Import/export HS code 73181575: Stainless steel screws and bolts

Screws and bolts made of stainless steel, durable and rust-resistant

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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 17,348,135
Germany 8,128,328
United States 7,076,316
Italy 3,427,645
Taiwan 2,792,643

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 8,608,220 8,739,915 +131,695
Germany 4,332,629 3,795,699 -536,930
United States 3,471,573 3,604,743 +133,170
Italy 1,909,710 1,517,935 -391,775
Taiwan 1,745,857 1,046,786 -699,071
Switzerland 1,261,673 693,187 -568,486
France 805,660 1,107,687 +302,027
India 709,638 1,002,913 +293,275
Netherlands 568,281 453,004 -115,277
Malaysia 191,180 648,720 +457,540

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 20,922,196
United States 7,243,376
Germany 4,541,136
Italy 3,493,545
Taiwan 2,931,210

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 10,563,647 10,358,549 -205,098
United States 3,681,542 3,561,834 -119,708
Germany 2,115,018 2,426,118 +311,100
Italy 1,931,585 1,561,960 -369,625
Taiwan 1,752,240 1,178,970 -573,270
India 1,605,975 1,287,547 -318,428
Switzerland 917,289 662,685 -254,604
France 675,712 851,492 +175,780
Malaysia 199,377 663,917 +464,540
Sweden 519,242 298,995 -220,247

Importers across UK regions

What this shows: Number of importing companies by UK ITL2 region.

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
West Midlands 46
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 40
Inner London - West 36
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 28
Surrey, East and West Sussex 23

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
West Midlands 34 36 +2
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 31 27 -4
Inner London - West 20 26 +6
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 13 24 +11
Surrey, East and West Sussex 18 12 -6
Greater Manchester 16 14 -2
Shropshire and Staffordshire 13 16 +3
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 14 14 +0
West Yorkshire 14 13 -1
Gloucestershire and Wiltshire 15 11 -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) 26,922,026
Air transport 12,325,209
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 9,984,783
Other 1,461,620
Road transport 121,320

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) 13,608,033 13,313,993 -294,040
Air transport 5,988,375 6,336,834 +348,459
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 5,353,851 4,630,932 -722,919
Other 801,044 660,576 -140,468
Road transport 86,271 35,049 -51,222

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 9,750,892
London Heathrow Airport 5,256,080
Southampton 5,195,743
London Gateway Port 5,099,642
Dover 3,171,518

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 6,374,642 3,376,250 -2,998,392
London Heathrow Airport 2,486,584 2,769,496 +282,912
Southampton 2,577,147 2,618,596 +41,449
London Gateway Port 1,712,522 3,387,120 +1,674,598
Dover 1,637,440 1,534,078 -103,362
Grangemouth Docks 1,028,424 2,053,426 +1,025,002
Thamesport 1,783,528 899,984 -883,544
East Midlands Airport 1,354,451 1,277,149 -77,302
London Stansted Airport 1,224,487 1,242,300 +17,813
Harwich 934,913 1,043,083 +108,170

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 124
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 61
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 45
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 29
Manufacture of other transport equipment 28

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 98
2025-11 100
2025-10 112
2025-09 94
2025-08 114

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+ 269
1m-15m 161
15m-54m 49
Other 48
0-1m 21

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 8,173,599
Norway 5,468,419
France 2,850,746
Ireland 2,843,696
Germany 2,578,097

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 1,631,798 6,541,801 +4,910,003
Norway 3,248,141 2,220,278 -1,027,863
France 1,180,066 1,670,680 +490,614
Ireland 1,596,584 1,247,112 -349,472
Germany 1,340,972 1,237,125 -103,847
Sweden 1,044,848 817,487 -227,361
Italy 602,914 1,142,404 +539,490
Canada 973,437 650,155 -323,282
Netherlands 654,798 706,669 +51,871
Poland 677,396 418,155 -259,241

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 758,775
Nicaragua 279,794
China 78,050
Ireland 65,803
Viet Nam 13,542

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 530,289 228,486 -301,803
Nicaragua 227,574 52,220 -175,354
China 74,867 3,183 -71,684
Ireland 4,265 61,538 +57,273
Viet Nam 9,188 4,354 -4,834
Taiwan 263 4,536 +4,273
India 2,133 43 -2,090
United States 1,830 334 -1,496
Malaysia 1,124 523 -601
Italy 1,127 307 -820

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 19,790,935
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 11,680,823
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 10,073,436
Other 1,217,480
Road transport 37,057

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 10,863,399 8,927,536 -1,935,863
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 5,680,169 6,000,654 +320,485
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 2,534,543 7,538,893 +5,004,350
Other 858,142 359,338 -498,804
Road transport 37,057 0 -37,057

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 9,198,989
Dover / Eurotunnel 6,982,765
Southampton 5,982,010
London Heathrow Airport 5,548,096
Immingham Docks 3,533,213

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 £
East Midlands Airport 5,290,297 3,908,692 -1,381,605
Dover / Eurotunnel 3,020,943 3,961,822 +940,879
Southampton 531,636 5,450,374 +4,918,738
London Heathrow Airport 2,680,794 2,867,302 +186,508
Immingham Docks 2,254,523 1,278,690 -975,833
ZLC 1,324,317 800,274 -524,043
London Gateway Port 892,898 824,117 -68,781
000 858,142 359,338 -498,804
London Stansted Airport 702,815 482,562 -220,253
Holyhead 511,031 546,732 +35,701

Quick facts

HS code: 73181575

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

Description: Screws and bolts made of stainless steel, durable and rust-resistant