Import/export HS code 73259990: Various cast iron or steel items

Various cast iron or steel products not specified elsewhere

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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 35,345,086
India 11,335,738
France 8,899,232
Spain 7,623,119
Netherlands 6,527,027

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 16,478,164 18,866,922 +2,388,758
India 4,930,518 6,405,220 +1,474,702
France 3,810,711 5,088,521 +1,277,810
Spain 4,407,690 3,215,429 -1,192,261
Netherlands 2,147,668 4,379,359 +2,231,691
Italy 3,795,754 2,653,780 -1,141,974
Belgium 3,637,303 2,381,641 -1,255,662
United States 2,963,020 2,059,273 -903,747
Turkey 1,812,898 1,381,188 -431,710
Poland 1,869,800 1,069,562 -800,238

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 38,126,227
India 11,988,239
Spain 8,611,845
Italy 5,907,915
France 5,346,851

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 17,968,556 20,157,671 +2,189,115
India 5,233,131 6,755,108 +1,521,977
Spain 5,089,240 3,522,605 -1,566,635
Italy 3,543,182 2,364,733 -1,178,449
France 2,092,215 3,254,636 +1,162,421
Belgium 3,414,021 1,783,466 -1,630,555
United Kingdom 1,088,581 3,225,278 +2,136,697
Turkey 2,574,706 1,723,982 -850,724
Netherlands 1,715,663 2,306,471 +590,808
Poland 2,124,773 1,820,572 -304,201

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
West Midlands 43
Greater Manchester 41
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 39
Surrey, East and West Sussex 32
Inner London - West 30

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 34 26 -8
Greater Manchester 32 22 -10
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 30 23 -7
Surrey, East and West Sussex 15 25 +10
Inner London - West 18 17 -1
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 22 15 -7
Shropshire and Staffordshire 16 22 +6
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 18 19 +1
Gloucestershire and Wiltshire 18 22 +4
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 19 10 -9

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) 48,565,978
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 39,484,545
Air transport 18,120,257
Other 873,829
Road transport 685,738

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) 23,117,692 25,448,286 +2,330,594
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 20,484,210 19,000,335 -1,483,875
Air transport 8,836,313 9,283,944 +447,631
Other 661,434 212,395 -449,039
Road transport 392,360 293,378 -98,982

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 20,772,685
Felixstowe 20,478,923
Southampton 9,743,087
Eurotunnel 8,546,195
London Gateway Port 7,051,697

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 £
Dover 9,851,505 10,921,180 +1,069,675
Felixstowe 11,285,863 9,193,060 -2,092,803
Southampton 4,913,355 4,829,732 -83,623
Eurotunnel 4,206,097 4,340,098 +134,001
London Gateway Port 2,059,888 4,991,809 +2,931,921
London Heathrow Airport 2,168,322 3,033,049 +864,727
Thamesport 1,742,584 2,158,667 +416,083
London 1,957,672 1,752,638 -205,034
Manchester Airport 1,945,727 1,709,737 -235,990
Immingham Docks 1,935,521 1,016,099 -919,422

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 140
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 95
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 81
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 66
Other manufacturing 48

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 108
2026-03 127
2026-02 113
2026-01 105
2025-12 104

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 262
54m+ 253
15m-54m 77
Other 52
0-1m 49

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 36,586,339
Germany 17,838,457
Netherlands 17,442,181
Sweden 12,909,786
Ireland 7,847,323

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 17,229,278 19,357,061 +2,127,783
Germany 8,513,813 9,324,644 +810,831
Netherlands 5,025,058 12,417,123 +7,392,065
Sweden 6,270,878 6,638,908 +368,030
Ireland 4,734,461 3,112,862 -1,621,599
France 2,753,504 2,466,111 -287,393
Turkey 1,512,431 2,042,163 +529,732
Singapore 2,023,046 66,711 -1,956,335
Canada 1,374,931 694,854 -680,077
Greece 1,860,863 41,418 -1,819,445

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 69,547
XI 56,977
China 9,723
Belgium 1,936
United Arab Emirates 1,109

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 0 69,547 +69,547
XI 54,440 2,537 -51,903
China 6,135 3,588 -2,547
Belgium 1,848 88 -1,760
United Arab Emirates 986 123 -863
Switzerland 536 66 -470
Germany 75 179 +104
France 17 0 -17

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) 70,387,243
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 52,047,547
Air transport 9,126,254
Other 147,029

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) 36,515,263 33,871,980 -2,643,283
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 22,969,910 29,077,637 +6,107,727
Air transport 3,747,426 5,378,828 +1,631,402
Other 67,438 79,591 +12,153

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 30,042,424
Immingham Docks 24,460,678
Southampton 18,535,031
Liverpool Docks 16,469,401
Dover 5,467,181

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 14,461,732 15,580,692 +1,118,960
Immingham Docks 8,609,451 15,851,227 +7,241,776
Southampton 10,391,449 8,143,582 -2,247,867
Liverpool Docks 7,423,033 9,046,368 +1,623,335
Dover 2,529,781 2,937,400 +407,619
Eurotunnel 2,637,570 2,809,173 +171,603
London Gateway Port 3,677,981 1,260,807 -2,417,174
London Heathrow Airport 1,877,961 2,942,364 +1,064,403
Felixstowe 2,435,901 2,202,696 -233,205
Heysham 2,695,361 664,932 -2,030,429

Quick facts

HS code: 73259990

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

Description: Various cast iron or steel products not specified elsewhere