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 381,478,042
Italy 46,717,610
France 34,671,984
China 14,475,661
Germany 10,764,566

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 175,317,153 206,160,889 +30,843,736
Italy 24,634,207 22,083,403 -2,550,804
France 15,050,387 19,621,597 +4,571,210
China 5,929,923 8,545,738 +2,615,815
Germany 4,680,140 6,084,426 +1,404,286
Turkey 6,895,062 3,383,255 -3,511,807
Australia 7,969,449 890,409 -7,079,040
Netherlands 2,825,139 2,927,669 +102,530
Poland 4,744,860 395,634 -4,349,226
Canada 1,048,969 3,222,371 +2,173,402

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 276,607,462
Taiwan 50,079,074
Italy 47,474,504
France 33,656,516
China 33,340,067

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 122,355,979 154,251,483 +31,895,504
Taiwan 26,432,412 23,646,662 -2,785,750
Italy 25,516,108 21,958,396 -3,557,712
France 15,235,706 18,420,810 +3,185,104
China 15,157,393 18,182,674 +3,025,281
Turkey 10,874,250 7,055,712 -3,818,538
Poland 8,139,694 7,189,003 -950,691
Japan 4,711,284 7,793,979 +3,082,695
United Kingdom 6,221,055 6,210,749 -10,306
Australia 9,017,978 899,196 -8,118,782

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 48
Surrey, East and West Sussex 44
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 43
Greater Manchester 32
West Midlands 28

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 32 34 +2
Surrey, East and West Sussex 32 30 -2
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 31 28 -3
Greater Manchester 20 22 +2
West Midlands 18 20 +2
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 21 16 -5
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 14 22 +8
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 20 18 -2
North Eastern Scotland 17 18 +1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 18 17 -1

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 403,025,551
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 78,739,970
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 66,701,237
Other 10,760,376
Road transport 847,829

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 193,571,945 209,453,606 +15,881,661
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 39,964,402 38,775,568 -1,188,834
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 22,976,459 43,724,778 +20,748,319
Other 8,477,097 2,283,279 -6,193,818
Road transport 164,366 683,463 +519,097

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 128,346,563
London Stansted Airport 85,379,856
East Midlands Airport 73,250,607
Birmingham Airport 59,999,811
Liverpool Docks 49,534,570

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 58,091,907 70,254,656 +12,162,749
London Stansted Airport 41,322,364 44,057,492 +2,735,128
East Midlands Airport 25,055,135 48,195,472 +23,140,337
Birmingham Airport 35,289,137 24,710,674 -10,578,463
Liverpool Docks 19,099,915 30,434,655 +11,334,740
Dover 23,728,580 17,974,346 -5,754,234
Glasgow Airport 27,844,731 8,134,259 -19,710,472
Eurotunnel 10,663,733 14,516,204 +3,852,471
000 8,477,097 2,283,279 -6,193,818
Southampton 555,330 9,789,143 +9,233,813

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 97
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 82
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 49
Other manufacturing 48
Manufacture of other transport equipment 40

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 134
2026-03 152
2026-02 150
2026-01 127
2025-12 131

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+ 299
1m-15m 205
15m-54m 68
Other 49
0-1m 22

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 267,343,908
Germany 179,793,040
Singapore 167,203,066
United States 114,856,108
Czechia 79,828,950

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 107,657,192 159,686,716 +52,029,524
Germany 69,619,052 110,173,988 +40,554,936
Singapore 69,633,784 97,569,282 +27,935,498
United States 59,744,532 55,111,576 -4,632,956
Czechia 39,653,683 40,175,267 +521,584
Italy 30,465,430 29,697,306 -768,124
Canada 18,821,051 17,788,929 -1,032,122
Japan 16,877,549 16,411,634 -465,915
Spain 11,234,876 13,301,085 +2,066,209
Turkey 11,017,044 13,045,195 +2,028,151

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 78,493
XI 212

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 42,258 36,235 -6,023
XI 28 184 +156

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 768,656,715
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 372,437,564
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 36,134,299
Other 79,145
Road transport 10,264

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 337,726,631 430,930,084 +93,203,453
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 162,819,973 209,617,591 +46,797,618
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 21,092,030 15,042,269 -6,049,761
Other 42,286 36,859 -5,427
Road transport 10,264 0 -10,264

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 477,663,049
Dover / Eurotunnel 344,136,403
East Midlands Airport 111,126,703
Birmingham Airport 92,765,316
Manchester Airport 35,437,212

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 221,433,076 256,229,973 +34,796,897
Dover / Eurotunnel 150,012,004 194,124,399 +44,112,395
East Midlands Airport 39,094,185 72,032,518 +32,938,333
Birmingham Airport 34,353,005 58,412,311 +24,059,306
Manchester Airport 14,891,702 20,545,510 +5,653,808
London Stansted Airport 17,523,160 16,312,374 -1,210,786
Eurotunnel 6,436,201 9,613,864 +3,177,663
London Gateway Port 10,156,641 3,689,169 -6,467,472
Southampton 4,202,485 7,027,764 +2,825,279
ZLC 5,778,933 5,150,296 -628,637

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