Import/export HS code 82079099: Various tools

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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 24,190,492
United States 20,707,095
Germany 12,693,823
France 7,855,187
Taiwan 6,269,732

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 11,680,702 12,509,790 +829,088
United States 11,835,503 8,871,592 -2,963,911
Germany 5,970,318 6,723,505 +753,187
France 3,064,053 4,791,134 +1,727,081
Taiwan 3,123,819 3,145,913 +22,094
Netherlands 2,341,018 2,317,508 -23,510
Italy 1,903,842 1,837,489 -66,353
Switzerland 912,957 1,397,713 +484,756
Austria 844,694 1,206,349 +361,655
Spain 1,235,357 618,661 -616,696

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 29,279,981
United States 22,955,769
Germany 7,227,273
Taiwan 6,807,693
United Kingdom 5,428,935

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 15,064,793 14,215,188 -849,605
United States 12,752,375 10,203,394 -2,548,981
Germany 3,400,371 3,826,902 +426,531
Taiwan 3,181,539 3,626,154 +444,615
United Kingdom 3,138,457 2,290,478 -847,979
Italy 2,617,815 2,266,067 -351,748
France 1,593,243 3,153,490 +1,560,247
South Korea 1,309,916 2,375,413 +1,065,497
Switzerland 712,639 1,160,837 +448,198
Netherlands 815,990 669,012 -146,978

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 80
West Midlands 77
Inner London - West 69
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 62
West Yorkshire 62

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
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 47 54 +7
West Midlands 60 48 -12
Inner London - West 41 40 -1
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 46 43 -3
West Yorkshire 37 45 +8
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 45 33 -12
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 41 39 -2
Greater Manchester 34 32 -2
Shropshire and Staffordshire 36 38 +2
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 32 37 +5

Import volume by transport

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

Top 5 values

Transport £
Air transport 44,448,933
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 40,754,347
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 16,683,849
Other 1,178,585
Road transport 156,745

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 £
Air transport 19,909,253 24,539,680 +4,630,427
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 22,640,006 18,114,341 -4,525,665
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 8,574,819 8,109,030 -465,789
Other 398,891 779,694 +380,803
Road transport 25,463 131,282 +105,819

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 20,409,126
Felixstowe 18,911,409
Southampton 13,632,847
London Heathrow Airport 9,573,347
London Stansted Airport 5,597,581

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 £
East Midlands Airport 9,233,841 11,175,285 +1,941,444
Felixstowe 10,577,187 8,334,222 -2,242,965
Southampton 7,932,921 5,699,926 -2,232,995
London Heathrow Airport 3,781,306 5,792,041 +2,010,735
London Stansted Airport 2,939,728 2,657,853 -281,875
Dover 2,688,140 2,567,030 -121,110
London Gateway Port 1,684,574 2,380,058 +695,484
Dover / Eurotunnel 1,994,085 2,003,818 +9,733
Birmingham Airport 1,277,339 2,590,007 +1,312,668
Manchester Airport 1,434,612 1,108,087 -326,525

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
339
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment
167
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.
108
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
108
Other manufacturing
90

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 191
2026-04 199
2026-03 199
2026-02 195
2026-01 196

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 519
54m+ 404
15m-54m 156
0-1m 150
Other 94

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 £
Netherlands 6,727,590
Norway 4,087,054
United States 3,801,815
France 3,405,204
Saudi Arabia 2,672,464

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 £
Netherlands 4,112,622 2,614,968 -1,497,654
Norway 1,818,223 2,268,831 +450,608
United States 2,646,643 1,155,172 -1,491,471
France 1,679,887 1,725,317 +45,430
Saudi Arabia 1,590,827 1,081,637 -509,190
Germany 1,206,061 1,210,785 +4,724
Ireland 1,319,062 992,890 -326,172
Poland 841,605 589,036 -252,569
Turkey 1,185,968 188,964 -997,004
India 949,024 332,423 -616,601

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 125,130
Italy 92,074
XI 85,004
Taiwan 15,570
Germany 8,332

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 66,887 58,243 -8,644
Italy 74,626 17,448 -57,178
XI 26,201 58,803 +32,602
Taiwan 5,732 9,838 +4,106
Germany 7,119 1,213 -5,906
Nicaragua 3,408 200 -3,208
United States 331 166 -165
France 0 275 +275
Ireland 124 25 -99
Switzerland 119 25 -94

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 21,217,121
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 14,860,021
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 7,380,975
Other 342,533
Road transport 11,003

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 12,182,829 9,034,292 -3,148,537
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 8,670,305 6,189,716 -2,480,589
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 3,031,970 4,349,005 +1,317,035
Other 194,001 148,532 -45,469
Road transport 5,999 5,004 -995
Rail transport 3,769 0 -3,769

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 6,769,986
Dover / Eurotunnel 6,126,039
London Heathrow Airport 6,095,233
Tyne 3,743,082
London Stansted Airport 3,022,180

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 3,294,355 3,475,631 +181,276
Dover / Eurotunnel 3,129,713 2,996,326 -133,387
London Heathrow Airport 3,732,901 2,362,332 -1,370,569
Tyne 2,694,706 1,048,376 -1,646,330
London Stansted Airport 2,250,458 771,722 -1,478,736
Immingham Docks 1,351,861 931,647 -420,214
Aberdeen Docks 355,472 1,605,530 +1,250,058
Warton Aerodrome 747,212 886,955 +139,743
Felixstowe 497,759 981,219 +483,460
ZLC 810,167 537,037 -273,130

Quick facts

HS code: 82079099

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

Description: Additional tools for various materials and tasks, not specified by other categories