Import/export HS code 853110: Burglar and fire alarms

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

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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 £
Ireland 323,657,564
China 109,420,147
Germany 60,695,842
United States 48,254,831
Poland 40,370,927

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 161,619,531 162,038,033 +418,502
China 56,390,312 53,029,835 -3,360,477
Germany 37,278,477 23,417,365 -13,861,112
United States 25,347,498 22,907,333 -2,440,165
Poland 17,667,713 22,703,214 +5,035,501
Italy 14,860,185 18,582,299 +3,722,114
Romania 8,374,812 10,626,476 +2,251,664
New Zealand 10,871,880 6,776,106 -4,095,774
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 6,740,937 5,969,925 -771,012
Netherlands 5,137,954 5,408,805 +270,851

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 319,161,920
China 138,094,647
United States 57,163,900
Germany 46,286,251
Italy 28,499,408

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 159,364,627 159,797,293 +432,666
China 70,260,603 67,834,044 -2,426,559
United States 29,508,532 27,655,368 -1,853,164
Germany 28,807,071 17,479,180 -11,327,891
Italy 13,920,011 14,579,397 +659,386
Poland 16,987,429 9,135,085 -7,852,344
Ukraine 7,717,263 13,997,094 +6,279,831
Romania 10,337,412 10,794,777 +457,365
New Zealand 10,870,704 6,766,950 -4,103,754
Malaysia 4,702,336 4,746,974 +44,638

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 76
Surrey, East and West Sussex 63
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 57
Greater Manchester 56
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 56

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 46 58 +12
Surrey, East and West Sussex 44 49 +5
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 39 38 -1
Greater Manchester 41 43 +2
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 39 41 +2
West Midlands 40 25 -15
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 33 29 -4
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 21 20 -1
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 19 16 -3
Inner London - East 22 17 -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) 464,343,495
Air transport 170,316,499
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 132,498,661
Other 1,383,590
Road transport 403,182

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) 238,792,374 225,551,121 -13,241,253
Air transport 84,361,128 85,955,371 +1,594,243
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 66,699,435 65,799,226 -900,209
Other 572,366 811,224 +238,858
Road transport 154,899 248,283 +93,384

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Liverpool Docks 264,598,428
Holyhead 91,163,665
London Heathrow Airport 70,788,892
Dover 54,062,360
Southampton 51,367,892

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 139,637,864 124,960,564 -14,677,300
Holyhead 45,099,287 46,064,378 +965,091
London Heathrow Airport 37,441,444 33,347,448 -4,093,996
Dover 28,584,867 25,477,493 -3,107,374
Southampton 30,524,866 20,843,026 -9,681,840
Felixstowe 25,912,540 24,386,336 -1,526,204
East Midlands Airport 18,583,283 25,205,716 +6,622,433
Dover / Eurotunnel 11,921,356 10,670,845 -1,250,511
Manchester Airport 12,210,728 8,436,690 -3,774,038
London Gateway Port 2,927,065 15,657,248 +12,730,183

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
232
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
94
Manufacture of electrical equipment
74
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment
63
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities
59

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 200
2026-04 184
2026-03 203
2026-02 189
2026-01 203

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 383
54m+ 347
0-1m 93
15m-54m 87
Other 62

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 59,090,986
Germany 56,133,451
Ireland 46,986,414
United States 43,315,230
Saudi Arabia 43,299,115

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 30,539,641 28,551,345 -1,988,296
Germany 23,458,400 32,675,051 +9,216,651
Ireland 21,414,870 25,571,544 +4,156,674
United States 21,900,345 21,414,885 -485,460
Saudi Arabia 21,914,977 21,384,138 -530,839
United Arab Emirates 19,921,934 22,585,632 +2,663,698
France 14,978,855 12,819,209 -2,159,646
China 10,720,799 14,696,237 +3,975,438
Italy 11,048,808 12,732,563 +1,683,755
Spain 9,847,727 10,717,105 +869,378

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 65,625
XI 43,139
China 41,097
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 45,879 19,746 -26,133
XI 11,708 31,431 +19,723
China 33,000 8,097 -24,903
Germany 1,003 8,133 +7,130
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 368,495,656
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 216,602,192
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 87,240,912
Other 503,789
Road transport 441,005

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 173,073,044 195,422,612 +22,349,568
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 102,240,394 114,361,798 +12,121,404
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 47,438,153 39,802,759 -7,635,394
Other 253,855 249,934 -3,921
Road transport 312,829 128,176 -184,653
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 160,287,420
Dover / Eurotunnel 145,822,376
ZLC 78,726,544
East Midlands Airport 65,133,522
London Gateway Port 45,569,929

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 76,449,858 83,837,562 +7,387,704
Dover / Eurotunnel 66,838,703 78,983,673 +12,144,970
ZLC 37,594,038 41,132,506 +3,538,468
East Midlands Airport 31,015,300 34,118,222 +3,102,922
London Gateway Port 26,420,733 19,149,196 -7,271,537
Manchester Airport 12,852,150 17,349,745 +4,497,595
Holyhead 11,983,120 16,916,766 +4,933,646
London Stansted Airport 12,112,991 12,897,088 +784,097
Southampton 11,831,285 11,119,244 -712,041
Felixstowe 10,895,318 8,423,126 -2,472,192

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