Import/export HS code 820570: Vices and clamps

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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 £
China 16,762,461
Germany 5,714,125
United States 4,284,137
Belgium 2,150,788
Taiwan 1,974,931

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 9,176,903 7,585,558 -1,591,345
Germany 2,658,470 3,055,655 +397,185
United States 2,279,649 2,004,488 -275,161
Belgium 685,257 1,465,531 +780,274
Taiwan 1,058,480 916,451 -142,029
Poland 1,065,071 770,364 -294,707
Netherlands 658,136 982,676 +324,540
France 691,122 560,146 -130,976
India 587,780 587,351 -429
Brazil 1,300 1,127,869 +1,126,569

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 20,378,528
United States 5,745,588
Germany 4,355,908
Taiwan 2,374,282
Poland 1,546,500

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 10,950,521 9,428,007 -1,522,514
United States 2,636,196 3,109,392 +473,196
Germany 2,051,205 2,304,703 +253,498
Taiwan 1,368,578 1,005,704 -362,874
Poland 774,310 772,190 -2,120
India 744,553 764,667 +20,114
Brazil 2,223 1,152,756 +1,150,533
Canada 603,822 399,698 -204,124
France 422,404 352,920 -69,484
Italy 222,744 375,735 +152,991

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 54
West Midlands 36
Greater Manchester 35
Surrey, East and West Sussex 32
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 30

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 33 38 +5
West Midlands 24 25 +1
Greater Manchester 28 20 -8
Surrey, East and West Sussex 20 23 +3
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 20 20 +0
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 24 20 -4
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 17 19 +2
Inner London - East 15 18 +3
Inner London - West 17 13 -4
Essex 15 20 +5

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) 22,064,112
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 10,775,483
Air transport 10,269,216
Other 928,691
Road transport 113,933

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) 11,807,476 10,256,636 -1,550,840
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 5,092,827 5,682,656 +589,829
Air transport 4,554,087 5,715,129 +1,161,042
Other 680,147 248,544 -431,603
Road transport 14,828 99,105 +84,277

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 10,109,611
Southampton 7,323,464
Dover 4,851,800
London Gateway Port 2,654,435
London Heathrow Airport 1,964,557

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 5,010,804 5,098,807 +88,003
Southampton 4,879,061 2,444,403 -2,434,658
Dover 1,960,807 2,890,993 +930,186
London Gateway Port 1,107,781 1,546,654 +438,873
London Heathrow Airport 905,863 1,058,694 +152,831
Birmingham Airport 888,500 1,070,866 +182,366
London Stansted Airport 834,379 801,546 -32,833
Eurotunnel 728,417 900,470 +172,053
Manchester Airport 699,259 863,883 +164,624
London 736,314 742,076 +5,762

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 202
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 79
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 65
Other manufacturing 53
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 49

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 97
2026-04 119
2026-03 109
2026-02 106
2026-01 104

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 276
54m+ 242
15m-54m 78
0-1m 64
Other 51

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 7,118,888
France 5,844,564
Germany 3,432,347
Ireland 2,964,993
Denmark 2,215,176

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 4,275,032 2,843,856 -1,431,176
France 1,755,252 4,089,312 +2,334,060
Germany 1,600,684 1,831,663 +230,979
Ireland 1,292,657 1,672,336 +379,679
Denmark 349,858 1,865,318 +1,515,460
Netherlands 843,886 637,095 -206,791
Saudi Arabia 584,502 827,349 +242,847
Norway 512,048 822,514 +310,466
Poland 734,056 515,484 -218,572
Malaysia 581,450 655,722 +74,272

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 359,840
XI 222,395
Indonesia 13,272
Taiwan 10,384
United States 9,783

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 198,600 161,240 -37,360
XI 124,796 97,599 -27,197
Indonesia 7,982 5,290 -2,692
Taiwan 9,843 541 -9,302
United States 9,783 0 -9,783
Ireland 5,775 1,427 -4,348
Germany 2,178 3,276 +1,098
India 3,270 1,421 -1,849
Switzerland 2,588 1,932 -656
Nicaragua 0 264 +264

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 17,964,147
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 15,372,769
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 10,724,204
Other 702,243
Road transport 91,443

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 6,976,721 10,987,426 +4,010,705
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 6,481,861 8,890,908 +2,409,047
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 6,343,960 4,380,244 -1,963,716
Other 399,278 302,965 -96,313
Road transport 91,443 0 -91,443

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 7,764,161
London Heathrow Airport 6,404,605
London Gateway Port 5,569,281
East Midlands Airport 5,195,562
Immingham Docks 3,649,369

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 3,667,341 4,096,820 +429,479
London Heathrow Airport 2,238,715 4,165,890 +1,927,175
London Gateway Port 4,089,582 1,479,699 -2,609,883
East Midlands Airport 1,426,522 3,769,040 +2,342,518
Immingham Docks 954,889 2,694,480 +1,739,591
ZLC 1,611,453 1,194,437 -417,016
Manchester Airport 815,263 634,902 -180,361
Southampton 358,158 959,450 +601,292
Holyhead 489,946 664,820 +174,874
Felixstowe 725,113 375,145 -349,968

Quick facts

HS code: 820570

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

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