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 34,416,669
India 11,192,748
France 8,899,332
Spain 7,408,711
Netherlands 6,299,286

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 16,363,162 18,053,507 +1,690,345
India 5,094,903 6,097,845 +1,002,942
France 4,465,542 4,433,790 -31,752
Spain 4,558,872 2,849,839 -1,709,033
Netherlands 2,282,316 4,016,970 +1,734,654
Italy 3,151,324 2,762,663 -388,661
United States 2,873,260 1,841,423 -1,031,837
Belgium 2,065,144 2,382,996 +317,852
Turkey 1,729,686 1,435,558 -294,128
Germany 1,011,832 1,644,617 +632,785

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 37,077,982
India 11,836,246
Spain 8,408,127
Italy 5,397,021
France 5,306,300

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 17,795,756 19,282,226 +1,486,470
India 5,401,715 6,434,531 +1,032,816
Spain 5,206,632 3,201,495 -2,005,137
Italy 3,036,559 2,360,462 -676,097
France 2,440,052 2,866,248 +426,196
United Kingdom 1,292,733 3,002,504 +1,709,771
Turkey 2,625,120 1,629,572 -995,548
Netherlands 1,807,254 2,070,335 +263,081
United States 2,255,032 1,581,664 -673,368
Belgium 1,853,609 1,754,782 -98,827

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Greater Manchester 41
West Midlands 40
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 39
Surrey, East and West Sussex 30
Inner London - West 29

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
Greater Manchester 32 23 -9
West Midlands 33 25 -8
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 29 23 -6
Surrey, East and West Sussex 13 24 +11
Inner London - West 17 17 +0
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 21 14 -7
Gloucestershire and Wiltshire 18 22 +4
Shropshire and Staffordshire 16 22 +6
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 19 18 -1
North Eastern Scotland 15 13 -2

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) 46,898,554
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 36,933,847
Air transport 17,580,331
Road transport 679,688
Other 657,153

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) 22,774,458 24,124,096 +1,349,638
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 19,131,053 17,802,794 -1,328,259
Air transport 8,635,115 8,945,216 +310,101
Road transport 446,826 232,862 -213,964
Other 503,732 153,421 -350,311

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 21,060,650
Felixstowe 19,639,335
Southampton 8,933,502
Eurotunnel 8,285,687
London Gateway Port 6,961,571

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 10,624,696 10,435,954 -188,742
Felixstowe 10,972,156 8,667,179 -2,304,977
Southampton 4,637,928 4,295,574 -342,354
Eurotunnel 4,229,924 4,055,763 -174,161
London Gateway Port 1,928,053 5,033,518 +3,105,465
London Heathrow Airport 2,049,941 3,107,252 +1,057,311
Thamesport 1,686,165 1,950,060 +263,895
Manchester Airport 1,823,660 1,704,977 -118,683
London 1,676,695 1,782,943 +106,248
East Midlands Airport 1,442,610 956,205 -486,405

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
133
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.
96
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment
81
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
62
Other manufacturing
46

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 109
2026-04 108
2026-03 127
2026-02 113
2026-01 105

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+ 254
1m-15m 253
15m-54m 69
Other 52
0-1m 47

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 35,647,229
Netherlands 16,883,297
Germany 16,851,769
Sweden 12,679,302
Ireland 7,243,100

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 22,833,987 12,813,242 -10,020,745
Netherlands 12,317,957 4,565,340 -7,752,617
Germany 9,092,934 7,758,835 -1,334,099
Sweden 7,271,634 5,407,668 -1,863,966
Ireland 4,517,779 2,725,321 -1,792,458
France 2,599,419 2,169,397 -430,022
Turkey 1,527,235 1,859,667 +332,432
Singapore 2,027,144 94,298 -1,932,846
Greece 1,854,849 52,188 -1,802,661
Denmark 951,756 896,776 -54,980

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 80,469
XI 58,057
China 9,484
Belgium 1,452
United Arab Emirates 1,232

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 1,656 78,813 +77,157
XI 49,798 8,259 -41,539
China 5,752 3,732 -2,020
Belgium 1,364 88 -1,276
United Arab Emirates 1,109 123 -986
Switzerland 460 18 -442
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) 66,611,569
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 50,507,315
Air transport 9,229,654
Other 157,036

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) 37,686,022 28,925,547 -8,760,475
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 36,407,184 14,100,131 -22,307,053
Air transport 3,721,971 5,507,683 +1,785,712
Other 63,253 93,783 +30,530

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 28,298,766
Immingham Docks 24,185,604
Southampton 18,574,030
Liverpool Docks 15,125,981
Eurotunnel 5,402,971

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 14,457,418 13,841,348 -616,070
Immingham Docks 17,226,752 6,958,852 -10,267,900
Southampton 12,908,095 5,665,935 -7,242,160
Liverpool Docks 10,169,216 4,956,765 -5,212,451
Eurotunnel 3,076,877 2,326,094 -750,783
Dover 2,499,302 2,725,523 +226,221
London Heathrow Airport 1,777,588 3,225,538 +1,447,950
London Gateway Port 4,272,411 457,751 -3,814,660
Felixstowe 2,127,029 1,783,606 -343,423
Heysham 2,590,632 399,497 -2,191,135

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