Import/export HS code 731819: Various fasteners

Other types of fasteners made of iron or steel, not covered by other codes

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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 61,395,340
United States 39,002,248
Germany 29,960,216
France 22,943,295
Italy 11,868,533

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 33,284,333 28,111,007 -5,173,326
United States 21,190,351 17,811,897 -3,378,454
Germany 13,985,387 15,974,829 +1,989,442
France 10,448,307 12,494,988 +2,046,681
Italy 5,505,375 6,363,158 +857,783
India 6,025,130 5,149,335 -875,795
Taiwan 5,215,116 5,740,925 +525,809
Austria 4,268,372 3,721,167 -547,205
Ireland 2,997,131 3,473,993 +476,862
Netherlands 1,756,851 2,990,060 +1,233,209

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 68,426,445
United States 38,784,914
Germany 24,061,634
France 20,380,892
Italy 13,165,713

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 36,854,907 31,571,538 -5,283,369
United States 20,792,418 17,992,496 -2,799,922
Germany 11,083,928 12,977,706 +1,893,778
France 9,592,521 10,788,371 +1,195,850
Italy 6,158,539 7,007,174 +848,635
Taiwan 5,977,176 6,401,135 +423,959
India 6,490,601 5,608,573 -882,028
Switzerland 2,492,408 2,361,683 -130,725
Japan 2,371,090 2,267,963 -103,127
Ireland 2,085,247 2,475,505 +390,258

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
West Midlands 147
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 135
Surrey, East and West Sussex 78
Greater Manchester 75
Inner London - West 74

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 108 115 +7
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 98 86 -12
Surrey, East and West Sussex 55 54 -1
Greater Manchester 53 57 +4
Inner London - West 45 52 +7
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 47 47 +0
Shropshire and Staffordshire 48 49 +1
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 33 49 +16
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 39 41 +2
Essex 41 38 -3

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) 95,208,589
Air transport 77,970,954
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 55,186,343
Other 4,044,322
Road transport 593,457

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) 49,884,140 45,324,449 -4,559,691
Air transport 39,018,908 38,952,046 -66,862
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 27,317,075 27,869,268 +552,193
Other 2,723,651 1,320,671 -1,402,980
Road transport 254,983 338,474 +83,491
Rail transport 0 955 +955

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 52,063,318
Dover 25,335,951
East Midlands Airport 21,380,467
London Gateway Port 16,909,235
London Heathrow Airport 16,590,517

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 31,959,604 20,103,714 -11,855,890
Dover 11,937,393 13,398,558 +1,461,165
East Midlands Airport 10,207,470 11,172,997 +965,527
London Gateway Port 4,603,798 12,305,437 +7,701,639
London Heathrow Airport 9,813,755 6,776,762 -3,036,993
Southampton 9,616,357 6,616,528 -2,999,829
London Stansted Airport 7,619,668 6,861,212 -758,456
Birmingham Airport 3,964,393 6,364,673 +2,400,280
Manchester Airport 4,992,444 4,875,652 -116,792
Eurotunnel 3,385,522 3,414,350 +28,828

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 370
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 190
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 128
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 90
Other manufacturing 85

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 327
2026-03 341
2026-02 340
2026-01 316
2025-12 295

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+ 653
1m-15m 582
15m-54m 188
Other 121
0-1m 89

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 24,350,794
Germany 14,394,948
India 14,048,636
France 12,461,968
Saudi Arabia 9,770,423

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 11,428,114 12,922,680 +1,494,566
Germany 7,199,426 7,195,522 -3,904
India 12,350,983 1,697,653 -10,653,330
France 5,804,919 6,657,049 +852,130
Saudi Arabia 5,533,090 4,237,333 -1,295,757
Ireland 3,376,931 3,195,865 -181,066
Poland 1,607,591 4,044,270 +2,436,679
Netherlands 2,578,590 2,562,391 -16,199
China 1,937,038 2,675,882 +738,844
Italy 1,598,327 2,522,806 +924,479

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 £
United States 452,421
Ireland 448,546
China 348,037
XI 322,353
Nicaragua 107,019

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 £
United States 3,210 449,211 +446,001
Ireland 205,851 242,695 +36,844
China 94,037 254,000 +159,963
XI 152,155 170,198 +18,043
Nicaragua 88,695 18,324 -70,371
Germany 54,685 46,687 -7,998
Poland 14,341 14,205 -136
Switzerland 5,485 5,957 +472
Taiwan 4,185 6,434 +2,249
India 4,295 4,716 +421

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 87,012,128
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 35,712,123
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 27,043,820
Other 1,902,370
Road transport 40,376

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 43,189,024 43,823,104 +634,080
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 17,691,123 18,021,000 +329,877
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 17,547,986 9,495,834 -8,052,152
Other 659,818 1,242,552 +582,734
Road transport 40,376 0 -40,376

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 30,494,336
Dover / Eurotunnel 24,652,422
East Midlands Airport 21,604,748
ZLC 13,811,906
London Gateway Port 12,681,192

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 16,727,692 13,766,644 -2,961,048
Dover / Eurotunnel 12,208,409 12,444,013 +235,604
East Midlands Airport 11,545,985 10,058,763 -1,487,222
ZLC 6,201,920 7,609,986 +1,408,066
London Gateway Port 11,072,341 1,608,851 -9,463,490
Southampton 3,530,853 5,364,714 +1,833,861
Warton Aerodrome 4,100,638 3,919,685 -180,953
London Stansted Airport 2,062,038 4,684,859 +2,622,821
Immingham Docks 2,266,154 1,368,163 -897,991
Liverpool Docks 945,320 1,796,370 +851,050

Quick facts

HS code: 731819

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

Description: Other types of fasteners made of iron or steel, not covered by other codes