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 149,938,351
Germany 28,535,611
Taiwan 19,735,674
Malaysia 16,865,609
Netherlands 11,667,070

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 77,260,578 72,677,773 -4,582,805
Germany 14,571,789 13,963,822 -607,967
Taiwan 11,753,202 7,982,472 -3,770,730
Malaysia 8,353,388 8,512,221 +158,833
Netherlands 5,316,734 6,350,336 +1,033,602
United States 5,351,801 5,326,761 -25,040
Spain 3,819,382 4,056,749 +237,367
Finland 4,150,631 2,599,963 -1,550,668
Romania 3,275,784 3,235,967 -39,817
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 3,139,364 2,819,708 -319,656

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 169,909,890
Germany 21,318,051
Taiwan 19,488,183
Malaysia 17,226,624
United States 9,922,126

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 85,947,430 83,962,460 -1,984,970
Germany 10,455,355 10,862,696 +407,341
Taiwan 11,683,368 7,804,815 -3,878,553
Malaysia 8,621,815 8,604,809 -17,006
United States 4,944,230 4,977,896 +33,666
Finland 4,284,088 2,465,415 -1,818,673
Romania 3,374,374 3,340,884 -33,490
Spain 3,401,618 3,311,000 -90,618
Italy 3,005,067 3,273,913 +268,846
Austria 2,979,584 2,533,096 -446,488

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
West Midlands 98
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 89
Inner London - West 78
Surrey, East and West Sussex 72
Greater Manchester 67

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 76 73 -3
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 66 65 -1
Inner London - West 51 52 +1
Surrey, East and West Sussex 54 46 -8
Greater Manchester 48 53 +5
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 44 46 +2
Outer London - West and North West 28 39 +11
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 37 36 -1
Essex 32 34 +2
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 35 33 -2

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) 182,710,841
Air transport 72,516,933
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 62,098,410
Other 4,951,793
Road transport 843,377

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) 95,391,711 87,319,130 -8,072,581
Air transport 35,204,852 37,312,081 +2,107,229
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 32,926,205 29,172,205 -3,754,000
Other 3,024,327 1,927,466 -1,096,861
Road transport 373,482 469,895 +96,413
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 99,089,218
Southampton 37,839,903
London Gateway Port 24,823,127
Dover 22,504,376
Birmingham Airport 20,644,302

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 57,633,614 41,455,604 -16,178,010
Southampton 19,801,317 18,038,586 -1,762,731
London Gateway Port 7,691,487 17,131,640 +9,440,153
Dover 11,843,099 10,661,277 -1,181,822
Birmingham Airport 9,781,404 10,862,898 +1,081,494
London Heathrow Airport 8,897,060 9,424,417 +527,357
Thamesport 7,613,503 6,341,974 -1,271,529
East Midlands Airport 5,204,518 6,702,342 +1,497,824
Eurotunnel 6,199,097 4,183,419 -2,015,678
Harwich 4,869,358 5,253,574 +384,216

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 334
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 156
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 134
Other manufacturing 67
Specialised construction activities 67

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 244
2026-03 292
2026-02 259
2026-01 230
2025-12 253

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 499
54m+ 396
15m-54m 171
0-1m 124
Other 98

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 27,872,615
United States 9,975,666
Germany 6,022,939
Netherlands 6,011,915
France 4,986,814

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 13,062,538 14,810,077 +1,747,539
United States 5,927,489 4,048,177 -1,879,312
Germany 2,690,841 3,332,098 +641,257
Netherlands 2,514,199 3,497,716 +983,517
France 2,503,291 2,483,523 -19,768
China 2,079,821 2,363,371 +283,550
Italy 1,233,966 1,216,503 -17,463
United Arab Emirates 1,116,890 1,314,798 +197,908
Norway 745,462 1,464,863 +719,401
Poland 928,728 1,258,839 +330,111

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 255,203
China 239,093
XI 162,696
Taiwan 25,419
Austria 23,870

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 113,828 141,375 +27,547
China 103,438 135,655 +32,217
XI 115,218 47,478 -67,740
Taiwan 9,162 16,257 +7,095
Austria 19,469 4,401 -15,068
Germany 5,560 9,826 +4,266
Sweden 9,286 2 -9,284
India 2,605 2,394 -211
Italy 1,280 2,418 +1,138
Netherlands 0 1,952 +1,952

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 47,078,593
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 42,093,136
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 6,498,817
Other 1,265,752
Road transport 18,151

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 22,964,160 24,114,433 +1,150,273
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 18,953,791 23,139,345 +4,185,554
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 3,498,375 3,000,442 -497,933
Other 819,163 446,589 -372,574
Road transport 13,401 4,750 -8,651

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 19,295,089
London Heathrow Airport 13,591,449
Holyhead 12,725,425
Dover / Eurotunnel 11,815,741
ZLC 8,142,040

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 8,999,960 10,295,129 +1,295,169
London Heathrow Airport 6,480,536 7,110,913 +630,377
Holyhead 5,419,681 7,305,744 +1,886,063
Dover / Eurotunnel 5,035,812 6,779,929 +1,744,117
ZLC 3,994,648 4,147,392 +152,744
Milford 1,453,505 3,505,637 +2,052,132
Dover 2,611,223 2,086,530 -524,693
Liverpool Docks 3,495,132 957,289 -2,537,843
London Stansted Airport 1,877,642 1,467,498 -410,144
London Gateway Port 1,694,728 1,132,562 -562,166

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