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 162,851,040
China 161,683,753
Italy 105,361,262
United States 90,281,105
Taiwan 58,369,101

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 85,866,717 76,984,323 -8,882,394
China 84,082,488 77,601,265 -6,481,223
Italy 49,921,965 55,439,297 +5,517,332
United States 42,250,949 48,030,156 +5,779,207
Taiwan 31,161,632 27,207,469 -3,954,163
France 29,625,155 27,594,768 -2,030,387
Netherlands 18,760,073 27,075,472 +8,315,399
India 20,863,668 20,267,273 -596,395
Poland 21,592,343 18,235,979 -3,356,364
Japan 18,566,484 15,597,970 -2,968,514

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 184,996,789
Italy 148,667,485
Germany 128,674,733
United States 92,410,211
Taiwan 70,710,631

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 95,222,394 89,774,395 -5,447,999
Italy 71,706,603 76,960,882 +5,254,279
Germany 70,812,310 57,862,423 -12,949,887
United States 44,894,412 47,515,799 +2,621,387
Taiwan 37,672,435 33,038,196 -4,634,239
France 21,661,993 22,743,949 +1,081,956
India 22,284,021 21,206,079 -1,077,942
Poland 22,654,490 19,895,499 -2,758,991
Japan 18,795,013 16,067,362 -2,727,651
Turkey 9,420,548 9,768,818 +348,270

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 248
West Midlands 242
Inner London - West 186
Greater Manchester 143
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 138

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 173 195 +22
West Midlands 194 192 -2
Inner London - West 124 145 +21
Greater Manchester 103 107 +4
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 99 112 +13
Surrey, East and West Sussex 98 97 -1
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 89 101 +12
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 88 95 +7
West Yorkshire 83 84 +1
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 82 96 +14

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) 354,987,401
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 344,294,715
Air transport 217,455,673
Other 31,417,023
Road transport 17,561,169

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) 181,787,336 173,200,065 -8,587,271
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 179,356,033 164,938,682 -14,417,351
Air transport 102,130,903 115,324,770 +13,193,867
Other 19,814,518 11,602,505 -8,212,013
Road transport 7,319,735 10,241,434 +2,921,699
Rail transport 850,571 1,063,527 +212,956

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 137,759,848
Dover 123,731,544
Southampton 98,318,573
London Heathrow Airport 64,227,854
Immingham Docks 51,074,704

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 79,423,396 58,336,452 -21,086,944
Dover 58,213,215 65,518,329 +7,305,114
Southampton 55,671,843 42,646,730 -13,025,113
London Heathrow Airport 30,651,798 33,576,056 +2,924,258
Immingham Docks 27,735,678 23,339,026 -4,396,652
East Midlands Airport 22,707,026 25,922,654 +3,215,628
London Gateway Port 14,606,909 27,941,644 +13,334,735
Eurotunnel 20,432,006 18,462,656 -1,969,350
Dover / Eurotunnel 20,030,761 16,685,834 -3,344,927
London Stansted Airport 16,655,342 17,544,120 +888,778

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
731
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment
333
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.
272
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment
185
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles
176

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 767
2026-04 751
2026-03 818
2026-02 774
2026-01 748

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+ 1280
1m-15m 1233
15m-54m 412
Other 276
0-1m 243

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 99,224,801
Germany 65,091,776
Saudi Arabia 50,555,860
Denmark 48,157,178
France 46,571,162

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 52,018,418 47,206,383 -4,812,035
Germany 31,028,700 34,063,076 +3,034,376
Saudi Arabia 26,209,812 24,346,048 -1,863,764
Denmark 23,037,826 25,119,352 +2,081,526
France 26,534,376 20,036,786 -6,497,590
Norway 21,251,628 18,417,527 -2,834,101
Netherlands 17,675,301 17,292,311 -382,990
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 13,156,715 18,111,923 +4,955,208
Ireland 14,960,717 13,849,840 -1,110,877
China 12,275,265 13,800,916 +1,525,651

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 4,648,554
Ireland 2,935,184
Nicaragua 699,027
China 633,824
Taiwan 616,241

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 2,888,528 1,760,026 -1,128,502
Ireland 957,521 1,977,663 +1,020,142
Nicaragua 460,259 238,768 -221,491
China 290,233 343,591 +53,358
Taiwan 266,442 349,799 +83,357
Viet Nam 41,427 35,055 -6,372
Germany 33,724 19,609 -14,115
Italy 17,135 32,163 +15,028
India 43,976 4,643 -39,333
Poland 15,861 14,292 -1,569

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 386,871,022
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 236,031,689
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 147,610,525
Other 10,328,052
Road transport 56,542

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 189,408,982 197,462,040 +8,053,058
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 119,234,198 116,797,491 -2,436,707
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 74,110,178 73,500,347 -609,831
Other 5,394,594 4,933,458 -461,136
Road transport 47,595 8,947 -38,648

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 143,590,913
London Heathrow Airport 141,788,168
East Midlands Airport 121,913,136
Immingham Docks 87,237,220
Warton Aerodrome 42,395,443

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 71,968,827 71,622,086 -346,741
London Heathrow Airport 72,353,865 69,434,303 -2,919,562
East Midlands Airport 61,937,765 59,975,371 -1,962,394
Immingham Docks 44,537,017 42,700,203 -1,836,814
Warton Aerodrome 20,363,749 22,031,694 +1,667,945
Southampton 19,522,640 22,495,778 +2,973,138
London Gateway Port 20,525,180 21,240,937 +715,757
ZLC 10,360,540 13,573,870 +3,213,330
London Stansted Airport 10,062,117 10,606,887 +544,770
Manchester Airport 6,400,029 10,661,964 +4,261,935

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