Import/export HS code 761290: Various aluminium containers

Other types of aluminium containers not specified elsewhere, used for various storage purposes

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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 £
Czechia 137,252,381
France 105,032,880
Germany 101,992,100
Hungary 58,822,231
Netherlands 24,216,197

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 £
Czechia 69,719,423 67,532,958 -2,186,465
France 52,246,797 52,786,083 +539,286
Germany 45,177,301 56,814,799 +11,637,498
Hungary 31,602,737 27,219,494 -4,383,243
Netherlands 11,986,182 12,230,015 +243,833
Switzerland 9,636,840 12,249,651 +2,612,811
Spain 13,031,694 8,591,018 -4,440,676
China 10,637,878 8,712,294 -1,925,584
Denmark 5,300,189 5,373,207 +73,018
Egypt 3,786 6,842,665 +6,838,879

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 £
Czechia 145,553,015
Germany 94,412,780
France 84,602,225
Hungary 61,084,205
Spain 29,329,391

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 £
Czechia 74,175,921 71,377,094 -2,798,827
Germany 44,276,604 50,136,176 +5,859,572
France 39,206,287 45,395,938 +6,189,651
Hungary 33,146,677 27,937,528 -5,209,149
Spain 18,287,639 11,041,752 -7,245,887
Switzerland 10,565,137 12,846,028 +2,280,891
China 11,298,324 9,381,428 -1,916,896
Netherlands 9,396,400 9,923,208 +526,808
Denmark 5,237,239 5,266,075 +28,836
Egypt 3,786 6,842,665 +6,838,879

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 46
Outer London - West and North West 44
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 41
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 30
Surrey, East and West Sussex 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 27 34 +7
Outer London - West and North West 29 23 -6
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 26 29 +3
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 24 23 -1
Surrey, East and West Sussex 21 17 -4
Inner London - East 13 20 +7
Greater Manchester 16 14 -2
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 15 14 -1
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 15 11 -4
Essex 14 12 -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) 439,903,239
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 79,492,234
Other 14,329,998
Air transport 8,570,132
Road transport 1,384,113

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) 216,985,587 222,917,652 +5,932,065
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 39,663,490 39,828,744 +165,254
Other 5,051,476 9,278,522 +4,227,046
Air transport 3,436,368 5,133,764 +1,697,396
Road transport 602,972 781,141 +178,169

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 251,677,618
Immingham Docks 136,291,595
Felixstowe 29,850,714
Dover / Eurotunnel 19,264,940
Killingholme 17,449,601

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 131,986,177 119,691,441 -12,294,736
Immingham Docks 70,744,573 65,547,022 -5,197,551
Felixstowe 9,515,800 20,334,914 +10,819,114
Dover / Eurotunnel 5,846,784 13,418,156 +7,571,372
Killingholme 12,242,219 5,207,382 -7,034,837
000 5,051,476 9,278,522 +4,227,046
Eurotunnel 6,339,381 4,833,595 -1,505,786
London Gateway Port 882,366 9,926,424 +9,044,058
Harwich 3,551,939 5,904,642 +2,352,703
London 1,812,853 6,930,232 +5,117,379

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
169
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
88
Other manufacturing
62
Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products
49
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities
34

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 119
2026-04 90
2026-03 104
2026-02 99
2026-01 88

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 229
54m+ 183
0-1m 93
15m-54m 71
Other 41

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 £
France 44,633,239
Ireland 42,111,803
Netherlands 30,604,286
Germany 21,118,326
Italy 19,247,444

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 £
France 24,090,922 20,542,317 -3,548,605
Ireland 20,538,079 21,573,724 +1,035,645
Netherlands 13,925,982 16,678,304 +2,752,322
Germany 9,598,342 11,519,984 +1,921,642
Italy 8,844,679 10,402,765 +1,558,086
Belgium 4,602,808 5,586,392 +983,584
United States 3,345,697 1,901,462 -1,444,235
Poland 2,180,260 1,757,506 -422,754
Sweden 1,835,506 2,053,309 +217,803
Spain 1,840,823 1,164,617 -676,206

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 26,095
China 4,761
Ireland 3,057
Netherlands 2,481
Italy 778

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 15,503 10,592 -4,911
China 2,416 2,345 -71
Ireland 2,424 633 -1,791
Netherlands 2,481 0 -2,481
Italy 653 125 -528
Germany 113 304 +191
Denmark 0 56 +56
Turkey 16 0 -16

Export volume by transport

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

Top 5 values

Transport £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 194,090,961
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 10,498,908
Air transport 7,839,279
Other 567,852
Rail transport 12,498

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 £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 97,321,335 96,769,626 -551,709
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 4,573,827 5,925,081 +1,351,254
Air transport 3,874,958 3,964,321 +89,363
Other 185,230 382,622 +197,392
Rail transport 12,498 0 -12,498

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 99,185,107
Liverpool Docks 29,471,118
Dover 18,732,210
Immingham Docks 17,442,885
Heysham 11,831,137

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 55,822,909 43,362,198 -12,460,711
Liverpool Docks 12,946,877 16,524,241 +3,577,364
Dover 6,442,908 12,289,302 +5,846,394
Immingham Docks 7,029,636 10,413,249 +3,383,613
Heysham 6,612,500 5,218,637 -1,393,863
London 2,861,913 3,260,373 +398,460
Eurotunnel 1,094,254 4,915,420 +3,821,166
Felixstowe 2,559,071 1,944,678 -614,393
London Heathrow Airport 2,489,556 1,233,567 -1,255,989
London Gateway Port 1,861,432 1,472,379 -389,053

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 761290

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

Description: Other types of aluminium containers not specified elsewhere, used for various storage purposes