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 53,660,535
Germany 31,033,810
United States 22,319,769
France 9,218,927
Netherlands 7,885,057

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 27,959,491 25,701,044 -2,258,447
Germany 16,039,913 14,993,897 -1,046,016
United States 13,604,870 8,714,899 -4,889,971
France 4,011,321 5,207,606 +1,196,285
Netherlands 4,274,120 3,610,937 -663,183
Taiwan 3,822,366 3,708,873 -113,493
Italy 2,646,217 3,211,427 +565,210
Austria 2,450,468 1,402,712 -1,047,756
Belgium 1,915,902 1,771,730 -144,172
Ireland 1,647,861 1,829,559 +181,698

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 67,239,130
United States 24,613,373
Germany 14,601,072
Taiwan 9,686,186
United Kingdom 7,191,329

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 36,140,089 31,099,041 -5,041,048
United States 14,200,473 10,412,900 -3,787,573
Germany 7,522,288 7,078,784 -443,504
Taiwan 5,022,566 4,663,620 -358,946
United Kingdom 4,677,274 2,514,055 -2,163,219
Italy 3,506,605 3,482,608 -23,997
France 2,028,088 3,028,990 +1,000,902
South Korea 1,484,605 2,501,849 +1,017,244
Czechia 2,110,121 1,751,487 -358,634
Brazil 1,673,504 1,639,634 -33,870

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 102
West Midlands 100
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 87
West Yorkshire 85
Inner London - West 82

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 71 59 -12
West Midlands 80 67 -13
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 73 55 -18
West Yorkshire 58 58 +0
Inner London - West 52 47 -5
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 58 51 -7
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 53 48 -5
Greater Manchester 46 41 -5
Shropshire and Staffordshire 49 45 -4
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 49 40 -9

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) 77,492,673
Air transport 65,683,617
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 31,476,692
Other 2,656,271
Road transport 203,466

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) 42,095,789 35,396,884 -6,698,905
Air transport 33,837,453 31,846,164 -1,991,289
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 17,474,797 14,001,895 -3,472,902
Other 1,148,571 1,507,700 +359,129
Road transport 146,693 56,773 -89,920
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 34,364,848
East Midlands Airport 29,407,332
Southampton 22,517,309
London Heathrow Airport 11,395,964
London Gateway Port 10,471,108

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 20,159,983 14,204,865 -5,955,118
East Midlands Airport 15,034,932 14,372,400 -662,532
Southampton 12,687,161 9,830,148 -2,857,013
London Heathrow Airport 5,992,402 5,403,562 -588,840
London Gateway Port 2,871,887 7,599,221 +4,727,334
Dover 4,541,003 4,493,222 -47,781
London Stansted Airport 4,380,853 4,004,373 -376,480
Dover / Eurotunnel 5,059,369 2,719,997 -2,339,372
Birmingham Airport 2,689,249 3,645,729 +956,480
Immingham Docks 2,927,763 2,123,236 -804,527

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 440
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 216
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 144
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 139
Other manufacturing 113

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 297
2025-11 328
2025-10 337
2025-09 303
2025-08 320

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 657
54m+ 548
15m-54m 189
0-1m 179
Other 115

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 14,630,983
Netherlands 11,790,720
Germany 8,225,776
France 5,736,448
Ireland 5,475,700

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 9,380,898 5,250,085 -4,130,813
Netherlands 6,117,077 5,673,643 -443,434
Germany 4,578,923 3,646,853 -932,070
France 3,205,416 2,531,032 -674,384
Ireland 3,283,936 2,191,764 -1,092,172
Saudi Arabia 2,226,137 1,465,806 -760,331
Norway 2,002,840 1,581,906 -420,934
Poland 1,891,111 1,454,231 -436,880
India 821,388 1,857,303 +1,035,915
Italy 1,300,290 1,354,862 +54,572

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 457,452
China 365,582
Italy 107,323
Portugal 84,155
Taiwan 25,641

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 405,046 52,406 -352,640
China 217,371 148,211 -69,160
Italy 87,945 19,378 -68,567
Portugal 47,986 36,169 -11,817
Taiwan 14,854 10,787 -4,067
Brazil 9,203 10,775 +1,572
Germany 5,683 10,148 +4,465
Czechia 4,146 4,723 +577
Ireland 1,196 4,721 +3,525
Nicaragua 3,987 1,298 -2,689

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 61,094,909
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 24,224,362
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 10,831,929
Other 1,183,740
Road transport 275,780

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 34,899,996 26,194,913 -8,705,083
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 13,453,132 10,771,230 -2,681,902
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 4,638,235 6,193,694 +1,555,459
Other 832,542 351,198 -481,344
Road transport 270,776 5,004 -265,772
Rail transport 0 3,769 +3,769

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 24,564,330
London Heathrow Airport 13,724,688
Dover / Eurotunnel 12,294,952
London Stansted Airport 11,396,877
ZLC 6,191,239

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 13,149,270 11,415,060 -1,734,210
London Heathrow Airport 7,929,207 5,795,481 -2,133,726
Dover / Eurotunnel 6,376,963 5,917,989 -458,974
London Stansted Airport 7,908,497 3,488,380 -4,420,117
ZLC 3,196,614 2,994,625 -201,989
Tyne 2,738,691 1,314,027 -1,424,664
London Gateway Port 1,415,068 1,679,139 +264,071
Southampton 670,017 2,155,936 +1,485,919
Immingham Docks 1,695,591 938,617 -756,974
Holyhead 1,365,635 955,091 -410,544

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