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 £
China 162,163,783
Germany 162,051,458
Italy 104,382,725
United States 88,799,984
Taiwan 58,903,858

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 £
China 83,134,118 79,029,665 -4,104,453
Germany 85,095,525 76,955,933 -8,139,592
Italy 49,266,737 55,115,988 +5,849,251
United States 41,006,013 47,793,971 +6,787,958
Taiwan 31,592,015 27,311,843 -4,280,172
France 28,835,672 28,236,666 -599,006
Netherlands 18,968,099 27,018,579 +8,050,480
India 20,662,780 20,206,212 -456,568
Poland 21,556,887 17,775,381 -3,781,506
Japan 18,431,795 16,024,072 -2,407,723

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 185,572,546
Italy 147,364,127
Germany 128,223,574
United States 91,377,627
Taiwan 71,028,815

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 94,164,563 91,407,983 -2,756,580
Italy 71,117,962 76,246,165 +5,128,203
Germany 70,048,089 58,175,485 -11,872,604
United States 43,483,555 47,894,072 +4,410,517
Taiwan 37,820,859 33,207,956 -4,612,903
France 21,298,219 22,836,211 +1,537,992
India 22,206,317 20,938,080 -1,268,237
Poland 22,398,685 20,158,506 -2,240,179
Japan 18,590,298 16,490,455 -2,099,843
Turkey 9,494,373 9,966,942 +472,569

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 250
West Midlands 235
Inner London - West 186
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 141
Greater Manchester 137

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 177 195 +18
West Midlands 184 191 +7
Inner London - West 122 145 +23
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 101 113 +12
Greater Manchester 102 100 -2
Surrey, East and West Sussex 99 102 +3
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 89 100 +11
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 85 93 +8
West Yorkshire 82 88 +6
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 88 95 +7

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) 355,985,133
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 344,080,176
Air transport 214,117,534
Other 32,587,509
Road transport 17,192,758

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) 180,553,594 175,431,539 -5,122,055
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 177,993,070 166,087,106 -11,905,964
Air transport 100,197,425 113,920,109 +13,722,684
Other 19,732,291 12,855,218 -6,877,073
Road transport 6,858,486 10,334,272 +3,475,786
Rail transport 851,567 1,044,220 +192,653

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 140,326,961
Dover 121,069,622
Southampton 98,839,188
London Heathrow Airport 63,240,717
Immingham Docks 51,649,000

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 80,156,679 60,170,282 -19,986,397
Dover 55,951,765 65,117,857 +9,166,092
Southampton 55,992,433 42,846,755 -13,145,678
London Heathrow Airport 30,154,917 33,085,800 +2,930,883
Immingham Docks 26,793,453 24,855,547 -1,937,906
East Midlands Airport 21,830,097 26,131,949 +4,301,852
London Gateway Port 12,713,360 28,434,817 +15,721,457
Eurotunnel 19,781,339 19,181,249 -600,090
Dover / Eurotunnel 20,759,894 16,800,549 -3,959,345
London 24,123,850 9,992,448 -14,131,402

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 730
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 329
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 266
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 180
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 174

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 751
2026-03 817
2026-02 774
2026-01 748
2025-12 693

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+ 1276
1m-15m 1213
15m-54m 414
Other 283
0-1m 239

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 99,153,689
Germany 64,607,451
Saudi Arabia 50,186,936
Denmark 48,800,981
France 46,618,739

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 51,901,030 47,252,659 -4,648,371
Germany 30,916,564 33,690,887 +2,774,323
Saudi Arabia 24,755,606 25,431,330 +675,724
Denmark 23,090,653 25,710,328 +2,619,675
France 25,791,938 20,826,801 -4,965,137
Norway 21,478,226 18,237,104 -3,241,122
Netherlands 17,821,062 16,583,941 -1,237,121
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 13,356,745 16,876,451 +3,519,706
Ireland 15,027,879 13,920,239 -1,107,640
China 12,097,523 13,345,330 +1,247,807

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 4,772,571
Ireland 2,896,494
Nicaragua 672,446
China 606,555
Taiwan 604,261

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 2,901,699 1,870,872 -1,030,827
Ireland 913,078 1,983,416 +1,070,338
Nicaragua 481,048 191,398 -289,650
China 290,899 315,656 +24,757
Taiwan 273,866 330,395 +56,529
Viet Nam 24,495 54,859 +30,364
India 51,665 4,625 -47,040
Germany 33,354 19,521 -13,833
Italy 18,216 31,744 +13,528
Poland 15,294 15,763 +469

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 384,253,050
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 233,082,477
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 145,928,822
Other 10,425,487
Road transport 87,266

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 186,721,118 197,531,932 +10,810,814
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 116,416,857 116,665,620 +248,763
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 78,375,818 67,553,004 -10,822,814
Other 5,447,608 4,977,879 -469,729
Road transport 78,319 8,947 -69,372

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 142,347,280
London Heathrow Airport 140,141,479
East Midlands Airport 121,845,798
Immingham Docks 87,549,147
Southampton 42,912,128

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 70,969,291 71,377,989 +408,698
London Heathrow Airport 71,755,424 68,386,055 -3,369,369
East Midlands Airport 62,150,043 59,695,755 -2,454,288
Immingham Docks 45,030,780 42,518,367 -2,512,413
Southampton 20,023,116 22,889,012 +2,865,896
Warton Aerodrome 18,845,956 23,079,516 +4,233,560
London Gateway Port 20,087,811 16,185,838 -3,901,973
ZLC 10,516,365 13,663,939 +3,147,574
London Stansted Airport 9,828,690 10,325,421 +496,731
Manchester Airport 6,275,967 10,571,674 +4,295,707

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