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 12,126,154
United States 5,858,866
Italy 5,533,996
Japan 4,383,767
Germany 4,081,952

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 5,985,959 6,140,195 +154,236
United States 2,925,308 2,933,558 +8,250
Italy 3,733,739 1,800,257 -1,933,482
Japan 2,125,160 2,258,607 +133,447
Germany 2,385,294 1,696,658 -688,636
India 789,074 1,367,534 +578,460
Austria 1,222,611 845,869 -376,742
France 859,364 1,063,955 +204,591
Netherlands 699,144 954,040 +254,896
Spain 274,181 1,369,235 +1,095,054

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 14,936,990
United States 6,727,641
Italy 6,025,599
Japan 4,419,846
Germany 2,838,488

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 7,605,356 7,331,634 -273,722
United States 3,358,439 3,369,202 +10,763
Italy 4,041,484 1,984,115 -2,057,369
Japan 2,121,966 2,297,880 +175,914
Germany 1,733,553 1,104,935 -628,618
India 721,146 1,334,484 +613,338
Spain 197,186 1,425,781 +1,228,595
Poland 667,764 709,325 +41,561
Taiwan 836,353 518,951 -317,402
France 620,218 568,326 -51,892

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 42
Inner London - West 40
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 35
Surrey, East and West Sussex 34

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 35 38 +3
West Midlands 30 36 +6
Inner London - West 25 27 +2
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 22 22 +0
Surrey, East and West Sussex 20 21 +1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 15 16 +1
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 11 20 +9
Inner London - East 17 11 -6
Greater Manchester 18 8 -10
West Yorkshire 12 16 +4

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) 18,693,146
Air transport 15,666,161
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 12,746,467
Other 305,785
Road transport 103,823

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) 9,149,529 9,543,617 +394,088
Air transport 8,034,487 7,631,674 -402,813
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 7,042,712 5,703,755 -1,338,957
Other 188,246 117,539 -70,707
Road transport 26,985 76,838 +49,853
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 7,523,906
London Stansted Airport 5,635,400
Southampton 4,782,216
Dover 4,274,802
London Heathrow Airport 3,757,160

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 4,015,136 3,508,770 -506,366
London Stansted Airport 2,936,721 2,698,679 -238,042
Southampton 2,392,963 2,389,253 -3,710
Dover 2,741,401 1,533,401 -1,208,000
London Heathrow Airport 1,951,837 1,805,323 -146,514
London Gateway Port 706,011 1,849,441 +1,143,430
East Midlands Airport 1,005,566 1,312,115 +306,549
Manchester Airport 1,273,574 916,722 -356,852
Immingham Docks 707,037 1,057,132 +350,095
London 970,923 675,409 -295,514

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 145
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 74
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 50
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 43
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 39

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 102
2026-03 107
2026-02 105
2026-01 94
2025-12 84

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+ 292
1m-15m 203
Other 63
15m-54m 61
0-1m 33

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 8,047,406
Norway 4,745,966
Hungary 3,865,085
Germany 3,613,699
France 3,222,376

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 5,158,253 2,889,153 -2,269,100
Norway 2,479,570 2,266,396 -213,174
Hungary 1,615,635 2,249,450 +633,815
Germany 1,667,497 1,946,202 +278,705
France 1,652,925 1,569,451 -83,474
Ireland 1,480,271 1,451,709 -28,562
Netherlands 1,552,002 1,064,762 -487,240
Canada 970,499 1,594,562 +624,063
Spain 885,868 1,654,832 +768,964
Turkey 822,863 1,015,002 +192,139

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 79,601
Ireland 72,474
China 13,584
Nicaragua 5,627
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 70,494 9,107 -61,387
Ireland 2,568 69,906 +67,338
China 4,645 8,939 +4,294
Nicaragua 3,091 2,536 -555
Germany 3,419 228 -3,191
United States 416 0 -416
India 53 61 +8
Portugal 98 0 -98
Spain 0 92 +92
Netherlands 0 75 +75

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 29,593,774
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 20,693,897
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 12,489,349
Other 182,806

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 16,512,475 13,081,299 -3,431,176
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 10,160,862 10,533,035 +372,173
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 6,257,783 6,231,566 -26,217
Other 89,763 93,043 +3,280

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 14,302,192
London Heathrow Airport 12,680,871
East Midlands Airport 11,634,906
London Gateway Port 4,515,682
Immingham Docks 4,461,759

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 7,207,946 7,094,246 -113,700
London Heathrow Airport 8,350,734 4,330,137 -4,020,597
East Midlands Airport 5,813,380 5,821,526 +8,146
London Gateway Port 1,968,302 2,547,380 +579,078
Immingham Docks 2,255,731 2,206,028 -49,703
Southampton 2,075,191 2,090,926 +15,735
ZLC 799,370 1,003,699 +204,329
London Stansted Airport 573,293 1,154,465 +581,172
Holyhead 857,972 736,811 -121,161
Liverpool Docks 810,575 323,433 -487,142

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