Import/export HS code 830241: Building fittings

Metal fittings and mountings used in construction, such as for doors and windows

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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 337,338,758
India 95,361,864
Germany 34,611,891
Italy 27,371,569
Viet Nam 15,058,190

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 177,531,858 159,806,900 -17,724,958
India 48,722,865 46,638,999 -2,083,866
Germany 18,625,696 15,986,195 -2,639,501
Italy 13,702,130 13,669,439 -32,691
Viet Nam 8,209,525 6,848,665 -1,360,860
Poland 6,997,217 6,291,174 -706,043
Spain 6,236,168 5,988,669 -247,499
Belgium 6,738,357 5,411,554 -1,326,803
Ireland 6,090,509 5,665,063 -425,446
United States 5,540,530 4,668,138 -872,392

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 350,280,379
India 95,396,949
Italy 27,752,036
Germany 23,414,703
Poland 16,324,311

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 184,664,107 165,616,272 -19,047,835
India 48,930,996 46,465,953 -2,465,043
Italy 14,018,877 13,733,159 -285,718
Germany 12,265,589 11,149,114 -1,116,475
Poland 9,578,378 6,745,933 -2,832,445
Viet Nam 8,157,287 7,907,180 -250,107
Spain 6,314,632 5,974,795 -339,837
Belgium 5,874,540 4,344,910 -1,529,630
Taiwan 5,119,021 3,707,588 -1,411,433
Turkey 4,453,360 3,329,689 -1,123,671

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
West Midlands 142
Inner London - West 129
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 93
West Yorkshire 77
Outer London - West and North West 76

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 111 114 +3
Inner London - West 96 74 -22
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 72 67 -5
West Yorkshire 55 62 +7
Outer London - West and North West 46 51 +5
Greater Manchester 57 52 -5
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 51 52 +1
Surrey, East and West Sussex 45 53 +8
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 51 50 -1
Shropshire and Staffordshire 40 51 +11

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) 428,128,481
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 129,161,432
Air transport 66,036,381
Other 9,270,922
Road transport 792,931

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) 225,120,692 203,007,789 -22,112,903
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 67,786,183 61,375,249 -6,410,934
Air transport 33,866,242 32,170,139 -1,696,103
Other 6,456,089 2,814,833 -3,641,256
Road transport 435,402 357,529 -77,873

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 236,785,203
London Gateway Port 92,063,385
Southampton 78,834,327
Dover 55,142,436
London Heathrow Airport 22,802,527

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 144,491,950 92,293,253 -52,198,697
London Gateway Port 27,270,703 64,792,682 +37,521,979
Southampton 44,208,806 34,625,521 -9,583,285
Dover 27,205,421 27,937,015 +731,594
London Heathrow Airport 12,144,551 10,657,976 -1,486,575
Eurotunnel 12,910,903 9,168,530 -3,742,373
Birmingham Airport 9,416,042 8,491,796 -924,246
London 9,369,231 7,802,376 -1,566,855
000 6,456,089 2,814,833 -3,641,256
Thamesport 4,502,875 3,804,907 -697,968

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
456
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
292
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment
234
Specialised construction activities
209
Other manufacturing
128

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 420
2026-04 431
2026-03 452
2026-02 460
2026-01 394

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 800
0-1m 385
54m+ 308
15m-54m 197
Other 120

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 41,835,467
United States 30,127,459
France 10,630,597
United Arab Emirates 7,287,174
Germany 5,919,304

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 22,011,390 19,824,077 -2,187,313
United States 16,053,623 14,073,836 -1,979,787
France 5,243,415 5,387,182 +143,767
United Arab Emirates 3,763,713 3,523,461 -240,252
Germany 2,848,440 3,070,864 +222,424
Saudi Arabia 2,122,775 3,065,900 +943,125
Netherlands 2,144,577 2,728,321 +583,744
Australia 2,330,238 2,390,768 +60,530
Italy 2,026,307 1,754,436 -271,871
Poland 2,007,806 1,731,319 -276,487

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 2,104,822
China 831,085
Nicaragua 441,947
Ireland 322,446
Italy 86,040

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 1,002,057 1,102,765 +100,708
China 495,739 335,346 -160,393
Nicaragua 313,094 128,853 -184,241
Ireland 160,996 161,450 +454
Italy 36,186 49,854 +13,668
Austria 40,430 44,883 +4,453
Germany 18,333 19,989 +1,656
Belgium 8 32,728 +32,720
India 12,931 8,037 -4,894
Poland 7,599 3,495 -4,104

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) 69,369,538
Air transport 51,434,935
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 35,424,469
Other 4,519,760
Road transport 14,945

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) 35,424,302 33,945,236 -1,479,066
Air transport 24,574,782 26,860,153 +2,285,371
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 21,062,900 14,361,569 -6,701,331
Other 2,377,724 2,142,036 -235,688
Road transport 11,371 3,574 -7,797

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 26,077,724
Holyhead 22,966,974
London Heathrow Airport 18,209,459
East Midlands Airport 13,241,626
Liverpool Docks 13,166,021

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 13,085,499 12,992,225 -93,274
Holyhead 10,960,870 12,006,104 +1,045,234
London Heathrow Airport 8,518,534 9,690,925 +1,172,391
East Midlands Airport 7,326,505 5,915,121 -1,411,384
Liverpool Docks 8,977,123 4,188,898 -4,788,225
London Gateway Port 6,286,411 4,632,729 -1,653,682
Southampton 5,981,062 3,380,234 -2,600,828
London Stansted Airport 3,457,198 5,470,851 +2,013,653
ZLC 4,129,527 4,094,487 -35,040
Immingham Docks 2,259,905 2,442,191 +182,286

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 830241

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

Description: Metal fittings and mountings used in construction, such as for doors and windows