Import/export HS code 852351: Solid-state storage devices

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  • 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 £
Ireland 222,920,680
China 111,241,026
Netherlands 95,910,392
Taiwan 90,730,020
United States 75,993,616

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 £
Ireland 117,791,680 105,129,000 -12,662,680
China 53,446,375 57,794,651 +4,348,276
Netherlands 40,301,707 55,608,685 +15,306,978
Taiwan 39,397,458 51,332,562 +11,935,104
United States 28,390,820 47,602,796 +19,211,976
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 31,415,448 26,340,142 -5,075,306
Malaysia 14,113,390 37,598,801 +23,485,411
Germany 17,365,516 23,533,339 +6,167,823
Viet Nam 9,171,344 19,134,397 +9,963,053
France 12,516,391 11,197,228 -1,319,163

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 £
Taiwan 233,834,128
China 175,564,568
Malaysia 102,137,414
United States 91,917,403
Viet Nam 75,980,244

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 £
Taiwan 93,391,847 140,442,281 +47,050,434
China 84,662,334 90,902,234 +6,239,900
Malaysia 46,760,952 55,376,462 +8,615,510
United States 32,510,325 59,407,078 +26,896,753
Viet Nam 40,570,662 35,409,582 -5,161,080
South Korea 32,852,475 34,538,053 +1,685,578
Singapore 22,814,469 12,507,461 -10,307,008
Germany 8,512,507 11,113,149 +2,600,642
Philippines 6,291,908 12,254,181 +5,962,273
Japan 8,464,558 3,521,380 -4,943,178

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 203
Inner London - West 149
Surrey, East and West Sussex 111
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 104
Greater Manchester 96

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 146 136 -10
Inner London - West 98 97 -1
Surrey, East and West Sussex 66 83 +17
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 69 67 -2
Greater Manchester 67 63 -4
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 59 66 +7
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 46 66 +20
West Midlands 50 48 -2
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 34 52 +18
Inner London - East 36 45 +9

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 533,202,192
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 316,564,056
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 31,838,105
Other 6,886,562
Road transport 1,135,745

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 220,213,897 312,988,295 +92,774,398
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 164,409,751 152,154,305 -12,255,446
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 16,751,276 15,086,829 -1,664,447
Other 3,479,366 3,407,196 -72,170
Road transport 208,699 927,046 +718,347
Rail transport 6,830 0 -6,830

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 236,120,519
Holyhead 205,954,713
East Midlands Airport 147,208,394
London Stansted Airport 125,428,136
Dover / Eurotunnel 42,272,860

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 £
London Heathrow Airport 103,732,585 132,387,934 +28,655,349
Holyhead 102,452,648 103,502,065 +1,049,417
East Midlands Airport 52,656,619 94,551,775 +41,895,156
London Stansted Airport 51,714,783 73,713,353 +21,998,570
Dover / Eurotunnel 22,125,437 20,147,423 -1,978,014
Eurotunnel 14,239,660 11,813,641 -2,426,019
London Gateway Port 10,429,599 8,178,334 -2,251,265
Dover 6,753,150 9,618,776 +2,865,626
Birmingham Airport 5,400,572 7,956,017 +2,555,445
Thamesport 5,048,404 4,504,798 -543,606

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 399
Computer programming, consultancy and related activities 210
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 181
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 162
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 110

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 344
2026-03 350
2026-02 318
2026-01 323
2025-12 319

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+ 720
1m-15m 615
0-1m 216
15m-54m 171
Other 164

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 84,946,271
Germany 78,188,723
United States 37,510,311
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 34,344,970
France 22,203,046

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 38,785,873 46,160,398 +7,374,525
Germany 34,523,205 43,665,518 +9,142,313
United States 9,698,396 27,811,915 +18,113,519
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 9,443,663 24,901,307 +15,457,644
France 10,888,699 11,314,347 +425,648
Ireland 5,957,420 5,727,022 -230,398
Switzerland 1,568,399 8,034,041 +6,465,642
United Arab Emirates 4,529,161 2,381,041 -2,148,120
Czechia 3,094,659 2,931,734 -162,925
Poland 2,162,672 2,076,525 -86,147

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 £
South Korea 4,416,074
China 89,507
United States 12,838
Taiwan 3,899
Malaysia 45

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 £
South Korea 1,478,079 2,937,995 +1,459,916
China 33,202 56,305 +23,103
United States 12,838 0 -12,838
Taiwan 3,899 0 -3,899
Malaysia 0 45 +45

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 283,323,805
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 64,940,625
Other 4,522,636
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,680,620
Road transport 46,049

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 112,673,094 170,650,711 +57,977,617
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 30,163,526 34,777,099 +4,613,573
Other 1,528,287 2,994,349 +1,466,062
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,239,925 440,695 -799,230
Road transport 46,049 0 -46,049

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 119,301,569
London Stansted Airport 109,951,326
Dover / Eurotunnel 35,875,793
East Midlands Airport 32,051,401
Dover 18,926,109

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 50,123,415 69,178,154 +19,054,739
London Stansted Airport 41,072,129 68,879,197 +27,807,068
Dover / Eurotunnel 16,717,510 19,158,283 +2,440,773
East Midlands Airport 13,023,170 19,028,231 +6,005,061
Dover 8,062,145 10,863,964 +2,801,819
ZLC 6,371,856 11,766,660 +5,394,804
Holyhead 2,576,730 2,945,228 +368,498
000 1,528,287 2,994,349 +1,466,062
Immingham Docks 1,383,424 273,167 -1,110,257
Birmingham Airport 1,061,053 443,401 -617,652

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 852351

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

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