Import/export HS code 73181535: Stainless steel screws and bolts

Screws and bolts made of stainless steel, resistant to rust and corrosion

Why this is important if you are looking for potential customers in the UK:

  • It helps you understand the market size for your product in the UK.
  • It provides you with a list of potential leads who have bought similar products.

* 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 12,149,053
United States 5,732,339
Italy 5,392,413
Japan 4,455,794
Germany 4,095,805

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 6,248,345 5,900,708 -347,637
United States 3,363,107 2,369,232 -993,875
Italy 3,689,177 1,703,236 -1,985,941
Japan 2,352,148 2,103,646 -248,502
Germany 2,376,820 1,718,985 -657,835
India 632,761 1,428,514 +795,753
Austria 1,265,076 771,499 -493,577
France 852,363 1,046,114 +193,751
Spain 266,383 1,380,693 +1,114,310
Netherlands 700,966 914,716 +213,750

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 14,890,862
United States 6,586,596
Italy 5,890,579
Japan 4,490,896
Germany 2,875,462

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 7,817,579 7,073,283 -744,296
United States 3,784,512 2,802,084 -982,428
Italy 3,989,620 1,900,959 -2,088,661
Japan 2,347,977 2,142,919 -205,058
Germany 1,762,876 1,112,586 -650,290
India 634,969 1,367,147 +732,178
Spain 192,497 1,503,509 +1,311,012
Poland 682,919 708,910 +25,991
Taiwan 834,980 501,233 -333,747
France 587,858 537,720 -50,138

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 53
West Midlands 47
Inner London - West 39
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 35
Surrey, East and West Sussex 29

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 36 36 +0
West Midlands 35 38 +3
Inner London - West 25 26 +1
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 22 23 +1
Surrey, East and West Sussex 16 20 +4
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 16 17 +1
Inner London - East 18 11 -7
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 10 20 +10
West Yorkshire 12 16 +4
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 14 14 +0

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) 18,761,933
Air transport 15,417,120
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 12,557,751
Other 303,885
Road transport 81,792

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) 9,508,497 9,253,436 -255,061
Air transport 8,613,496 6,803,624 -1,809,872
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 6,811,795 5,745,956 -1,065,839
Other 187,884 116,001 -71,883
Road transport 4,954 76,838 +71,884
Rail transport 0 5,500 +5,500

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 7,303,099
London Stansted Airport 5,638,296
Southampton 4,857,497
Dover 4,144,948
London Heathrow Airport 3,580,675

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 3,958,529 3,344,570 -613,959
London Stansted Airport 3,504,794 2,133,502 -1,371,292
Southampton 2,535,398 2,322,099 -213,299
Dover 2,613,014 1,531,934 -1,081,080
London Heathrow Airport 1,846,585 1,734,090 -112,495
London Gateway Port 910,479 1,760,642 +850,163
East Midlands Airport 1,103,859 1,194,133 +90,274
Manchester Airport 1,317,422 839,299 -478,123
Immingham Docks 708,409 1,043,351 +334,942
London 1,002,215 652,758 -349,457

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
144
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment
77
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.
47
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment
44
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities
41

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 85
2026-04 102
2026-03 107
2026-02 105
2026-01 94

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+ 289
1m-15m 208
Other 62
15m-54m 60
0-1m 30

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 7,827,441
Norway 4,660,073
Hungary 4,090,992
Germany 3,841,793
France 3,243,737

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 4,943,606 2,883,835 -2,059,771
Norway 2,435,777 2,224,296 -211,481
Hungary 1,610,309 2,480,683 +870,374
Germany 1,687,379 2,154,414 +467,035
France 1,631,229 1,612,508 -18,721
Spain 893,009 2,251,746 +1,358,737
Ireland 1,443,615 1,503,522 +59,907
Netherlands 1,571,989 1,110,501 -461,488
Canada 1,037,686 1,531,531 +493,845
India 1,423,602 465,538 -958,064

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 73,408
Ireland 72,515
China 14,861
Nicaragua 5,410
Germany 3,647

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 64,572 8,836 -55,736
Ireland 10,295 62,220 +51,925
China 3,927 10,934 +7,007
Nicaragua 2,903 2,507 -396
Germany 3,419 228 -3,191
United States 390 0 -390
Portugal 98 0 -98
Spain 0 92 +92
Netherlands 0 75 +75
India 0 61 +61

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 29,510,374
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 21,506,200
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 11,725,393
Other 177,495

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 16,528,765 12,981,609 -3,547,156
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 9,949,803 11,556,397 +1,606,594
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 5,585,873 6,139,520 +553,647
Other 90,433 87,062 -3,371

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 15,077,788
London Heathrow Airport 12,663,861
East Midlands Airport 11,502,438
London Gateway Port 4,483,018
Immingham Docks 4,450,038

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 6,976,532 8,101,256 +1,124,724
London Heathrow Airport 8,501,343 4,162,518 -4,338,825
East Midlands Airport 5,574,344 5,928,094 +353,750
London Gateway Port 2,011,603 2,471,415 +459,812
Immingham Docks 2,283,112 2,166,926 -116,186
Southampton 1,271,124 2,063,990 +792,866
London Stansted Airport 626,784 1,170,376 +543,592
ZLC 795,426 997,552 +202,126
Holyhead 835,456 748,208 -87,248
Manchester Airport 693,882 428,878 -265,004

Quick facts

HS code: 73181535

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

Description: Screws and bolts made of stainless steel, resistant to rust and corrosion