Import/export HS code 7508: Various nickel products

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

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  • It helps you understand the market size for your product in the UK.
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* 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 368,372,566
Italy 45,088,945
France 34,058,444
China 14,597,737
Germany 10,649,931

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 183,653,072 184,719,494 +1,066,422
Italy 22,468,736 22,620,209 +151,473
France 14,560,933 19,497,511 +4,936,578
China 6,505,625 8,092,112 +1,586,487
Germany 4,474,293 6,175,638 +1,701,345
Turkey 7,410,532 2,586,564 -4,823,968
Netherlands 3,020,546 2,684,323 -336,223
Australia 4,966,775 90,599 -4,876,176
Poland 4,035,451 358,906 -3,676,545
Austria 957,987 3,409,472 +2,451,485

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 270,041,375
Taiwan 46,645,570
Italy 45,436,082
France 32,614,666
China 32,384,679

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 129,429,513 140,611,862 +11,182,349
Taiwan 25,719,674 20,925,896 -4,793,778
Italy 23,305,798 22,130,284 -1,175,514
France 14,824,619 17,790,047 +2,965,428
China 15,677,532 16,707,147 +1,029,615
Turkey 11,379,759 5,808,864 -5,570,895
Poland 8,702,311 6,296,091 -2,406,220
United Kingdom 6,807,863 5,393,974 -1,413,889
Japan 5,004,931 6,856,705 +1,851,774
Germany 3,737,127 4,555,878 +818,751

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 43
Surrey, East and West Sussex 42
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 39
Greater Manchester 33
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 30 31 +1
Surrey, East and West Sussex 30 30 +0
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 29 27 -2
Greater Manchester 20 24 +4
West Midlands 20 18 -2
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 15 21 +6
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 19 17 -2
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 19 18 -1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 19 17 -2
North Eastern Scotland 20 16 -4

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 384,732,201
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 76,856,485
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 67,664,333
Other 9,633,152
Road transport 876,283

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 197,406,698 187,325,503 -10,081,195
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 37,267,800 39,588,685 +2,320,885
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 25,177,771 42,486,562 +17,308,791
Other 8,649,071 984,081 -7,664,990
Road transport 214,321 661,962 +447,641

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 123,781,659
London Stansted Airport 80,919,139
East Midlands Airport 73,378,539
Birmingham Airport 53,905,786
Liverpool Docks 49,787,101

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 62,294,168 61,487,491 -806,677
London Stansted Airport 41,678,550 39,240,589 -2,437,961
East Midlands Airport 25,513,801 47,864,738 +22,350,937
Birmingham Airport 34,978,466 18,927,320 -16,051,146
Liverpool Docks 21,721,075 28,066,026 +6,344,951
Dover 20,852,359 18,233,094 -2,619,265
Glasgow Airport 26,634,077 5,160,500 -21,473,577
Eurotunnel 11,069,963 14,937,084 +3,867,121
Southampton 249,580 9,678,353 +9,428,773
000 8,649,071 984,081 -7,664,990

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
95
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment
78
Other manufacturing
47
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.
44
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment
40

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 123
2026-04 134
2026-03 152
2026-02 150
2026-01 127

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+ 290
1m-15m 201
15m-54m 64
Other 44
0-1m 19

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 269,990,116
Germany 180,094,709
Singapore 165,002,928
United States 113,357,760
Czechia 74,784,330

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 113,011,284 156,978,832 +43,967,548
Germany 73,718,185 106,376,524 +32,658,339
Singapore 73,654,865 91,348,063 +17,693,198
United States 61,724,645 51,633,115 -10,091,530
Czechia 38,297,598 36,486,732 -1,810,866
Italy 28,792,825 28,011,360 -781,465
Canada 18,348,892 16,358,055 -1,990,837
Japan 17,835,858 15,589,401 -2,246,457
Spain 12,232,316 11,829,032 -403,284
Turkey 11,631,023 11,794,572 +163,549

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 75,377
XI 210

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 40,472 34,905 -5,567
XI 210 0 -210

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 760,591,068
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 364,969,635
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 35,340,247
Other 76,027
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 348,127,200 412,463,868 +64,336,668
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 167,176,994 197,792,641 +30,615,647
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 21,138,475 14,201,772 -6,936,703
Other 40,682 35,345 -5,337
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 476,368,393
Dover / Eurotunnel 336,657,109
East Midlands Airport 107,731,961
Birmingham Airport 92,805,371
Manchester Airport 34,583,626

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 223,982,984 252,385,409 +28,402,425
Dover / Eurotunnel 152,906,644 183,750,465 +30,843,821
East Midlands Airport 39,593,529 68,138,432 +28,544,903
Birmingham Airport 44,359,361 48,446,010 +4,086,649
Manchester Airport 13,662,445 20,921,181 +7,258,736
London Stansted Airport 17,018,547 15,854,459 -1,164,088
Eurotunnel 7,119,643 9,311,316 +2,191,673
London Gateway Port 9,069,896 3,261,525 -5,808,371
Southampton 5,057,062 6,962,401 +1,905,339
ZLC 5,397,396 4,728,833 -668,563

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