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 35,900,659
China 22,027,605
India 19,464,343
France 11,422,602
Czechia 9,606,541

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 23,191,048 12,709,611 -10,481,437
China 12,722,567 9,305,038 -3,417,529
India 7,901,159 11,563,184 +3,662,025
France 6,244,111 5,178,491 -1,065,620
Czechia 804,986 8,801,555 +7,996,569
United States 4,185,453 3,296,810 -888,643
Italy 3,239,504 2,702,597 -536,907
Netherlands 3,693,622 2,149,559 -1,544,063
Switzerland 2,303,436 1,827,424 -476,012
Austria 1,621,474 1,439,775 -181,699

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 35,410,140
China 24,612,206
India 19,733,726
Czechia 10,181,752
Italy 8,117,398

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 22,565,335 12,844,805 -9,720,530
China 14,104,144 10,508,062 -3,596,082
India 8,051,757 11,681,969 +3,630,212
Czechia 1,137,164 9,044,588 +7,907,424
Italy 4,212,432 3,904,966 -307,466
France 3,882,392 3,308,924 -573,468
United States 3,938,972 3,141,783 -797,189
Switzerland 2,562,289 1,820,225 -742,064
Netherlands 2,498,847 1,133,486 -1,365,361
Austria 1,594,104 1,244,025 -350,079

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 123
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 92
West Midlands 87
Surrey, East and West Sussex 77
Greater Manchester 61

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 95 69 -26
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 65 59 -6
West Midlands 71 55 -16
Surrey, East and West Sussex 57 47 -10
Greater Manchester 53 39 -14
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 47 37 -10
Outer London - West and North West 35 34 -1
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 39 30 -9
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 38 35 -3
Inner London - East 41 28 -13

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) 59,380,500
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 44,446,525
Air transport 30,010,576
Road transport 1,646,685
Other 1,492,473

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) 35,913,665 23,466,835 -12,446,830
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 18,637,668 25,808,857 +7,171,189
Air transport 16,150,080 13,860,496 -2,289,584
Road transport 943,705 702,980 -240,725
Other 1,116,948 375,525 -741,423
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 22,564,585
Felixstowe 19,765,469
Dover 19,568,650
Southampton 13,081,148
Eurotunnel 12,847,010

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 14,510,223 8,054,362 -6,455,861
Felixstowe 12,068,075 7,697,394 -4,370,681
Dover 9,433,962 10,134,688 +700,726
Southampton 5,460,164 7,620,984 +2,160,820
Eurotunnel 3,449,924 9,397,086 +5,947,162
London Heathrow Airport 5,207,997 6,222,687 +1,014,690
East Midlands Airport 5,081,342 3,968,787 -1,112,555
Birmingham Airport 2,526,192 2,028,075 -498,117
London 2,820,698 1,307,368 -1,513,330
London Gateway Port 1,275,189 1,595,854 +320,665

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 307
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 186
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 109
Other manufacturing 101
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 95

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 233
2025-11 240
2025-10 271
2025-09 228
2025-08 220

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+ 517
1m-15m 467
0-1m 136
15m-54m 126
Other 81

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 13,983,798
France 10,542,809
Ireland 10,130,907
Germany 6,701,219
India 5,689,190

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 9,045,290 4,938,508 -4,106,782
France 6,107,712 4,435,097 -1,672,615
Ireland 5,584,580 4,546,327 -1,038,253
Germany 4,306,877 2,394,342 -1,912,535
India 1,066,520 4,622,670 +3,556,150
United Arab Emirates 2,055,092 1,716,816 -338,276
Netherlands 2,092,404 1,274,670 -817,734
China 2,522,057 674,492 -1,847,565
Saudi Arabia 1,502,573 1,617,165 +114,592
Japan 866,450 1,651,934 +785,484

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 7,574,260
Nicaragua 23,718
China 16,968
India 9,798
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 3,981,756 3,592,504 -389,252
Nicaragua 22,911 807 -22,104
China 14,303 2,665 -11,638
India 5,382 4,416 -966
Ireland 0 4,987 +4,987
Netherlands 0 4,006 +4,006
Germany 521 221 -300
Italy 291 131 -160
United States 0 412 +412
Turkey 157 0 -157

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 38,119,674
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 28,364,090
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 15,411,343
Other 7,637,263
Road transport 28,706

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 20,880,038 17,239,636 -3,640,402
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 16,389,311 11,974,779 -4,414,532
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 9,975,581 5,435,762 -4,539,819
Other 4,027,109 3,610,154 -416,955
Road transport 9,294 19,412 +10,118

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 19,542,708
London Heathrow Airport 15,195,334
East Midlands Airport 8,944,118
London Gateway Port 8,941,240
000 7,637,263

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 10,699,962 8,842,746 -1,857,216
London Heathrow Airport 6,693,495 8,501,839 +1,808,344
East Midlands Airport 5,092,159 3,851,959 -1,240,200
London Gateway Port 5,552,959 3,388,281 -2,164,678
000 4,027,109 3,610,154 -416,955
Manchester Airport 4,975,066 2,558,875 -2,416,191
Southampton 3,375,193 894,626 -2,480,567
ZLC 2,023,212 1,466,856 -556,356
London Stansted Airport 1,505,618 723,349 -782,269
Felixstowe 1,123,571 623,396 -500,175

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