Import/export HS code 8529: Parts for audio and video devices

Spare parts used mainly with audio, video, and broadcasting equipment like radios, TVs, and cameras

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  • It helps you understand the market size for your product in the UK.
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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 £
Viet Nam 223,600,071
United States 202,951,529
Germany 152,815,655
Japan 151,555,351
China 115,078,564

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 £
Viet Nam 127,575,023 96,025,048 -31,549,975
United States 77,494,375 125,457,154 +47,962,779
Germany 82,431,210 70,384,445 -12,046,765
Japan 80,410,698 71,144,653 -9,266,045
China 72,171,694 42,906,870 -29,264,824
Netherlands 67,169,921 35,578,393 -31,591,528
Poland 31,488,438 27,256,166 -4,232,272
France 36,899,253 17,010,832 -19,888,421
Canada 24,794,513 13,097,830 -11,696,683
Italy 17,648,234 18,615,822 +967,588

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 £
Viet Nam 231,975,767
United States 227,036,555
Japan 184,633,357
China 159,912,719
Germany 83,237,022

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 £
Viet Nam 132,788,276 99,187,491 -33,600,785
United States 90,465,997 136,570,558 +46,104,561
Japan 107,164,713 77,468,644 -29,696,069
China 90,855,746 69,056,973 -21,798,773
Germany 44,544,142 38,692,880 -5,851,262
Poland 37,565,004 30,783,545 -6,781,459
United Kingdom 31,907,393 34,882,684 +2,975,291
France 38,793,723 10,420,449 -28,373,274
Canada 23,557,043 13,547,581 -10,009,462
Netherlands 21,882,775 9,363,576 -12,519,199

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 250
Inner London - West 213
Surrey, East and West Sussex 165
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 154
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 135

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 188 178 -10
Inner London - West 149 134 -15
Surrey, East and West Sussex 123 120 -3
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 113 112 -1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 103 87 -16
Outer London - West and North West 92 83 -9
Greater Manchester 73 69 -4
Inner London - East 68 58 -10
West Midlands 65 62 -3
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 64 66 +2

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 599,855,773
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 384,422,801
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 224,032,852
Other 139,452,759
Rail transport 15,017,406

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 275,817,077 324,038,696 +48,221,619
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 187,368,276 197,054,525 +9,686,249
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 127,807,484 96,225,368 -31,582,116
Other 129,094,308 10,358,451 -118,735,857
Rail transport 9,860,509 5,156,897 -4,703,612
Road transport 340,485 924,486 +584,001

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 189,664,474
Southampton 176,603,128
London Stansted Airport 143,992,511
000 139,452,759
East Midlands Airport 105,745,410

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 85,290,629 104,373,845 +19,083,216
Southampton 111,313,299 65,289,829 -46,023,470
London Stansted Airport 54,281,305 89,711,206 +35,429,901
000 129,094,308 10,358,451 -118,735,857
East Midlands Airport 50,351,102 55,394,308 +5,043,206
499 2,465,956 93,648,362 +91,182,406
Eurotunnel 42,494,138 38,712,115 -3,782,023
Dover 35,035,119 28,502,607 -6,532,512
Felixstowe 39,998,979 20,848,353 -19,150,626
Oxford Airport 29,635,488 26,522,167 -3,113,321

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
485
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products
283
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
246
Computer programming, consultancy and related activities
213
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities
162

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 558
2026-04 573
2026-03 605
2026-02 535
2026-01 509

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 1064
54m+ 879
0-1m 358
15m-54m 263
Other 221

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 226,904,443
Slovakia 146,330,310
Germany 100,149,921
Italy 54,804,659
France 45,472,722

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 110,375,921 116,528,522 +6,152,601
Slovakia 78,127,766 68,202,544 -9,925,222
Germany 53,167,935 46,981,986 -6,185,949
Italy 36,300,426 18,504,233 -17,796,193
France 28,713,235 16,759,487 -11,953,748
Netherlands 18,508,201 21,361,349 +2,853,148
Spain 14,220,338 13,862,703 -357,635
Canada 10,230,952 9,113,969 -1,116,983
Saudi Arabia 8,051,138 9,402,565 +1,351,427
Sweden 10,313,828 6,619,083 -3,694,745

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 1,343,043
China 138,920
Italy 11,792
Germany 10,597
United States 7,973

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 535,689 807,354 +271,665
China 65,812 73,108 +7,296
Italy 7,477 4,315 -3,162
Germany 9,780 817 -8,963
United States 3,176 4,797 +1,621
Netherlands 2,911 0 -2,911
Austria 986 1,029 +43
France 1,573 115 -1,458
Nicaragua 0 1,641 +1,641
South Korea 0 361 +361

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 550,149,179
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 314,988,883
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 31,156,116
Other 1,544,291
Road transport 182,062

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 284,278,827 265,870,352 -18,408,475
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 173,419,784 141,569,099 -31,850,685
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 20,676,036 10,480,080 -10,195,956
Other 641,087 903,204 +262,117
Road transport 157,244 24,818 -132,426

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 242,952,053
London Heathrow Airport 239,014,954
ZLC 104,579,044
London Stansted Airport 75,998,445
East Midlands Airport 59,365,506

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 £
Dover / Eurotunnel 143,065,955 99,886,098 -43,179,857
London Heathrow Airport 118,488,260 120,526,694 +2,038,434
ZLC 57,551,371 47,027,673 -10,523,698
London Stansted Airport 40,089,717 35,908,728 -4,180,989
East Midlands Airport 31,124,323 28,241,183 -2,883,140
London 4,802,566 20,048,903 +15,246,337
Manchester Airport 10,650,118 8,139,772 -2,510,346
Immingham Docks 8,509,210 8,710,747 +201,537
Warton Aerodrome 7,223,323 8,255,729 +1,032,406
Humberside Airport - Kirmington 8,372,967 6,112,387 -2,260,580

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 8529

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

Description: Spare parts used mainly with audio, video, and broadcasting equipment like radios, TVs, and cameras