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 109,702,608
Germany 22,261,528
Belgium 20,078,071
Netherlands 17,304,579
United States 16,164,373

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 54,002,645 55,699,963 +1,697,318
Germany 10,653,711 11,607,817 +954,106
Belgium 6,571,209 13,506,862 +6,935,653
Netherlands 8,842,365 8,462,214 -380,151
United States 8,324,758 7,839,615 -485,143
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 7,197,069 4,948,920 -2,248,149
Czechia 2,361,444 4,579,090 +2,217,646
Norway 3,674,864 3,134,034 -540,830
Austria 1,317,906 3,409,661 +2,091,755
Italy 3,380,037 1,275,897 -2,104,140

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 130,512,094
Belgium 20,592,154
United States 18,207,244
United Kingdom 17,584,002
Viet Nam 14,719,746

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 65,945,829 64,566,265 -1,379,564
Belgium 6,738,559 13,853,595 +7,115,036
United States 9,601,324 8,605,920 -995,404
United Kingdom 10,428,706 7,155,296 -3,273,410
Viet Nam 7,044,449 7,675,297 +630,848
Germany 4,456,484 4,400,081 -56,403
Poland 2,900,498 4,026,260 +1,125,762
Mexico 2,911,433 3,653,070 +741,637
Taiwan 2,302,297 3,431,620 +1,129,323
Austria 1,240,686 3,345,931 +2,105,245

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 84
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 58
Surrey, East and West Sussex 49
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 45
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 54 53 -1
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 39 40 +1
Surrey, East and West Sussex 30 31 +1
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 27 30 +3
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 19 30 +11
Greater Manchester 30 16 -14
Outer London - West and North West 29 24 -5
Inner London - East 21 19 -2
West Midlands 13 13 +0
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 11 14 +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 104,981,710
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 99,015,952
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 46,250,621
Other 9,181,804
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 53,523,095 51,458,615 -2,064,480
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 47,647,526 51,368,426 +3,720,900
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 18,165,304 28,085,317 +9,920,013
Other 6,406,732 2,775,072 -3,631,660
Road transport 69,695 256,152 +186,457

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 51,472,877
London Heathrow Airport 33,854,037
Southampton 26,390,658
East Midlands Airport 20,809,833
Eurotunnel 19,075,410

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 26,298,525 25,174,352 -1,124,173
London Heathrow Airport 19,078,471 14,775,566 -4,302,905
Southampton 16,164,410 10,226,248 -5,938,162
East Midlands Airport 9,803,199 11,006,634 +1,203,435
Eurotunnel 7,426,858 11,648,552 +4,221,694
London Gateway Port 2,912,871 12,597,616 +9,684,745
London Stansted Airport 7,788,237 6,639,270 -1,148,967
Dover 3,390,148 8,863,165 +5,473,017
Birmingham Airport 5,948,749 5,162,762 -785,987
Manchester Airport 5,640,472 3,905,013 -1,735,459

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
152
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
107
Computer programming, consultancy and related activities
56
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities
53
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
2026-05 129
2026-04 123
2026-03 128
2026-02 130
2026-01 124

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+ 261
1m-15m 246
0-1m 90
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 13,602,718
Norway 12,540,076
United States 10,304,182
Ireland 5,148,936
South Korea 4,283,343

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 6,133,231 7,469,487 +1,336,256
Norway 8,350,477 4,189,599 -4,160,878
United States 6,548,927 3,755,255 -2,793,672
Ireland 2,781,497 2,367,439 -414,058
South Korea 842,148 3,441,195 +2,599,047
Netherlands 2,108,349 1,852,319 -256,030
France 1,669,792 1,724,298 +54,506
Switzerland 1,960,618 1,166,919 -793,699
Canada 2,275,889 475,842 -1,800,047
Spain 1,104,544 1,518,706 +414,162

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 640,691
Japan 519
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 445,544 195,147 -250,397
Japan 229 290 +61
Kenya 344 0 -344
Malaysia 0 172 +172
Ireland 167 0 -167
South Korea 0 166 +166
Germany 0 11 +11

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 63,645,790
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 19,434,773
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 2,417,395
Other 718,717
Road transport 21,292

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 35,032,006 28,613,784 -6,418,222
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 8,671,511 10,763,262 +2,091,751
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 904,542 1,512,853 +608,311
Other 522,539 196,178 -326,361
Road transport 1,844 19,448 +17,604

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 40,244,025
East Midlands Airport 11,649,100
Dover / Eurotunnel 11,621,541
London Stansted Airport 4,268,590
ZLC 3,239,942

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 21,636,625 18,607,400 -3,029,225
East Midlands Airport 7,175,651 4,473,449 -2,702,202
Dover / Eurotunnel 4,715,791 6,905,750 +2,189,959
London Stansted Airport 2,765,646 1,502,944 -1,262,702
ZLC 1,457,459 1,782,483 +325,024
Manchester Airport 996,321 1,583,655 +587,334
Holyhead 1,208,515 1,327,765 +119,250
Hull 1,649,381 748,799 -900,582
Immingham Docks 246,396 2,005,009 +1,758,613
Warton Aerodrome 866,920 495,000 -371,920

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