Import/export HS code 852190: Various video recording devices

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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 96,941,020
Germany 18,420,151
Belgium 16,691,384
Netherlands 15,454,260
United States 14,493,126

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 52,390,782 44,550,238 -7,840,544
Germany 8,770,896 9,649,255 +878,359
Belgium 6,184,733 10,506,651 +4,321,918
Netherlands 8,841,337 6,612,923 -2,228,414
United States 7,871,837 6,621,289 -1,250,548
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 6,937,655 4,910,065 -2,027,590
Norway 63,114 6,449,669 +6,386,555
Czechia 2,187,715 3,204,317 +1,016,602
Italy 883,209 3,191,991 +2,308,782
Malaysia 2,631,536 1,333,605 -1,297,931

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 117,526,260
United Kingdom 17,507,769
Belgium 16,942,405
United States 15,035,991
Viet Nam 11,331,663

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 64,108,081 53,418,179 -10,689,902
United Kingdom 5,276,369 12,231,400 +6,955,031
Belgium 6,206,601 10,735,804 +4,529,203
United States 7,705,171 7,330,820 -374,351
Viet Nam 6,050,859 5,280,804 -770,055
Germany 4,427,295 3,333,709 -1,093,586
Mexico 3,133,139 2,854,910 -278,229
Poland 2,501,588 2,985,727 +484,139
Taiwan 2,015,422 2,802,186 +786,764
Malaysia 2,478,571 1,424,545 -1,054,026

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 70
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 59
Surrey, East and West Sussex 44
Outer London - West and North West 41
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 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 47 41 -6
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 42 39 -3
Surrey, East and West Sussex 32 25 -7
Outer London - West and North West 34 23 -11
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 26 22 -4
Greater Manchester 31 13 -18
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 24 26 +2
Inner London - East 20 20 +0
West Yorkshire 18 14 -4
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 14 11 -3

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 95,326,253
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 87,072,804
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 35,596,859
Other 10,285,825
Road transport 124,505

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 52,136,506 43,189,747 -8,946,759
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 47,797,529 39,275,275 -8,522,254
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 14,313,669 21,283,190 +6,969,521
Other 1,624,736 8,661,089 +7,036,353
Road transport 50,228 74,277 +24,049

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 45,125,199
London Heathrow Airport 32,011,316
Southampton 27,417,006
East Midlands Airport 18,868,422
London Stansted Airport 14,032,208

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 23,384,378 21,740,821 -1,643,557
London Heathrow Airport 17,682,860 14,328,456 -3,354,404
Southampton 17,821,292 9,595,714 -8,225,578
East Midlands Airport 10,525,874 8,342,548 -2,183,326
London Stansted Airport 8,823,355 5,208,853 -3,614,502
Eurotunnel 6,314,596 7,628,176 +1,313,580
000 1,624,736 8,661,089 +7,036,353
Birmingham Airport 5,372,387 4,844,037 -528,350
Dover 2,711,885 6,907,072 +4,195,187
Manchester Airport 4,539,845 4,837,232 +297,387

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 138
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 97
Computer programming, consultancy and related activities 50
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 49
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 36

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 124
2025-11 114
2025-10 115
2025-09 116
2025-08 110

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+ 241
1m-15m 235
0-1m 86
15m-54m 69
Other 52

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 £
Norway 12,699,691
Germany 11,829,814
United States 11,313,982
South Korea 5,999,194
France 4,647,805

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 £
Norway 6,950,772 5,748,919 -1,201,853
Germany 5,122,663 6,707,151 +1,584,488
United States 7,595,032 3,718,950 -3,876,082
South Korea 5,031,986 967,208 -4,064,778
France 3,099,137 1,548,668 -1,550,469
Ireland 2,696,424 1,918,473 -777,951
Netherlands 2,273,522 1,437,112 -836,410
Switzerland 1,578,481 1,189,749 -388,732
Canada 2,083,003 532,162 -1,550,841
Spain 1,119,337 1,221,440 +102,103

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 531,043
Japan 345
Kenya 344
Malaysia 172
Ireland 167

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 409,253 121,790 -287,463
Japan 57 288 +231
Kenya 0 344 +344
Malaysia 0 172 +172
Ireland 86 81 -5

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 65,612,693
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 16,314,941
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 2,648,729
Other 608,522
Road transport 96,461

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 40,073,279 25,539,414 -14,533,865
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 7,845,907 8,469,034 +623,127
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,103,052 1,545,677 +442,625
Other 485,651 122,871 -362,780
Road transport 77,013 19,448 -57,565

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 41,160,953
East Midlands Airport 11,807,514
Dover / Eurotunnel 9,119,119
London Stansted Airport 4,187,172
Manchester Airport 3,991,637

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 £
London Heathrow Airport 25,245,556 15,915,397 -9,330,159
East Midlands Airport 6,966,535 4,840,979 -2,125,556
Dover / Eurotunnel 4,256,514 4,862,605 +606,091
London Stansted Airport 2,829,132 1,358,040 -1,471,092
Manchester Airport 2,637,721 1,353,916 -1,283,805
ZLC 1,485,648 1,333,307 -152,341
Hull 1,359,167 1,041,119 -318,048
Holyhead 1,319,901 958,275 -361,626
Immingham Docks 249,555 1,848,204 +1,598,649
Warton Aerodrome 746,389 548,000 -198,389

Quick facts

HS code: 852190

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

Description: Video recording or playback devices not using magnetic tapes, such as digital or optical systems