Import/export HS code 482190: Various labels

Labels made of paper or cardboard, not printed

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 26,896,956
Germany 10,636,469
Poland 9,012,775
United States 8,083,105
Netherlands 6,137,496

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 13,570,152 13,326,804 -243,348
Germany 5,883,233 4,753,236 -1,129,997
Poland 3,468,691 5,544,084 +2,075,393
United States 3,778,861 4,304,244 +525,383
Netherlands 2,481,011 3,656,485 +1,175,474
Belgium 1,975,897 1,919,868 -56,029
France 1,685,943 1,593,454 -92,489
Ireland 785,899 1,196,460 +410,561
Italy 937,659 847,969 -89,690
Australia 394,334 525,596 +131,262

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 28,308,435
Poland 9,690,029
Germany 9,522,088
United States 9,332,213
Belgium 3,494,398

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 14,164,337 14,144,098 -20,239
Poland 3,771,401 5,918,628 +2,147,227
Germany 5,515,927 4,006,161 -1,509,766
United States 4,282,170 5,050,043 +767,873
Belgium 1,872,947 1,621,451 -251,496
France 1,429,194 1,485,326 +56,132
Netherlands 933,850 1,657,188 +723,338
United Kingdom 835,911 1,152,905 +316,994
Italy 923,607 924,181 +574
Australia 390,528 525,596 +135,068

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 114
Greater Manchester 78
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 70
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 49
Outer London - West and North West 43

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 81 68 -13
Greater Manchester 46 54 +8
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 48 53 +5
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 33 33 +0
Outer London - West and North West 30 23 -7
Inner London - East 19 26 +7
West Midlands 23 24 +1
Surrey, East and West Sussex 26 20 -6
West Yorkshire 21 26 +5
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 18 24 +6

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) 33,941,951
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 25,404,634
Air transport 18,375,084
Other 1,301,090
Road transport 137,461

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) 16,152,313 17,789,638 +1,637,325
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 12,347,386 13,057,248 +709,862
Air transport 8,958,611 9,416,473 +457,862
Other 556,976 744,114 +187,138
Road transport 103,335 34,126 -69,209

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 16,627,721
Dover 14,007,738
Southampton 9,020,873
London Heathrow Airport 6,160,463
East Midlands Airport 4,508,315

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 8,715,060 7,912,661 -802,399
Dover 6,082,286 7,925,452 +1,843,166
Southampton 4,671,674 4,349,199 -322,475
London Heathrow Airport 2,510,857 3,649,606 +1,138,749
East Midlands Airport 2,186,629 2,321,686 +135,057
London Gateway Port 886,947 3,274,121 +2,387,174
Birmingham Airport 2,031,026 2,033,212 +2,186
Eurotunnel 1,583,746 2,292,378 +708,632
London 1,522,706 811,175 -711,531
Thamesport 975,215 1,354,990 +379,775

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 263
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 210
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 71
Other manufacturing 58
Printing and reproduction of recorded media 34

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 138
2026-03 142
2026-02 134
2026-01 140
2025-12 132

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+ 391
1m-15m 306
15m-54m 124
Other 100
0-1m 95

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 15,608,857
Belgium 9,913,764
Netherlands 5,971,639
Italy 5,382,229
Spain 4,993,293

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 7,084,920 8,523,937 +1,439,017
Belgium 5,153,654 4,760,110 -393,544
Netherlands 3,178,591 2,793,048 -385,543
Italy 1,781,754 3,600,475 +1,818,721
Spain 2,371,945 2,621,348 +249,403
France 1,874,950 2,200,427 +325,477
Germany 2,497,333 859,088 -1,638,245
Dominican Republic 1,628,158 913,175 -714,983
United States 1,699,431 667,272 -1,032,159
China 900,092 768,067 -132,025

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 £
Ireland 7,694,829
XI 408,914
Hungary 266,225
Greece 1,150
China 388

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 £
Ireland 3,688,542 4,006,287 +317,745
XI 214,842 194,072 -20,770
Hungary 150,358 115,867 -34,491
Greece 1,150 0 -1,150
China 278 110 -168
Belgium 196 0 -196
Turkey 180 0 -180
Lithuania 0 155 +155
Italy 4 1 -3

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) 41,382,130
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 9,084,932
Air transport 8,803,509
Other 8,726,315
Road transport 4,872

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) 20,170,623 21,211,507 +1,040,884
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 4,898,524 4,186,408 -712,116
Air transport 4,173,440 4,630,069 +456,629
Other 4,161,594 4,564,721 +403,127
Road transport 4,872 0 -4,872

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 24,755,991
000 8,726,315
Immingham Docks 6,614,377
Portsmouth 5,092,223
East Midlands Airport 4,178,848

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 12,123,821 12,632,170 +508,349
000 4,161,594 4,564,721 +403,127
Immingham Docks 3,263,505 3,350,872 +87,367
Portsmouth 2,801,822 2,290,401 -511,421
East Midlands Airport 1,838,151 2,340,697 +502,546
Holyhead 1,869,257 1,984,773 +115,516
Southampton 1,002,177 1,872,435 +870,258
London Heathrow Airport 1,039,772 1,094,820 +55,048
Felixstowe 821,707 539,727 -281,980
Liverpool Docks 861,995 477,479 -384,516

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 482190

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

Description: Labels made of paper or cardboard, not printed