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 109,203,327
Germany 21,950,860
Belgium 19,858,405
Netherlands 16,843,125
United States 16,302,200

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 53,371,244 55,832,083 +2,460,839
Germany 9,690,707 12,260,153 +2,569,446
Belgium 6,632,297 13,226,108 +6,593,811
Netherlands 8,743,775 8,099,350 -644,425
United States 8,414,416 7,887,784 -526,632
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 7,226,038 4,818,363 -2,407,675
Norway 2,163,402 4,650,640 +2,487,238
Czechia 2,436,805 4,338,979 +1,902,174
Austria 1,352,138 3,279,610 +1,927,472
Italy 2,447,350 2,014,324 -433,026

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 129,838,159
Belgium 20,358,486
United States 17,797,972
United Kingdom 17,456,804
Viet Nam 13,859,659

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 65,305,745 64,532,414 -773,331
Belgium 6,775,175 13,583,311 +6,808,136
United States 9,185,993 8,611,979 -574,014
United Kingdom 7,560,974 9,895,830 +2,334,856
Viet Nam 6,661,803 7,197,856 +536,053
Germany 4,496,157 4,417,212 -78,945
Mexico 3,241,126 3,679,428 +438,302
Poland 2,664,603 3,709,000 +1,044,397
Taiwan 2,152,173 3,245,566 +1,093,393
Austria 1,272,247 3,220,220 +1,947,973

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 82
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 61
Surrey, East and West Sussex 47
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 42
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 36

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 55 49 -6
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 39 43 +4
Surrey, East and West Sussex 30 29 -1
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 29 28 -1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 21 31 +10
Greater Manchester 30 14 -16
Outer London - West and North West 29 23 -6
Inner London - East 21 19 -2
West Midlands 13 14 +1
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 16 10 -6

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 104,016,168
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 98,958,814
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 43,963,231
Other 9,249,436
Road transport 325,847

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 52,114,468 51,901,700 -212,768
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 47,559,560 51,399,254 +3,839,694
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 17,161,991 26,801,240 +9,639,249
Other 4,334,355 4,915,081 +580,726
Road transport 64,440 261,407 +196,967

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 51,737,565
London Heathrow Airport 33,502,215
Southampton 27,279,306
East Midlands Airport 21,125,817
Eurotunnel 17,974,774

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 25,998,254 25,739,311 -258,943
London Heathrow Airport 18,807,617 14,694,598 -4,113,019
Southampton 16,049,022 11,230,284 -4,818,738
East Midlands Airport 10,068,337 11,057,480 +989,143
Eurotunnel 7,545,395 10,429,379 +2,883,984
London Stansted Airport 7,835,460 6,728,245 -1,107,215
London Gateway Port 2,733,156 11,253,029 +8,519,873
Birmingham Airport 5,729,386 5,359,179 -370,207
Dover 2,726,881 8,275,218 +5,548,337
000 4,334,355 4,915,081 +580,726

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 153
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 109
Computer programming, consultancy and related activities 53
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 53
Security and investigation activities 35

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 123
2026-03 128
2026-02 130
2026-01 124
2025-12 126

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+ 253
1m-15m 247
0-1m 88
15m-54m 74
Other 59

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 £
Germany 13,067,658
Norway 12,484,869
United States 11,036,776
Ireland 5,112,191
South Korea 4,325,266

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 £
Germany 5,588,968 7,478,690 +1,889,722
Norway 7,469,426 5,015,443 -2,453,983
United States 7,363,666 3,673,110 -3,690,556
Ireland 2,786,855 2,325,336 -461,519
South Korea 906,987 3,418,279 +2,511,292
Netherlands 2,178,941 1,909,309 -269,632
France 2,040,667 1,796,142 -244,525
Switzerland 1,921,740 1,183,496 -738,244
Canada 2,230,677 487,204 -1,743,473
Spain 1,040,956 1,578,872 +537,916

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 671,892
Japan 461
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 425,452 246,440 -179,012
Japan 114 347 +233
Kenya 172 172 +0
Malaysia 0 172 +172
Ireland 86 81 -5
South Korea 0 166 +166

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 65,786,785
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 19,039,991
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 2,595,042
Other 749,849
Road transport 28,676

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 36,020,890 29,765,895 -6,254,995
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 8,861,140 10,178,851 +1,317,711
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,055,000 1,540,042 +485,042
Other 502,079 247,770 -254,309
Road transport 9,228 19,448 +10,220

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 41,123,744
East Midlands Airport 11,860,832
Dover / Eurotunnel 11,422,622
London Stansted Airport 4,467,611
Manchester Airport 3,365,925

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 21,524,421 19,599,323 -1,925,098
East Midlands Airport 7,136,162 4,724,670 -2,411,492
Dover / Eurotunnel 4,868,110 6,554,512 +1,686,402
London Stansted Airport 2,991,604 1,476,007 -1,515,597
Manchester Airport 1,759,668 1,606,257 -153,411
ZLC 1,439,448 1,699,341 +259,893
Holyhead 1,255,325 1,189,490 -65,835
Hull 1,651,487 748,799 -902,688
Immingham Docks 278,230 1,952,728 +1,674,498
Warton Aerodrome 866,920 473,000 -393,920

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