Import/export HS code 852691: Radio navigation devices

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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 £
United States 190,011,911
Germany 82,588,674
France 81,892,569
Viet Nam 80,667,580
Netherlands 52,685,249

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 117,542,728 72,469,183 -45,073,545
Germany 48,961,796 33,626,878 -15,334,918
France 43,766,610 38,125,959 -5,640,651
Viet Nam 45,945,032 34,722,548 -11,222,484
Netherlands 29,614,968 23,070,281 -6,544,687
Turkey 27,397,272 14,082,622 -13,314,650
Italy 26,536,822 13,655,926 -12,880,896
Taiwan 21,798,095 17,333,531 -4,464,564
Poland 25,532,176 12,907,823 -12,624,353
Singapore 17,019,340 8,589,562 -8,429,778

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 316,077,124
Viet Nam 111,150,391
China 70,979,070
Taiwan 61,757,343
Turkey 38,754,989

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 191,757,411 124,319,713 -67,437,698
Viet Nam 63,606,269 47,544,122 -16,062,147
China 39,743,993 31,235,077 -8,508,916
Taiwan 36,836,761 24,920,582 -11,916,179
Turkey 25,783,614 12,971,375 -12,812,239
Italy 23,843,056 14,823,722 -9,019,334
United Kingdom 18,556,898 13,049,302 -5,507,596
Malaysia 13,352,483 14,299,440 +946,957
France 14,423,470 13,000,154 -1,423,316
Canada 11,486,318 8,880,866 -2,605,452

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 100
Surrey, East and West Sussex 76
Inner London - West 75
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 67
Greater Manchester 49

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 76 73 -3
Surrey, East and West Sussex 61 50 -11
Inner London - West 50 49 -1
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 49 45 -4
Greater Manchester 35 30 -5
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 34 33 -1
Outer London - West and North West 30 29 -1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 31 26 -5
West Midlands 27 22 -5
Essex 29 25 -4

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 616,875,588
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 151,493,939
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 97,320,806
Other 31,538,183
Road transport 1,747,524

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 376,637,801 240,237,787 -136,400,014
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 76,928,926 74,565,013 -2,363,913
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 59,934,680 37,386,126 -22,548,554
Other 24,768,744 6,769,439 -17,999,305
Road transport 534,776 1,212,748 +677,972
Rail transport 150,758 101,520 -49,238

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 243,408,921
East Midlands Airport 151,115,523
London Stansted Airport 129,727,995
Felixstowe 69,614,922
000 31,538,183

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 147,007,328 96,401,593 -50,605,735
East Midlands Airport 96,268,611 54,846,912 -41,421,699
London Stansted Airport 80,269,733 49,458,262 -30,811,471
Felixstowe 35,180,953 34,433,969 -746,984
000 24,768,744 6,769,439 -17,999,305
Eurotunnel 14,767,093 14,589,297 -177,796
Oxford Airport 16,710,084 11,241,836 -5,468,248
Thamesport 17,539,326 10,066,872 -7,472,454
London Gateway Port 13,037,046 10,443,753 -2,593,293
Dover 13,900,546 7,419,005 -6,481,541

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 200
Computer programming, consultancy and related activities 83
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 78
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 74
Warehousing and support activities for transportation 68

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 226
2025-11 258
2025-10 251
2025-09 220
2025-08 225

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 420
54m+ 376
0-1m 149
Other 126
15m-54m 105

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 156,829,372
Germany 83,343,435
France 75,560,437
Netherlands 73,179,163
Italy 47,301,318

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 93,077,008 63,752,364 -29,324,644
Germany 52,881,629 30,461,806 -22,419,823
France 46,919,685 28,640,752 -18,278,933
Netherlands 29,014,148 44,165,015 +15,150,867
Italy 23,971,134 23,330,184 -640,950
South Africa 11,562,762 8,520,890 -3,041,872
Australia 13,299,805 4,909,869 -8,389,936
Switzerland 9,054,326 8,347,403 -706,923
Taiwan 10,963,908 6,224,879 -4,739,029
Spain 8,880,268 5,132,998 -3,747,270

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 5,621,222
China 218,842
Taiwan 103,359
Slovenia 634
Germany 561

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 3,607,724 2,013,498 -1,594,226
China 163,412 55,430 -107,982
Taiwan 52,860 50,499 -2,361
Slovenia 8 626 +618
Germany 561 0 -561
Italy 254 0 -254
Ireland 100 0 -100
Japan 24 0 -24

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 538,443,061
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 123,288,251
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 38,613,038
Other 5,975,970
Road transport 419,387

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 313,348,082 225,094,979 -88,253,103
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 60,153,946 63,134,305 +2,980,359
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 25,990,489 12,622,549 -13,367,940
Other 3,855,917 2,120,053 -1,735,864
Road transport 416,871 2,516 -414,355

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 192,654,786
London Stansted Airport 124,679,907
East Midlands Airport 71,698,661
Dover / Eurotunnel 62,772,435
ZLC 60,395,497

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 113,894,659 78,760,127 -35,134,532
London Stansted Airport 66,809,241 57,870,666 -8,938,575
East Midlands Airport 44,139,201 27,559,460 -16,579,741
Dover / Eurotunnel 35,700,081 27,072,354 -8,627,727
ZLC 39,627,616 20,767,881 -18,859,735
Eurotunnel 12,847,812 29,899,265 +17,051,453
Humberside Airport - Kirmington 23,844,771 15,323,014 -8,521,757
Southampton 15,317,362 6,067,221 -9,250,141
Manchester Airport 8,267,082 10,770,777 +2,503,695
Warton Aerodrome 8,110,881 1,805,451 -6,305,430

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 852691

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

Description: Tools that help in navigation using radio signals, such as GPS systems