Import/export HS code 732393: Stainless steel kitchen items

Household tools and utensils made of durable stainless steel, like pots and pans

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 268,259,034
India 26,598,883
Netherlands 11,132,913
United States 9,901,670
Germany 9,089,604

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 138,286,352 129,972,682 -8,313,670
India 13,473,910 13,124,973 -348,937
Netherlands 5,584,522 5,548,391 -36,131
United States 5,167,619 4,734,051 -433,568
Germany 4,365,583 4,724,021 +358,438
France 4,089,857 3,942,838 -147,019
Belgium 4,095,114 3,197,627 -897,487
Italy 2,332,088 4,160,884 +1,828,796
Taiwan 3,817,428 1,740,394 -2,077,034
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 2,813,068 2,313,187 -499,881

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 308,115,249
India 26,260,225
Italy 6,341,676
United States 5,520,464
Taiwan 5,494,545

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 159,458,047 148,657,202 -10,800,845
India 13,667,799 12,592,426 -1,075,373
Italy 1,953,740 4,387,936 +2,434,196
United States 2,408,996 3,111,468 +702,472
Taiwan 3,663,895 1,830,650 -1,833,245
France 2,486,689 2,249,380 -237,309
Turkey 2,133,029 2,597,198 +464,169
Portugal 1,979,510 1,515,001 -464,509
Viet Nam 1,512,354 1,379,158 -133,196
Belgium 1,362,836 1,059,756 -303,080

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 293
Outer London - West and North West 178
Inner London - East 158
Greater Manchester 134
West Midlands 107

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
Inner London - West 191 184 -7
Outer London - West and North West 116 123 +7
Inner London - East 93 111 +18
Greater Manchester 81 95 +14
West Midlands 73 70 -3
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 74 70 -4
Outer London - East and North East 44 60 +16
Surrey, East and West Sussex 55 52 -3
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 53 43 -10
West Yorkshire 50 43 -7

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) 288,961,100
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 46,677,398
Air transport 38,464,629
Other 13,208,076
Road transport 2,093,120

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) 142,755,799 146,205,301 +3,449,502
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 24,768,999 21,908,399 -2,860,600
Air transport 19,477,503 18,987,126 -490,377
Other 11,191,644 2,016,432 -9,175,212
Road transport 794,718 1,298,402 +503,684

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 126,723,432
Southampton 88,082,064
London Gateway Port 46,389,936
499 16,115,687
Dover 15,484,503

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 71,868,703 54,854,729 -17,013,974
Southampton 48,008,490 40,073,574 -7,934,916
London Gateway Port 15,792,362 30,597,574 +14,805,212
499 1,080,328 15,035,359 +13,955,031
Dover 7,052,182 8,432,321 +1,380,139
London Heathrow Airport 6,965,627 6,999,350 +33,723
000 11,191,644 2,016,432 -9,175,212
Birmingham Airport 5,988,444 3,640,040 -2,348,404
London 5,745,076 3,845,987 -1,899,089
Eurotunnel 3,087,401 3,143,955 +56,554

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
768
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
762
Food and beverage service activities
131
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities
111
Other manufacturing
55

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 358
2026-04 349
2026-03 416
2026-02 391
2026-01 334

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
1m-15m 820
0-1m 542
54m+ 374
15m-54m 199
Other 199

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 £
Ireland 9,501,564
Netherlands 3,882,688
France 2,310,140
United States 2,161,447
Germany 2,082,412

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 £
Ireland 5,194,414 4,307,150 -887,264
Netherlands 2,615,813 1,266,875 -1,348,938
France 1,283,797 1,026,343 -257,454
United States 1,243,451 917,996 -325,455
Germany 1,057,724 1,024,688 -33,036
Sweden 490,680 1,193,355 +702,675
United Arab Emirates 968,730 642,434 -326,296
Belgium 718,087 717,068 -1,019
Norway 523,018 895,671 +372,653
Iceland 267,045 452,048 +185,003

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 £
China 309,125
India 162,447
XI 66,418
Ireland 19,254
Cambodia 18,425

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 £
China 174,612 134,513 -40,099
India 101,422 61,025 -40,397
XI 59,150 7,268 -51,882
Ireland 13,068 6,186 -6,882
Cambodia 17,633 792 -16,841
Turkey 9,198 7,810 -1,388
Switzerland 9,688 1,618 -8,070
Germany 2,528 3,706 +1,178
Viet Nam 2,484 1,700 -784
Netherlands 2,738 1,410 -1,328

Export volume by transport

What this shows: Export value by transport mode used to ship goods from the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 23,045,612
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 6,883,923
Air transport 4,751,561
Other 857,922
Road transport 950

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 £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 12,197,718 10,847,894 -1,349,824
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 4,448,925 2,434,998 -2,013,927
Air transport 2,463,338 2,288,223 -175,115
Other 527,420 330,502 -196,918
Road transport 950 0 -950

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 9,408,665
Holyhead 5,122,894
Immingham Docks 3,619,547
London Gateway Port 2,517,711
Liverpool Docks 1,968,365

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 5,456,086 3,952,579 -1,503,507
Holyhead 2,614,242 2,508,652 -105,590
Immingham Docks 1,242,128 2,377,419 +1,135,291
London Gateway Port 1,679,065 838,646 -840,419
Liverpool Docks 1,261,819 706,546 -555,273
London Heathrow Airport 911,505 940,561 +29,056
East Midlands Airport 987,511 671,733 -315,778
Heysham 738,601 780,230 +41,629
Felixstowe 1,017,805 292,647 -725,158
Southampton 845,831 349,817 -496,014

Quick facts

HS code: 732393

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

Description: Household tools and utensils made of durable stainless steel, like pots and pans