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 141,293,458
France 114,668,368
Germany 100,074,296
Hungary 62,504,925
Netherlands 25,553,834

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 68,856,025 72,437,433 +3,581,408
France 55,075,979 59,592,389 +4,516,410
Germany 47,557,778 52,516,518 +4,958,740
Hungary 31,525,266 30,979,659 -545,607
Netherlands 12,405,253 13,148,581 +743,328
Switzerland 8,968,978 14,519,176 +5,550,198
Spain 11,018,608 10,688,531 -330,077
China 9,905,426 9,775,838 -129,588
Denmark 4,914,261 6,385,112 +1,470,851
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 150,477,775
Germany 95,104,857
France 92,853,899
Hungary 64,531,192
Spain 29,430,798

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 73,615,175 76,862,600 +3,247,425
Germany 47,995,574 47,109,283 -886,291
France 43,249,160 49,604,739 +6,355,579
Hungary 32,517,861 32,013,331 -504,530
Spain 15,764,895 13,665,903 -2,098,992
Switzerland 10,380,201 15,322,372 +4,942,171
China 10,638,900 10,412,564 -226,336
Netherlands 8,835,817 10,842,013 +2,006,196
Denmark 4,853,287 6,262,450 +1,409,163
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 48
Outer London - West and North West 43
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 26 35 +9
Outer London - West and North West 30 21 -9
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 28 27 -1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 26 21 -5
Surrey, East and West Sussex 21 16 -5
Inner London - East 11 19 +8
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 18 12 -6
Greater Manchester 16 17 +1
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 14 13 -1
Essex 16 13 -3

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) 457,722,212
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 84,294,971
Other 13,073,877
Air transport 9,152,664
Road transport 1,389,008

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) 218,653,413 239,068,799 +20,415,386
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 41,249,749 43,045,222 +1,795,473
Other 4,124,304 8,949,573 +4,825,269
Air transport 3,594,773 5,557,891 +1,963,118
Road transport 508,881 880,127 +371,246

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 263,903,766
Immingham Docks 142,852,478
Felixstowe 29,724,628
Dover / Eurotunnel 20,790,007
Killingholme 19,500,607

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 134,390,691 129,513,075 -4,877,616
Immingham Docks 69,295,579 73,556,899 +4,261,320
Felixstowe 10,919,945 18,804,683 +7,884,738
Dover / Eurotunnel 6,537,433 14,252,574 +7,715,141
Killingholme 13,365,791 6,134,816 -7,230,975
000 4,124,304 8,949,573 +4,825,269
Eurotunnel 6,664,479 5,153,292 -1,511,187
London Gateway Port 1,152,343 9,914,802 +8,762,459
Harwich 2,587,894 6,084,042 +3,496,148
London 1,407,730 6,596,193 +5,188,463

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 175
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 92
Other manufacturing 63
Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products 48
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 36

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 90
2026-03 104
2026-02 99
2026-01 88
2025-12 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 234
54m+ 184
0-1m 94
15m-54m 71
Other 46

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 48,934,193
Ireland 43,726,662
Netherlands 31,554,890
Germany 21,806,153
Italy 19,153,576

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 25,190,166 23,744,027 -1,446,139
Ireland 20,436,727 23,289,935 +2,853,208
Netherlands 15,413,407 16,141,483 +728,076
Germany 7,385,147 14,421,006 +7,035,859
Italy 7,454,422 11,699,154 +4,244,732
Belgium 4,897,918 5,751,109 +853,191
United States 3,221,447 2,558,338 -663,109
Poland 2,438,422 1,919,050 -519,372
Sweden 1,703,834 2,287,890 +584,056
Czechia 2,937,251 492,727 -2,444,524

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 31,985
China 6,214
Ireland 4,033
Netherlands 2,481
Italy 722

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 18,715 13,270 -5,445
China 2,450 3,764 +1,314
Ireland 3,054 979 -2,075
Netherlands 2,481 0 -2,481
Italy 653 69 -584
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) 205,010,357
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 9,999,012
Air transport 8,288,284
Other 545,186
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) 97,392,985 107,617,372 +10,224,387
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 5,097,782 4,901,230 -196,552
Air transport 3,961,000 4,327,284 +366,284
Other 107,718 437,468 +329,750
Rail transport 0 12,498 +12,498

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 108,659,665
Liverpool Docks 29,163,139
Dover 18,576,549
Immingham Docks 16,824,281
Heysham 13,281,095

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 57,513,463 51,146,202 -6,367,261
Liverpool Docks 12,063,621 17,099,518 +5,035,897
Dover 6,052,183 12,524,366 +6,472,183
Immingham Docks 7,182,311 9,641,970 +2,459,659
Heysham 7,587,170 5,693,925 -1,893,245
Eurotunnel 495,255 5,366,085 +4,870,830
London 2,697,011 2,917,431 +220,420
Felixstowe 1,873,754 2,765,247 +891,493
London Heathrow Airport 2,711,828 1,381,020 -1,330,808
London Gateway Port 1,853,513 1,647,005 -206,508

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