Import/export HS code 76: Aluminum and aluminum products

Includes all types of aluminum items, from raw materials to finished goods

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 £
Germany 2,011,203,624
China 1,156,818,549
Netherlands 874,168,876
France 836,951,015
Italy 506,906,014

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 £
Germany 1,011,518,817 999,684,807 -11,834,010
China 574,306,456 582,512,093 +8,205,637
Netherlands 460,097,172 414,071,704 -46,025,468
France 428,238,464 408,712,551 -19,525,913
Italy 260,727,072 246,178,942 -14,548,130
Spain 213,408,232 213,496,402 +88,170
Turkey 208,514,738 199,692,893 -8,821,845
Belgium 167,991,002 160,748,124 -7,242,878
United States 159,015,582 150,602,819 -8,412,763
Czechia 147,363,406 131,717,130 -15,646,276

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 £
Germany 2,157,219,058
China 1,266,737,951
France 749,411,832
Italy 524,442,754
Spain 488,824,558

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 £
Germany 1,099,695,542 1,057,523,516 -42,172,026
China 627,493,727 639,244,224 +11,750,497
France 372,235,290 377,176,542 +4,941,252
Italy 269,169,803 255,272,951 -13,896,852
Spain 245,242,116 243,582,442 -1,659,674
Turkey 220,645,683 214,073,395 -6,572,288
United States 154,837,301 150,599,758 -4,237,543
Czechia 158,147,966 139,799,552 -18,348,414
United Arab Emirates 145,241,219 140,878,818 -4,362,401
Norway 110,798,432 150,857,505 +40,059,073

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 728
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 678
West Midlands 565
Surrey, East and West Sussex 538
Greater Manchester 506

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 508 498 -10
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 523 514 -9
West Midlands 429 437 +8
Surrey, East and West Sussex 404 387 -17
Greater Manchester 362 378 +16
Outer London - West and North West 334 356 +22
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 332 369 +37
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 327 346 +19
Inner London - East 287 295 +8
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 303 296 -7

Import volume by transport

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

Top 5 values

Transport £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 4,554,193,671
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 3,945,027,363
Other 809,529,629
Air transport 463,673,966
Road transport 197,457,703

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 £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 2,259,440,205 2,294,753,466 +35,313,261
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,918,285,688 2,026,741,675 +108,455,987
Other 577,832,877 231,696,752 -346,136,125
Air transport 225,494,775 238,179,191 +12,684,416
Road transport 69,281,465 128,176,238 +58,894,773
Rail transport 17,245,619 120,330,124 +103,084,505
Own propulsion (e.g. imported vehicle driven across land boundary) 0 42,726 +42,726

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 1,640,750,994
Immingham Docks 1,541,118,437
Felixstowe 1,389,091,075
000 807,732,987
Goole 560,831,648

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 £
Dover 823,631,845 817,119,149 -6,512,696
Immingham Docks 755,804,209 785,314,228 +29,510,019
Felixstowe 727,090,431 662,000,644 -65,089,787
000 577,748,608 229,984,379 -347,764,229
Goole 268,790,851 292,040,797 +23,249,946
Eurotunnel 239,282,260 245,033,954 +5,751,694
London Gateway Port 142,223,137 263,634,855 +121,411,718
Southampton 224,467,215 179,751,886 -44,715,329
499 12,263,738 333,365,608 +321,101,870
London 159,288,189 114,807,878 -44,480,311

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 2779
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 1559
Specialised construction activities 889
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 794
Other manufacturing 769

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 2646
2026-03 2820
2026-02 2716
2026-01 2468
2025-12 2373

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
1m-15m 4979
54m+ 2407
0-1m 2225
15m-54m 1170
Other 713

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 £
Germany 1,527,582,477
India 685,103,029
United States 471,607,381
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 345,962,385
France 321,214,711

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 £
Germany 716,543,004 811,039,473 +94,496,469
India 326,850,039 358,252,990 +31,402,951
United States 215,802,109 255,805,272 +40,003,163
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 156,448,131 189,514,254 +33,066,123
France 155,573,685 165,641,026 +10,067,341
Ireland 159,392,371 149,519,171 -9,873,200
China 128,980,592 148,002,983 +19,022,391
Netherlands 109,009,530 121,016,451 +12,006,921
Switzerland 86,083,649 127,954,431 +41,870,782
Italy 68,907,876 66,673,180 -2,234,696

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 £
XI 28,326,608
United Arab Emirates 18,691,806
China 7,085,726
Spain 4,507,823
Turkey 3,623,752

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 £
XI 15,257,122 13,069,486 -2,187,636
United Arab Emirates 8,721,639 9,970,167 +1,248,528
China 3,455,469 3,630,257 +174,788
Spain 2,704,909 1,802,914 -901,995
Turkey 1,735,174 1,888,578 +153,404
Austria 1,475,139 1,665,595 +190,456
Ireland 1,194,312 1,480,798 +286,486
Belgium 1,246,573 1,059,435 -187,138
Italy 616,925 609,386 -7,539
United States 1,097,442 71,884 -1,025,558

Export volume by transport

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

Top 5 values

Transport £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 3,158,261,968
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 2,246,799,318
Air transport 515,410,001
Rail transport 141,832,394
Other 87,051,793

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 £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,451,749,034 1,706,512,934 +254,763,900
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 1,098,689,209 1,148,110,109 +49,420,900
Air transport 252,318,712 263,091,289 +10,772,577
Rail transport 141,819,896 12,498 -141,807,398
Other 45,461,505 41,590,288 -3,871,217
Road transport 2,193,115 376,202 -1,816,913
Own propulsion (e.g. imported vehicle driven across land boundary) 1,283,945 237,204 -1,046,741

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 1,526,833,058
London Gateway Port 844,191,022
Felixstowe 728,339,264
Goole 657,440,613
Southampton 474,337,730

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 801,927,830 724,905,228 -77,022,602
London Gateway Port 352,867,431 491,323,591 +138,456,160
Felixstowe 472,762,310 255,576,954 -217,185,356
Goole 224,466,235 432,974,378 +208,508,143
Southampton 186,452,937 287,884,793 +101,431,856
Immingham Docks 198,418,852 198,636,601 +217,749
Liverpool Docks 103,114,783 113,254,892 +10,140,109
London Heathrow Airport 101,513,727 106,445,642 +4,931,915
East Midlands Airport 56,929,862 65,613,227 +8,683,365
Holyhead 55,006,862 53,934,604 -1,072,258

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 76

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

Description: Includes all types of aluminum items, from raw materials to finished goods