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 74,222,245
Germany 13,755,232
Spain 13,063,827
Belgium 9,459,783
Italy 6,388,551

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 41,013,661 33,208,584 -7,805,077
Germany 7,428,367 6,326,865 -1,101,502
Spain 7,322,911 5,740,916 -1,581,995
Belgium 5,499,070 3,960,713 -1,538,357
Italy 3,075,832 3,312,719 +236,887
France 3,293,951 2,469,036 -824,915
Czechia 3,667,683 1,480,698 -2,186,985
Netherlands 2,308,415 2,184,233 -124,182
Slovakia 1,962,585 2,194,955 +232,370
Poland 1,695,338 2,266,682 +571,344

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 85,970,420
Spain 13,094,921
Germany 8,667,137
Czechia 8,459,503
Slovakia 6,364,638

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 46,205,524 39,764,896 -6,440,628
Spain 7,424,518 5,670,403 -1,754,115
Germany 4,785,803 3,881,334 -904,469
Czechia 5,839,414 2,620,089 -3,219,325
Slovakia 3,079,998 3,284,640 +204,642
Italy 2,649,098 3,190,702 +541,604
Poland 2,122,495 2,359,073 +236,578
Ukraine 1,859,904 1,607,382 -252,522
Turkey 1,415,750 1,581,183 +165,433
France 1,819,644 1,175,662 -643,982

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 86
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 74
West Midlands 68
Surrey, East and West Sussex 66
Greater Manchester 63

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 53 59 +6
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 54 52 -2
West Midlands 44 44 +0
Surrey, East and West Sussex 41 49 +8
Greater Manchester 41 47 +6
West Yorkshire 37 42 +5
Outer London - West and North West 33 35 +2
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 35 32 -3
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 33 36 +3
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 34 29 -5

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) 86,457,825
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 59,303,658
Other 10,964,587
Air transport 9,346,146
Road transport 2,322,735

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) 44,409,316 42,048,509 -2,360,807
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 32,519,854 26,783,804 -5,736,050
Other 7,677,654 3,286,933 -4,390,721
Air transport 4,588,150 4,757,996 +169,846
Road transport 1,317,702 1,005,033 -312,669

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 41,060,314
Dover 24,537,363
Southampton 15,790,051
London Gateway Port 15,229,274
000 10,964,587

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 26,638,751 14,421,563 -12,217,188
Dover 13,321,424 11,215,939 -2,105,485
Southampton 9,429,486 6,360,565 -3,068,921
London Gateway Port 3,097,423 12,131,851 +9,034,428
000 7,677,654 3,286,933 -4,390,721
Liverpool Docks 5,707,828 4,367,310 -1,340,518
Eurotunnel 4,499,713 4,374,095 -125,618
Immingham Docks 3,655,870 3,364,256 -291,614
London 2,158,669 1,957,481 -201,188
ZLC 2,095,718 1,571,147 -524,571

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 393
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 262
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 78
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 72
Other manufacturing 68

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 208
2026-03 241
2026-02 208
2026-01 205
2025-12 201

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 503
54m+ 401
0-1m 154
15m-54m 151
Other 85

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 6,899,016
United Arab Emirates 6,389,688
United States 5,528,753
Poland 2,601,291
Netherlands 2,427,241

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 3,681,981 3,217,035 -464,946
United Arab Emirates 230,888 6,158,800 +5,927,912
United States 2,970,240 2,558,513 -411,727
Poland 2,118,410 482,881 -1,635,529
Netherlands 1,299,384 1,127,857 -171,527
Turkey 1,164,684 927,616 -237,068
France 1,358,142 684,572 -673,570
Germany 1,182,765 819,573 -363,192
Spain 1,178,240 201,926 -976,314
Luxembourg 1,174,831 65,600 -1,109,231

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 843,979
XI 728,227
United States 351,439
Italy 323,624
China 156,140

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 415,919 428,060 +12,141
XI 231,287 496,940 +265,653
United States 324,483 26,956 -297,527
Italy 161,789 161,835 +46
China 68,467 87,673 +19,206
Spain 35,741 39,151 +3,410
Belgium 21,050 18,882 -2,168
Netherlands 4,986 0 -4,986
Ireland 700 1,732 +1,032
Poland 767 1,344 +577

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) 20,833,599
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 14,691,033
Air transport 7,079,974
Other 2,590,685
Road transport 23,564

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) 13,042,947 7,790,652 -5,252,295
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 4,975,522 9,715,511 +4,739,989
Air transport 3,958,272 3,121,702 -836,570
Other 1,310,930 1,279,755 -31,175
Road transport 23,564 0 -23,564

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 11,409,349
London Gateway Port 8,056,567
Felixstowe 3,080,956
Liverpool Docks 2,670,289
000 2,590,685

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 7,549,891 3,859,458 -3,690,433
London Gateway Port 880,574 7,175,993 +6,295,419
Felixstowe 2,152,349 928,607 -1,223,742
Liverpool Docks 1,650,451 1,019,838 -630,613
000 1,310,930 1,279,755 -31,175
Immingham Docks 1,648,408 939,055 -709,353
London Heathrow Airport 1,159,507 1,317,565 +158,058
East Midlands Airport 952,840 949,500 -3,340
London Stansted Airport 1,241,843 563,818 -678,025
Southampton 655,666 959,995 +304,329

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