Import/export HS code 820559: Various hand tools

Includes a variety of tools not listed elsewhere, such as those for specific trades

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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 £
China 80,207,568
United States 41,130,771
Germany 21,073,044
Taiwan 20,618,273
France 12,221,334

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 43,409,792 36,797,776 -6,612,016
United States 21,340,302 19,790,469 -1,549,833
Germany 10,865,281 10,207,763 -657,518
Taiwan 11,088,774 9,529,499 -1,559,275
France 6,568,180 5,653,154 -915,026
Netherlands 3,275,646 3,368,428 +92,782
Italy 2,957,848 3,407,729 +449,881
India 3,024,729 3,027,738 +3,009
Poland 2,495,279 2,143,144 -352,135
Belgium 2,268,065 2,251,030 -17,035

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 94,934,260
United States 46,834,961
Taiwan 22,689,757
Germany 16,712,113
France 9,711,159

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 51,233,850 43,700,410 -7,533,440
United States 22,917,551 23,917,410 +999,859
Taiwan 12,104,406 10,585,351 -1,519,055
Germany 8,921,323 7,790,790 -1,130,533
France 4,771,057 4,940,102 +169,045
India 3,188,659 3,272,731 +84,072
United Kingdom 2,362,429 2,295,285 -67,144
Italy 2,049,906 2,284,351 +234,445
Switzerland 1,902,955 1,625,581 -277,374
Japan 1,671,222 1,580,041 -91,181

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 153
West Midlands 127
Inner London - West 123
Greater Manchester 113
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 99

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 98 114 +16
West Midlands 91 98 +7
Inner London - West 79 84 +5
Greater Manchester 84 76 -8
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 66 76 +10
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 77 68 -9
Surrey, East and West Sussex 69 60 -9
West Yorkshire 66 66 +0
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 66 63 -3
Shropshire and Staffordshire 56 59 +3

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) 125,666,966
Air transport 64,112,411
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 43,556,981
Other 3,380,132
Road transport 276,625

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) 66,905,817 58,761,149 -8,144,668
Air transport 31,122,699 32,989,712 +1,867,013
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 22,418,384 21,138,597 -1,279,787
Other 2,586,562 793,570 -1,792,992
Road transport 157,540 119,085 -38,455
Rail transport 2,768 1,408 -1,360

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 49,919,420
Southampton 40,756,737
London Gateway Port 19,850,496
London Heathrow Airport 19,820,544
Dover 17,405,647

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 £
Felixstowe 29,188,249 20,731,171 -8,457,078
Southampton 22,520,233 18,236,504 -4,283,729
London Gateway Port 6,718,599 13,131,897 +6,413,298
London Heathrow Airport 8,965,012 10,855,532 +1,890,520
Dover 8,937,072 8,468,575 -468,497
London Stansted Airport 7,144,596 6,792,311 -352,285
East Midlands Airport 6,233,857 6,515,767 +281,910
Eurotunnel 3,936,523 4,327,057 +390,534
London 3,922,684 2,766,986 -1,155,698
Birmingham Airport 2,965,343 3,270,794 +305,451

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
728
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
345
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment
121
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities
119
Other manufacturing
115

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 425
2026-04 444
2026-03 459
2026-02 425
2026-01 431

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 898
54m+ 721
0-1m 328
15m-54m 263
Other 198

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 19,513,921
Germany 14,501,334
Netherlands 10,465,494
France 10,024,539
Ireland 9,729,700

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 10,990,126 8,523,795 -2,466,331
Germany 7,358,605 7,142,729 -215,876
Netherlands 4,896,372 5,569,122 +672,750
France 4,451,717 5,572,822 +1,121,105
Ireland 5,308,699 4,421,001 -887,698
Spain 2,207,808 3,543,727 +1,335,919
Egypt 4,243,989 900,985 -3,343,004
Belgium 2,787,369 1,461,259 -1,326,110
Italy 1,842,613 1,471,510 -371,103
Denmark 1,609,130 1,236,895 -372,235

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 £
China 993,927
Taiwan 117,512
United States 73,193
Germany 73,154
Poland 26,845

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 £
China 528,267 465,660 -62,607
Taiwan 61,655 55,857 -5,798
United States 45,799 27,394 -18,405
Germany 39,781 33,373 -6,408
Poland 7,379 19,466 +12,087
India 13,499 9,665 -3,834
Ireland 9,181 9,182 +1
XI 11,516 6,773 -4,743
Indonesia 12,514 0 -12,514
France 3,941 3,112 -829

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) 58,625,008
Air transport 46,412,448
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 20,944,430
Other 1,501,710
Road transport 6,246

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) 27,417,537 31,207,471 +3,789,934
Air transport 23,154,482 23,257,966 +103,484
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 14,088,402 6,856,028 -7,232,374
Other 814,553 687,157 -127,396
Road transport 3,098 3,148 +50
Rail transport 3,293 0 -3,293

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 37,215,197
London Heathrow Airport 16,532,945
East Midlands Airport 11,119,142
Felixstowe 8,588,595
London Stansted Airport 8,129,089

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 17,234,162 19,981,035 +2,746,873
London Heathrow Airport 7,034,255 9,498,690 +2,464,435
East Midlands Airport 6,127,304 4,991,838 -1,135,466
Felixstowe 6,171,470 2,417,125 -3,754,345
London Stansted Airport 3,698,725 4,430,364 +731,639
Immingham Docks 2,819,218 3,064,455 +245,237
Southampton 3,265,294 1,527,325 -1,737,969
Holyhead 2,071,940 2,159,726 +87,786
ZLC 1,946,444 2,104,254 +157,810
Dover 1,991,651 1,614,630 -377,021

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 820559

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

Description: Includes a variety of tools not listed elsewhere, such as those for specific trades