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 1,945,491,284
China 1,120,557,973
Netherlands 830,691,689
France 801,440,819
Italy 473,259,531

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 1,024,727,608 920,763,676 -103,963,932
China 595,618,457 524,939,516 -70,678,941
Netherlands 452,956,518 377,735,171 -75,221,347
France 423,519,051 377,921,768 -45,597,283
Italy 249,971,885 223,287,646 -26,684,239
Spain 213,992,002 194,653,444 -19,338,558
Turkey 205,628,617 189,966,105 -15,662,512
Belgium 161,828,722 151,530,761 -10,297,961
United States 154,310,167 141,470,995 -12,839,172
Czechia 154,151,533 117,503,420 -36,648,113

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 2,079,056,702
China 1,222,456,822
France 714,305,771
Italy 490,401,941
Spain 469,827,189

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 1,107,887,552 971,169,150 -136,718,402
China 644,248,901 578,207,921 -66,040,980
France 358,748,301 355,557,470 -3,190,831
Italy 259,425,231 230,976,710 -28,448,521
Spain 246,443,058 223,384,131 -23,058,927
Turkey 217,739,749 203,022,546 -14,717,203
United States 153,518,915 142,070,012 -11,448,903
Czechia 164,492,926 124,746,041 -39,746,885
United Arab Emirates 145,152,476 119,191,086 -25,961,390
Norway 108,832,378 145,901,394 +37,069,016

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 692
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 658
West Midlands 561
Surrey, East and West Sussex 512
Greater Manchester 498

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 499 469 -30
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 514 492 -22
West Midlands 435 428 -7
Surrey, East and West Sussex 386 376 -10
Greater Manchester 361 363 +2
Outer London - West and North West 323 336 +13
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 338 353 +15
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 325 335 +10
Inner London - East 284 282 -2
West Yorkshire 297 295 -2

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) 4,386,682,694
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 3,799,051,618
Other 722,185,176
Air transport 445,155,196
Road transport 202,858,393

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) 2,259,460,169 2,127,222,525 -132,237,644
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,937,541,396 1,861,510,222 -76,031,174
Other 579,835,213 142,349,963 -437,485,250
Air transport 221,744,604 223,410,592 +1,665,988
Road transport 65,268,783 137,589,610 +72,320,827
Rail transport 13,857,378 138,396,397 +124,539,019
Own propulsion (e.g. imported vehicle driven across land boundary) 0 46,606 +46,606

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 1,572,212,718
Immingham Docks 1,489,835,925
Felixstowe 1,314,493,527
000 720,159,451
Goole 545,346,001

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 828,895,604 743,317,114 -85,578,490
Immingham Docks 766,164,179 723,671,746 -42,492,433
Felixstowe 711,385,734 603,107,793 -108,277,941
000 579,737,183 140,422,268 -439,314,915
Goole 269,960,667 275,385,334 +5,424,667
Eurotunnel 248,934,000 223,277,995 -25,656,005
London Gateway Port 170,403,947 235,964,586 +65,560,639
499 15,387,807 386,566,033 +371,178,226
Southampton 221,829,313 153,236,246 -68,593,067
London 153,697,845 98,743,123 -54,954,722

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
2735
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
1507
Specialised construction activities
857
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment
795
Other manufacturing
754

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 2622
2026-04 2647
2026-03 2822
2026-02 2717
2026-01 2469

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 4873
54m+ 2358
0-1m 2149
15m-54m 1162
Other 680

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 1,489,284,331
India 666,148,364
United States 470,860,185
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 345,231,846
France 308,501,303

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 728,718,818 760,565,513 +31,846,695
India 322,328,006 343,820,358 +21,492,352
United States 221,964,657 248,895,528 +26,930,871
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 167,128,194 178,103,652 +10,975,458
France 156,967,233 151,534,070 -5,433,163
Ireland 155,881,096 139,539,403 -16,341,693
China 130,595,749 140,971,587 +10,375,838
Netherlands 108,750,841 113,820,709 +5,069,868
Switzerland 90,027,506 115,883,650 +25,856,144
Italy 72,445,981 56,173,525 -16,272,456

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 26,498,006
United Arab Emirates 17,579,751
China 6,875,174
Spain 3,962,560
Turkey 3,655,389

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 14,976,276 11,521,730 -3,454,546
United Arab Emirates 9,216,937 8,362,814 -854,123
China 4,089,632 2,785,542 -1,304,090
Spain 2,692,480 1,270,080 -1,422,400
Turkey 1,862,358 1,793,031 -69,327
Austria 1,537,914 1,610,840 +72,926
Ireland 1,281,878 1,452,260 +170,382
Belgium 1,186,788 940,768 -246,020
United States 1,104,820 57,267 -1,047,553
Italy 564,156 583,206 +19,050

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) 3,073,495,898
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 2,182,544,957
Air transport 497,540,388
Rail transport 115,534,673
Other 81,903,899

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) 1,467,717,143 1,605,778,755 +138,061,612
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 1,106,722,056 1,075,822,901 -30,899,155
Air transport 256,154,155 241,386,233 -14,767,922
Rail transport 115,534,673 0 -115,534,673
Other 45,904,467 35,999,432 -9,905,035
Road transport 1,482,204 375,317 -1,106,887
Own propulsion (e.g. imported vehicle driven across land boundary) 1,506,273 0 -1,506,273

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 1,459,460,722
London Gateway Port 856,207,996
Felixstowe 660,793,793
Goole 652,296,450
Southampton 466,665,166

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 788,663,917 670,796,805 -117,867,112
London Gateway Port 392,785,044 463,422,952 +70,637,908
Felixstowe 423,162,095 237,631,698 -185,530,397
Goole 259,986,645 392,309,805 +132,323,160
Southampton 181,233,567 285,431,599 +104,198,032
Immingham Docks 189,149,992 192,362,155 +3,212,163
Liverpool Docks 104,952,955 110,456,595 +5,503,640
London Heathrow Airport 102,803,957 99,651,058 -3,152,899
East Midlands Airport 58,072,859 59,641,986 +1,569,127
Holyhead 53,944,479 49,804,025 -4,140,454

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