Import/export HS code 852380: Various recording media

Various types of recording media not specified elsewhere

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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 £
Germany 45,436,714
France 44,338,180
Czechia 29,942,694
United States 29,667,618
Netherlands 14,410,314

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 £
Germany 24,132,331 21,304,383 -2,827,948
France 21,016,855 23,321,325 +2,304,470
Czechia 12,964,065 16,978,629 +4,014,564
United States 14,199,614 15,468,004 +1,268,390
Netherlands 6,880,084 7,530,230 +650,146
China 5,248,737 5,873,507 +624,770
Poland 4,761,699 4,582,782 -178,917
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 2,112,445 5,316,081 +3,203,636
Spain 3,611,551 3,726,011 +114,460
Italy 3,175,212 2,837,737 -337,475

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 £
Germany 59,675,379
Czechia 48,415,908
United States 33,758,660
China 19,906,833
Netherlands 13,212,655

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 £
Germany 29,481,940 30,193,439 +711,499
Czechia 22,572,732 25,843,176 +3,270,444
United States 16,843,637 16,915,023 +71,386
China 9,602,440 10,304,393 +701,953
Netherlands 5,865,682 7,346,973 +1,481,291
Poland 5,881,851 5,824,311 -57,540
France 4,300,927 5,259,515 +958,588
Italy 2,445,941 2,391,865 -54,076
South Africa 2,346,338 2,128,533 -217,805
Taiwan 1,272,025 3,084,338 +1,812,313

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 135
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 95
Surrey, East and West Sussex 69
Inner London - East 59
Outer London - West and North West 58

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 90 88 -2
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 68 56 -12
Surrey, East and West Sussex 45 42 -3
Inner London - East 40 39 -1
Outer London - West and North West 41 38 -3
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 36 32 -4
Greater Manchester 31 36 +5
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 31 20 -11
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 31 23 -8
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 22 21 -1

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) 141,180,255
Air transport 77,532,386
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 20,573,481
Other 1,149,028
Road transport 20,758

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) 68,593,388 72,586,867 +3,993,479
Air transport 35,460,447 42,071,939 +6,611,492
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 10,556,690 10,016,791 -539,899
Other 432,309 716,719 +284,410
Road transport 9,068 11,690 +2,622

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 56,886,830
Eurotunnel 50,021,783
London Heathrow Airport 30,556,211
East Midlands Airport 26,064,492
Harwich 26,055,537

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 £
Dover 28,479,640 28,407,190 -72,450
Eurotunnel 23,140,989 26,880,794 +3,739,805
London Heathrow Airport 15,054,763 15,501,448 +446,685
East Midlands Airport 11,358,688 14,705,804 +3,347,116
Harwich 12,670,081 13,385,456 +715,375
Thamesport 5,571,539 5,643,605 +72,066
London Stansted Airport 3,458,450 5,906,016 +2,447,566
Felixstowe 3,171,103 2,955,486 -215,617
Birmingham Airport 1,934,749 3,516,798 +1,582,049
London 3,077,263 2,102,535 -974,728

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
218
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
165
Computer programming, consultancy and related activities
95
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities
81
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products
64

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 144
2026-04 152
2026-03 174
2026-02 146
2026-01 166

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
1m-15m 410
54m+ 342
0-1m 179
15m-54m 101
Other 74

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 States 29,829,509
Germany 22,057,333
Netherlands 13,782,422
Japan 9,253,705
France 8,030,270

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 States 16,377,147 13,452,362 -2,924,785
Germany 10,155,732 11,901,601 +1,745,869
Netherlands 7,018,695 6,763,727 -254,968
Japan 4,755,798 4,497,907 -257,891
France 4,546,227 3,484,043 -1,062,184
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 4,364,370 2,923,733 -1,440,637
Ireland 2,036,607 3,562,877 +1,526,270
Denmark 2,193,367 2,928,162 +734,795
South Africa 4,561,186 537,466 -4,023,720
Australia 1,973,801 2,197,896 +224,095

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 1,657
Sweden 209
Ireland 93

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 0 1,657 +1,657
Sweden 209 0 -209
Ireland 93 0 -93

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 106,808,226
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 36,617,285
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 7,884,372
Road transport 183,668
Other 4,894

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 55,553,775 51,254,451 -4,299,324
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 18,366,987 18,250,298 -116,689
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 4,293,919 3,590,453 -703,466
Road transport 152,698 30,970 -121,728
Other 3,069 1,825 -1,244

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 33,472,478
ZLC 25,916,339
East Midlands Airport 19,723,187
London Stansted Airport 17,354,112
Dover / Eurotunnel 15,375,212

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 13,953,031 19,519,447 +5,566,416
ZLC 11,826,687 14,089,652 +2,262,965
East Midlands Airport 11,962,207 7,760,980 -4,201,227
London Stansted Airport 9,980,374 7,373,738 -2,606,636
Dover / Eurotunnel 8,115,890 7,259,322 -856,568
Dover 7,431,756 6,981,476 -450,280
Manchester Airport 5,754,034 1,192,509 -4,561,525
Holyhead 1,462,784 3,329,334 +1,866,550
Liverpool Docks 1,931,837 1,760,941 -170,896
Warton Aerodrome 1,759,440 1,097,363 -662,077

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 852380

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

Description: Various types of recording media not specified elsewhere