Import/export HS code 76020090: Aluminium scrap

General aluminium scrap, often recycled for new products

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 £
Greece 40,154,672
Ireland 28,495,925
Australia 13,227,810
Netherlands 3,853,826
United Arab Emirates 3,767,264

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 19,728,251 20,426,421 +698,170
Ireland 13,319,364 15,176,561 +1,857,197
Australia 9,678,373 3,549,437 -6,128,936
Netherlands 893,527 2,960,299 +2,066,772
United Arab Emirates 3,467,465 299,799 -3,167,666
Israel 3,219,089 314,530 -2,904,559
Iceland 1,231,818 2,186,547 +954,729
Austria 0 2,075,146 +2,075,146
Spain 1,686,271 358,141 -1,328,130
Belgium 969,578 1,030,322 +60,744

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 40,154,672
Ireland 24,277,593
Australia 13,164,134
Belgium 4,908,289
United Arab Emirates 4,326,993

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 19,728,251 20,426,421 +698,170
Ireland 10,977,435 13,300,158 +2,322,723
Australia 9,807,788 3,356,346 -6,451,442
Belgium 1,650,151 3,258,138 +1,607,987
United Arab Emirates 4,027,194 299,799 -3,727,395
Israel 3,232,978 314,530 -2,918,448
Iceland 1,321,715 2,186,547 +864,832
Germany 694,370 2,539,200 +1,844,830
Austria 3,804 1,364,234 +1,360,430
France 873,787 336,768 -537,019

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Shropshire and Staffordshire 5
Cheshire 4
West Midlands 4
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 3
Gloucestershire and Wiltshire 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 4 2 -2
Cheshire 2 4 +2
West Midlands 3 2 -1
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 3 2 -1
Gloucestershire and Wiltshire 2 2 +0
Inner London - West 1 3 +2
Lancashire 2 3 +1
Outer London - East and North East 2 3 +1
Greater Manchester 2 1 -1
Northern Ireland 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 £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 71,113,052
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 33,984,677
Other 3,874,854
Road transport 265,932
Air transport 28,190

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 £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 39,900,275 31,212,777 -8,687,498
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 15,015,274 18,969,403 +3,954,129
Other 2,722,882 1,151,972 -1,570,910
Road transport 0 265,932 +265,932
Air transport 8,006 20,184 +12,178
Own propulsion (e.g. imported vehicle driven across land boundary) 0 4,573 +4,573

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Avonmouth Docks 40,074,368
Liverpool Docks 17,095,279
Holyhead 9,759,070
London Gateway Port 9,732,573
Felixstowe 6,726,723

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 £
Avonmouth Docks 19,728,251 20,346,117 +617,866
Liverpool Docks 11,210,278 5,885,001 -5,325,277
Holyhead 5,316,085 4,442,985 -873,100
London Gateway Port 7,128,366 2,604,207 -4,524,159
Felixstowe 4,666,905 2,059,818 -2,607,087
Dover 1,247,396 3,336,891 +2,089,495
Heysham 1,222,753 3,263,971 +2,041,218
000 2,722,882 1,151,972 -1,570,910
Immingham Docks 1,184,684 2,153,567 +968,883
Eurotunnel 442,326 2,476,302 +2,033,976

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 21
Manufacture of basic metals 14
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 14
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 4
Land transport and transport via pipelines 3

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 18
2026-03 15
2026-02 20
2026-01 18
2025-12 20

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+ 24
15m-54m 11
1m-15m 10
0-1m 4
Other 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 409,565,777
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 179,161,819
China 89,349,100
Germany 80,271,579
Switzerland 74,664,758

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 193,371,873 216,193,904 +22,822,031
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 79,376,488 99,785,331 +20,408,843
China 39,062,716 50,286,384 +11,223,668
Germany 45,802,155 34,469,424 -11,332,731
Switzerland 26,863,701 47,801,057 +20,937,356
Thailand 34,451,520 34,242,834 -208,686
Turkey 24,972,867 20,800,449 -4,172,418
United States 6,146,528 37,718,570 +31,572,042
Netherlands 9,341,234 12,745,877 +3,404,643
France 9,589,579 12,434,730 +2,845,151

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 3,690,220
Italy 27,623

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 3,241,089 449,131 -2,791,958
Italy 27,623 0 -27,623

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) 985,768,408
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 233,320,563
Other 3,717,843
Road transport 1,474,546
Air transport 8,833

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) 441,995,399 543,773,009 +101,777,610
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 121,743,608 111,576,955 -10,166,653
Other 3,268,712 449,131 -2,819,581
Road transport 1,261,226 213,320 -1,047,906
Air transport 945 7,888 +6,943

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Gateway Port 394,991,678
Felixstowe 315,875,410
Southampton 150,627,112
Dover / Eurotunnel 123,981,147
Immingham Docks 87,763,693

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 128,024,355 266,967,323 +138,942,968
Felixstowe 217,313,222 98,562,188 -118,751,034
Southampton 55,433,291 95,193,821 +39,760,530
Dover / Eurotunnel 56,394,247 67,586,900 +11,192,653
Immingham Docks 39,491,377 48,272,316 +8,780,939
Liverpool Docks 15,730,325 33,093,049 +17,362,724
Belfast Port 15,380,437 13,516,603 -1,863,834
Harwich 9,924,491 10,645,410 +720,919
London 9,039,567 5,064,332 -3,975,235
Greenock 2,729,683 4,312,455 +1,582,772

Quick facts

HS code: 76020090

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

Description: General aluminium scrap, often recycled for new products