Import/export HS code 830629: Bells, gongs, and similar items made of base metal (not plated with precious metal)

Includes bells, gongs, and similar items made of base metals like iron or steel, without any precious metal coating

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 89,469,314
India 10,403,612
Netherlands 3,833,956
United States 3,717,005
Germany 3,658,352

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 44,005,743 45,463,571 +1,457,828
India 4,882,373 5,521,239 +638,866
Netherlands 1,973,381 1,860,575 -112,806
United States 1,779,221 1,937,784 +158,563
Germany 1,725,068 1,933,284 +208,216
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 1,081,544 1,375,026 +293,482
France 1,075,452 1,053,160 -22,292
Italy 715,273 915,613 +200,340
Thailand 925,559 465,756 -459,803
Spain 446,570 817,084 +370,514

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 99,659,210
India 11,259,170
Germany 2,708,027
United States 2,581,244
Italy 1,569,417

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 49,099,540 50,559,670 +1,460,130
India 5,302,942 5,956,228 +653,286
Germany 1,281,115 1,426,912 +145,797
United States 1,349,499 1,231,745 -117,754
Italy 646,328 923,089 +276,761
Thailand 923,777 446,951 -476,826
Spain 495,493 845,992 +350,499
Poland 540,789 561,890 +21,101
Switzerland 369,549 345,526 -24,023
Philippines 388,111 266,122 -121,989

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 213
Outer London - West and North West 94
Inner London - East 66
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 57
Surrey, East and West Sussex 57

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 139 137 -2
Outer London - West and North West 52 67 +15
Inner London - East 36 47 +11
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 25 44 +19
Surrey, East and West Sussex 32 41 +9
Greater Manchester 21 37 +16
West Midlands 37 31 -6
West Yorkshire 26 25 -1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 26 23 -3
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 23 22 -1

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) 78,557,655
Air transport 30,079,501
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 14,002,846
Other 5,233,164
Road transport 416,949

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) 37,068,676 41,488,979 +4,420,303
Air transport 14,741,025 15,338,476 +597,451
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 7,088,513 6,914,333 -174,180
Other 4,025,206 1,207,958 -2,817,248
Road transport 238,263 178,686 -59,577

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 37,745,040
London Heathrow Airport 16,769,309
Southampton 16,677,875
London Gateway Port 15,841,733
000 5,233,164

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 22,276,593 15,468,447 -6,808,146
London Heathrow Airport 8,346,161 8,423,148 +76,987
Southampton 9,201,134 7,476,741 -1,724,393
London Gateway Port 3,103,207 12,738,526 +9,635,319
000 4,025,206 1,207,958 -2,817,248
499 346,015 4,091,795 +3,745,780
Dover 2,081,070 2,301,204 +220,134
Birmingham Airport 1,668,301 1,843,673 +175,372
Liverpool Docks 2,008,394 1,502,719 -505,675
East Midlands Airport 1,778,338 1,602,284 -176,054

Importer companies by SIC division

What this shows: Industry breakdown (SIC divisions) of importing companies.

Top 5 values

SIC Companies
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 510
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 336
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 78
Other manufacturing 50
Sports activities and amusement and recreation activities 38

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 153
2026-03 197
2026-02 204
2026-01 170
2025-12 160

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 483
0-1m 313
54m+ 210
15m-54m 108
Other 79

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 8,274,010
Germany 3,930,675
United Arab Emirates 3,554,777
Ireland 1,867,893
France 1,704,657

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 3,486,674 4,787,336 +1,300,662
Germany 1,457,418 2,473,257 +1,015,839
United Arab Emirates 3,226,992 327,785 -2,899,207
Ireland 1,018,746 849,147 -169,599
France 788,987 915,670 +126,683
Italy 344,740 565,500 +220,760
Netherlands 404,472 375,919 -28,553
Switzerland 385,496 185,121 -200,375
Jamaica 172,110 368,720 +196,610
Australia 249,681 177,008 -72,673

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 £
China 74,649
Ireland 46,943
Italy 38,019
United States 30,645
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 23,496

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 £
China 25,630 49,019 +23,389
Ireland 26,991 19,952 -7,039
Italy 23,595 14,424 -9,171
United States 16,437 14,208 -2,229
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 12,736 10,760 -1,976
XI 17,911 3,845 -14,066
India 6,620 7,362 +742
Netherlands 3,337 3,680 +343

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 15,302,705
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 8,444,773
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 4,282,809
Other 290,104

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 8,686,081 6,616,624 -2,069,457
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 3,832,238 4,612,535 +780,297
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,603,678 2,679,131 +1,075,453
Other 147,281 142,823 -4,458

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 7,595,480
East Midlands Airport 5,707,212
Dover / Eurotunnel 4,987,272
Liverpool Docks 2,684,263
London Stansted Airport 1,064,189

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 4,723,457 2,872,023 -1,851,434
East Midlands Airport 3,083,713 2,623,499 -460,214
Dover / Eurotunnel 2,053,345 2,933,927 +880,582
Liverpool Docks 1,002,582 1,681,681 +679,099
London Stansted Airport 462,415 601,774 +139,359
ZLC 164,926 861,557 +696,631
Dover 639,470 380,609 -258,861
Southampton 166,816 478,388 +311,572
Holyhead 359,680 266,528 -93,152
Immingham Docks 291,660 132,891 -158,769

Quick facts

HS code: 830629

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

Description: Includes bells, gongs, and similar items made of base metals like iron or steel, without any precious metal coating