Import/export HS code 482110: Printed labels

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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 £
Germany 38,517,773
Italy 27,915,574
Ireland 24,892,580
China 24,548,459
Netherlands 17,108,570

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 £
Germany 19,305,904 19,211,869 -94,035
Italy 15,461,884 12,453,690 -3,008,194
Ireland 12,925,165 11,967,415 -957,750
China 12,886,661 11,661,798 -1,224,863
Netherlands 9,339,510 7,769,060 -1,570,450
France 7,381,232 5,460,172 -1,921,060
United States 3,753,015 2,646,848 -1,106,167
Spain 3,289,083 3,106,385 -182,698
Czechia 3,064,814 2,901,008 -163,806
Belgium 3,186,466 1,215,935 -1,970,531

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 £
Germany 34,298,514
China 27,290,386
Italy 24,779,485
Ireland 12,062,074
France 10,276,351

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 £
Germany 17,658,134 16,640,380 -1,017,754
China 14,277,934 13,012,452 -1,265,482
Italy 13,794,025 10,985,460 -2,808,565
Ireland 6,115,780 5,946,294 -169,486
France 5,398,306 4,878,045 -520,261
Netherlands 5,088,701 4,037,732 -1,050,969
United States 4,278,887 3,260,586 -1,018,301
Spain 3,478,393 3,241,032 -237,361
Poland 2,172,387 2,370,123 +197,736
Belgium 1,035,597 1,033,916 -1,681

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 224
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 123
Greater Manchester 114
Surrey, East and West Sussex 86
Inner London - East 85

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 155 148 -7
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 94 76 -18
Greater Manchester 70 85 +15
Surrey, East and West Sussex 55 61 +6
Inner London - East 50 50 +0
Outer London - West and North West 57 51 -6
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 50 57 +7
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 49 48 -1
West Midlands 50 38 -12
West Yorkshire 40 49 +9

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) 70,508,180
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 42,006,966
Air transport 41,830,268
Other 33,863,293
Road transport 405,579

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) 35,466,789 35,041,391 -425,398
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 23,469,720 18,537,246 -4,932,474
Air transport 23,281,943 18,548,325 -4,733,618
Other 18,122,011 15,741,282 -2,380,729
Road transport 165,597 239,982 +74,385
Rail transport 2,510 0 -2,510

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
000 33,863,293
Dover 28,734,005
Felixstowe 20,795,423
Eurotunnel 15,706,986
East Midlands Airport 11,664,572

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 £
000 18,122,011 15,741,282 -2,380,729
Dover 14,976,894 13,757,111 -1,219,783
Felixstowe 10,634,804 10,160,619 -474,185
Eurotunnel 8,186,255 7,520,731 -665,524
East Midlands Airport 5,824,476 5,840,096 +15,620
Immingham Docks 5,215,397 5,424,835 +209,438
London Heathrow Airport 5,007,594 4,190,870 -816,724
Birmingham Airport 4,972,316 3,426,447 -1,545,869
London Stansted Airport 3,460,784 2,206,736 -1,254,048
Southampton 2,956,122 2,651,941 -304,181

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
542
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
394
Other manufacturing
118
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities
99
Manufacture of food products
76

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 243
2026-04 267
2026-03 264
2026-02 273
2026-01 252

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
54m+ 672
1m-15m 625
15m-54m 235
0-1m 207
Other 149

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 29,273,365
France 15,718,897
Belgium 14,260,484
Pakistan 12,437,614
Netherlands 9,824,859

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 13,798,782 15,474,583 +1,675,801
France 10,213,526 5,505,371 -4,708,155
Belgium 8,635,286 5,625,198 -3,010,088
Pakistan 6,079,473 6,358,141 +278,668
Netherlands 5,405,019 4,419,840 -985,179
Germany 4,425,004 4,640,365 +215,361
United States 2,395,433 4,507,834 +2,112,401
Poland 2,622,283 1,869,088 -753,195
Spain 1,690,420 1,620,392 -70,028
Switzerland 1,435,269 1,813,449 +378,180

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 3,705,767
Ireland 84,874
Lithuania 70,975
France 63,660
Austria 58,568

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 1,834,660 1,871,107 +36,447
Ireland 26,487 58,387 +31,900
Lithuania 0 70,975 +70,975
France 12,061 51,599 +39,538
Austria 35,557 23,011 -12,546
Nicaragua 2,551 32,647 +30,096
Germany 4,099 13,726 +9,627
China 10,278 6,132 -4,146
Italy 4,928 6,405 +1,477
Spain 1,301 2,866 +1,565

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) 75,192,038
Air transport 38,042,898
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 29,234,169
Other 6,300,956
Road transport 7,469

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) 38,917,074 36,274,964 -2,642,110
Air transport 21,388,902 16,653,996 -4,734,906
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 13,873,286 15,360,883 +1,487,597
Other 3,100,961 3,199,995 +99,034
Road transport 5,419 2,050 -3,369
Rail transport 0 1,067 +1,067

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 42,550,607
London Gateway Port 19,065,909
East Midlands Airport 18,289,607
London Heathrow Airport 10,839,222
Holyhead 10,804,480

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 23,257,942 19,292,665 -3,965,277
London Gateway Port 9,836,286 9,229,623 -606,663
East Midlands Airport 12,716,999 5,572,608 -7,144,391
London Heathrow Airport 4,001,258 6,837,964 +2,836,706
Holyhead 4,329,001 6,475,479 +2,146,478
Liverpool Docks 4,158,919 4,262,926 +104,007
000 3,100,961 3,199,995 +99,034
Immingham Docks 3,021,691 2,534,115 -487,576
ZLC 2,928,748 2,253,406 -675,342
Portsmouth 1,946,016 2,628,511 +682,495

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 482110

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

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