Import/export HS code 75: Nickel and nickel products

All types of nickel items, including raw nickel, processed nickel, and products made from nickel

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 £
United States 755,020,008
Japan 617,329,427
Germany 220,429,666
Italy 156,534,808
France 136,410,256

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 £
United States 345,547,536 409,472,472 +63,924,936
Japan 315,228,659 302,100,768 -13,127,891
Germany 119,876,716 100,552,950 -19,323,766
Italy 94,226,290 62,308,518 -31,917,772
France 65,111,589 71,298,667 +6,187,078
Austria 60,497,821 60,311,501 -186,320
Netherlands 57,803,300 56,354,537 -1,448,763
Norway 46,936,989 31,628,779 -15,308,210
Australia 41,368,443 32,383,816 -8,984,627
China 32,945,791 34,024,395 +1,078,604

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 £
United States 690,464,405
Indonesia 546,296,940
Germany 246,504,468
Italy 157,096,858
Austria 140,120,207

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 £
United States 317,882,622 372,581,783 +54,699,161
Indonesia 259,710,915 286,586,025 +26,875,110
Germany 134,014,519 112,489,949 -21,524,570
Italy 97,432,893 59,663,965 -37,768,928
Austria 66,097,755 74,022,452 +7,924,697
France 56,690,444 53,889,095 -2,801,349
Japan 66,768,236 32,444,842 -34,323,394
China 49,349,321 48,589,697 -759,624
Norway 49,015,517 45,140,527 -3,874,990
Australia 44,950,134 36,270,129 -8,680,005

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
West Midlands 80
Inner London - West 77
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 75
Greater Manchester 69
Surrey, East and West Sussex 67

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
West Midlands 60 61 +1
Inner London - West 57 48 -9
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 60 46 -14
Greater Manchester 50 53 +3
Surrey, East and West Sussex 48 50 +2
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 39 36 -3
Shropshire and Staffordshire 32 32 +0
West Yorkshire 40 29 -11
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 32 30 -2
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 32 31 -1

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) 1,288,793,699
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 803,282,869
Air transport 587,125,043
Other 11,749,769
Road transport 3,638,916

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) 651,275,413 637,518,286 -13,757,127
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 439,465,271 363,817,598 -75,647,673
Air transport 274,670,482 312,454,561 +37,784,079
Other 9,823,584 1,926,185 -7,897,399
Road transport 1,414,318 2,224,598 +810,280
Rail transport 32,477 0 -32,477

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Southampton 599,062,392
Immingham Docks 342,682,852
Felixstowe 250,167,872
Liverpool Docks 228,560,137
Dover 225,267,558

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 £
Southampton 303,138,167 295,924,225 -7,213,942
Immingham Docks 163,099,207 179,583,645 +16,484,438
Felixstowe 159,020,420 91,147,452 -67,872,968
Liverpool Docks 105,656,923 122,903,214 +17,246,291
Dover 137,062,016 88,205,542 -48,856,474
London Heathrow Airport 91,738,901 113,808,680 +22,069,779
Eurotunnel 73,412,438 67,615,175 -5,797,263
London Gateway Port 22,843,398 82,933,507 +60,090,109
London Stansted Airport 52,226,298 48,879,082 -3,347,216
Birmingham Airport 41,164,519 45,774,952 +4,610,433

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 223
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 186
Other manufacturing 100
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 89
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 68

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 287
2026-04 298
2026-03 317
2026-02 312
2026-01 291

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+ 460
1m-15m 453
15m-54m 146
Other 78
0-1m 72

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 551,128,704
Germany 306,348,827
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 280,263,478
China 220,642,315
Singapore 216,987,229

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 274,183,774 276,944,930 +2,761,156
Germany 136,687,252 169,661,575 +32,974,323
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 111,811,146 168,452,332 +56,641,186
China 106,921,462 113,720,853 +6,799,391
Singapore 101,805,281 115,181,948 +13,376,667
France 92,210,126 103,010,150 +10,800,024
Japan 92,596,564 96,719,807 +4,123,243
Italy 95,291,476 83,256,026 -12,035,450
Belgium 83,534,488 70,745,719 -12,788,769
Sweden 77,696,026 67,086,799 -10,609,227

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 £
United States 869,295
Ireland 96,622
XI 7,348
China 7,252
New Zealand 750

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 £
United States 345,940 523,355 +177,415
Ireland 41,471 55,151 +13,680
XI 6,586 762 -5,824
China 0 7,252 +7,252
New Zealand 750 0 -750
Austria 0 494 +494

Export volume by transport

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

Top 5 values

Transport £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 1,430,069,371
Air transport 1,097,776,533
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,075,100,350
Other 994,355
Road transport 240,578

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 £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 720,380,103 709,689,268 -10,690,835
Air transport 494,953,200 602,823,333 +107,870,133
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 563,814,727 511,285,623 -52,529,104
Other 396,985 597,370 +200,385
Road transport 240,578 0 -240,578
Own propulsion (e.g. imported vehicle driven across land boundary) 8,145 0 -8,145
Rail transport 0 973 +973

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 1,049,520,967
London Heathrow Airport 647,045,462
Southampton 431,844,420
London Gateway Port 289,566,137
Liverpool Docks 197,695,331

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 504,408,820 545,112,147 +40,703,327
London Heathrow Airport 301,604,518 345,440,944 +43,836,426
Southampton 246,426,888 185,417,532 -61,009,356
London Gateway Port 138,183,395 151,382,742 +13,199,347
Liverpool Docks 94,999,204 102,696,127 +7,696,923
Immingham Docks 84,979,445 87,003,842 +2,024,397
East Midlands Airport 56,742,045 88,357,064 +31,615,019
Felixstowe 66,284,004 49,998,342 -16,285,662
Manchester Airport 40,432,196 57,946,343 +17,514,147
Birmingham Airport 41,846,253 55,676,473 +13,830,220

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 75

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

Description: All types of nickel items, including raw nickel, processed nickel, and products made from nickel