Import/export HS code 830890: Various metal fasteners and parts

Includes various small metal parts like clasps, frames, and beads used for clothing, accessories, or other products

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 15,146,586
Romania 10,482,789
France 5,090,424
United States 4,908,924
Poland 4,673,939

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 8,610,999 6,535,587 -2,075,412
Romania 5,772,074 4,710,715 -1,061,359
France 3,307,671 1,782,753 -1,524,918
United States 3,106,154 1,802,770 -1,303,384
Poland 2,145,803 2,528,136 +382,333
Italy 1,999,854 2,638,666 +638,812
Taiwan 1,831,397 1,545,003 -286,394
Czechia 1,355,145 1,001,584 -353,561
Germany 1,138,455 1,099,940 -38,515
Switzerland 655,126 1,220,765 +565,639

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 17,812,043
Romania 13,198,028
Italy 5,112,279
Poland 4,906,295
United States 4,872,596

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 10,129,573 7,682,470 -2,447,103
Romania 7,583,542 5,614,486 -1,969,056
Italy 2,177,136 2,935,143 +758,007
Poland 2,179,508 2,726,787 +547,279
United States 3,144,347 1,728,249 -1,416,098
Taiwan 1,931,368 1,607,940 -323,428
Czechia 1,412,257 1,053,076 -359,181
France 1,156,764 1,177,704 +20,940
Turkey 970,853 845,730 -125,123
Austria 625,605 567,933 -57,672

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 133
Inner London - East 50
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 47
Surrey, East and West Sussex 41
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 37

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 88 91 +3
Inner London - East 37 32 -5
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 36 32 -4
Surrey, East and West Sussex 29 24 -5
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 26 22 -4
West Midlands 25 23 -2
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 21 25 +4
Greater Manchester 25 14 -11
Outer London - West and North West 20 18 -2
Essex 14 14 +0

Import volume by transport

What this shows: Import value by transport mode used to bring goods into the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 26,797,216
Air transport 20,635,536
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 15,207,457
Other 923,560
Road transport 123,209

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 £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 14,412,359 12,384,857 -2,027,502
Air transport 11,481,347 9,154,189 -2,327,158
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 8,319,319 6,888,138 -1,431,181
Other 445,228 478,332 +33,104
Road transport 6,644 116,565 +109,921
Rail transport 16,977 9,777 -7,200

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 17,985,420
London Heathrow Airport 10,191,300
Felixstowe 7,855,435
East Midlands Airport 4,463,360
Dover / Eurotunnel 3,149,555

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 £
Dover 9,743,369 8,242,051 -1,501,318
London Heathrow Airport 6,078,024 4,113,276 -1,964,748
Felixstowe 5,294,832 2,560,603 -2,734,229
East Midlands Airport 2,444,276 2,019,084 -425,192
Dover / Eurotunnel 1,576,334 1,573,221 -3,113
London 1,250,508 1,376,275 +125,767
London Stansted Airport 1,186,949 1,273,127 +86,178
Southampton 1,117,969 1,131,103 +13,134
London Gateway Port 649,593 1,029,416 +379,823
Manchester Airport 787,497 678,154 -109,343

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
241
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
211
Other manufacturing
67
Manufacture of wearing apparel
45
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities
36

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 115
2026-04 128
2026-03 117
2026-02 129
2026-01 109

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 360
54m+ 191
0-1m 134
15m-54m 72
Other 48

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 4,202,585
Germany 1,160,375
France 1,153,750
Netherlands 1,081,707
Italy 981,758

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 2,514,973 1,687,612 -827,361
Germany 345,485 814,890 +469,405
France 571,785 581,965 +10,180
Netherlands 763,598 318,109 -445,489
Italy 455,939 525,819 +69,880
Ireland 395,541 432,619 +37,078
Poland 543,913 46,527 -497,386
India 248,425 279,739 +31,314
Japan 238,402 288,980 +50,578
United Arab Emirates 236,667 270,907 +34,240

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 21,523
China 14,095
Nicaragua 8,634
India 2,080
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 1,184

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 13,770 7,753 -6,017
China 720 13,375 +12,655
Nicaragua 87 8,547 +8,460
India 1,639 441 -1,198
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 434 750 +316
Germany 778 136 -642
Netherlands 420 245 -175
France 68 67 -1
Turkey 0 93 +93

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 11,108,522
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 5,067,046
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,294,235
Other 254,795
Road transport 2,988

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 5,377,083 5,731,439 +354,356
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 3,137,521 1,929,525 -1,207,996
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 599,285 694,950 +95,665
Other 122,038 132,757 +10,719
Road transport 2,988 0 -2,988

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 5,084,847
London Heathrow Airport 3,577,758
Dover / Eurotunnel 2,940,299
Manchester Airport 1,138,883
ZLC 600,792

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 £
East Midlands Airport 2,234,025 2,850,822 +616,797
London Heathrow Airport 1,934,990 1,642,768 -292,222
Dover / Eurotunnel 1,697,779 1,242,520 -455,259
Manchester Airport 517,930 620,953 +103,023
ZLC 341,345 259,447 -81,898
Immingham Docks 330,809 205,636 -125,173
Liverpool Docks 281,411 252,031 -29,380
London Stansted Airport 293,545 193,426 -100,119
Harwich 337,278 61,832 -275,446
Dover 171,318 152,733 -18,585

Quick facts

HS code: 830890

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

Description: Includes various small metal parts like clasps, frames, and beads used for clothing, accessories, or other products