Import/export HS code 8528: Monitors and projectors

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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 £
China 1,201,038,090
Netherlands 884,647,579
France 717,925,861
Poland 540,492,955
Slovakia 415,135,431

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 653,290,608 547,747,482 -105,543,126
Netherlands 471,577,266 413,070,313 -58,506,953
France 398,249,484 319,676,377 -78,573,107
Poland 279,147,642 261,345,313 -17,802,329
Slovakia 221,531,111 193,604,320 -27,926,791
Hungary 166,224,306 182,947,256 +16,722,950
Turkey 180,353,034 139,280,064 -41,072,970
Ireland 106,048,501 111,594,722 +5,546,221
Viet Nam 23,594,072 178,287,725 +154,693,653
United States 87,782,413 64,201,013 -23,581,400

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 2,328,020,851
Poland 841,101,319
Slovakia 593,790,591
Viet Nam 371,352,176
Hungary 358,853,949

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 1,209,845,036 1,118,175,815 -91,669,221
Poland 489,404,475 351,696,844 -137,707,631
Slovakia 318,993,545 274,797,046 -44,196,499
Viet Nam 92,192,924 279,159,252 +186,966,328
Hungary 168,816,617 190,037,332 +21,220,715
Turkey 184,995,855 153,830,606 -31,165,249
Japan 83,686,321 97,583,099 +13,896,778
United States 77,511,687 65,199,848 -12,311,839
Czechia 58,451,794 55,800,139 -2,651,655
Slovenia 48,346,769 50,761,884 +2,415,115

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 409
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 335
Surrey, East and West Sussex 226
Outer London - West and North West 186
Greater Manchester 176

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 279 262 -17
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 233 227 -6
Surrey, East and West Sussex 149 160 +11
Outer London - West and North West 127 123 -4
Greater Manchester 112 122 +10
Inner London - East 109 114 +5
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 123 118 -5
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 113 115 +2
West Midlands 95 102 +7
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 93 88 -5

Import volume by transport

What this shows: Import value by transport mode used to bring goods into the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 3,144,937,240
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,687,989,818
Air transport 780,501,898
Other 323,170,899
Road transport 55,128,493

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 £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 1,669,909,745 1,475,027,495 -194,882,250
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 845,708,203 842,281,615 -3,426,588
Air transport 275,886,180 504,615,718 +228,729,538
Other 246,408,325 76,762,574 -169,645,751
Road transport 36,530,849 18,597,644 -17,933,205
Rail transport 396,438 82,985 -313,453

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 1,194,615,435
Dover / Eurotunnel 786,850,498
Dover 665,150,750
Eurotunnel 461,629,908
London 390,710,265

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 £
Felixstowe 611,659,667 582,955,768 -28,703,899
Dover / Eurotunnel 412,480,436 374,370,062 -38,110,374
Dover 367,216,776 297,933,974 -69,282,802
Eurotunnel 228,227,318 233,402,590 +5,175,272
London 201,416,330 189,293,935 -12,122,395
000 246,408,325 76,762,574 -169,645,751
London Heathrow Airport 111,121,793 138,084,624 +26,962,831
499 5,095,808 239,776,629 +234,680,821
London Gateway Port 80,075,587 142,186,453 +62,110,866
Purfleet 96,832,314 92,004,377 -4,827,937

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 770
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 467
Computer programming, consultancy and related activities 338
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 257
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 246

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 680
2026-03 681
2026-02 660
2026-01 621
2025-12 649

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 1443
54m+ 1364
0-1m 522
15m-54m 367
Other 363

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 £
Poland 169,994,429
Ireland 139,862,623
Netherlands 77,613,477
Germany 73,670,233
United States 67,924,853

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 £
Poland 90,315,989 79,678,440 -10,637,549
Ireland 62,310,929 77,551,694 +15,240,765
Netherlands 38,440,945 39,172,532 +731,587
Germany 42,623,138 31,047,095 -11,576,043
United States 40,413,101 27,511,752 -12,901,349
France 25,367,349 40,842,321 +15,474,972
United Arab Emirates 10,355,843 5,990,976 -4,364,867
China 8,475,563 5,126,598 -3,348,965
Belgium 5,609,639 5,062,970 -546,669
Italy 4,789,343 4,752,769 -36,574

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 8,367,008
China 355,886
Ireland 322,435
Slovakia 129,802
Nicaragua 124,617

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 512,291 7,854,717 +7,342,426
China 140,616 215,270 +74,654
Ireland 95,660 226,775 +131,115
Slovakia 45,825 83,977 +38,152
Nicaragua 124,617 0 -124,617
Poland 19,524 32,564 +13,040
South Korea 18,334 25,489 +7,155
Hungary 19,962 22,026 +2,064
Germany 15,349 10,769 -4,580
United States 15,464 0 -15,464

Export volume by transport

What this shows: Export value by transport mode used to ship goods from the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 453,983,808
Air transport 281,783,024
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 46,311,419
Other 12,057,032
Road transport 523,792

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 £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 228,189,931 225,793,877 -2,396,054
Air transport 145,800,652 135,982,372 -9,818,280
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 28,811,601 17,499,818 -11,311,783
Other 3,300,469 8,756,563 +5,456,094
Road transport 409,651 114,141 -295,510

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 163,894,154
London 149,942,261
Dover / Eurotunnel 144,824,919
Holyhead 104,125,049
East Midlands Airport 48,420,636

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 77,127,546 86,766,608 +9,639,062
London 77,894,630 72,047,631 -5,846,999
Dover / Eurotunnel 77,695,309 67,129,610 -10,565,699
Holyhead 45,998,054 58,126,995 +12,128,941
East Midlands Airport 30,539,220 17,881,416 -12,657,804
ZLC 17,525,069 13,300,781 -4,224,288
London Stansted Airport 11,538,927 12,817,416 +1,278,489
Felixstowe 8,570,529 9,141,730 +571,201
London Gateway Port 8,541,784 6,906,955 -1,634,829
Southampton 7,067,083 5,966,818 -1,100,265

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 8528

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

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