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 318,182,764
India 93,234,195
Germany 35,896,416
Italy 25,301,595
Viet Nam 14,108,806

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 178,903,091 139,279,673 -39,623,418
India 50,930,059 42,304,136 -8,625,923
Germany 20,459,651 15,436,765 -5,022,886
Italy 13,140,464 12,161,131 -979,333
Viet Nam 7,895,475 6,213,331 -1,682,144
Poland 6,150,002 5,820,657 -329,345
Spain 5,988,915 5,901,622 -87,293
Belgium 6,852,209 4,769,069 -2,083,140
Ireland 5,716,066 5,291,939 -424,127
Austria 7,128,239 3,517,435 -3,610,804

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 329,919,683
India 93,283,532
Italy 25,999,815
Germany 22,880,144
Poland 17,311,918

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 185,272,981 144,646,702 -40,626,279
India 51,222,407 42,061,125 -9,161,282
Italy 13,704,194 12,295,621 -1,408,573
Germany 12,990,153 9,889,991 -3,100,162
Poland 10,417,288 6,894,630 -3,522,658
Viet Nam 8,296,450 6,779,191 -1,517,259
Spain 5,970,093 6,000,064 +29,971
Belgium 5,973,717 4,031,461 -1,942,256
Taiwan 5,634,257 3,640,243 -1,994,014
Turkey 4,458,055 3,556,141 -901,914

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
West Midlands 144
Inner London - West 130
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 93
West Yorkshire 77
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 71

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 107 115 +8
Inner London - West 103 67 -36
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 72 66 -6
West Yorkshire 60 54 -6
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 50 54 +4
Greater Manchester 56 46 -10
Outer London - West and North West 47 44 -3
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 51 47 -4
Surrey, East and West Sussex 47 46 -1
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 38 40 +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) 407,453,403
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 126,654,957
Air transport 61,812,836
Other 12,038,384
Road transport 875,129

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) 227,514,975 179,938,428 -47,576,547
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 70,685,794 55,969,163 -14,716,631
Air transport 34,237,609 27,575,227 -6,662,382
Other 7,572,439 4,465,945 -3,106,494
Road transport 398,918 476,211 +77,293

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 248,606,414
Southampton 76,673,895
London Gateway Port 66,178,647
Dover 52,681,767
London Heathrow Airport 22,831,343

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 162,551,063 86,055,351 -76,495,712
Southampton 44,070,869 32,603,026 -11,467,843
London Gateway Port 14,615,877 51,562,770 +36,946,893
Dover 28,607,748 24,074,019 -4,533,729
London Heathrow Airport 12,972,810 9,858,533 -3,114,277
Eurotunnel 12,298,801 10,036,541 -2,262,260
Birmingham Airport 9,645,030 7,315,393 -2,329,637
London 9,065,517 6,512,199 -2,553,318
000 7,572,439 4,465,945 -3,106,494
Thamesport 4,489,381 3,779,140 -710,241

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 445
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 273
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 235
Specialised construction activities 208
Other manufacturing 125

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 394
2025-11 445
2025-10 471
2025-09 447
2025-08 403

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 784
0-1m 361
54m+ 306
15m-54m 194
Other 110

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 46,562,550
United States 27,186,040
France 10,060,138
United Arab Emirates 7,339,849
Germany 5,666,513

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 26,749,072 19,813,478 -6,935,594
United States 12,382,040 14,804,000 +2,421,960
France 5,429,103 4,631,035 -798,068
United Arab Emirates 3,862,445 3,477,404 -385,041
Germany 2,764,376 2,902,137 +137,761
Netherlands 2,166,798 2,211,898 +45,100
Australia 2,107,959 2,185,542 +77,583
Poland 2,263,346 1,635,947 -627,399
Italy 1,588,132 2,040,431 +452,299
Saudi Arabia 1,146,546 2,439,049 +1,292,503

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 1,822,682
China 802,530
Nicaragua 561,821
Ireland 307,295
Italy 77,786

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 990,870 831,812 -159,058
China 424,175 378,355 -45,820
Nicaragua 265,040 296,781 +31,741
Ireland 193,913 113,382 -80,531
Italy 35,079 42,707 +7,628
Austria 36,733 36,131 -602
Belgium 30,338 32,728 +2,390
Germany 16,198 16,527 +329
India 12,200 5,917 -6,283
Poland 7,104 2,529 -4,575

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) 72,825,323
Air transport 45,832,301
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 34,403,765
Other 4,282,337
Road transport 48,139

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) 40,599,421 32,225,902 -8,373,519
Air transport 22,455,945 23,376,356 +920,411
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 16,478,220 17,925,545 +1,447,325
Other 2,282,787 1,999,550 -283,237
Road transport 48,139 0 -48,139

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Holyhead 27,644,918
Dover / Eurotunnel 25,378,409
London Heathrow Airport 15,520,406
Liverpool Docks 13,950,534
East Midlands Airport 13,009,637

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 £
Holyhead 16,325,566 11,319,352 -5,006,214
Dover / Eurotunnel 13,478,571 11,899,838 -1,578,733
London Heathrow Airport 7,206,167 8,314,239 +1,108,072
Liverpool Docks 6,883,952 7,066,582 +182,630
East Midlands Airport 7,203,275 5,806,362 -1,396,913
London Gateway Port 6,174,668 4,307,161 -1,867,507
Southampton 4,348,797 4,834,196 +485,399
ZLC 4,040,476 3,971,339 -69,137
London Stansted Airport 3,114,297 3,922,369 +808,072
000 2,282,787 1,999,550 -283,237

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