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 39,410,641
India 26,178,770
China 23,633,606
France 12,168,904
Czechia 9,629,358

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 24,929,920 14,480,721 -10,449,199
India 10,902,950 15,275,820 +4,372,870
China 12,668,787 10,964,819 -1,703,968
France 6,269,742 5,899,162 -370,580
Czechia 291,103 9,338,255 +9,047,152
United States 4,279,829 3,869,698 -410,131
Netherlands 3,799,364 2,611,452 -1,187,912
Italy 3,426,933 2,939,601 -487,332
Switzerland 2,420,806 2,320,902 -99,904
Austria 1,545,488 1,660,639 +115,151

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 38,451,415
India 26,463,445
China 26,382,954
Czechia 10,218,961
Italy 8,619,174

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 24,074,108 14,377,307 -9,696,801
India 11,020,242 15,443,203 +4,422,961
China 14,029,549 12,353,405 -1,676,144
Czechia 600,315 9,618,646 +9,018,331
Italy 4,268,092 4,351,082 +82,990
United States 4,333,192 3,760,495 -572,697
France 3,961,988 3,787,639 -174,349
Switzerland 2,698,654 2,326,505 -372,149
Netherlands 2,481,101 1,437,989 -1,043,112
Austria 1,503,158 1,446,267 -56,891

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 140
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 107
West Midlands 97
Surrey, East and West Sussex 81
Greater Manchester 64

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 102 86 -16
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 73 74 +1
West Midlands 80 58 -22
Surrey, East and West Sussex 58 58 +0
Greater Manchester 55 41 -14
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 48 45 -3
Outer London - West and North West 35 44 +9
Inner London - East 46 35 -11
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 39 35 -4
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 41 38 -3

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) 66,459,706
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 48,404,839
Air transport 35,228,716
Road transport 2,328,567
Other 1,671,608

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) 38,981,169 27,478,537 -11,502,632
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 18,838,930 29,565,909 +10,726,979
Air transport 17,827,643 17,401,073 -426,570
Road transport 1,139,584 1,188,983 +49,399
Other 1,254,212 417,396 -836,816
Rail transport 1,451 2,356 +905

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Immingham Docks 24,253,721
Felixstowe 22,320,253
Dover 20,839,974
Southampton 14,527,850
Eurotunnel 13,459,641

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 15,676,906 8,576,815 -7,100,091
Felixstowe 12,747,406 9,572,847 -3,174,559
Dover 8,882,075 11,957,899 +3,075,824
Southampton 5,787,411 8,740,439 +2,953,028
Eurotunnel 3,654,004 9,805,637 +6,151,633
London Heathrow Airport 5,458,614 7,497,846 +2,039,232
East Midlands Airport 5,748,639 4,787,430 -961,209
London 3,227,292 2,257,894 -969,398
Birmingham Airport 2,501,494 2,559,770 +58,276
London Gateway Port 1,443,330 1,851,807 +408,477

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 342
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 216
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 121
Other manufacturing 114
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 97

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 264
2025-11 272
2025-10 301
2025-09 257
2025-08 248

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+ 549
1m-15m 537
0-1m 167
15m-54m 141
Other 87

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 19,588,714
Ireland 11,457,910
France 11,088,265
Germany 7,573,943
India 6,740,746

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 9,445,729 10,142,985 +697,256
Ireland 6,089,700 5,368,210 -721,490
France 6,215,746 4,872,519 -1,343,227
Germany 5,000,497 2,573,446 -2,427,051
India 1,965,101 4,775,645 +2,810,544
Singapore 4,202,953 1,206,406 -2,996,547
United Arab Emirates 2,315,364 1,789,655 -525,709
China 2,503,341 1,142,034 -1,361,307
Netherlands 2,128,325 1,458,605 -669,720
Saudi Arabia 1,331,744 2,049,490 +717,746

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 7,857,448
Nicaragua 27,156
China 19,625
India 10,162
Ireland 4,987

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 3,938,160 3,919,288 -18,872
Nicaragua 26,349 807 -25,542
China 16,634 2,991 -13,643
India 5,729 4,433 -1,296
Ireland 0 4,987 +4,987
Netherlands 0 4,006 +4,006
Germany 521 221 -300
Turkey 576 0 -576
Italy 291 172 -119
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 44,931,318
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 31,663,595
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 22,212,647
Other 7,927,370
Rail transport 94,399

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 23,600,994 21,330,324 -2,270,670
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 17,802,708 13,860,887 -3,941,821
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 11,823,476 10,389,171 -1,434,305
Other 3,990,048 3,937,322 -52,726
Rail transport 94,399 0 -94,399
Road transport 45,550 19,412 -26,138

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 21,628,677
London Heathrow Airport 18,338,413
London Gateway Port 11,414,705
East Midlands Airport 10,666,443
Manchester Airport 8,080,371

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 11,582,607 10,046,070 -1,536,537
London Heathrow Airport 8,186,458 10,151,955 +1,965,497
London Gateway Port 6,718,815 4,695,890 -2,022,925
East Midlands Airport 5,657,721 5,008,722 -648,999
Manchester Airport 5,270,900 2,809,471 -2,461,429
000 3,990,048 3,937,322 -52,726
Southampton 3,699,193 3,393,019 -306,174
ZLC 2,289,155 1,969,485 -319,670
Liverpool Docks 1,094,642 1,980,835 +886,193
London Stansted Airport 1,783,988 1,018,162 -765,826

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