Import/export HS code 76169910: Cast aluminium items

Products made by pouring molten aluminium into molds, such as decorative pieces or machine parts

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  • 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 £
China 35,739,815
Italy 12,272,831
United States 10,897,002
Hungary 7,905,409
Germany 7,735,028

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 £
China 19,386,505 16,353,310 -3,033,195
Italy 6,031,583 6,241,248 +209,665
United States 5,864,576 5,032,426 -832,150
Hungary 4,081,070 3,824,339 -256,731
Germany 3,300,715 4,434,313 +1,133,598
Czechia 3,737,330 3,877,229 +139,899
France 2,988,611 2,422,453 -566,158
Poland 2,480,108 1,890,828 -589,280
Taiwan 1,273,708 2,144,706 +870,998
Netherlands 1,586,319 1,556,510 -29,809

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 £
China 38,929,182
Italy 13,615,344
United States 11,238,623
Hungary 7,729,504
Czechia 7,232,531

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 £
China 20,964,802 17,964,380 -3,000,422
Italy 6,766,482 6,848,862 +82,380
United States 6,037,956 5,200,667 -837,289
Hungary 4,066,346 3,663,158 -403,188
Czechia 3,463,403 3,769,128 +305,725
Germany 2,198,296 2,961,665 +763,369
Poland 2,392,023 1,812,199 -579,824
Taiwan 1,473,774 2,519,853 +1,046,079
Spain 1,642,292 1,681,709 +39,417
India 1,191,836 1,693,140 +501,304

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 77
Inner London - West 63
Surrey, East and West Sussex 61
West Midlands 56
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 49

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
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 55 50 -5
Inner London - West 43 39 -4
Surrey, East and West Sussex 49 35 -14
West Midlands 39 39 +0
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 37 35 -2
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 34 36 +2
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 32 31 -1
Greater Manchester 28 34 +6
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 26 29 +3
Shropshire and Staffordshire 26 25 -1

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) 47,337,380
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 41,398,307
Air transport 27,162,571
Other 1,778,501
Road transport 868,833

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) 23,698,310 23,639,070 -59,240
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 20,870,638 20,527,669 -342,969
Air transport 15,386,248 11,776,323 -3,609,925
Other 1,447,078 331,423 -1,115,655
Road transport 128,731 740,102 +611,371
Own propulsion (e.g. imported vehicle driven across land boundary) 0 25,042 +25,042

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 29,691,863
Southampton 20,310,563
Felixstowe 10,954,446
London Heathrow Airport 9,038,402
Eurotunnel 8,827,659

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 15,401,383 14,290,480 -1,110,903
Southampton 11,223,768 9,086,795 -2,136,973
Felixstowe 6,028,509 4,925,937 -1,102,572
London Heathrow Airport 5,574,512 3,463,890 -2,110,622
Eurotunnel 3,828,788 4,998,871 +1,170,083
East Midlands Airport 3,362,622 2,922,707 -439,915
London Gateway Port 1,158,981 3,251,122 +2,092,141
Birmingham Airport 2,286,192 1,671,230 -614,962
Thamesport 1,671,184 2,028,181 +356,997
Dover / Eurotunnel 1,804,212 1,269,394 -534,818

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
190
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment
112
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.
93
Other manufacturing
85
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
77

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 176
2026-04 189
2026-03 180
2026-02 171
2026-01 181

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 395
54m+ 392
15m-54m 104
0-1m 87
Other 70

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 £
United States 26,708,623
France 18,564,882
Germany 8,954,381
Netherlands 6,698,069
Poland 4,519,041

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 £
United States 12,129,415 14,579,208 +2,449,793
France 9,002,970 9,561,912 +558,942
Germany 4,999,155 3,955,226 -1,043,929
Netherlands 3,778,562 2,919,507 -859,055
Poland 2,307,042 2,211,999 -95,043
Saudi Arabia 2,467,753 1,777,686 -690,067
United Arab Emirates 1,218,562 2,749,824 +1,531,262
Spain 1,517,197 1,595,158 +77,961
Turkey 1,905,870 938,178 -967,692
China 1,314,012 1,401,543 +87,531

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 £
France 69,230
XI 29,313
Italy 12,992
Germany 9,152
Ireland 5,012

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 £
France 42,613 26,617 -15,996
XI 27,181 2,132 -25,049
Italy 10,428 2,564 -7,864
Germany 8,847 305 -8,542
Ireland 1,063 3,949 +2,886
Nicaragua 0 998 +998
India 316 196 -120
China 35 349 +314
Canada 54 60 +6
Denmark 27 62 +35

Export volume by transport

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

Top 5 values

Transport £
Air transport 65,828,886
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 35,582,781
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 11,789,536
Other 138,805
Rail transport 64,423

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 £
Air transport 29,734,454 36,094,432 +6,359,978
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 18,821,657 16,761,124 -2,060,533
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 7,829,491 3,960,045 -3,869,446
Other 98,268 40,537 -57,731
Rail transport 64,423 0 -64,423
Road transport 10,205 0 -10,205

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 29,600,458
East Midlands Airport 23,473,170
Dover / Eurotunnel 19,864,311
Portsmouth 7,686,011
ZLC 6,666,592

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 Heathrow Airport 12,834,746 16,765,712 +3,930,966
East Midlands Airport 10,344,344 13,128,826 +2,784,482
Dover / Eurotunnel 10,564,489 9,299,822 -1,264,667
Portsmouth 4,069,204 3,616,807 -452,397
ZLC 3,622,283 3,044,309 -577,974
Southampton 2,846,348 1,642,955 -1,203,393
London Stansted Airport 2,172,937 2,169,927 -3,010
Immingham Docks 2,438,716 777,850 -1,660,866
London 1,692,585 960,741 -731,844
Felixstowe 1,804,854 399,376 -1,405,478

Quick facts

HS code: 76169910

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

Description: Products made by pouring molten aluminium into molds, such as decorative pieces or machine parts