Import/export HS code 8302: Metal fittings for furniture, doors, and more

Includes hinges, castors, and other metal parts for furniture, doors, vehicles, and buildings. Also covers hat racks, brackets, and automatic door closers

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 840,993,749
Germany 269,385,634
United States 215,299,861
India 163,454,979
Turkey 131,598,632

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 444,455,412 396,538,337 -47,917,075
Germany 140,163,698 129,221,936 -10,941,762
United States 111,772,094 103,527,767 -8,244,327
India 81,491,366 81,963,613 +472,247
Turkey 71,043,113 60,555,519 -10,487,594
Austria 64,504,388 60,197,670 -4,306,718
Italy 56,381,486 58,860,573 +2,479,087
Netherlands 41,421,067 45,788,421 +4,367,354
France 43,394,141 39,140,198 -4,253,943
Spain 27,270,748 28,248,132 +977,384

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 958,851,752
Germany 220,157,943
United States 219,919,833
India 167,228,214
Turkey 134,099,098

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 502,727,773 456,123,979 -46,603,794
Germany 112,583,990 107,573,953 -5,010,037
United States 111,486,189 108,433,644 -3,052,545
India 83,673,436 83,554,778 -118,658
Turkey 72,628,926 61,470,172 -11,158,754
Austria 63,754,228 61,771,645 -1,982,583
Italy 55,318,904 55,558,816 +239,912
Taiwan 34,624,522 25,718,244 -8,906,278
Spain 30,122,020 28,526,971 -1,595,049
France 29,145,373 24,509,360 -4,636,013

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 464
West Midlands 385
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 349
Surrey, East and West Sussex 264
Greater Manchester 262

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
Inner London - West 336 292 -44
West Midlands 301 299 -2
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 260 252 -8
Surrey, East and West Sussex 195 190 -5
Greater Manchester 194 184 -10
West Yorkshire 197 177 -20
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 173 174 +1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 169 168 -1
Outer London - West and North West 152 151 -1
Inner London - East 142 139 -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) 1,187,674,271
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 783,293,073
Air transport 495,731,547
Other 57,387,892
Road transport 12,574,692

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) 616,248,047 571,426,224 -44,821,823
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 403,584,490 379,708,583 -23,875,907
Air transport 248,667,500 247,064,047 -1,603,453
Other 46,250,395 11,137,497 -35,112,898
Road transport 6,340,877 6,233,815 -107,062
Rail transport 4,547,629 2,405,165 -2,142,464

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 575,009,058
Dover 327,445,646
Southampton 225,685,111
London Gateway Port 173,620,653
London Heathrow Airport 162,204,137

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 332,710,500 242,298,558 -90,411,942
Dover 165,271,036 162,174,610 -3,096,426
Southampton 130,413,783 95,271,328 -35,142,455
London Gateway Port 55,691,238 117,929,415 +62,238,177
London Heathrow Airport 87,004,446 75,199,691 -11,804,755
Eurotunnel 71,167,791 66,593,860 -4,573,931
East Midlands Airport 36,326,663 43,450,246 +7,123,583
London Stansted Airport 39,825,953 39,489,315 -336,638
Immingham Docks 34,941,631 43,525,829 +8,584,198
Birmingham Airport 38,419,671 35,594,147 -2,825,524

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
1454
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
922
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment
477
Specialised construction activities
377
Other manufacturing
362

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 1449
2026-04 1398
2026-03 1529
2026-02 1466
2026-01 1370

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 2532
54m+ 1510
0-1m 983
15m-54m 676
Other 418

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 178,425,690
Ireland 98,102,420
Germany 84,393,152
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 56,694,768
France 49,639,903

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 108,144,799 70,280,891 -37,863,908
Ireland 50,881,004 47,221,416 -3,659,588
Germany 43,894,300 40,498,852 -3,395,448
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 25,179,700 31,515,068 +6,335,368
France 23,295,698 26,344,205 +3,048,507
United Arab Emirates 22,601,474 25,822,729 +3,221,255
Singapore 16,098,908 25,841,499 +9,742,591
Belgium 12,818,879 18,040,720 +5,221,841
Netherlands 13,946,691 14,069,377 +122,686
Poland 8,745,649 11,311,490 +2,565,841

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 £
Switzerland 5,537,782
XI 3,538,125
China 2,723,072
Germany 1,105,608
Nicaragua 779,029

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 £
Switzerland 2,837,321 2,700,461 -136,860
XI 1,860,545 1,677,580 -182,965
China 1,635,118 1,087,954 -547,164
Germany 580,981 524,627 -56,354
Nicaragua 341,288 437,741 +96,453
Ireland 294,776 441,259 +146,483
Italy 152,701 173,348 +20,647
Sweden 124,524 133,465 +8,941
Taiwan 79,851 110,666 +30,815
Poland 68,679 58,331 -10,348

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 459,873,036
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 310,377,831
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 110,397,503
Other 17,035,729
Road transport 102,644

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 234,564,411 225,308,625 -9,255,786
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 156,288,090 154,089,741 -2,198,349
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 64,929,863 45,467,640 -19,462,223
Other 8,899,267 8,136,462 -762,805
Road transport 99,070 3,574 -95,496

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 221,362,654
Dover / Eurotunnel 180,150,070
East Midlands Airport 109,519,364
Holyhead 51,122,620
London Stansted Airport 46,140,780

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 £
London Heathrow Airport 118,290,069 103,072,585 -15,217,484
Dover / Eurotunnel 90,443,166 89,706,904 -736,262
East Midlands Airport 53,523,548 55,995,816 +2,472,268
Holyhead 23,592,315 27,530,305 +3,937,990
London Stansted Airport 25,967,007 20,173,773 -5,793,234
Liverpool Docks 21,867,325 14,548,205 -7,319,120
ZLC 17,890,907 16,522,269 -1,368,638
London Gateway Port 19,896,901 11,902,730 -7,994,171
Southampton 17,504,461 12,353,711 -5,150,750
Birmingham Airport 10,956,211 13,444,070 +2,487,859

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 8302

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

Description: Includes hinges, castors, and other metal parts for furniture, doors, vehicles, and buildings. Also covers hat racks, brackets, and automatic door closers