Import/export HS code 741980: Various copper products

Copper items not covered by other codes, including a wide range of goods like household items or industrial parts

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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 £
Germany 40,948,201
India 27,752,733
China 26,614,860
Czechia 14,275,848
France 13,021,075

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 £
Germany 23,173,633 17,774,568 -5,399,065
India 11,187,482 16,565,251 +5,377,769
China 12,901,699 13,713,161 +811,462
Czechia 2,050,047 12,225,801 +10,175,754
France 6,027,110 6,993,965 +966,855
United States 4,435,885 4,943,822 +507,937
Netherlands 3,605,942 2,897,902 -708,040
Italy 3,159,531 3,266,728 +107,197
Switzerland 2,601,306 2,336,390 -264,916
Austria 1,548,460 2,048,587 +500,127

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 £
Germany 39,775,548
China 29,700,251
India 28,174,894
Czechia 14,976,693
Italy 9,259,011

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 £
Germany 22,442,827 17,332,721 -5,110,106
China 14,245,958 15,454,293 +1,208,335
India 11,358,852 16,816,042 +5,457,190
Czechia 2,361,936 12,614,757 +10,252,821
Italy 4,282,239 4,976,772 +694,533
United States 4,249,360 4,843,998 +594,638
France 3,628,674 4,558,105 +929,431
Switzerland 2,862,004 2,313,106 -548,898
Netherlands 2,318,586 1,377,443 -941,143
Austria 1,512,771 1,807,067 +294,296

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 144
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 110
West Midlands 102
Surrey, East and West Sussex 82
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 65

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 101 93 -8
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 71 78 +7
West Midlands 76 72 -4
Surrey, East and West Sussex 58 60 +2
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 49 47 -2
Greater Manchester 54 45 -9
Outer London - West and North West 36 46 +10
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 40 39 -1
Inner London - East 41 38 -3
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 37 43 +6

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) 69,781,286
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 56,946,075
Air transport 38,368,897
Road transport 2,470,438
Other 1,544,575

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) 36,500,227 33,281,059 -3,219,168
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 21,478,537 35,467,538 +13,989,001
Air transport 17,834,319 20,534,578 +2,700,259
Road transport 1,294,422 1,176,016 -118,406
Other 1,062,274 482,301 -579,973
Rail transport 1,451 10,122 +8,671

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Immingham Docks 24,762,667
Felixstowe 24,076,069
Dover 23,476,976
Eurotunnel 17,457,934
Southampton 15,901,421

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 £
Immingham Docks 14,038,214 10,724,453 -3,313,761
Felixstowe 12,965,656 11,110,413 -1,855,243
Dover 9,340,870 14,136,106 +4,795,236
Eurotunnel 4,681,972 12,775,962 +8,093,990
Southampton 5,949,329 9,952,092 +4,002,763
London Heathrow Airport 5,788,893 8,637,885 +2,848,992
East Midlands Airport 5,488,577 5,783,841 +295,264
London 3,658,679 2,410,511 -1,248,168
Birmingham Airport 2,792,596 3,071,799 +279,203
London Gateway Port 1,589,386 2,476,102 +886,716

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 346
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 213
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 133
Other manufacturing 117
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 103

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 280
2026-03 271
2026-02 269
2026-01 264
2025-12 257

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 567
54m+ 564
0-1m 164
15m-54m 149
Other 88

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 19,749,841
Ireland 12,568,611
France 11,927,219
Germany 7,239,720
India 7,226,350

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 10,326,628 9,423,213 -903,415
Ireland 6,196,069 6,372,542 +176,473
France 6,190,891 5,736,328 -454,563
Germany 4,131,545 3,108,175 -1,023,370
India 918,595 6,307,755 +5,389,160
Singapore 4,071,717 969,131 -3,102,586
United Arab Emirates 2,226,616 2,084,457 -142,159
Saudi Arabia 1,870,781 2,270,294 +399,513
Netherlands 2,241,511 1,457,819 -783,692
China 2,441,530 990,961 -1,450,569

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 8,744,430
Nicaragua 22,246
China 13,501
India 7,848
Ireland 6,936

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 4,025,353 4,719,077 +693,724
Nicaragua 21,439 807 -20,632
China 10,582 2,919 -7,663
India 6,034 1,814 -4,220
Ireland 0 6,936 +6,936
Denmark 0 4,135 +4,135
Netherlands 0 4,006 +4,006
Germany 521 248 -273
Italy 243 172 -71
United States 0 412 +412

Export volume by transport

What this shows: Export value by transport mode used to ship goods from the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Air transport 48,178,824
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 34,935,587
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 21,391,980
Other 8,806,204
Road transport 25,314

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 £
Air transport 24,184,003 23,994,821 -189,182
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 17,953,512 16,982,075 -971,437
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 11,243,222 10,148,758 -1,094,464
Other 4,065,567 4,740,637 +675,070
Road transport 5,902 19,412 +13,510

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 23,758,736
London Heathrow Airport 20,002,895
East Midlands Airport 11,269,089
London Gateway Port 10,993,117
000 8,806,204

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 11,519,320 12,239,416 +720,096
London Heathrow Airport 9,143,353 10,859,542 +1,716,189
East Midlands Airport 5,536,760 5,732,329 +195,569
London Gateway Port 6,163,318 4,829,799 -1,333,519
000 4,065,567 4,740,637 +675,070
Manchester Airport 4,800,372 3,672,843 -1,127,529
Southampton 3,562,420 2,961,045 -601,375
ZLC 2,382,957 2,297,627 -85,330
Liverpool Docks 1,385,196 1,847,515 +462,319
London Stansted Airport 1,671,247 1,037,947 -633,300

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 741980

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

Description: Copper items not covered by other codes, including a wide range of goods like household items or industrial parts