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.
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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 £
Germany 47,835,147
France 45,686,165
United States 31,289,818
Czechia 30,072,348
Netherlands 14,541,048

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 23,937,698 23,897,449 -40,249
France 21,395,858 24,290,307 +2,894,449
United States 14,834,562 16,455,256 +1,620,694
Czechia 12,913,610 17,158,738 +4,245,128
Netherlands 6,716,886 7,824,162 +1,107,276
China 5,724,738 6,297,699 +572,961
Poland 4,279,047 5,079,866 +800,819
Spain 3,702,497 4,017,266 +314,769
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 1,805,349 5,592,244 +3,786,895
Italy 3,098,036 3,121,013 +22,977

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 61,648,301
Czechia 49,496,021
United States 35,468,286
China 21,069,233
Netherlands 13,453,150

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 29,121,149 32,527,152 +3,406,003
Czechia 22,570,932 26,925,089 +4,354,157
United States 17,305,182 18,163,104 +857,922
China 9,813,129 11,256,104 +1,442,975
Netherlands 5,739,135 7,714,015 +1,974,880
Poland 5,336,870 6,402,066 +1,065,196
France 4,486,271 5,275,450 +789,179
Italy 2,357,566 2,597,787 +240,221
Taiwan 1,110,426 3,285,128 +2,174,702
South Africa 1,448,153 2,832,572 +1,384,419

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 144
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 99
Surrey, East and West Sussex 75
Inner London - East 66
Outer London - West and North West 66

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 94 93 -1
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 70 57 -13
Surrey, East and West Sussex 50 46 -4
Inner London - East 43 40 -3
Outer London - West and North West 45 38 -7
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 35 34 -1
Greater Manchester 33 36 +3
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 32 20 -12
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 30 26 -4
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 23 20 -3

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) 144,900,987
Air transport 80,225,298
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 22,009,562
Other 1,164,865
Road transport 23,015

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) 68,153,659 76,747,328 +8,593,669
Air transport 35,042,045 45,183,253 +10,141,208
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 11,139,953 10,869,609 -270,344
Other 438,135 726,730 +288,595
Road transport 12,844 10,171 -2,673

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 58,693,245
Eurotunnel 50,775,359
London Heathrow Airport 31,800,313
East Midlands Airport 26,734,911
Harwich 26,474,982

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 28,707,278 29,985,967 +1,278,689
Eurotunnel 22,750,802 28,024,557 +5,273,755
London Heathrow Airport 14,984,485 16,815,828 +1,831,343
East Midlands Airport 10,495,502 16,239,409 +5,743,907
Harwich 12,155,571 14,319,411 +2,163,840
Thamesport 5,335,815 6,033,700 +697,885
London Stansted Airport 4,089,770 5,727,903 +1,638,133
Felixstowe 3,991,030 3,222,264 -768,766
Birmingham Airport 1,891,430 3,656,031 +1,764,601
London 2,939,263 2,481,245 -458,018

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 230
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 171
Computer programming, consultancy and related activities 101
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 88
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 68

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 152
2026-03 174
2026-02 146
2026-01 166
2025-12 154

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 443
54m+ 350
0-1m 196
15m-54m 102
Other 76

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 31,894,630
Germany 22,282,871
Netherlands 14,133,327
Japan 11,146,907
France 8,665,400

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 17,726,891 14,167,739 -3,559,152
Germany 9,508,389 12,774,482 +3,266,093
Netherlands 6,820,593 7,312,734 +492,141
Japan 6,477,191 4,669,716 -1,807,475
France 4,842,715 3,822,685 -1,020,030
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 3,449,972 3,962,068 +512,096
Ireland 2,310,621 3,533,034 +1,222,413
South Africa 4,560,423 628,075 -3,932,348
Denmark 2,060,099 3,003,359 +943,260
Australia 2,022,311 2,287,721 +265,410

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
Slovenia 397
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
Slovenia 397 0 -397
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 112,225,932
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 37,968,521
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 8,286,441
Road transport 188,195
Other 5,774

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 56,971,234 55,254,698 -1,716,536
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 18,266,791 19,701,730 +1,434,939
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 4,133,498 4,152,943 +19,445
Road transport 153,078 35,117 -117,961
Other 3,949 1,825 -2,124

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 35,490,253
ZLC 25,998,593
East Midlands Airport 21,296,068
London Stansted Airport 18,674,125
Dover / Eurotunnel 16,051,127

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 15,848,442 19,641,811 +3,793,369
ZLC 11,272,760 14,725,833 +3,453,073
East Midlands Airport 12,316,298 8,979,770 -3,336,528
London Stansted Airport 9,990,594 8,683,531 -1,307,063
Dover / Eurotunnel 8,121,510 7,929,617 -191,893
Dover 7,286,400 7,625,052 +338,652
Manchester Airport 5,782,294 1,522,698 -4,259,596
Holyhead 1,586,770 3,281,372 +1,694,602
Liverpool Docks 1,649,531 2,212,481 +562,950
Warton Aerodrome 1,456,234 1,438,068 -18,166

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