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 39,085,545
China 26,396,099
India 20,801,089
Czechia 14,268,506
France 12,846,030

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 22,215,135 16,870,410 -5,344,725
China 12,808,430 13,587,669 +779,239
India 7,694,836 13,106,253 +5,411,417
Czechia 2,042,705 12,225,801 +10,183,096
France 5,956,087 6,889,943 +933,856
United States 4,169,415 4,785,833 +616,418
Italy 3,135,573 3,248,667 +113,094
Netherlands 3,487,819 2,774,937 -712,882
Switzerland 2,368,612 2,181,085 -187,527
Austria 1,539,818 2,027,977 +488,159

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 38,436,775
China 29,409,874
India 21,159,454
Czechia 14,975,133
Italy 9,160,344

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 21,726,999 16,709,776 -5,017,223
China 14,121,518 15,288,356 +1,166,838
India 7,847,417 13,312,037 +5,464,620
Czechia 2,360,376 12,614,757 +10,254,381
Italy 4,217,541 4,942,803 +725,262
United States 3,787,990 4,501,207 +713,217
France 3,547,345 4,463,223 +915,878
Switzerland 2,619,615 2,162,556 -457,059
Netherlands 2,241,331 1,343,696 -897,635
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 133
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 98
West Midlands 95
Surrey, East and West Sussex 76
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 97 80 -17
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 64 68 +4
West Midlands 70 67 -3
Surrey, East and West Sussex 56 52 -4
Greater Manchester 53 43 -10
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 46 40 -6
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 39 37 -2
Outer London - West and North West 34 39 +5
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 35 40 +5
Shropshire and Staffordshire 37 35 -2

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) 65,301,214
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 54,261,643
Air transport 34,026,356
Road transport 1,894,603
Other 1,533,396

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) 33,979,963 31,321,251 -2,658,712
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 20,219,895 34,041,748 +13,821,853
Air transport 15,747,215 18,279,141 +2,531,926
Road transport 1,029,645 864,958 -164,687
Other 1,055,494 477,902 -577,592
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 24,134,121
Dover 22,937,037
Felixstowe 22,582,612
Eurotunnel 17,169,809
Southampton 14,796,368

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 13,831,668 10,302,453 -3,529,215
Dover 9,155,638 13,781,399 +4,625,761
Felixstowe 12,022,586 10,560,026 -1,462,560
Eurotunnel 4,454,029 12,715,780 +8,261,751
Southampton 5,414,170 9,382,198 +3,968,028
London Heathrow Airport 5,209,614 7,922,517 +2,712,903
East Midlands Airport 4,928,743 5,198,438 +269,695
Birmingham Airport 2,623,465 2,899,807 +276,342
London 2,966,936 1,805,614 -1,161,322
London Gateway Port 1,343,316 2,324,983 +981,667

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 321
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 186
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 121
Other manufacturing 105
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 101

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 251
2026-03 250
2026-02 243
2026-01 233
2025-12 223

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+ 546
1m-15m 509
15m-54m 139
0-1m 131
Other 83

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 14,480,941
France 11,712,436
Ireland 11,658,051
India 7,093,005
Germany 7,024,109

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 9,207,312 5,273,629 -3,933,683
France 6,154,381 5,558,055 -596,326
Ireland 5,564,788 6,093,263 +528,475
India 849,641 6,243,364 +5,393,723
Germany 3,956,649 3,067,460 -889,189
United Arab Emirates 2,143,558 2,084,457 -59,101
Saudi Arabia 1,826,303 2,236,542 +410,239
Netherlands 2,208,322 1,431,655 -776,667
China 2,405,192 921,909 -1,483,283
Japan 877,027 2,209,927 +1,332,900

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 8,744,425
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 4,719,072 +693,719
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 42,731,252
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 33,008,507
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 16,624,596
Other 8,806,093
Road transport 23,372

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 20,897,028 21,834,224 +937,196
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 16,583,636 16,424,871 -158,765
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 10,065,609 6,558,987 -3,506,622
Other 4,065,567 4,740,526 +674,959
Road transport 3,960 19,412 +15,452

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 22,767,138
London Heathrow Airport 17,156,662
London Gateway Port 9,927,545
East Midlands Airport 9,747,920
000 8,806,093

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 10,862,149 11,904,989 +1,042,840
London Heathrow Airport 6,841,385 10,315,277 +3,473,892
London Gateway Port 5,576,195 4,351,350 -1,224,845
East Midlands Airport 5,015,748 4,732,172 -283,576
000 4,065,567 4,740,526 +674,959
Manchester Airport 4,745,386 3,664,735 -1,080,651
ZLC 2,239,626 1,931,191 -308,435
Southampton 3,197,422 950,080 -2,247,342
London Stansted Airport 1,476,848 797,344 -679,504
Immingham Docks 311,722 1,853,180 +1,541,458

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