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 381,934,192
Italy 47,624,873
France 35,509,146
China 14,894,816
Germany 11,197,184

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 178,496,061 203,438,131 +24,942,070
Italy 23,612,231 24,012,642 +400,411
France 15,006,311 20,502,835 +5,496,524
China 5,958,312 8,936,504 +2,978,192
Germany 4,751,980 6,445,204 +1,693,224
Turkey 7,184,691 2,927,039 -4,257,652
Australia 8,057,528 91,968 -7,965,560
Netherlands 3,010,692 2,809,064 -201,628
Poland 4,548,272 380,616 -4,167,656
Austria 732,657 3,643,042 +2,910,385

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 279,958,842
Taiwan 48,829,013
Italy 47,989,708
France 33,955,428
China 33,386,298

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 126,485,952 153,472,890 +26,986,938
Taiwan 25,341,995 23,487,018 -1,854,977
Italy 24,472,463 23,517,245 -955,218
France 15,120,561 18,834,867 +3,714,306
China 14,780,830 18,605,468 +3,824,638
Turkey 11,012,194 6,503,518 -4,508,676
Poland 8,348,799 6,963,118 -1,385,681
Japan 4,875,578 7,619,110 +2,743,532
United Kingdom 6,478,841 6,014,456 -464,385
Australia 9,106,057 100,755 -9,005,302

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 45
Surrey, East and West Sussex 43
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 41
Greater Manchester 34
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 30 33 +3
Surrey, East and West Sussex 29 30 +1
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 30 27 -3
Greater Manchester 20 25 +5
West Midlands 20 19 -1
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 20 17 -3
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 12 23 +11
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 20 17 -3
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 19 18 -1
North Eastern Scotland 17 17 +0

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 401,736,515
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 80,724,400
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 69,473,998
Other 10,231,792
Road transport 881,253

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 196,487,251 205,249,264 +8,762,013
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 38,794,160 41,930,240 +3,136,080
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 23,896,214 45,577,784 +21,681,570
Other 8,500,493 1,731,299 -6,769,194
Road transport 168,530 712,723 +544,193

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 128,878,725
London Stansted Airport 83,822,254
East Midlands Airport 76,042,653
Birmingham Airport 57,474,591
Liverpool Docks 51,020,174

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 61,009,614 67,869,111 +6,859,497
London Stansted Airport 41,862,536 41,959,718 +97,182
East Midlands Airport 25,903,114 50,139,539 +24,236,425
Birmingham Airport 33,534,117 23,940,474 -9,593,643
Liverpool Docks 20,099,511 30,920,663 +10,821,152
Dover 22,074,105 19,620,786 -2,453,319
Glasgow Airport 28,187,714 6,170,006 -22,017,708
Eurotunnel 11,121,091 15,705,903 +4,584,812
Southampton 526,012 9,773,588 +9,247,576
000 8,500,493 1,731,299 -6,769,194

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.
48
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
2026-05 123
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+ 298
1m-15m 206
15m-54m 66
Other 46
0-1m 20

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 278,639,165
Germany 185,334,965
Singapore 170,138,796
United States 117,306,626
Czechia 78,219,855

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 111,121,331 167,517,834 +56,396,503
Germany 72,807,423 112,527,542 +39,720,119
Singapore 72,156,959 97,981,837 +25,824,878
United States 60,170,876 57,135,750 -3,035,126
Czechia 38,475,991 39,743,864 +1,267,873
Italy 29,791,206 30,126,352 +335,146
Canada 18,337,674 18,252,932 -84,742
Japan 17,558,121 17,047,392 -510,729
Turkey 11,688,813 13,051,216 +1,362,403
Spain 11,549,219 12,908,614 +1,359,395

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 79,823
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 41,471 38,352 -3,119
XI 29 183 +154

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 787,331,423
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 379,490,882
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 36,680,768
Other 80,475
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 343,971,961 443,359,462 +99,387,501
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 165,743,533 213,747,349 +48,003,816
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 20,707,153 15,973,615 -4,733,538
Other 41,500 38,975 -2,525
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 494,691,801
Dover / Eurotunnel 350,151,840
East Midlands Airport 111,820,701
Birmingham Airport 92,858,077
Manchester Airport 36,475,389

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 223,097,122 271,594,679 +48,497,557
Dover / Eurotunnel 152,151,731 198,000,109 +45,848,378
East Midlands Airport 39,542,402 72,278,299 +32,735,897
Birmingham Airport 39,117,193 53,740,884 +14,623,691
Manchester Airport 15,155,759 21,319,630 +6,163,871
London Stansted Airport 17,625,546 17,029,390 -596,156
Eurotunnel 7,011,191 9,846,587 +2,835,396
London Gateway Port 9,902,336 3,416,799 -6,485,537
Southampton 4,162,835 8,138,081 +3,975,246
ZLC 5,534,098 5,128,272 -405,826

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