Import/export HS code 853110: Burglar and fire alarms

Devices designed to alert about burglary or fire, such as alarms and similar safety equipment

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 £
Ireland 300,459,307
China 101,713,894
Germany 59,916,354
United States 44,027,451
Poland 33,486,703

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 £
Ireland 177,369,411 123,089,896 -54,279,515
China 60,586,568 41,127,326 -19,459,242
Germany 18,813,932 41,102,422 +22,288,490
United States 24,860,556 19,166,895 -5,693,661
Poland 16,649,263 16,837,440 +188,177
Italy 15,813,834 14,185,139 -1,628,695
Romania 7,989,676 8,123,369 +133,693
New Zealand 9,974,518 3,876,152 -6,098,366
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 7,087,854 3,867,801 -3,220,053
Netherlands 5,608,905 4,440,272 -1,168,633

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 £
Ireland 296,309,300
China 128,830,220
United States 52,537,696
Germany 45,294,819
Poland 26,727,937

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 £
Ireland 175,302,884 121,006,416 -54,296,468
China 75,297,711 53,532,509 -21,765,202
United States 30,005,835 22,531,861 -7,473,974
Germany 9,976,673 35,318,146 +25,341,473
Poland 16,698,663 10,029,274 -6,669,389
Italy 14,629,586 11,460,195 -3,169,391
Romania 11,145,031 8,344,073 -2,800,958
Ukraine 7,489,134 8,114,748 +625,614
New Zealand 9,973,342 3,868,351 -6,104,991
Malaysia 4,101,275 3,966,621 -134,654

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 69
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 62
Surrey, East and West Sussex 57
Greater Manchester 53
West Midlands 51

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 43 50 +7
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 47 34 -13
Surrey, East and West Sussex 38 44 +6
Greater Manchester 41 39 -2
West Midlands 42 32 -10
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 36 37 +1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 36 29 -7
Essex 20 17 -3
Inner London - East 20 20 +0
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 21 20 -1

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) 431,193,455
Air transport 153,076,756
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 122,415,560
Other 1,190,329
Road transport 456,312

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) 236,163,009 195,030,446 -41,132,563
Air transport 83,995,067 69,081,689 -14,913,378
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 73,200,837 49,214,723 -23,986,114
Other 501,250 689,079 +187,829
Road transport 247,507 208,805 -38,702

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Liverpool Docks 244,980,926
Holyhead 88,401,672
London Heathrow Airport 67,796,258
Dover 50,469,084
Southampton 48,517,746

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 £
Liverpool Docks 147,915,238 97,065,688 -50,849,550
Holyhead 33,956,090 54,445,582 +20,489,492
London Heathrow Airport 38,000,214 29,796,044 -8,204,170
Dover 28,153,556 22,315,528 -5,838,028
Southampton 31,767,170 16,750,576 -15,016,594
Felixstowe 32,092,404 16,283,451 -15,808,953
East Midlands Airport 18,220,541 18,563,206 +342,665
Dover / Eurotunnel 12,529,053 8,213,125 -4,315,928
Manchester Airport 11,208,189 6,037,743 -5,170,446
London Stansted Airport 7,699,542 6,953,859 -745,683

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 213
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 88
Manufacture of electrical equipment 76
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 63
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 58

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 203
2025-11 202
2025-10 200
2025-09 210
2025-08 193

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 378
54m+ 336
0-1m 90
15m-54m 76
Other 65

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 £
Netherlands 55,709,460
Germany 48,080,718
Ireland 41,474,819
Saudi Arabia 39,745,654
United States 39,709,567

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 £
Netherlands 30,736,829 24,972,631 -5,764,198
Germany 22,889,003 25,191,715 +2,302,712
Ireland 20,522,093 20,952,726 +430,633
Saudi Arabia 20,687,606 19,058,048 -1,629,558
United States 21,560,180 18,149,387 -3,410,793
United Arab Emirates 18,879,691 17,842,827 -1,036,864
France 14,328,194 10,956,636 -3,371,558
Italy 10,359,199 11,564,185 +1,204,986
China 7,341,852 12,629,762 +5,287,910
Spain 9,302,028 8,458,067 -843,961

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 £
Ireland 77,335
China 54,055
XI 24,234
Germany 7,247
Canada 5,880

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 £
Ireland 58,597 18,738 -39,859
China 46,178 7,877 -38,301
XI 9,949 14,285 +4,336
Germany 0 7,247 +7,247
Canada 5,875 5 -5,870
France 2,416 315 -2,101
Poland 606 0 -606
Taiwan 591 0 -591
Romania 306 0 -306
Spain 0 24 +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 326,750,349
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 191,290,909
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 83,191,289
Road transport 1,129,515
Other 491,629

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 169,666,326 157,084,023 -12,582,303
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 96,982,771 94,308,138 -2,674,633
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 45,441,783 37,749,506 -7,692,277
Road transport 1,067,397 62,118 -1,005,279
Other 308,139 183,490 -124,649

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 140,956,858
Dover / Eurotunnel 129,316,937
ZLC 70,080,067
East Midlands Airport 60,718,249
London Gateway Port 44,875,562

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 72,756,375 68,200,483 -4,555,892
Dover / Eurotunnel 64,109,499 65,207,438 +1,097,939
ZLC 36,599,684 33,480,383 -3,119,301
East Midlands Airport 31,761,379 28,956,870 -2,804,509
London Gateway Port 24,725,371 20,150,191 -4,575,180
Holyhead 11,176,832 13,495,500 +2,318,668
Manchester Airport 12,247,757 12,156,976 -90,781
London Stansted Airport 13,116,630 9,589,431 -3,527,199
Southampton 10,434,478 10,593,907 +159,429
Felixstowe 10,131,520 7,631,109 -2,500,411

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 853110

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

Description: Devices designed to alert about burglary or fire, such as alarms and similar safety equipment