Import/export HS code 731815: Various screws and bolts

Screws and bolts, with or without nuts or washers, for general use

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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 150,555,087
China 146,979,367
Italy 94,306,216
United States 78,220,757
Taiwan 55,721,832

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 86,101,261 64,453,826 -21,647,435
China 78,204,171 68,775,196 -9,428,975
Italy 50,302,978 44,003,238 -6,299,740
United States 39,572,966 38,647,791 -925,175
Taiwan 31,903,548 23,818,284 -8,085,264
France 28,298,003 24,527,728 -3,770,275
Netherlands 18,397,123 22,754,273 +4,357,150
Poland 22,562,600 15,251,029 -7,311,571
India 21,194,226 16,598,565 -4,595,661
Japan 17,675,674 15,765,690 -1,909,984

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 £
China 168,393,137
Italy 134,234,666
Germany 119,406,285
United States 81,222,995
Taiwan 67,559,899

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 £
China 89,264,344 79,128,793 -10,135,551
Italy 72,885,253 61,349,413 -11,535,840
Germany 70,008,281 49,398,004 -20,610,277
United States 42,497,212 38,725,783 -3,771,429
Taiwan 38,542,009 29,017,890 -9,524,119
Poland 23,218,604 17,647,230 -5,571,374
France 20,927,351 19,497,046 -1,430,305
India 22,824,010 17,223,706 -5,600,304
Japan 18,020,009 16,064,071 -1,955,938
Czechia 9,438,154 8,016,669 -1,421,485

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 242
West Midlands 233
Inner London - West 181
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 139
Greater Manchester 131

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 174 187 +13
West Midlands 184 181 -3
Inner London - West 123 133 +10
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 102 107 +5
Greater Manchester 97 97 +0
Surrey, East and West Sussex 96 92 -4
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 86 100 +14
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 86 91 +5
West Yorkshire 84 87 +3
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 85 90 +5

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) 326,165,924
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 319,392,265
Air transport 189,085,313
Other 34,972,130
Road transport 14,850,514

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) 178,045,989 148,119,935 -29,926,054
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 183,104,911 136,287,354 -46,817,557
Air transport 96,024,793 93,060,520 -2,964,273
Other 19,001,901 15,970,229 -3,031,672
Road transport 6,787,599 8,062,915 +1,275,316
Rail transport 994,953 543,789 -451,164

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 135,765,569
Dover 108,495,927
Southampton 93,431,566
London Heathrow Airport 55,791,347
Immingham Docks 48,156,174

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 £
Felixstowe 80,920,509 54,845,060 -26,075,449
Dover 54,343,754 54,152,173 -191,581
Southampton 55,132,032 38,299,534 -16,832,498
London Heathrow Airport 28,255,136 27,536,211 -718,925
Immingham Docks 26,365,881 21,790,293 -4,575,588
East Midlands Airport 20,965,361 21,714,159 +748,798
Eurotunnel 19,001,087 17,136,550 -1,864,537
Dover / Eurotunnel 22,630,452 12,721,845 -9,908,607
000 19,001,901 15,970,229 -3,031,672
London 25,124,612 9,284,414 -15,840,198

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 706
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 316
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 258
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 178
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 170

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 748
2025-11 784
2025-10 816
2025-09 749
2025-08 764

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+ 1244
1m-15m 1176
15m-54m 390
Other 257
0-1m 211

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 £
United States 115,371,362
Germany 57,298,018
Saudi Arabia 46,232,590
Denmark 44,277,759
France 44,049,593

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 £
United States 72,469,578 42,901,784 -29,567,794
Germany 30,017,037 27,280,981 -2,736,056
Saudi Arabia 21,784,570 24,448,020 +2,663,450
Denmark 21,045,507 23,232,252 +2,186,745
France 23,411,535 20,638,058 -2,773,477
Norway 21,311,254 16,108,943 -5,202,311
Netherlands 18,596,849 12,771,847 -5,825,002
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 12,609,220 13,641,352 +1,032,132
Ireland 15,201,141 11,010,822 -4,190,319
China 13,278,391 10,121,939 -3,156,452

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 4,667,015
Ireland 2,207,095
Nicaragua 723,513
Taiwan 521,295
China 517,635

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 3,038,195 1,628,820 -1,409,375
Ireland 889,116 1,317,979 +428,863
Nicaragua 578,534 144,979 -433,555
Taiwan 279,673 241,622 -38,051
China 332,739 184,896 -147,843
India 75,647 3,535 -72,112
Viet Nam 31,579 40,919 +9,340
Germany 23,861 19,671 -4,190
Italy 14,328 17,040 +2,712
Poland 15,595 14,017 -1,578

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 348,085,478
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 210,034,096
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 162,965,897
Other 9,519,417
Road transport 254,979

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 177,940,610 170,144,868 -7,795,742
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 108,585,404 101,448,692 -7,136,712
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 102,590,563 60,375,334 -42,215,229
Other 5,833,234 3,686,183 -2,147,051
Road transport 253,044 1,935 -251,109

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 129,832,475
London Heathrow Airport 124,076,118
East Midlands Airport 112,036,957
Immingham Docks 81,556,971
Southampton 39,375,850

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 67,875,778 61,956,697 -5,919,081
London Heathrow Airport 64,397,343 59,678,775 -4,718,568
East Midlands Airport 62,568,845 49,468,112 -13,100,733
Immingham Docks 43,914,352 37,642,619 -6,271,733
Southampton 18,237,054 21,138,796 +2,901,742
Warton Aerodrome 16,353,674 21,820,894 +5,467,220
Felixstowe 31,675,094 3,779,601 -27,895,493
London Gateway Port 18,790,731 15,247,694 -3,543,037
ZLC 10,605,357 11,423,557 +818,200
London Stansted Airport 9,953,123 7,893,358 -2,059,765

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 731815

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

Description: Screws and bolts, with or without nuts or washers, for general use