Import/export HS code 732620: Iron or steel wire products

Items made from iron or steel wire, like fencing, mesh, or springs

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  • 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 68,990,155
Germany 12,836,745
Spain 11,919,960
Belgium 9,146,760
Italy 6,509,345

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 40,836,376 28,153,779 -12,682,597
Germany 7,610,280 5,226,465 -2,383,815
Spain 6,508,569 5,411,391 -1,097,178
Belgium 5,538,446 3,608,314 -1,930,132
Italy 3,431,222 3,078,123 -353,099
Czechia 4,205,481 1,677,807 -2,527,674
France 3,095,025 2,587,689 -507,336
Netherlands 2,613,601 2,020,142 -593,459
Poland 2,154,669 1,802,914 -351,755
Slovakia 1,617,288 1,856,537 +239,249

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 79,739,751
Spain 12,164,576
Czechia 9,072,216
Germany 8,119,972
Slovakia 6,212,443

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 46,315,943 33,423,808 -12,892,135
Spain 6,715,402 5,449,174 -1,266,228
Czechia 6,064,722 3,007,494 -3,057,228
Germany 4,855,736 3,264,236 -1,591,500
Slovakia 3,392,159 2,820,284 -571,875
Italy 2,468,509 2,984,998 +516,489
Poland 2,584,559 1,833,215 -751,344
Ukraine 1,572,135 1,641,034 +68,899
France 2,049,990 1,094,934 -955,056
Turkey 1,308,025 1,488,965 +180,940

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 85
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 80
West Midlands 65
Greater Manchester 59
Surrey, East and West Sussex 56

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 56 55 -1
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 61 50 -11
West Midlands 45 43 -2
Greater Manchester 39 45 +6
Surrey, East and West Sussex 40 42 +2
West Yorkshire 37 37 +0
Outer London - West and North West 33 32 -1
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 32 34 +2
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 36 30 -6
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 31 29 -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) 78,266,919
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 57,396,868
Other 11,202,223
Air transport 8,892,496
Road transport 2,299,895

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) 43,035,813 35,231,106 -7,804,707
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 33,807,672 23,589,196 -10,218,476
Other 7,599,548 3,602,675 -3,996,873
Air transport 4,777,856 4,114,640 -663,216
Road transport 1,295,336 1,004,559 -290,777

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 39,898,717
Dover 24,620,706
Southampton 15,707,270
000 11,202,223
London Gateway Port 11,069,564

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 27,680,101 12,218,616 -15,461,485
Dover 14,480,090 10,140,616 -4,339,474
Southampton 9,331,758 6,375,512 -2,956,246
000 7,599,548 3,602,675 -3,996,873
London Gateway Port 1,949,003 9,120,561 +7,171,558
Liverpool Docks 4,631,895 4,222,439 -409,456
Eurotunnel 4,403,579 3,588,681 -814,898
Immingham Docks 3,641,360 2,674,877 -966,483
London 2,063,066 1,556,254 -506,812
Thamesport 2,342,040 1,219,436 -1,122,604

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 371
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 244
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 72
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 69
Other manufacturing 68

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 205
2025-11 218
2025-10 247
2025-09 215
2025-08 240

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 477
54m+ 380
15m-54m 144
0-1m 141
Other 83

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 6,641,507
United Arab Emirates 6,381,085
United States 5,545,635
Poland 4,604,973
Netherlands 2,351,872

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 3,729,981 2,911,526 -818,455
United Arab Emirates 236,429 6,144,656 +5,908,227
United States 3,167,594 2,378,041 -789,553
Poland 4,155,151 449,822 -3,705,329
Netherlands 1,093,008 1,258,864 +165,856
Turkey 1,373,190 866,242 -506,948
France 1,385,403 623,625 -761,778
Germany 1,212,084 713,535 -498,549
Spain 1,231,871 181,367 -1,050,504
Luxembourg 1,186,947 64,858 -1,122,089

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 £
Slovakia 765,812
XI 575,995
United States 350,890
Italy 301,786
China 143,262

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 £
Slovakia 343,746 422,066 +78,320
XI 215,741 360,254 +144,513
United States 285,977 64,913 -221,064
Italy 165,700 136,086 -29,614
China 66,984 76,278 +9,294
Spain 33,709 36,306 +2,597
Belgium 21,223 15,605 -5,618
Netherlands 12,817 0 -12,817
Ireland 694 1,251 +557
Switzerland 743 431 -312

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) 22,019,516
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 15,189,103
Air transport 6,948,277
Other 2,444,603
Road transport 26,689

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) 14,533,087 7,486,429 -7,046,658
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 5,451,180 9,737,923 +4,286,743
Air transport 4,225,130 2,723,147 -1,501,983
Other 1,318,557 1,126,046 -192,511
Road transport 26,689 0 -26,689

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 12,513,635
London Gateway Port 7,781,879
Immingham Docks 3,354,909
Felixstowe 3,259,702
Liverpool Docks 2,888,091

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 8,898,035 3,615,600 -5,282,435
London Gateway Port 582,013 7,199,866 +6,617,853
Immingham Docks 2,500,585 854,324 -1,646,261
Felixstowe 2,271,471 988,231 -1,283,240
Liverpool Docks 1,536,764 1,351,327 -185,437
000 1,318,557 1,126,046 -192,511
London Heathrow Airport 1,217,470 1,059,126 -158,344
London Stansted Airport 1,436,512 552,422 -884,090
East Midlands Airport 962,597 781,467 -181,130
Dover 999,804 375,788 -624,016

Quick facts

HS code: 732620

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

Description: Items made from iron or steel wire, like fencing, mesh, or springs