Import/export HS code 8525: Broadcasting and TV transmission equipment

Includes TV cameras, digital cameras, and video recorders for broadcasting or television

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 509,215,743
Netherlands 489,367,835
Germany 350,750,765
United States 228,132,071
France 140,150,152

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 269,976,192 239,239,551 -30,736,641
Netherlands 284,572,532 204,795,303 -79,777,229
Germany 192,604,552 158,146,213 -34,458,339
United States 107,737,513 120,394,558 +12,657,045
France 80,099,658 60,050,494 -20,049,164
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 59,905,392 70,566,679 +10,661,287
Viet Nam 54,852,220 57,307,841 +2,455,621
Saudi Arabia 22,252,324 23,604,414 +1,352,090
Japan 21,389,282 19,679,153 -1,710,129
Hungary 21,258,291 18,051,420 -3,206,871

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 910,590,771
United States 274,743,014
Viet Nam 229,294,632
Germany 183,942,606
Thailand 183,708,524

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 480,724,673 429,866,098 -50,858,575
United States 133,100,206 141,642,808 +8,542,602
Viet Nam 115,392,256 113,902,376 -1,489,880
Germany 99,392,238 84,550,368 -14,841,870
Thailand 104,806,266 78,902,258 -25,904,008
Japan 80,526,236 66,687,802 -13,838,434
United Kingdom 43,091,754 39,312,112 -3,779,642
Taiwan 34,548,606 31,533,510 -3,015,096
Poland 35,826,050 28,455,646 -7,370,404
Italy 22,187,858 24,285,115 +2,097,257

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 353
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 343
Surrey, East and West Sussex 213
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 188
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 166

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 229 226 -3
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 250 237 -13
Surrey, East and West Sussex 156 159 +3
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 138 139 +1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 116 125 +9
Greater Manchester 116 110 -6
Inner London - East 114 95 -19
Outer London - West and North West 110 115 +5
West Midlands 95 93 -2
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 88 95 +7

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 1,259,781,567
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 646,166,657
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 645,171,068
Other 32,720,614
Road transport 14,532,249

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 600,776,097 659,005,470 +58,229,373
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 360,109,154 286,057,503 -74,051,651
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 362,250,218 282,920,850 -79,329,368
Other 23,374,705 9,345,909 -14,028,796
Road transport 11,053,448 3,478,801 -7,574,647
Rail transport 143,742 77,369 -66,373

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 492,968,394
Felixstowe 259,485,721
East Midlands Airport 243,754,740
Eurotunnel 218,720,924
Dover 198,076,912

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 230,613,067 262,355,327 +31,742,260
Felixstowe 148,525,831 110,959,890 -37,565,941
East Midlands Airport 132,311,864 111,442,876 -20,868,988
Eurotunnel 128,308,410 90,412,514 -37,895,896
Dover 112,334,136 85,742,776 -26,591,360
London Stansted Airport 79,552,600 101,053,307 +21,500,707
Thamesport 98,599,504 53,261,290 -45,338,214
Southampton 90,552,509 48,787,729 -41,764,780
London Gateway Port 52,112,203 76,707,733 +24,595,530
Birmingham Airport 67,880,158 50,230,511 -17,649,647

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 723
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 437
Computer programming, consultancy and related activities 306
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 268
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 256

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 721
2025-11 814
2025-10 839
2025-09 721
2025-08 745

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 1416
54m+ 1233
0-1m 513
15m-54m 345
Other 327

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 223,486,561
Germany 147,406,183
Italy 87,882,343
France 85,907,067
Netherlands 83,431,232

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 119,105,131 104,381,430 -14,723,701
Germany 62,774,559 84,631,624 +21,857,065
Italy 38,788,499 49,093,844 +10,305,345
France 50,691,369 35,215,698 -15,475,671
Netherlands 41,043,871 42,387,361 +1,343,490
Poland 26,362,771 41,635,784 +15,273,013
Saudi Arabia 32,823,289 14,525,847 -18,297,442
Ireland 21,789,989 22,093,174 +303,185
Canada 18,058,657 17,348,761 -709,896
United Arab Emirates 19,779,250 13,814,245 -5,965,005

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 £
XI 11,304,543
China 1,254,848
Sweden 431,010
Japan 312,039
Netherlands 223,023

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 £
XI 6,214,665 5,089,878 -1,124,787
China 684,037 570,811 -113,226
Sweden 0 431,010 +431,010
Japan 102,180 209,859 +107,679
Netherlands 167,406 55,617 -111,789
Austria 113,194 27,765 -85,429
Belgium 0 91,475 +91,475
Italy 74,938 612 -74,326
Germany 59,910 11,393 -48,517
Taiwan 34,033 25,792 -8,241

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 758,299,000
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 437,553,643
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 55,421,340
Other 14,682,420
Road transport 2,095,225

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 409,709,178 348,589,822 -61,119,356
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 197,560,449 239,993,194 +42,432,745
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 32,047,183 23,374,157 -8,673,026
Other 7,778,408 6,904,012 -874,396
Road transport 1,348,869 746,356 -602,513

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 359,980,856
Dover / Eurotunnel 332,128,773
East Midlands Airport 115,463,965
London Stansted Airport 84,395,787
ZLC 69,813,321

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 180,332,130 179,648,726 -683,404
Dover / Eurotunnel 142,816,453 189,312,320 +46,495,867
East Midlands Airport 63,686,105 51,777,860 -11,908,245
London Stansted Airport 49,832,860 34,562,927 -15,269,933
ZLC 34,865,490 34,947,831 +82,341
Dover 21,415,005 17,148,779 -4,266,226
Warton Aerodrome 27,900,595 10,346,978 -17,553,617
Manchester Airport 20,518,356 15,233,106 -5,285,250
Belfast Airport 21,089,591 13,457,519 -7,632,072
Immingham Docks 16,627,362 16,371,436 -255,926

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 8525

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

Description: Includes TV cameras, digital cameras, and video recorders for broadcasting or television