Import/export HS code 852349: Various optical discs

Various optical discs, including recorded and unrecorded, not specified elsewhere

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* 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 £
Austria 90,018,772
Poland 54,462,113
Czechia 50,570,886
Germany 44,540,887
France 38,861,539

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 £
Austria 52,638,793 37,379,979 -15,258,814
Poland 28,340,147 26,121,966 -2,218,181
Czechia 20,429,735 30,141,151 +9,711,416
Germany 24,473,955 20,066,932 -4,407,023
France 21,855,847 17,005,692 -4,850,155
United States 18,405,824 19,752,533 +1,346,709
Netherlands 12,100,532 11,222,822 -877,710
Ireland 4,126,547 2,936,350 -1,190,197
South Korea 1,468,894 3,347,032 +1,878,138
Slovenia 2,346,625 1,928,034 -418,591

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 £
Austria 170,548,916
Poland 57,698,886
Germany 55,095,025
United States 46,980,193
Czechia 16,891,807

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 £
Austria 90,757,368 79,791,548 -10,965,820
Poland 30,691,867 27,007,019 -3,684,848
Germany 29,086,414 26,008,611 -3,077,803
United States 22,655,351 24,324,842 +1,669,491
Czechia 7,500,915 9,390,892 +1,889,977
Japan 4,091,277 3,783,308 -307,969
Netherlands 3,991,790 3,594,032 -397,758
China 3,430,372 2,298,712 -1,131,660
South Korea 2,061,616 3,543,568 +1,481,952
United Kingdom 2,191,450 1,241,314 -950,136

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 137
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 116
Surrey, East and West Sussex 77
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 59
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 55

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 91 90 -1
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 83 74 -9
Surrey, East and West Sussex 48 57 +9
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 39 34 -5
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 47 34 -13
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 35 29 -6
Outer London - West and North West 30 32 +2
West Midlands 29 28 -1
Inner London - East 24 27 +3
Greater Manchester 23 29 +6

Import volume by transport

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

Top 5 values

Transport £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 268,705,454
Air transport 108,586,628
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 25,861,166
Other 3,896,601
Rail transport 512,972

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 £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 143,339,119 125,366,335 -17,972,784
Air transport 55,097,639 53,488,989 -1,608,650
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 12,557,141 13,304,025 +746,884
Other 2,289,160 1,607,441 -681,719
Rail transport 512,972 0 -512,972
Road transport 20,715 26,609 +5,894

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Eurotunnel 117,267,844
Dover 87,778,535
Harwich 49,704,169
East Midlands Airport 33,204,075
London Heathrow Airport 33,005,124

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 £
Eurotunnel 57,617,515 59,650,329 +2,032,814
Dover 50,034,410 37,744,125 -12,290,285
Harwich 25,705,365 23,998,804 -1,706,561
East Midlands Airport 17,715,533 15,488,542 -2,226,991
London Heathrow Airport 15,842,237 17,162,887 +1,320,650
London Stansted Airport 15,081,196 15,033,583 -47,613
Thamesport 6,552,680 5,860,459 -692,221
London Gateway Port 5,011,814 6,010,117 +998,303
Birmingham Airport 4,454,533 4,710,056 +255,523
Dover / Eurotunnel 6,007,958 810,503 -5,197,455

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 209
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 120
Computer programming, consultancy and related activities 92
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 88
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 70

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 185
2026-03 186
2026-02 175
2026-01 179
2025-12 191

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+ 478
1m-15m 352
0-1m 130
15m-54m 103
Other 98

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 £
United Arab Emirates 100,547,238
United States 72,734,093
Ireland 26,678,984
Netherlands 22,911,157
Germany 13,532,834

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 £
United Arab Emirates 49,972,541 50,574,697 +602,156
United States 39,326,354 33,407,739 -5,918,615
Ireland 14,019,222 12,659,762 -1,359,460
Netherlands 12,593,683 10,317,474 -2,276,209
Germany 7,369,702 6,163,132 -1,206,570
France 8,074,935 5,382,761 -2,692,174
Japan 5,476,951 5,203,775 -273,176
China 4,463,820 4,779,572 +315,752
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 4,995,207 4,092,530 -902,677
Israel 3,195,490 4,232,716 +1,037,226

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 1,250,890
United States 4,092
XI 1,526

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 304,665 946,225 +641,560
United States 4,062 30 -4,032
XI 1,526 0 -1,526

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 298,992,027
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 65,197,805
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 4,083,840
Other 1,385,410
Road transport 64,315

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 156,982,077 142,009,950 -14,972,127
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 34,635,808 30,561,997 -4,073,811
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 2,522,363 1,561,477 -960,886
Other 360,780 1,024,630 +663,850
Road transport 58,515 5,800 -52,715

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 98,568,492
East Midlands Airport 73,863,218
Birmingham Airport 58,424,151
London Stansted Airport 30,856,132
ZLC 23,484,849

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 52,129,010 46,439,482 -5,689,528
East Midlands Airport 40,747,550 33,115,668 -7,631,882
Birmingham Airport 28,489,363 29,934,788 +1,445,425
London Stansted Airport 15,685,054 15,171,078 -513,976
ZLC 14,342,461 9,142,388 -5,200,073
Dover / Eurotunnel 13,907,685 9,260,913 -4,646,772
Dover 9,036,053 10,660,203 +1,624,150
Holyhead 8,908,403 9,383,381 +474,978
London Gatwick Airport 3,568,426 5,501,863 +1,933,437
Manchester Airport 1,989,636 2,417,374 +427,738

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 852349

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

Description: Various optical discs, including recorded and unrecorded, not specified elsewhere