Import/export HS code 830160: Parts of locks and keys

Spare parts for locks, keys, and other metal security items

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 45,154,402
Germany 33,906,435
Spain 12,982,827
Taiwan 4,964,459
Israel 4,517,188

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 26,462,829 18,691,573 -7,771,256
Germany 16,117,722 17,788,713 +1,670,991
Spain 6,935,847 6,046,980 -888,867
Taiwan 2,907,737 2,056,722 -851,015
Israel 2,606,241 1,910,947 -695,294
Finland 269,743 3,853,420 +3,583,677
Austria 2,012,099 1,602,861 -409,238
United States 2,057,555 1,319,783 -737,772
Italy 1,923,407 1,354,917 -568,490
France 2,172,923 1,074,363 -1,098,560

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 50,078,062
Germany 31,060,288
Spain 11,651,626
Taiwan 5,276,692
Finland 4,061,348

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 27,853,742 22,224,320 -5,629,422
Germany 15,333,527 15,726,761 +393,234
Spain 5,778,262 5,873,364 +95,102
Taiwan 3,088,674 2,188,018 -900,656
Finland 205,629 3,855,719 +3,650,090
Czechia 1,754,931 2,089,307 +334,376
Israel 2,220,397 1,424,420 -795,977
Austria 2,011,502 1,591,324 -420,178
Italy 2,007,454 1,532,692 -474,762
Turkey 2,027,915 1,468,492 -559,423

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
West Midlands 55
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 46
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 34
Surrey, East and West Sussex 33
Greater Manchester 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
West Midlands 39 45 +6
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 32 33 +1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 24 22 -2
Surrey, East and West Sussex 25 24 -1
Greater Manchester 21 24 +3
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 22 20 -2
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 20 15 -5
Essex 16 18 +2
Shropshire and Staffordshire 18 16 -2
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 17 17 +0

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) 56,964,308
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 48,937,020
Air transport 34,213,092
Rail transport 1,307,058
Road transport 686,869

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) 31,822,354 25,141,954 -6,680,400
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 22,877,259 26,059,761 +3,182,502
Air transport 18,109,870 16,103,222 -2,006,648
Rail transport 776,339 530,719 -245,620
Road transport 438,164 248,705 -189,459
Other 94,429 37,738 -56,691

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 32,949,762
Felixstowe 23,930,842
Birmingham Airport 12,504,225
Southampton 10,500,538
London Gateway Port 10,067,577

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 £
Dover 15,655,088 17,294,674 +1,639,586
Felixstowe 14,782,599 9,148,243 -5,634,356
Birmingham Airport 6,224,776 6,279,449 +54,673
Southampton 5,671,326 4,829,212 -842,114
London Gateway Port 6,080,535 3,987,042 -2,093,493
Thamesport 4,883,238 4,125,204 -758,034
London Heathrow Airport 4,572,462 3,244,477 -1,327,985
East Midlands Airport 2,384,145 3,494,054 +1,109,909
London 1,296,199 3,864,683 +2,568,484
Eurotunnel 2,533,019 2,603,665 +70,646

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
139
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment
86
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
49
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles
34
Other manufacturing
31

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 139
2026-04 126
2026-03 143
2026-02 133
2026-01 109

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 243
54m+ 174
15m-54m 70
0-1m 57
Other 44

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 7,644,671
France 5,052,016
Ireland 3,192,824
Dominican Republic 1,934,110
Germany 1,711,121

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 4,414,365 3,230,306 -1,184,059
France 2,553,354 2,498,662 -54,692
Ireland 1,768,709 1,424,115 -344,594
Dominican Republic 880,246 1,053,864 +173,618
Germany 808,617 902,504 +93,887
United Arab Emirates 1,142,003 525,465 -616,538
Egypt 317,108 996,716 +679,608
Poland 689,987 583,841 -106,146
Estonia 1,206,212 0 -1,206,212
China 671,339 182,094 -489,245

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 51,620
China 8,362
Ireland 1,730
Germany 1,285
Italy 750

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 1,562 50,058 +48,496
China 2,154 6,208 +4,054
Ireland 1,730 0 -1,730
Germany 301 984 +683
Italy 462 288 -174
Hungary 276 0 -276
Viet Nam 173 0 -173
France 43 0 -43
Portugal 0 26 +26
Spain 16 0 -16

Export volume by transport

What this shows: Export value by transport mode used to ship goods from the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 14,676,655
Air transport 13,159,359
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 7,141,592
Other 290,045

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 £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 8,045,172 6,631,483 -1,413,689
Air transport 7,553,416 5,605,943 -1,947,473
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 3,667,169 3,474,423 -192,746
Other 205,173 84,872 -120,301

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 10,434,740
London Heathrow Airport 6,276,773
East Midlands Airport 4,146,113
Southampton 2,964,301
Felixstowe 1,674,207

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 5,826,698 4,608,042 -1,218,656
London Heathrow Airport 3,616,681 2,660,092 -956,589
East Midlands Airport 2,187,250 1,958,863 -228,387
Southampton 1,625,536 1,338,765 -286,771
Felixstowe 875,207 799,000 -76,207
Holyhead 874,276 717,387 -156,889
London Gateway Port 640,845 685,852 +45,007
ZLC 557,334 415,493 -141,841
Liverpool Docks 462,259 314,817 -147,442
Manchester Airport 690,390 65,936 -624,454

Quick facts

HS code: 830160

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

Description: Spare parts for locks, keys, and other metal security items