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

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

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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 £
China 596,005,291
Netherlands 522,206,643
Germany 386,741,856
United States 260,494,587
France 153,858,997

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 268,500,417 327,504,874 +59,004,457
Netherlands 284,930,637 237,276,006 -47,654,631
Germany 196,757,478 189,984,378 -6,773,100
United States 121,158,433 139,336,154 +18,177,721
France 77,990,309 75,868,688 -2,121,621
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 64,351,672 81,750,569 +17,398,897
Viet Nam 53,466,054 63,423,867 +9,957,813
Saudi Arabia 27,602,243 34,576,487 +6,974,244
Japan 21,455,088 22,589,082 +1,133,994
Czechia 19,514,983 22,499,506 +2,984,523

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 1,028,919,714
United States 309,159,766
Viet Nam 251,533,083
Germany 198,119,210
Thailand 194,930,118

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 483,834,023 545,085,691 +61,251,668
United States 149,171,708 159,988,058 +10,816,350
Viet Nam 116,788,925 134,744,158 +17,955,233
Germany 101,272,583 96,846,627 -4,425,956
Thailand 104,233,873 90,696,245 -13,537,628
Japan 79,671,114 83,688,134 +4,017,020
United Kingdom 44,279,529 48,026,885 +3,747,356
Poland 35,906,461 37,941,810 +2,035,349
Taiwan 31,261,528 41,458,734 +10,197,206
Italy 22,902,179 39,530,060 +16,627,881

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 369
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 362
Surrey, East and West Sussex 217
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 199
Inner London - East 174

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 232 257 +25
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 254 263 +9
Surrey, East and West Sussex 150 171 +21
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 146 145 -1
Inner London - East 112 112 +0
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 119 132 +13
Greater Manchester 115 118 +3
Outer London - West and North West 104 125 +21
West Midlands 92 98 +6
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 90 97 +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 1,449,186,951
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 710,359,832
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 709,255,290
Other 29,562,672
Road transport 11,607,068

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 644,581,275 804,605,676 +160,024,401
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 340,953,754 369,406,078 +28,452,324
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 369,262,408 339,992,882 -29,269,526
Other 22,611,326 6,951,346 -15,659,980
Road transport 6,203,947 5,403,121 -800,826
Rail transport 143,742 279,637 +135,895

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 566,584,840
Felixstowe 303,206,100
East Midlands Airport 274,499,623
Eurotunnel 241,106,299
Dover 215,852,290

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 238,594,025 327,990,815 +89,396,790
Felixstowe 150,391,224 152,814,876 +2,423,652
East Midlands Airport 135,717,270 138,782,353 +3,065,083
Eurotunnel 125,851,610 115,254,689 -10,596,921
Dover 114,112,897 101,739,393 -12,373,504
London Stansted Airport 78,625,314 126,572,175 +47,946,861
London Gateway Port 58,483,128 95,068,875 +36,585,747
Thamesport 91,777,888 59,860,859 -31,917,029
Southampton 73,732,593 58,373,530 -15,359,063
Birmingham Airport 68,501,565 63,112,121 -5,389,444

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 755
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 463
Computer programming, consultancy and related activities 325
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 277
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 267

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 789
2026-03 796
2026-02 745
2026-01 721
2025-12 707

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 1484
54m+ 1270
0-1m 543
15m-54m 369
Other 349

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 230,711,448
Germany 163,954,260
Italy 104,366,702
Netherlands 91,421,612
France 90,709,812

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 114,273,637 116,437,811 +2,164,174
Germany 66,076,380 97,877,880 +31,801,500
Italy 44,105,937 60,260,765 +16,154,828
Netherlands 41,361,079 50,060,533 +8,699,454
France 50,415,399 40,294,413 -10,120,986
Poland 39,867,910 30,433,628 -9,434,282
Ireland 23,150,328 25,600,562 +2,450,234
Saudi Arabia 29,984,688 18,602,003 -11,382,685
Canada 17,415,588 22,111,121 +4,695,533
China 19,527,268 16,381,594 -3,145,674

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 12,004,293
China 1,959,270
Japan 790,869
Sweden 431,010
Netherlands 210,073

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 6,758,239 5,246,054 -1,512,185
China 643,422 1,315,848 +672,426
Japan 115,575 675,294 +559,719
Sweden 0 431,010 +431,010
Netherlands 164,878 45,195 -119,683
Austria 113,026 23,793 -89,233
Germany 39,912 78,559 +38,647
Belgium 0 91,475 +91,475
Taiwan 31,450 49,535 +18,085
South Korea 28,028 49,648 +21,620

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 826,739,284
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 487,644,814
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 54,258,244
Other 16,716,477
Road transport 1,316,377

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 407,170,160 419,569,124 +12,398,964
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 225,975,888 261,668,926 +35,693,038
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 26,463,704 27,794,540 +1,330,836
Other 8,249,843 8,466,634 +216,791
Road transport 275,234 1,041,143 +765,909

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 393,918,764
Dover / Eurotunnel 373,946,720
East Midlands Airport 123,303,537
London Stansted Airport 89,604,382
ZLC 77,637,756

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 186,045,788 207,872,976 +21,827,188
Dover / Eurotunnel 171,817,158 202,129,562 +30,312,404
East Midlands Airport 63,854,071 59,449,466 -4,404,605
London Stansted Airport 44,446,018 45,158,364 +712,346
ZLC 34,496,779 43,140,977 +8,644,198
Manchester Airport 23,186,847 19,853,879 -3,332,968
Warton Aerodrome 24,483,937 14,509,390 -9,974,547
Dover 18,347,023 19,150,062 +803,039
Belfast Airport 19,735,027 16,706,557 -3,028,470
Immingham Docks 13,577,557 19,397,639 +5,820,082

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