Import/export HS code 852581: High-speed transmission equipment

Specialized transmission devices designed for high-speed data or signal transfer

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 £
Germany 15,890,873
China 13,414,258
United States 10,744,668
France 5,502,549
Netherlands 5,380,836

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 8,286,945 7,603,928 -683,017
China 7,604,190 5,810,068 -1,794,122
United States 6,750,615 3,994,053 -2,756,562
France 2,173,590 3,328,959 +1,155,369
Netherlands 3,890,216 1,490,620 -2,399,596
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 2,801,180 906,638 -1,894,542
Canada 1,223,676 796,005 -427,671
Japan 1,175,766 650,096 -525,670
South Korea 427,661 855,236 +427,575
Ireland 1,048,758 214,238 -834,520

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 20,099,586
Viet Nam 15,438,913
United States 8,908,070
France 4,102,935
Taiwan 3,985,601

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 11,836,865 8,262,721 -3,574,144
Viet Nam 8,303,466 7,135,447 -1,168,019
United States 6,042,319 2,865,751 -3,176,568
France 2,076,041 2,026,894 -49,147
Taiwan 1,850,418 2,135,183 +284,765
Japan 1,902,092 1,181,732 -720,360
Germany 1,850,175 775,480 -1,074,695
United Kingdom 1,810,394 689,006 -1,121,388
Canada 1,109,394 458,780 -650,614
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 1,334,989 195,403 -1,139,586

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 48
Inner London - West 32
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 31
Greater Manchester 24
Surrey, East and West Sussex 22

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 39 25 -14
Inner London - West 22 15 -7
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 20 21 +1
Greater Manchester 17 14 -3
Surrey, East and West Sussex 12 16 +4
Inner London - East 9 13 +4
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 12 9 -3
West Midlands 11 11 +0
Outer London - West and North West 11 9 -2
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 11 8 -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 40,761,679
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 20,374,072
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 10,484,659
Other 290,179
Road transport 35,108

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 26,729,661 14,032,018 -12,697,643
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 11,223,856 9,150,216 -2,073,640
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 4,591,339 5,893,320 +1,301,981
Other 165,304 124,875 -40,429
Road transport 10,121 24,987 +14,866
Rail transport 22,794 0 -22,794

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 17,770,856
East Midlands Airport 13,083,166
London Gateway Port 10,992,355
Felixstowe 6,732,671
Manchester Airport 3,785,449

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 11,006,928 6,763,928 -4,243,000
East Midlands Airport 9,125,058 3,958,108 -5,166,950
London Gateway Port 5,125,030 5,867,325 +742,295
Felixstowe 4,284,600 2,448,071 -1,836,529
Manchester Airport 3,395,272 390,177 -3,005,095
Eurotunnel 863,468 1,947,714 +1,084,246
Thamesport 1,165,563 1,213,119 +47,556
Birmingham Airport 1,319,068 1,044,425 -274,643
London Stansted Airport 1,059,193 965,237 -93,956
Dover 726,699 1,123,458 +396,759

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
95
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
55
Computer programming, consultancy and related activities
40
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products
37
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities
28

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 37
2026-04 33
2026-03 32
2026-02 42
2026-01 39

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 156
54m+ 155
15m-54m 41
Other 41
0-1m 34

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 27,145,232
Germany 11,886,273
Netherlands 5,987,177
China 5,942,171
France 5,632,058

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 16,680,141 10,465,091 -6,215,050
Germany 7,425,829 4,460,444 -2,965,385
Netherlands 3,853,240 2,133,937 -1,719,303
China 3,086,808 2,855,363 -231,445
France 3,591,162 2,040,896 -1,550,266
Italy 4,292,927 1,076,592 -3,216,335
Ireland 1,882,088 1,370,735 -511,353
Canada 1,884,976 1,179,945 -705,031
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 657,712 862,631 +204,919
Saudi Arabia 555,151 850,261 +295,110

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 11,785,400
China 1,566
Taiwan 42

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 6,841,148 4,944,252 -1,896,896
China 985 581 -404
Taiwan 42 0 -42

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 62,357,657
Other 11,792,179
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 10,156,564
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 3,652,726
Road transport 18,797

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 39,827,161 22,530,496 -17,296,665
Other 6,846,236 4,945,943 -1,900,293
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 5,703,726 4,452,838 -1,250,888
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 2,287,701 1,365,025 -922,676
Road transport 18,797 0 -18,797

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 29,329,985
East Midlands Airport 13,500,005
000 11,792,179
London Stansted Airport 7,444,997
Dover / Eurotunnel 6,918,469

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 18,199,039 11,130,946 -7,068,093
East Midlands Airport 9,504,494 3,995,511 -5,508,983
000 6,846,236 4,945,943 -1,900,293
London Stansted Airport 2,923,157 4,521,840 +1,598,683
Dover / Eurotunnel 3,981,585 2,936,884 -1,044,701
Belfast Airport 5,901,629 607,885 -5,293,744
ZLC 1,422,436 1,690,946 +268,510
Dover 847,962 786,529 -61,433
Edinburgh Airport 1,309,359 278,150 -1,031,209
Southampton 235,203 1,089,786 +854,583

Quick facts

HS code: 852581

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

Description: Specialized transmission devices designed for high-speed data or signal transfer