Import/export HS code 852550: Transmission equipment

Devices used for transmitting signals, such as radio or TV signals

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 £
United States 22,623,353
France 10,018,189
China 8,869,075
Viet Nam 7,247,342
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 7,060,971

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 £
United States 5,146,209 17,477,144 +12,330,935
France 6,120,054 3,898,135 -2,221,919
China 3,777,879 5,091,196 +1,313,317
Viet Nam 2,698,328 4,549,014 +1,850,686
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 2,030,513 5,030,458 +2,999,945
Canada 2,310,737 2,266,152 -44,585
Italy 1,593,926 2,182,667 +588,741
Netherlands 1,678,679 1,630,634 -48,045
Poland 3,134,673 79,381 -3,055,292
Spain 1,412,660 1,255,777 -156,883

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 £
United States 21,563,521
China 17,702,827
United Kingdom 10,598,726
Viet Nam 8,624,293
Canada 4,734,977

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 £
United States 5,082,253 16,481,268 +11,399,015
China 6,451,665 11,251,162 +4,799,497
United Kingdom 7,448,812 3,149,914 -4,298,898
Viet Nam 3,345,746 5,278,547 +1,932,801
Canada 2,418,521 2,316,456 -102,065
Italy 1,573,458 1,984,992 +411,534
France 1,363,291 1,365,341 +2,050
Spain 1,400,780 1,307,734 -93,046
Belgium 1,217,098 1,180,529 -36,569
Germany 1,072,703 375,436 -697,267

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 49
Inner London - West 46
Surrey, East and West Sussex 46
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 37
Outer London - West and North West 36

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 34 27 -7
Inner London - West 29 35 +6
Surrey, East and West Sussex 26 33 +7
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 17 27 +10
Outer London - West and North West 16 28 +12
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 20 24 +4
Greater Manchester 12 12 +0
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 8 13 +5
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 11 8 -3
West Midlands 12 9 -3

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 55,669,039
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 15,695,392
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 12,829,628
Other 220,370
Road transport 126,023

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 21,864,147 33,804,892 +11,940,745
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 8,734,069 6,961,323 -1,772,746
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 4,892,900 7,936,728 +3,043,828
Other 167,534 52,836 -114,698
Road transport 91,332 34,691 -56,641

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 25,630,894
East Midlands Airport 10,495,978
Dover 9,089,995
London Gatwick Airport 6,257,816
London Stansted Airport 6,215,741

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 9,789,828 15,841,066 +6,051,238
East Midlands Airport 6,576,981 3,918,997 -2,657,984
Dover 4,599,160 4,490,835 -108,325
London Gatwick Airport 0 6,257,816 +6,257,816
London Stansted Airport 2,804,925 3,410,816 +605,891
London Gateway Port 505,958 5,535,536 +5,029,578
Southampton 2,344,714 1,080,957 -1,263,757
Birmingham Airport 1,464,977 1,878,213 +413,236
Eurotunnel 1,845,213 403,469 -1,441,744
Felixstowe 1,712,237 509,131 -1,203,106

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 118
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 52
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 46
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 45
Computer programming, consultancy and related activities 37

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 76
2026-03 76
2026-02 78
2026-01 65
2025-12 72

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 213
54m+ 181
0-1m 59
Other 55
15m-54m 53

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 18,049,689
France 16,539,567
Poland 10,988,687
Germany 9,511,914
Italy 4,489,152

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 7,824,458 10,225,231 +2,400,773
France 12,267,023 4,272,544 -7,994,479
Poland 5,194,942 5,793,745 +598,803
Germany 5,239,249 4,272,665 -966,584
Italy 2,660,517 1,828,635 -831,882
Saudi Arabia 2,639,533 1,695,063 -944,470
Australia 560,557 3,195,354 +2,634,797
Canada 1,744,718 1,814,268 +69,550
China 2,288,527 1,093,900 -1,194,627
Japan 915,659 1,957,406 +1,041,747

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 £
Japan 790,869
Netherlands 164,878
Germany 114,199
Belgium 91,475
Italy 74,938

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 £
Japan 115,575 675,294 +559,719
Netherlands 164,878 0 -164,878
Germany 36,483 77,716 +41,233
Belgium 0 91,475 +91,475
Italy 74,938 0 -74,938
China 17,165 14,360 -2,805
Viet Nam 2,904 4,518 +1,614
United States 2,017 4,632 +2,615
XI 1,002 534 -468
France 555 421 -134

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 68,675,114
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 35,071,949
Other 1,975,921
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,324,564
Road transport 16,947

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 33,444,907 35,230,207 +1,785,300
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 21,972,621 13,099,328 -8,873,293
Other 679,599 1,296,322 +616,723
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,038,204 286,360 -751,844
Road transport 16,947 0 -16,947

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 38,608,238
Dover / Eurotunnel 25,097,277
East Midlands Airport 12,460,232
Immingham Docks 6,382,423
London Stansted Airport 5,377,929

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 15,970,183 22,638,055 +6,667,872
Dover / Eurotunnel 17,308,539 7,788,738 -9,519,801
East Midlands Airport 7,018,337 5,441,895 -1,576,442
Immingham Docks 2,117,233 4,265,190 +2,147,957
London Stansted Airport 2,919,087 2,458,842 -460,245
ZLC 2,509,496 1,842,674 -666,822
Warton Aerodrome 2,030,379 1,353,332 -677,047
000 679,599 1,296,322 +616,723
Dover 1,604,489 350,750 -1,253,739
Brize Norton 1,653,460 58,493 -1,594,967

Quick facts

HS code: 852550

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

Description: Devices used for transmitting signals, such as radio or TV signals