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 61,596,633
United States 39,039,910
Germany 30,347,207
France 23,390,696
Italy 11,635,666

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 33,866,654 27,729,979 -6,136,675
United States 21,033,373 18,006,537 -3,026,836
Germany 14,247,854 16,099,353 +1,851,499
France 11,221,008 12,169,688 +948,680
Italy 5,136,639 6,499,027 +1,362,388
Taiwan 5,002,351 5,775,971 +773,620
India 5,765,112 4,998,956 -766,156
Austria 4,363,042 3,748,546 -614,496
Ireland 2,962,088 3,461,711 +499,623
Netherlands 1,818,011 3,008,346 +1,190,335

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 68,531,269
United States 39,304,244
Germany 24,092,054
France 20,763,766
Italy 12,995,928

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 37,383,696 31,147,573 -6,236,123
United States 20,721,500 18,582,744 -2,138,756
Germany 11,331,922 12,760,132 +1,428,210
France 10,087,718 10,676,048 +588,330
Italy 5,949,489 7,046,439 +1,096,950
Taiwan 5,688,207 6,416,323 +728,116
India 6,223,239 5,464,563 -758,676
Switzerland 2,618,628 2,343,202 -275,426
Ireland 2,017,274 2,472,515 +455,241
Japan 2,300,433 2,158,592 -141,841

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
West Midlands 150
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 129
Greater Manchester 77
Surrey, East and West Sussex 76
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 113 113 +0
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 92 85 -7
Greater Manchester 54 59 +5
Surrey, East and West Sussex 50 57 +7
Inner London - West 47 51 +4
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 43 47 +4
Shropshire and Staffordshire 48 48 +0
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 35 48 +13
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 38 43 +5
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 38 42 +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) 94,719,936
Air transport 78,280,853
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 55,621,592
Other 3,933,858
Road transport 661,236

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) 49,820,245 44,899,691 -4,920,554
Air transport 39,530,256 38,750,597 -779,659
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 27,698,970 27,922,622 +223,652
Other 2,879,487 1,054,371 -1,825,116
Road transport 417,785 243,451 -174,334
Rail transport 0 955 +955

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 51,298,975
Dover 26,059,329
East Midlands Airport 21,275,148
London Gateway Port 17,114,903
London Heathrow Airport 16,812,439

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 31,442,920 19,856,055 -11,586,865
Dover 12,597,951 13,461,378 +863,427
East Midlands Airport 10,403,075 10,872,073 +468,998
London Gateway Port 5,265,402 11,849,501 +6,584,099
London Heathrow Airport 9,715,747 7,096,692 -2,619,055
Southampton 9,290,895 6,920,676 -2,370,219
London Stansted Airport 7,208,297 6,981,409 -226,888
Birmingham Airport 4,389,573 6,185,147 +1,795,574
Manchester Airport 5,220,647 4,711,105 -509,542
Eurotunnel 3,330,239 3,425,754 +95,515

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
360
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment
188
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.
128
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment
90
Other manufacturing
87

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 330
2026-04 327
2026-03 341
2026-02 340
2026-01 316

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+ 645
1m-15m 580
15m-54m 191
Other 117
0-1m 87

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 24,839,130
Germany 14,855,440
India 14,094,898
France 12,750,836
Saudi Arabia 9,866,581

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 11,811,147 13,027,983 +1,216,836
Germany 7,417,868 7,437,572 +19,704
India 12,405,048 1,689,850 -10,715,198
France 5,703,934 7,046,902 +1,342,968
Saudi Arabia 6,580,319 3,286,262 -3,294,057
Ireland 3,403,091 3,272,820 -130,271
Poland 1,770,906 3,981,684 +2,210,778
Netherlands 2,619,058 2,581,617 -37,441
China 2,066,874 2,572,193 +505,319
Italy 1,590,188 2,999,947 +1,409,759

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 449,106
China 375,008
XI 369,493
Germany 105,542

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 £
United States 452,032 389 -451,643
Ireland 241,291 207,815 -33,476
China 99,930 275,078 +175,148
XI 164,345 205,148 +40,803
Germany 54,421 51,121 -3,300
Nicaragua 81,312 20,336 -60,976
Poland 14,452 13,001 -1,451
Taiwan 4,048 13,840 +9,792
Switzerland 5,486 7,156 +1,670
India 5,557 5,600 +43

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 88,100,972
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 36,478,018
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 27,127,947
Other 1,984,586
Road transport 35,660

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 44,767,446 43,333,526 -1,433,920
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 18,005,327 18,472,691 +467,364
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 17,603,137 9,524,810 -8,078,327
Other 1,159,734 824,852 -334,882
Road transport 35,660 0 -35,660

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 30,880,273
Dover / Eurotunnel 25,388,661
East Midlands Airport 21,871,432
ZLC 13,866,559
London Gateway Port 12,610,741

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 17,018,671 13,861,602 -3,157,069
Dover / Eurotunnel 12,581,180 12,807,481 +226,301
East Midlands Airport 11,393,885 10,477,547 -916,338
ZLC 6,260,167 7,606,392 +1,346,225
London Gateway Port 11,002,190 1,608,551 -9,393,639
Southampton 3,659,561 5,255,260 +1,595,699
Warton Aerodrome 5,151,205 2,891,134 -2,260,071
London Stansted Airport 2,075,375 4,857,687 +2,782,312
Immingham Docks 2,086,760 1,431,826 -654,934
Liverpool Docks 1,079,647 1,904,650 +825,003

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