Import/export HS code 73181660: Self-locking nuts

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  • 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 £
United States 12,374,139
Germany 9,986,991
Italy 8,353,093
France 8,123,637
China 5,325,570

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 £
United States 6,496,642 5,877,497 -619,145
Germany 5,701,761 4,285,230 -1,416,531
Italy 3,463,545 4,889,548 +1,426,003
France 4,180,400 3,943,237 -237,163
China 2,206,427 3,119,143 +912,716
Taiwan 2,808,434 1,243,606 -1,564,828
Belgium 879,264 1,073,282 +194,018
India 398,782 662,339 +263,557
Netherlands 485,301 405,435 -79,866
Austria 164,052 311,184 +147,132

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 £
United States 10,076,399
Taiwan 8,519,666
France 8,389,702
Italy 8,351,310
Germany 6,475,734

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 £
United States 5,129,801 4,946,598 -183,203
Taiwan 4,958,210 3,561,456 -1,396,754
France 3,874,622 4,515,080 +640,458
Italy 3,978,810 4,372,500 +393,690
Germany 3,480,164 2,995,570 -484,594
China 2,555,684 2,661,342 +105,658
Malaysia 883,584 603,659 -279,925
India 456,291 794,012 +337,721
Denmark 330,188 332,253 +2,065
Turkey 167,861 328,087 +160,226

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 39
Surrey, East and West Sussex 27
Greater Manchester 22
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 18

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 39 32 -7
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 32 27 -5
Surrey, East and West Sussex 18 18 +0
Greater Manchester 10 17 +7
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 13 13 +0
Shropshire and Staffordshire 11 17 +6
Inner London - West 13 12 -1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 12 9 -3
Essex 10 10 +0
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 8 9 +1

Import volume by transport

What this shows: Import value by transport mode used to bring goods into the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Air transport 26,145,527
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 14,103,478
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 12,425,581
Other 1,330,895
Road transport 18,859

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 £
Air transport 13,034,166 13,111,361 +77,195
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 7,396,884 6,706,594 -690,290
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 6,218,699 6,206,882 -11,817
Other 795,325 535,570 -259,755
Road transport 9,188 9,671 +483
Rail transport 0 969 +969

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 8,954,882
East Midlands Airport 8,174,414
Felixstowe 7,447,045
Dover 6,114,916
Birmingham Airport 3,137,447

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 £
London Heathrow Airport 4,241,929 4,712,953 +471,024
East Midlands Airport 4,481,831 3,692,583 -789,248
Felixstowe 4,228,405 3,218,640 -1,009,765
Dover 3,118,652 2,996,264 -122,388
Birmingham Airport 1,326,636 1,810,811 +484,175
Eurotunnel 1,463,901 1,526,857 +62,956
London Stansted Airport 1,617,515 988,670 -628,845
London Gateway Port 1,037,357 1,568,064 +530,707
Southampton 965,333 951,046 -14,287
Thamesport 839,580 726,440 -113,140

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 95
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 45
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 41
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 38
Manufacture of other transport equipment 32

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 91
2025-11 92
2025-10 103
2025-09 98
2025-08 96

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+ 206
1m-15m 136
15m-54m 46
Other 29
0-1m 17

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 8,145,914
Germany 5,034,017
Mexico 4,287,748
Saudi Arabia 2,621,479
Malaysia 2,429,897

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 4,014,829 4,131,085 +116,256
Germany 2,520,740 2,513,277 -7,463
Mexico 2,158,256 2,129,492 -28,764
Saudi Arabia 1,648,565 972,914 -675,651
Malaysia 1,494,179 935,718 -558,461
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 852,055 1,240,016 +387,961
Singapore 616,353 1,264,012 +647,659
India 949,467 670,642 -278,825
Italy 650,081 911,282 +261,201
France 724,775 662,237 -62,538

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 £
Ireland 151,285
Nicaragua 44,014
XI 30,619
China 8,877
Germany 1,398

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 £
Ireland 75,844 75,441 -403
Nicaragua 21,751 22,263 +512
XI 24,366 6,253 -18,113
China 3,895 4,982 +1,087
Germany 456 942 +486
United States 1,042 258 -784
Sweden 775 24 -751
Malaysia 174 11 -163
Taiwan 42 142 +100
Netherlands 4 68 +64

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 33,256,891
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 5,458,317
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 4,385,526
Other 239,351
Road transport 24,883

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 16,244,600 17,012,291 +767,691
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 3,093,163 2,365,154 -728,009
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 3,078,921 1,306,605 -1,772,316
Other 128,746 110,605 -18,141
Road transport 24,883 0 -24,883

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 13,691,085
East Midlands Airport 7,155,151
Dover / Eurotunnel 3,890,436
London Stansted Airport 3,181,504
ZLC 2,704,929

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 £
London Heathrow Airport 6,898,532 6,792,553 -105,979
East Midlands Airport 3,600,103 3,555,048 -45,055
Dover / Eurotunnel 2,176,518 1,713,918 -462,600
London Stansted Airport 1,351,471 1,830,033 +478,562
ZLC 997,008 1,707,921 +710,913
Warton Aerodrome 1,550,912 879,416 -671,496
Glasgow Airport 784,092 956,646 +172,554
Southampton 836,634 776,393 -60,241
London Gateway Port 1,313,647 275,830 -1,037,817
Birmingham Airport 390,600 649,979 +259,379

Quick facts

HS code: 73181660

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

Description: Nuts designed to lock in place, preventing loosening over time