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 36,947,585
Italy 27,253,764
Ireland 23,759,570
China 23,450,701
Netherlands 17,286,105

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 19,047,922 17,899,663 -1,148,259
Italy 15,796,943 11,456,821 -4,340,122
Ireland 12,797,326 10,962,244 -1,835,082
China 13,248,285 10,202,416 -3,045,869
Netherlands 10,135,625 7,150,480 -2,985,145
France 7,713,564 5,040,852 -2,672,712
United States 5,054,068 2,314,440 -2,739,628
Spain 3,389,902 2,660,174 -729,728
Czechia 3,215,304 2,504,972 -710,332
Belgium 4,477,563 1,116,482 -3,361,081

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 33,046,277
China 26,270,706
Italy 24,281,792
Ireland 11,386,652
France 9,490,014

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 17,411,585 15,634,692 -1,776,893
China 14,815,050 11,455,656 -3,359,394
Italy 14,130,087 10,151,705 -3,978,382
Ireland 5,763,583 5,623,069 -140,514
France 5,256,990 4,233,024 -1,023,966
Netherlands 5,682,491 3,743,805 -1,938,686
United States 5,658,913 2,738,287 -2,920,626
Spain 3,749,560 2,787,991 -961,569
Poland 2,132,051 2,022,240 -109,811
Czechia 2,642,284 132,659 -2,509,625

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 219
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 125
Greater Manchester 114
Outer London - West and North West 88
Surrey, East and West Sussex 88

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 156 143 -13
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 91 89 -2
Greater Manchester 70 84 +14
Outer London - West and North West 51 58 +7
Surrey, East and West Sussex 61 55 -6
Inner London - East 46 40 -6
West Midlands 51 38 -13
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 50 53 +3
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 52 41 -11
West Yorkshire 44 42 -2

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) 66,675,683
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 42,323,640
Air transport 42,218,310
Other 33,520,753
Road transport 382,453

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) 35,802,211 30,873,472 -4,928,739
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 25,020,929 17,302,711 -7,718,218
Air transport 25,121,124 17,097,186 -8,023,938
Other 19,239,697 14,281,056 -4,958,641
Road transport 212,822 169,631 -43,191
Rail transport 5,417 0 -5,417

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
000 33,520,753
Dover 27,827,175
Felixstowe 19,175,873
Eurotunnel 15,340,974
East Midlands Airport 10,801,575

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 19,239,697 14,281,056 -4,958,641
Dover 15,490,626 12,336,549 -3,154,077
Felixstowe 10,126,317 9,049,556 -1,076,761
Eurotunnel 8,332,155 7,008,819 -1,323,336
East Midlands Airport 5,907,640 4,893,935 -1,013,705
Immingham Docks 4,934,036 4,661,081 -272,955
London Heathrow Airport 5,133,805 4,366,559 -767,246
Birmingham Airport 6,147,971 2,742,375 -3,405,596
London Stansted Airport 4,507,674 2,081,425 -2,426,249
Southampton 3,709,352 2,215,191 -1,494,161

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 528
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 363
Other manufacturing 102
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 98
Manufacture of food products 76

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 252
2025-11 288
2025-10 336
2025-09 306
2025-08 289

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+ 676
1m-15m 614
15m-54m 221
0-1m 193
Other 148

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 25,650,834
France 15,010,635
Belgium 14,596,204
Pakistan 11,919,517
Netherlands 9,573,640

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 12,962,491 12,688,343 -274,148
France 5,702,159 9,308,476 +3,606,317
Belgium 8,665,691 5,930,513 -2,735,178
Pakistan 7,470,028 4,449,489 -3,020,539
Netherlands 5,397,744 4,175,896 -1,221,848
Germany 4,672,499 3,681,051 -991,448
United States 2,407,215 4,506,484 +2,099,269
Poland 3,080,968 1,629,805 -1,451,163
Spain 1,432,543 1,669,601 +237,058
Italy 1,859,335 1,165,650 -693,685

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 3,388,480
Ireland 117,483
Lithuania 69,832
France 51,426
Austria 49,007

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 1,775,984 1,612,496 -163,488
Ireland 91,140 26,343 -64,797
Lithuania 0 69,832 +69,832
France 16,465 34,961 +18,496
Austria 31,254 17,753 -13,501
Nicaragua 1,015 29,800 +28,785
China 19,703 4,978 -14,725
Germany 4,403 12,019 +7,616
Italy 4,734 3,871 -863
Taiwan 1,682 1,266 -416

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) 70,604,063
Air transport 34,680,169
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 27,681,561
Other 5,880,805
Road transport 109,859

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) 37,949,345 32,654,718 -5,294,627
Air transport 16,076,693 18,603,476 +2,526,783
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 15,072,857 12,608,704 -2,464,153
Other 3,172,794 2,708,011 -464,783
Road transport 107,809 2,050 -105,759
Rail transport 1,888 0 -1,888

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 42,402,402
London Gateway Port 18,542,309
East Midlands Airport 18,136,641
Holyhead 9,000,140
London Heathrow Airport 8,252,340

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 24,520,760 17,881,642 -6,639,118
London Gateway Port 11,045,011 7,497,298 -3,547,713
East Midlands Airport 7,932,671 10,203,970 +2,271,299
Holyhead 3,967,416 5,032,724 +1,065,308
London Heathrow Airport 4,022,439 4,229,901 +207,462
Liverpool Docks 4,170,950 3,562,534 -608,416
000 3,172,794 2,708,011 -464,783
Immingham Docks 2,895,179 2,358,359 -536,820
ZLC 2,441,358 2,780,283 +338,925
Portsmouth 1,182,632 2,536,992 +1,354,360

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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