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 351,780,367
India 101,099,539
Germany 36,526,820
Italy 28,484,967
Viet Nam 15,560,163

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 176,099,214 175,681,153 -418,061
India 51,088,425 50,011,114 -1,077,311
Germany 19,515,408 17,011,412 -2,503,996
Italy 13,589,623 14,895,344 +1,305,721
Viet Nam 8,243,765 7,316,398 -927,367
Poland 6,718,651 6,862,061 +143,410
Spain 6,207,690 6,694,428 +486,738
Belgium 6,937,788 5,915,987 -1,021,801
Ireland 6,059,271 6,095,330 +36,059
United States 5,761,658 5,133,935 -627,723

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 365,012,154
India 101,307,413
Italy 28,973,534
Germany 24,571,871
Poland 17,809,673

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 182,930,102 182,082,052 -848,050
India 51,412,469 49,894,944 -1,517,525
Italy 14,081,867 14,891,667 +809,800
Germany 12,722,018 11,849,853 -872,165
Poland 10,106,085 7,703,588 -2,402,497
Viet Nam 8,399,920 8,164,489 -235,431
Spain 6,209,802 6,712,094 +502,292
Belgium 6,120,071 4,749,973 -1,370,098
Taiwan 5,601,271 4,103,725 -1,497,546
Turkey 4,376,661 3,970,483 -406,178

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
West Midlands 145
Inner London - West 136
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 95
West Yorkshire 83
Outer London - West and North West 75

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 111 117 +6
Inner London - West 102 71 -31
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 75 66 -9
West Yorkshire 63 61 -2
Outer London - West and North West 46 54 +8
Greater Manchester 56 53 -3
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 50 53 +3
Surrey, East and West Sussex 45 52 +7
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 47 54 +7
Shropshire and Staffordshire 42 51 +9

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) 448,184,784
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 136,132,797
Air transport 69,007,489
Other 10,597,201
Road transport 845,180

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) 226,033,376 222,151,408 -3,881,968
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 69,419,192 66,713,605 -2,705,587
Air transport 34,642,768 34,364,721 -278,047
Other 7,050,571 3,546,630 -3,503,941
Road transport 316,953 528,227 +211,274

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 257,242,829
London Gateway Port 88,854,301
Southampton 82,150,905
Dover 57,382,974
London Heathrow Airport 24,145,360

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 155,287,080 101,955,749 -53,331,331
London Gateway Port 17,896,343 70,957,958 +53,061,615
Southampton 44,601,695 37,549,210 -7,052,485
Dover 27,558,343 29,824,631 +2,266,288
London Heathrow Airport 12,583,764 11,561,596 -1,022,168
Eurotunnel 13,076,038 10,456,252 -2,619,786
Birmingham Airport 9,773,140 9,305,645 -467,495
London 9,522,585 8,581,446 -941,139
000 7,050,571 3,546,630 -3,503,941
Thamesport 4,441,602 4,232,373 -209,229

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 465
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 294
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 239
Specialised construction activities 215
Other manufacturing 132

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 431
2026-03 452
2026-02 460
2026-01 394
2025-12 390

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 810
0-1m 400
54m+ 317
15m-54m 201
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 43,745,122
United States 30,762,448
France 11,030,014
United Arab Emirates 7,786,313
Germany 6,020,667

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 21,582,251 22,162,871 +580,620
United States 14,285,457 16,476,991 +2,191,534
France 5,247,117 5,782,897 +535,780
United Arab Emirates 3,744,476 4,041,837 +297,361
Germany 2,852,434 3,168,233 +315,799
Saudi Arabia 1,430,805 3,766,724 +2,335,919
Netherlands 2,147,114 2,977,458 +830,344
Australia 2,205,043 2,635,216 +430,173
Poland 2,200,369 1,837,094 -363,275
Italy 1,687,828 2,187,399 +499,571

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 2,120,881
China 852,293
Nicaragua 491,395
Ireland 348,524
Italy 90,443

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 1,024,003 1,096,878 +72,875
China 462,527 389,766 -72,761
Nicaragua 218,308 273,087 +54,779
Ireland 171,796 176,728 +4,932
Italy 33,659 56,784 +23,125
Austria 37,755 43,464 +5,709
Germany 17,728 21,075 +3,347
Belgium 8 32,728 +32,720
India 12,563 8,920 -3,643
Poland 7,055 3,848 -3,207

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) 72,455,192
Air transport 52,907,248
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 37,040,732
Other 4,653,900
Road transport 17,431

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) 35,507,719 36,947,473 +1,439,754
Air transport 23,183,970 29,723,278 +6,539,308
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 18,896,547 18,144,185 -752,362
Other 2,251,844 2,402,056 +150,212
Road transport 17,431 0 -17,431

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 27,056,755
Holyhead 23,792,658
London Heathrow Airport 18,476,782
Liverpool Docks 14,211,482
East Midlands Airport 14,015,281

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 13,044,238 14,012,517 +968,279
Holyhead 10,970,195 12,822,463 +1,852,268
London Heathrow Airport 7,711,270 10,765,512 +3,054,242
Liverpool Docks 8,487,524 5,723,958 -2,763,566
East Midlands Airport 7,220,382 6,794,899 -425,483
London Gateway Port 6,221,868 5,181,863 -1,040,005
Southampton 5,087,468 4,636,562 -450,906
London Stansted Airport 3,173,912 5,667,415 +2,493,503
ZLC 3,971,528 4,651,075 +679,547
Immingham Docks 2,150,665 2,679,588 +528,923

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