Import/export HS code 820790: Various tools

Various interchangeable tools not covered by other categories

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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 57,766,368
Germany 33,724,484
United States 24,148,058
France 10,614,501
Netherlands 8,865,913

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 28,302,864 29,463,504 +1,160,640
Germany 16,769,749 16,954,735 +184,986
United States 12,989,098 11,158,960 -1,830,138
France 4,328,284 6,286,217 +1,957,933
Netherlands 4,308,643 4,557,270 +248,627
Taiwan 4,163,946 4,086,566 -77,380
Italy 3,100,307 3,368,271 +267,964
Austria 2,445,617 2,029,214 -416,403
Belgium 1,882,710 2,047,038 +164,328
Ireland 1,795,721 2,038,033 +242,312

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 72,482,686
United States 27,224,211
Germany 15,847,322
Taiwan 10,444,336
United Kingdom 7,710,931

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 36,318,623 36,164,063 -154,560
United States 14,198,671 13,025,540 -1,173,131
Germany 7,744,470 8,102,852 +358,382
Taiwan 5,350,636 5,093,700 -256,936
United Kingdom 4,090,815 3,620,116 -470,699
Italy 3,919,633 3,780,330 -139,303
France 2,134,585 3,670,420 +1,535,835
South Korea 1,494,051 2,960,511 +1,466,460
Czechia 2,029,498 2,019,942 -9,556
Brazil 1,960,361 1,734,207 -226,154

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 107
West Midlands 103
West Yorkshire 87
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 86
Inner London - West 83

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 65 72 +7
West Midlands 82 73 -9
West Yorkshire 56 64 +8
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 69 56 -13
Inner London - West 50 51 +1
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 62 51 -11
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 51 52 +1
Shropshire and Staffordshire 48 52 +4
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 47 47 +0
Greater Manchester 45 42 -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) 82,054,305
Air transport 74,334,028
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 34,432,348
Other 3,021,928
Road transport 163,574

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) 42,055,548 39,998,757 -2,056,791
Air transport 35,298,345 39,035,683 +3,737,338
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 17,484,794 16,947,554 -537,240
Other 1,382,128 1,639,800 +257,672
Road transport 36,235 127,339 +91,104
Rail transport 0 2,428 +2,428

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 35,252,857
East Midlands Airport 32,687,488
Southampton 23,132,133
London Heathrow Airport 13,761,713
London Gateway Port 13,309,262

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 19,958,178 15,294,679 -4,663,499
East Midlands Airport 15,566,773 17,120,715 +1,553,942
Southampton 13,019,631 10,112,502 -2,907,129
London Heathrow Airport 5,792,973 7,968,740 +2,175,767
London Gateway Port 3,200,748 10,108,514 +6,907,766
Dover 4,746,715 5,031,049 +284,334
London Stansted Airport 4,687,087 4,569,423 -117,664
Dover / Eurotunnel 4,704,572 3,981,874 -722,698
Birmingham Airport 3,203,261 4,350,571 +1,147,310
Thamesport 3,081,737 2,491,708 -590,029

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 446
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 214
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 152
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 145
Other manufacturing 112

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 310
2026-03 305
2026-02 321
2026-01 297
2025-12 299

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 685
54m+ 542
15m-54m 200
0-1m 191
Other 121

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 15,808,109
Netherlands 12,225,341
Germany 8,461,336
France 6,014,688
Ireland 5,663,116

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 8,521,812 7,286,297 -1,235,515
Netherlands 6,892,781 5,332,560 -1,560,221
Germany 4,212,837 4,248,499 +35,662
France 3,135,553 2,879,135 -256,418
Ireland 3,161,629 2,501,487 -660,142
Norway 1,972,449 1,978,413 +5,964
Saudi Arabia 2,138,440 1,513,963 -624,477
Poland 2,041,207 1,515,105 -526,102
Italy 1,742,847 1,206,511 -536,336
India 1,672,369 1,107,016 -565,353

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 371,776
XI 355,939
Italy 105,490
Portugal 88,164
Taiwan 29,551

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 197,477 174,299 -23,178
XI 293,658 62,281 -231,377
Italy 87,142 18,348 -68,794
Portugal 47,999 40,165 -7,834
Taiwan 14,246 15,305 +1,059
Brazil 10,648 10,386 -262
Germany 6,291 9,855 +3,564
Czechia 4,531 4,584 +53
Nicaragua 3,987 4,263 +276
Ireland 1,204 4,882 +3,678

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 64,675,588
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 25,543,394
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 11,903,119
Other 1,113,524
Road transport 53,529

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 34,883,016 29,792,572 -5,090,444
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 14,246,584 11,296,810 -2,949,774
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 4,362,549 7,540,570 +3,178,021
Other 707,638 405,886 -301,752
Road transport 48,525 5,004 -43,521
Rail transport 3,769 0 -3,769

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 25,977,880
London Heathrow Airport 14,917,916
Dover / Eurotunnel 12,814,808
London Stansted Airport 11,770,409
ZLC 6,189,032

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 £
East Midlands Airport 13,626,311 12,351,569 -1,274,742
London Heathrow Airport 8,042,710 6,875,206 -1,167,504
Dover / Eurotunnel 6,994,414 5,820,394 -1,174,020
London Stansted Airport 7,002,416 4,767,993 -2,234,423
ZLC 3,182,774 3,006,258 -176,516
Tyne 2,463,555 1,339,875 -1,123,680
London Gateway Port 1,357,978 2,101,143 +743,165
Southampton 505,659 2,632,878 +2,127,219
Immingham Docks 1,658,187 1,211,988 -446,199
Holyhead 1,391,620 1,066,776 -324,844

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 820790

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

Description: Various interchangeable tools not covered by other categories