Import/export HS code 7508: Various nickel products

Includes various items made of nickel, such as tools, parts, and accessories, not specified elsewhere

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 342,899,613
Italy 41,113,843
France 29,837,728
China 12,541,997
Australia 10,134,569

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 171,034,288 171,865,325 +831,037
Italy 26,424,853 14,688,990 -11,735,863
France 15,502,261 14,335,467 -1,166,794
China 5,623,105 6,918,892 +1,295,787
Australia 9,251,291 883,278 -8,368,013
Turkey 5,454,812 4,438,550 -1,016,262
Germany 4,615,291 4,326,940 -288,351
Poland 4,155,011 1,498,162 -2,656,849
Netherlands 2,490,074 2,694,776 +204,702
Japan 1,837,305 1,068,549 -768,756

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 243,783,362
Taiwan 46,243,354
Italy 42,876,912
China 30,680,512
France 29,474,615

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 118,148,560 125,634,802 +7,486,242
Taiwan 26,334,661 19,908,693 -6,425,968
Italy 27,278,675 15,598,237 -11,680,438
China 14,794,929 15,885,583 +1,090,654
France 14,779,743 14,694,872 -84,871
Turkey 9,776,844 7,699,426 -2,077,418
Poland 8,168,544 5,832,883 -2,335,661
Australia 10,310,935 882,440 -9,428,495
United Kingdom 4,881,097 5,551,045 +669,948
Japan 4,693,039 5,291,716 +598,677

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 46
Surrey, East and West Sussex 43
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 41
Greater Manchester 33
West Midlands 29

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 31 29 -2
Surrey, East and West Sussex 33 29 -4
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 30 26 -4
Greater Manchester 23 18 -5
West Midlands 19 21 +2
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 21 14 -7
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 22 16 -6
North Eastern Scotland 14 19 +5
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 13 16 +3
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 22 12 -10

Import volume by transport

What this shows: Import value by transport mode used to bring goods into the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Air transport 365,579,305
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 67,641,406
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 53,692,856
Other 11,617,487
Road transport 396,663

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 £
Air transport 191,248,850 174,330,455 -16,918,395
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 40,614,173 27,027,233 -13,586,940
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 20,775,455 32,917,401 +12,141,946
Other 7,866,178 3,751,309 -4,114,869
Road transport 205,591 191,072 -14,519

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 110,105,396
London Stansted Airport 79,101,857
Birmingham Airport 64,332,260
East Midlands Airport 57,061,326
Dover 40,072,047

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 £
London Heathrow Airport 56,814,453 53,290,943 -3,523,510
London Stansted Airport 38,887,499 40,214,358 +1,326,859
Birmingham Airport 38,104,467 26,227,793 -11,876,674
East Midlands Airport 23,831,401 33,229,925 +9,398,524
Dover 25,897,771 14,174,276 -11,723,495
Glasgow Airport 27,504,073 11,875,767 -15,628,306
Liverpool Docks 16,847,992 20,158,149 +3,310,157
Eurotunnel 8,953,678 10,103,663 +1,149,985
000 7,866,178 3,751,309 -4,114,869
Southampton 553,724 9,500,063 +8,946,339

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 92
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 77
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 46
Other manufacturing 46
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 40

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 127
2025-11 142
2025-10 146
2025-09 142
2025-08 126

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+ 279
1m-15m 195
15m-54m 63
Other 49
0-1m 18

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 £
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 224,850,188
Germany 143,591,602
Singapore 134,453,838
United States 103,182,800
Czechia 71,343,277

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 £
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 96,964,723 127,885,465 +30,920,742
Germany 66,665,084 76,926,518 +10,261,434
Singapore 64,149,543 70,304,295 +6,154,752
United States 54,469,415 48,713,385 -5,756,030
Czechia 39,960,807 31,382,470 -8,578,337
Italy 31,949,726 22,530,239 -9,419,487
Canada 19,153,202 13,650,010 -5,503,192
Japan 14,705,652 16,078,132 +1,372,480
Spain 10,363,029 12,239,701 +1,876,672
Turkey 9,835,316 12,039,658 +2,204,342

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 £
Ireland 74,282
XI 213

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 £
Ireland 42,370 31,912 -10,458
XI 25 188 +163

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 653,365,304
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 317,477,996
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 35,526,902
Other 74,941
Road transport 57,655

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 315,712,915 337,652,389 +21,939,474
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 160,511,871 156,966,125 -3,545,746
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 20,596,758 14,930,144 -5,666,614
Other 42,401 32,540 -9,861
Road transport 57,655 0 -57,655

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 416,821,804
Dover / Eurotunnel 293,221,969
East Midlands Airport 83,037,838
Birmingham Airport 78,959,534
London Stansted Airport 29,849,959

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 £
London Heathrow Airport 210,594,510 206,227,294 -4,367,216
Dover / Eurotunnel 148,653,916 144,568,053 -4,085,863
East Midlands Airport 39,472,395 43,565,443 +4,093,048
Birmingham Airport 22,007,188 56,952,346 +34,945,158
London Stansted Airport 16,669,751 13,180,208 -3,489,543
Manchester Airport 15,883,959 10,833,070 -5,050,889
London Gateway Port 7,837,143 5,099,655 -2,737,488
Eurotunnel 5,612,364 7,262,027 +1,649,663
ZLC 5,331,503 4,741,327 -590,176
Southampton 4,388,828 5,651,338 +1,262,510

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 7508

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

Description: Includes various items made of nickel, such as tools, parts, and accessories, not specified elsewhere