Import/export HS code 830140: Various types of locks

Various locks not specifically for vehicles or furniture, including cylinder locks and others

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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 135,109,740
Germany 27,805,022
Taiwan 19,313,712
Malaysia 14,539,993
Netherlands 10,817,963

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 77,891,481 57,218,259 -20,673,222
Germany 14,990,808 12,814,214 -2,176,594
Taiwan 12,357,075 6,956,637 -5,400,438
Malaysia 7,708,606 6,831,387 -877,219
Netherlands 5,556,183 5,261,780 -294,403
United States 5,398,506 4,447,069 -951,437
Finland 4,149,715 3,206,512 -943,203
Spain 4,131,905 3,206,672 -925,233
Romania 3,298,920 2,637,833 -661,087
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 3,160,072 2,452,928 -707,144

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 152,558,353
Germany 20,159,093
Taiwan 19,243,109
Malaysia 14,729,422
United States 9,168,951

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 86,702,259 65,856,094 -20,846,165
Germany 10,866,325 9,292,768 -1,573,557
Taiwan 12,172,071 7,071,038 -5,101,033
Malaysia 7,943,359 6,786,063 -1,157,296
United States 5,087,630 4,081,321 -1,006,309
Finland 4,272,087 3,160,968 -1,111,119
Spain 3,721,499 2,604,110 -1,117,389
Romania 3,397,037 2,714,395 -682,642
Italy 2,938,807 2,801,960 -136,847
Austria 2,888,848 2,304,957 -583,891

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
West Midlands 95
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 85
Inner London - West 77
Greater Manchester 66
Surrey, East and West Sussex 66

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
West Midlands 78 67 -11
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 66 59 -7
Inner London - West 54 47 -7
Greater Manchester 46 52 +6
Surrey, East and West Sussex 51 43 -8
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 46 41 -5
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 35 33 -2
Outer London - West and North West 26 35 +9
Essex 31 31 +0
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 34 33 -1

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) 166,765,449
Air transport 64,951,231
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 58,166,940
Other 5,934,023
Road transport 722,821

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) 95,356,724 71,408,725 -23,947,999
Air transport 35,213,590 29,737,641 -5,475,949
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 34,034,598 24,132,342 -9,902,256
Other 3,109,354 2,824,669 -284,685
Road transport 274,578 448,243 +173,665
Rail transport 91,315 0 -91,315

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 92,199,880
Southampton 36,240,978
Dover 20,970,823
London Gateway Port 20,164,450
Birmingham Airport 18,370,339

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 60,498,147 31,701,733 -28,796,414
Southampton 18,676,987 17,563,991 -1,112,996
Dover 11,928,606 9,042,217 -2,886,389
London Gateway Port 6,388,675 13,775,775 +7,387,100
Birmingham Airport 9,583,965 8,786,374 -797,591
London Heathrow Airport 9,366,855 7,029,937 -2,336,918
Thamesport 7,554,114 4,998,194 -2,555,920
East Midlands Airport 4,967,512 5,650,118 +682,606
Eurotunnel 6,590,284 3,578,949 -3,011,335
Harwich 5,367,819 4,559,566 -808,253

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 322
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 147
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 126
Other manufacturing 68
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 59

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 230
2025-11 244
2025-10 272
2025-09 255
2025-08 262

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 480
54m+ 374
15m-54m 156
0-1m 116
Other 96

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 £
Ireland 25,049,987
United States 10,017,679
Germany 5,714,390
Netherlands 5,151,010
France 4,612,836

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 £
Ireland 13,035,559 12,014,428 -1,021,131
United States 6,323,135 3,694,544 -2,628,591
Germany 2,719,141 2,995,249 +276,108
Netherlands 2,180,499 2,970,511 +790,012
France 2,539,896 2,072,940 -466,956
China 2,234,241 1,464,622 -769,619
United Arab Emirates 953,776 1,199,595 +245,819
Italy 1,245,965 874,064 -371,901
Poland 938,067 1,017,968 +79,901
India 653,121 1,153,578 +500,457

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 £
Ireland 222,737
China 210,839
XI 174,413
Austria 21,488
Taiwan 19,100

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 £
Ireland 117,341 105,396 -11,945
China 116,096 94,743 -21,353
XI 133,580 40,833 -92,747
Austria 19,722 1,766 -17,956
Taiwan 10,505 8,595 -1,910
Germany 5,833 7,985 +2,152
Sweden 10,830 2 -10,828
Nicaragua 9,810 0 -9,810
India 3,230 1,921 -1,309
Italy 1,223 1,867 +644

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 43,603,283
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 37,073,936
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 6,236,257
Other 1,334,436
Road transport 194,813

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 23,381,199 20,222,084 -3,159,115
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 18,358,957 18,714,979 +356,022
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 3,455,052 2,781,205 -673,847
Other 1,013,451 320,985 -692,466
Road transport 193,856 957 -192,899

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 17,567,368
London Heathrow Airport 12,175,272
Holyhead 11,324,332
Dover / Eurotunnel 10,301,258
ZLC 8,019,560

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 9,345,125 8,222,243 -1,122,882
London Heathrow Airport 5,980,053 6,195,219 +215,166
Holyhead 5,551,198 5,773,134 +221,936
Dover / Eurotunnel 4,786,626 5,514,632 +728,006
ZLC 4,658,152 3,361,408 -1,296,744
Liverpool Docks 3,618,055 1,087,079 -2,530,976
Dover 2,604,177 1,996,697 -607,480
Milford 1,142,882 2,321,808 +1,178,926
London Stansted Airport 1,859,760 1,265,933 -593,827
London Gateway Port 1,709,551 986,851 -722,700

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 830140

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

Description: Various locks not specifically for vehicles or furniture, including cylinder locks and others