Import/export HS code 74198090: Various copper items not listed

Miscellaneous copper products not specified elsewhere, such as small hardware or decorative pieces

Why this is important if you are looking for potential customers in the UK:

  • 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 £
Germany 36,428,060
China 25,200,435
India 22,000,520
Czechia 15,033,639
France 12,524,454

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 20,775,999 15,652,061 -5,123,938
China 13,356,930 11,843,505 -1,513,425
India 7,928,340 14,072,180 +6,143,840
Czechia 4,065,508 10,968,131 +6,902,623
France 5,800,261 6,724,193 +923,932
United States 4,384,593 4,744,480 +359,887
Netherlands 3,346,739 2,523,381 -823,358
Italy 3,062,383 2,776,931 -285,452
Switzerland 2,426,227 2,170,148 -256,079
Austria 1,698,234 1,895,274 +197,040

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 35,642,456
China 28,142,407
India 22,372,121
Czechia 15,714,624
Italy 8,747,286

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 20,214,408 15,428,048 -4,786,360
China 14,656,146 13,486,261 -1,169,885
India 8,091,651 14,280,470 +6,188,819
Czechia 4,414,553 11,300,071 +6,885,518
Italy 4,362,041 4,385,245 +23,204
United States 4,135,219 4,497,595 +362,376
France 3,402,231 4,254,052 +851,821
Switzerland 2,634,228 2,177,044 -457,184
Netherlands 2,293,528 1,146,874 -1,146,654
Austria 1,670,509 1,682,723 +12,214

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 135
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 95
West Midlands 91
Surrey, East and West Sussex 72
Greater Manchester 60

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 97 80 -17
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 62 67 +5
West Midlands 66 64 -2
Surrey, East and West Sussex 55 48 -7
Greater Manchester 47 43 -4
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 42 37 -5
Outer London - West and North West 31 41 +10
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 39 34 -5
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 38 38 +0
Shropshire and Staffordshire 38 34 -4

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) 62,679,904
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 54,386,760
Air transport 33,189,918
Road transport 2,000,597
Other 1,424,489

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) 33,036,910 29,642,994 -3,393,916
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 22,587,186 31,799,574 +9,212,388
Air transport 15,435,114 17,754,804 +2,319,690
Road transport 1,028,011 972,586 -55,425
Other 994,170 430,319 -563,851
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 £
Dover 22,685,216
Immingham Docks 22,604,951
Felixstowe 21,608,581
Eurotunnel 17,102,560
Southampton 15,921,369

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 10,144,188 12,541,028 +2,396,840
Immingham Docks 13,205,190 9,399,761 -3,805,429
Felixstowe 12,121,927 9,486,654 -2,635,273
Eurotunnel 5,124,677 11,977,883 +6,853,206
Southampton 5,506,720 10,414,649 +4,907,929
London Heathrow Airport 5,029,300 8,072,271 +3,042,971
East Midlands Airport 4,932,422 4,762,565 -169,857
Birmingham Airport 2,772,818 2,762,827 -9,991
London 2,879,256 1,757,745 -1,121,511
London Gateway Port 1,842,759 1,698,653 -144,106

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
303
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
177
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment
120
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.
102
Other manufacturing
101

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 228
2026-04 251
2026-03 250
2026-02 243
2026-01 233

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+ 538
1m-15m 483
15m-54m 139
0-1m 126
Other 77

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 13,723,831
Ireland 11,163,040
France 11,130,369
India 7,275,201
Germany 6,564,516

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 9,605,605 4,118,226 -5,487,379
Ireland 5,516,710 5,646,330 +129,620
France 6,442,713 4,687,656 -1,755,057
India 1,196,968 6,078,233 +4,881,265
Germany 3,646,911 2,917,605 -729,306
United Arab Emirates 2,135,308 1,960,712 -174,596
Saudi Arabia 1,583,315 2,084,108 +500,793
Netherlands 2,144,223 1,502,219 -642,004
China 2,468,310 703,784 -1,764,526
Japan 2,083,312 919,936 -1,163,376

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 8,501,813
Nicaragua 17,525
China 13,287
Ireland 8,337
India 6,071

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 4,109,227 4,392,586 +283,359
Nicaragua 17,525 0 -17,525
China 10,646 2,641 -8,005
Ireland 405 7,932 +7,527
India 4,278 1,793 -2,485
Denmark 0 4,135 +4,135
Netherlands 4,006 0 -4,006
Germany 532 237 -295
United States 0 412 +412
Italy 48 165 +117

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 40,817,633
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 31,915,773
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 15,570,524
Other 8,557,825
Road transport 20,389

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 21,697,257 19,120,376 -2,576,881
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 16,299,337 15,616,436 -682,901
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 10,293,092 5,277,432 -5,015,660
Other 4,147,919 4,409,906 +261,987
Road transport 10,683 9,706 -977

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 21,912,654
London Heathrow Airport 17,074,244
London Gateway Port 9,639,219
East Midlands Airport 9,040,551
000 8,557,825

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 10,867,578 11,045,076 +177,498
London Heathrow Airport 8,654,080 8,420,164 -233,916
London Gateway Port 5,805,654 3,833,565 -1,972,089
East Midlands Airport 4,721,281 4,319,270 -402,011
000 4,147,919 4,409,906 +261,987
Manchester Airport 4,332,890 3,425,848 -907,042
ZLC 2,155,834 1,785,018 -370,816
Southampton 2,877,963 538,652 -2,339,311
Immingham Docks 391,864 2,239,076 +1,847,212
London Stansted Airport 1,320,183 742,168 -578,015

Quick facts

HS code: 74198090

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

Description: Miscellaneous copper products not specified elsewhere, such as small hardware or decorative pieces