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 323,198,657
China 109,898,453
Germany 60,989,839
United States 48,496,760
Poland 39,489,317

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 163,671,760 159,526,897 -4,144,863
China 58,955,003 50,943,450 -8,011,553
Germany 31,064,760 29,925,079 -1,139,681
United States 25,729,763 22,766,997 -2,962,766
Poland 17,483,308 22,006,009 +4,522,701
Italy 15,188,696 18,112,644 +2,923,948
Romania 7,984,477 10,311,300 +2,326,823
New Zealand 10,451,501 6,467,745 -3,983,756
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 6,942,719 5,007,198 -1,935,521
Netherlands 5,224,481 5,377,989 +153,508

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 318,740,953
China 138,461,957
United States 57,821,035
Germany 46,150,569
Italy 28,728,456

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 161,466,613 157,274,340 -4,192,273
China 73,626,702 64,835,255 -8,791,447
United States 29,948,339 27,872,696 -2,075,643
Germany 22,252,498 23,898,071 +1,645,573
Italy 14,169,336 14,559,120 +389,784
Poland 17,413,382 9,584,706 -7,828,676
Romania 10,346,353 10,445,167 +98,814
Ukraine 7,636,948 12,927,227 +5,290,279
New Zealand 10,450,325 6,459,944 -3,990,381
Malaysia 4,413,839 4,852,353 +438,514

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 74
Surrey, East and West Sussex 62
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 59
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 55
Greater Manchester 53

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 45 55 +10
Surrey, East and West Sussex 41 49 +8
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 42 38 -4
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 38 40 +2
Greater Manchester 40 42 +2
West Midlands 41 28 -13
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 34 32 -2
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 20 23 +3
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 19 15 -4
Essex 19 17 -2

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) 463,742,123
Air transport 170,042,957
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 133,034,435
Other 1,355,355
Road transport 408,105

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) 235,087,062 228,655,061 -6,432,001
Air transport 84,031,313 86,011,644 +1,980,331
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 70,760,811 62,273,624 -8,487,187
Other 557,176 798,179 +241,003
Road transport 156,622 251,483 +94,861

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Liverpool Docks 263,813,303
Holyhead 91,721,444
London Heathrow Airport 72,454,944
Dover 54,786,772
Felixstowe 51,728,052

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 140,412,122 123,401,181 -17,010,941
Holyhead 39,885,029 51,836,415 +11,951,386
London Heathrow Airport 37,769,390 34,685,554 -3,083,836
Dover 29,217,684 25,569,088 -3,648,596
Felixstowe 29,106,542 22,621,510 -6,485,032
Southampton 31,509,541 19,110,864 -12,398,677
East Midlands Airport 18,440,503 24,819,348 +6,378,845
Dover / Eurotunnel 12,009,205 10,213,787 -1,795,418
Manchester Airport 11,759,791 8,040,960 -3,718,831
London Gateway Port 2,969,201 15,842,116 +12,872,915

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 227
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 95
Manufacture of electrical equipment 74
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 63
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 61

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 184
2026-03 203
2026-02 189
2026-01 203
2025-12 179

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 386
54m+ 342
0-1m 90
15m-54m 84
Other 66

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 59,199,587
Germany 54,302,371
Ireland 46,580,475
Saudi Arabia 42,919,234
United States 42,721,858

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 30,529,424 28,670,163 -1,859,261
Germany 22,601,896 31,700,475 +9,098,579
Ireland 20,898,496 25,681,979 +4,783,483
Saudi Arabia 22,171,902 20,747,332 -1,424,570
United States 21,047,331 21,674,527 +627,196
United Arab Emirates 19,355,418 22,548,789 +3,193,371
France 14,724,354 12,865,457 -1,858,897
China 9,475,626 14,677,069 +5,201,443
Italy 10,254,508 13,284,764 +3,030,256
Spain 9,775,954 10,245,540 +469,586

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 70,892
China 41,899
XI 29,928
Germany 9,136
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 50,299 20,593 -29,706
China 33,485 8,414 -25,071
XI 12,853 17,075 +4,222
Germany 645 8,491 +7,846
Canada 5,880 0 -5,880
France 2,731 0 -2,731
Italy 0 989 +989
Poland 606 0 -606
Taiwan 591 0 -591
Romania 306 0 -306

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 363,716,167
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 213,339,479
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 87,107,629
Other 492,444
Road transport 448,330

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 170,890,386 192,825,781 +21,935,395
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 99,029,183 114,310,296 +15,281,113
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 46,745,222 40,362,407 -6,382,815
Other 269,953 222,491 -47,462
Road transport 332,477 115,853 -216,624
Rail transport 0 11,900 +11,900

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 156,907,972
Dover / Eurotunnel 143,580,580
ZLC 77,318,564
East Midlands Airport 64,896,214
London Gateway Port 45,909,022

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 73,764,869 83,143,103 +9,378,234
Dover / Eurotunnel 64,215,930 79,364,650 +15,148,720
ZLC 37,169,377 40,149,187 +2,979,810
East Midlands Airport 30,539,748 34,356,466 +3,816,718
London Gateway Port 25,451,282 20,457,740 -4,993,542
Manchester Airport 13,635,116 16,181,043 +2,545,927
Holyhead 11,426,530 16,835,342 +5,408,812
London Stansted Airport 12,162,165 12,852,046 +689,881
Southampton 12,047,751 10,602,836 -1,444,915
Felixstowe 10,640,846 8,954,917 -1,685,929

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