Import/export HS code 76020011: Aluminium waste from cutting or shaping

Small pieces like turnings, shavings, chips, and filings, as well as waste from thin coloured or coated sheets and foil

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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 £
Greece 40,011,201
Ireland 37,515,599
Norway 34,513,204
Spain 26,046,129
Finland 18,359,445

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 £
Greece 21,926,636 18,084,565 -3,842,071
Ireland 17,944,687 19,570,912 +1,626,225
Norway 17,214,166 17,299,038 +84,872
Spain 13,188,480 12,857,649 -330,831
Finland 9,808,472 8,550,973 -1,257,499
Germany 8,005,442 8,414,601 +409,159
Iceland 6,755,916 8,624,779 +1,868,863
Australia 10,390,825 1,490,116 -8,900,709
Netherlands 3,939,201 6,115,258 +2,176,057
France 2,436,565 1,887,073 -549,492

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 £
Greece 39,968,148
Norway 34,606,796
Ireland 33,549,137
Spain 25,424,870
Finland 18,281,448

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 £
Greece 21,883,583 18,084,565 -3,799,018
Norway 17,252,340 17,354,456 +102,116
Ireland 15,753,470 17,795,667 +2,042,197
Spain 12,483,667 12,941,203 +457,536
Finland 9,770,298 8,511,150 -1,259,148
Germany 8,500,458 9,486,591 +986,133
Iceland 6,845,813 8,624,779 +1,778,966
Australia 10,186,931 1,596,228 -8,590,703
Belgium 3,272,280 4,094,137 +821,857
Netherlands 2,992,818 3,206,623 +213,805

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Shropshire and Staffordshire 8
Cheshire 5
West Midlands 5
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 3
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 3

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
Shropshire and Staffordshire 7 4 -3
Cheshire 3 5 +2
West Midlands 4 3 -1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 3 1 -2
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 3 2 -1
Gloucestershire and Wiltshire 2 2 +0
Inner London - West 2 3 +1
Lancashire 3 3 +0
Outer London - East and North East 3 2 -1
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 1 1 +0

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) 151,855,035
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 85,666,930
Other 3,598,121
Road transport 1,582,139
Air transport 30,840

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) 74,716,138 77,138,897 +2,422,759
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 50,501,801 35,165,129 -15,336,672
Other 2,614,615 983,506 -1,631,109
Road transport 216,145 1,365,994 +1,149,849
Air transport 8,966 21,874 +12,908
Own propulsion (e.g. imported vehicle driven across land boundary) 0 19,694 +19,694

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Immingham Docks 71,297,304
Liverpool Docks 44,457,984
Avonmouth Docks 40,279,202
Dover 13,198,525
Felixstowe 11,557,382

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 £
Immingham Docks 36,070,545 35,226,759 -843,786
Liverpool Docks 24,205,945 20,252,039 -3,953,906
Avonmouth Docks 22,274,941 18,004,261 -4,270,680
Dover 6,504,686 6,693,839 +189,153
Felixstowe 7,767,053 3,790,329 -3,976,724
Holyhead 6,304,608 4,781,847 -1,522,761
London Gateway Port 7,904,211 1,590,837 -6,313,374
Middlesbrough 4,695,139 3,565,760 -1,129,379
Heysham 2,265,166 5,017,145 +2,751,979
Eurotunnel 1,171,666 3,468,249 +2,296,583

Importer companies by SIC division

What this shows: Industry breakdown (SIC divisions) of importing companies.

Top 5 values

SIC Companies
Waste collection, treatment and disposal activities; materials recovery
23
Manufacture of basic metals
17
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
17
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment
4
Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products
3

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 21
2026-04 23
2026-03 20
2026-02 26
2026-01 23

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+ 29
15m-54m 13
1m-15m 12
Other 5
0-1m 4

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 £
India 579,689,887
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 334,279,547
China 196,962,762
Germany 123,995,733
Thailand 104,403,286

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 £
India 275,516,693 304,173,194 +28,656,501
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 161,031,777 173,247,770 +12,215,993
China 92,487,215 104,475,547 +11,988,332
Germany 66,165,234 57,830,499 -8,334,735
Thailand 58,325,689 46,077,597 -12,248,092
Switzerland 32,187,815 46,925,358 +14,737,543
Turkey 32,437,608 23,168,035 -9,269,573
United States 15,784,523 38,594,293 +22,809,770
Netherlands 13,996,774 20,056,879 +6,060,105
France 13,395,960 18,810,052 +5,414,092

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 3,135,647

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 2,642,246 493,401 -2,148,845

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) 1,551,673,540
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 327,027,179
Other 3,135,647
Road transport 1,014,360
Air transport 45,913

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) 744,703,270 806,970,270 +62,267,000
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 167,114,538 159,912,641 -7,201,897
Other 2,642,246 493,401 -2,148,845
Road transport 801,040 213,320 -587,720
Air transport 7,435 38,478 +31,043

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Gateway Port 594,658,411
Felixstowe 491,265,362
Southampton 242,720,399
Dover / Eurotunnel 170,996,762
Immingham Docks 114,432,070

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 Gateway Port 238,974,318 355,684,093 +116,709,775
Felixstowe 320,976,648 170,288,714 -150,687,934
Southampton 90,655,394 152,065,005 +61,409,611
Dover / Eurotunnel 79,288,224 91,708,538 +12,420,314
Immingham Docks 52,912,993 61,519,077 +8,606,084
Liverpool Docks 35,865,164 43,697,700 +7,832,536
Belfast Port 29,481,319 32,159,813 +2,678,494
Harwich 13,346,733 10,910,648 -2,436,085
London 12,189,265 8,084,190 -4,105,075
Avonmouth Docks 7,826,449 10,020,049 +2,193,600

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 76020011

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

Description: Small pieces like turnings, shavings, chips, and filings, as well as waste from thin coloured or coated sheets and foil