m 21

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 15,690,370
United Arab Emirates 12,332,357
Norway 11,809,346
United States 11,380,322
Ireland 6,198,664

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 8,870,865 6,819,505 -2,051,360
United Arab Emirates 6,386,769 5,945,588 -441,181
Norway 6,042,410 5,766,936 -275,474
United States 6,188,674 5,191,648 -997,026
Ireland 2,819,986 3,378,678 +558,692
Kazakhstan 4,155,499 1,648,248 -2,507,251
Netherlands 3,037,562 1,829,524 -1,208,038
Brazil 1,593,846 1,739,109 +145,263
Singapore 1,419,658 914,423 -505,235
Italy 1,732,850 517,518 -1,215,332

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 20,811
Ireland 17,155
Germany 9,702
China 2,861
Gambia 1,780

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 20,338 473 -19,865
Ireland 104 17,051 +16,947
Germany 6,369 3,333 -3,036
China 30 2,831 +2,801
Gambia 760 1,020 +260
Nicaragua 1,683 0 -1,683
Spain 461 310 -151
France 0 347 +347
India 59 12 -47
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 68,837,977
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 26,900,561
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 8,500,856
Road transport 56,810
Other 55,866

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 36,683,842 32,154,135 -4,529,707
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 15,764,595 11,135,966 -4,628,629
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 5,629,519 2,871,337 -2,758,182
Road transport 56,810 0 -56,810
Other 30,484 25,382 -5,102

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 23,352,403
Dover / Eurotunnel 19,571,669
East Midlands Airport 18,917,613
London Stansted Airport 10,123,773
ZLC 7,680,716

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 14,061,532 9,290,871 -4,770,661
Dover / Eurotunnel 12,523,859 7,047,810 -5,476,049
East Midlands Airport 10,376,639 8,540,974 -1,835,665
London Stansted Airport 4,720,548 5,403,225 +682,677
ZLC 4,061,969 3,618,747 -443,222
Glasgow Airport 1,049,152 3,020,205 +1,971,053
Manchester Airport 1,585,577 1,347,024 -238,553
Immingham Docks 1,816,528 1,107,400 -709,128
Tyne 2,345,641 558,016 -1,787,625
Dover 406,099 2,084,751 +1,678,652

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