Import/export HS code 7325: Various cast iron or steel items

Includes various cast iron or steel products not listed elsewhere, such as industrial parts or household items

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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 98,987,740
India 63,921,060
Turkey 54,639,421
France 47,200,011
South Korea 28,578,070

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 52,058,664 46,929,076 -5,129,588
India 31,230,567 32,690,493 +1,459,926
Turkey 27,781,611 26,857,810 -923,801
France 24,740,312 22,459,699 -2,280,613
South Korea 28,509,505 68,565 -28,440,940
Germany 7,956,361 7,491,936 -464,425
Netherlands 6,032,905 6,907,226 +874,321
Belgium 5,165,046 7,003,378 +1,838,332
Italy 4,905,399 4,747,055 -158,344
Spain 5,338,005 3,382,490 -1,955,515

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 104,858,471
India 61,970,836
Turkey 60,128,678
France 39,329,954
South Korea 28,578,143

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 55,741,316 49,117,155 -6,624,161
India 29,941,141 32,029,695 +2,088,554
Turkey 30,588,938 29,539,740 -1,049,198
France 19,682,045 19,647,909 -34,136
South Korea 28,511,696 66,447 -28,445,249
Italy 6,126,653 5,946,468 -180,185
Germany 5,923,663 5,594,371 -329,292
Belgium 4,950,557 5,890,986 +940,429
Spain 5,930,445 3,617,200 -2,313,245
Poland 5,412,857 4,105,631 -1,307,226

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
West Midlands 68
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 62
Greater Manchester 59
Inner London - West 49
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 46

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 55 44 -11
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 46 40 -6
Greater Manchester 46 39 -7
Inner London - West 32 27 -5
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 35 33 -2
Surrey, East and West Sussex 26 32 +6
Shropshire and Staffordshire 27 36 +9
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 29 30 +1
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 33 23 -10
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 29 19 -10

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) 218,075,496
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 143,138,306
Air transport 24,433,410
Other 6,698,446
Road transport 5,649,256

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) 112,197,903 105,877,593 -6,320,310
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 89,007,592 54,130,714 -34,876,878
Air transport 12,616,326 11,817,084 -799,242
Other 3,904,289 2,794,157 -1,110,132
Road transport 2,173,051 3,476,205 +1,303,154

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 116,992,558
Dover 61,094,630
London Gateway Port 37,161,953
Middlesbrough 29,079,505
Belfast Port 24,689,902

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 61,945,377 55,047,181 -6,898,196
Dover 32,539,453 28,555,177 -3,984,276
London Gateway Port 17,670,506 19,491,447 +1,820,941
Middlesbrough 28,792,310 287,195 -28,505,115
Belfast Port 14,287,598 10,402,304 -3,885,294
Southampton 9,450,324 11,606,202 +2,155,878
London 5,239,893 8,042,514 +2,802,621
Eurotunnel 6,948,059 6,007,230 -940,829
Immingham Docks 5,545,124 6,195,129 +650,005
Harwich 4,309,492 4,343,294 +33,802

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
234
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.
142
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment
121
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
95
Other manufacturing
73

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 199
2026-04 197
2026-03 232
2026-02 209
2026-01 183

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 422
54m+ 403
15m-54m 116
0-1m 83
Other 81

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 £
Germany 83,120,493
United States 44,078,863
Netherlands 25,334,171
Ireland 18,637,995
Sweden 14,513,028

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 £
Germany 45,695,246 37,425,247 -8,269,999
United States 28,260,527 15,818,336 -12,442,191
Netherlands 15,384,462 9,949,709 -5,434,753
Ireland 9,895,679 8,742,316 -1,153,363
Sweden 8,385,935 6,127,093 -2,258,842
Italy 6,779,537 6,068,596 -710,941
France 6,342,633 4,845,516 -1,497,117
Czechia 3,704,815 1,545,993 -2,158,822
Denmark 2,154,001 1,678,016 -475,985
Greece 2,884,302 818,266 -2,066,036

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 3,110,356
Ireland 625,289
China 113,074
Germany 112,863
France 36,819

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 1,349,623 1,760,733 +411,110
Ireland 291,371 333,918 +42,547
China 60,399 52,675 -7,724
Germany 22,332 90,531 +68,199
France 19,583 17,236 -2,347
India 3,421 15,302 +11,881
Italy 12,349 1,082 -11,267
Switzerland 3,583 4,480 +897
United States 4,145 0 -4,145
Belgium 1,364 88 -1,276

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) 182,914,380
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 60,363,268
Air transport 17,739,783
Other 4,100,913
Road transport 5,578

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) 100,219,064 82,695,316 -17,523,748
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 42,353,898 18,009,370 -24,344,528
Air transport 8,616,065 9,123,718 +507,653
Other 1,807,981 2,292,932 +484,951
Road transport 4,508 1,070 -3,438

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 75,373,395
Felixstowe 37,820,721
Immingham Docks 32,047,913
Southampton 20,204,920
Liverpool Docks 19,829,290

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 39,358,263 36,015,132 -3,343,131
Felixstowe 21,962,486 15,858,235 -6,104,251
Immingham Docks 20,546,732 11,501,181 -9,045,551
Southampton 13,549,091 6,655,829 -6,893,262
Liverpool Docks 13,263,834 6,565,456 -6,698,378
London 6,629,998 4,169,594 -2,460,404
London Heathrow Airport 3,342,369 4,593,359 +1,250,990
Dover 4,099,729 3,210,150 -889,579
London Gateway Port 5,508,907 1,398,501 -4,110,406
Holyhead 2,504,373 3,874,574 +1,370,201

Related HS codes

What this shows: Sibling or child HS codes in the same classification branch.

Quick facts

HS code: 7325

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

Description: Includes various cast iron or steel products not listed elsewhere, such as industrial parts or household items