Import/export HS code 85318070: Various signaling apparatus

Other signaling devices not specifically listed, used for various purposes

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 £
France 64,036,356
Netherlands 63,720,900
Germany 47,729,174
United States 42,017,285
China 23,533,906

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 £
France 16,316,657 47,719,699 +31,403,042
Netherlands 25,424,251 38,296,649 +12,872,398
Germany 26,139,420 21,589,754 -4,549,666
United States 21,714,842 20,302,443 -1,412,399
China 12,630,220 10,903,686 -1,726,534
Viet Nam 5,261,792 13,386,525 +8,124,733
Sweden 5,130,501 3,192,281 -1,938,220
Romania 2,103,692 3,000,970 +897,278
Ireland 1,858,592 2,692,555 +833,963
Italy 1,573,133 1,452,009 -121,124

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 89,999,334
United States 66,797,295
Viet Nam 59,320,253
Germany 18,356,535
United Kingdom 15,700,211

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 34,507,603 55,491,731 +20,984,128
United States 25,706,714 41,090,581 +15,383,867
Viet Nam 25,326,987 33,993,266 +8,666,279
Germany 11,818,662 6,537,873 -5,280,789
United Kingdom 6,519,602 9,180,609 +2,661,007
France 6,560,280 3,940,495 -2,619,785
Romania 3,747,518 3,078,235 -669,283
Canada 618,670 6,018,654 +5,399,984
Ireland 1,657,047 2,461,076 +804,029
Sweden 1,724,041 1,978,788 +254,747

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 74
Surrey, East and West Sussex 73
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 72
Inner London - West 63
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 57

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 49 56 +7
Surrey, East and West Sussex 58 48 -10
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 45 51 +6
Inner London - West 37 43 +6
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 40 39 -1
Greater Manchester 37 38 +1
Outer London - West and North West 25 31 +6
West Midlands 27 28 +1
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 22 30 +8
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 24 26 +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) 154,022,193
Air transport 126,043,160
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 29,243,566
Other 1,953,514
Road transport 1,477,068

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) 53,182,721 100,839,472 +47,656,751
Air transport 62,582,925 63,460,235 +877,310
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 13,723,388 15,520,178 +1,796,790
Other 1,038,865 914,649 -124,216
Road transport 937,227 539,841 -397,386

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 62,080,018
Eurotunnel 60,031,410
Dover 42,379,954
London Stansted Airport 24,937,968
Felixstowe 22,136,891

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 30,053,809 32,026,209 +1,972,400
Eurotunnel 7,956,777 52,074,633 +44,117,856
Dover 19,180,787 23,199,167 +4,018,380
London Stansted Airport 13,028,443 11,909,525 -1,118,918
Felixstowe 11,325,072 10,811,819 -513,253
Immingham Docks 9,653,265 5,979,967 -3,673,298
East Midlands Airport 9,154,694 6,371,864 -2,782,830
Dover / Eurotunnel 3,820,404 8,015,836 +4,195,432
Birmingham Airport 4,335,334 6,315,289 +1,979,955
Manchester Airport 3,438,096 3,003,554 -434,542

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 263
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 108
Manufacture of electrical equipment 80
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 69
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 64

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 207
2026-03 185
2026-02 198
2026-01 188
2025-12 188

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 409
54m+ 369
15m-54m 113
Other 102
0-1m 97

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 33,500,580
Germany 26,549,244
Italy 7,802,675
Ireland 6,968,382
Netherlands 6,568,503

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 18,420,409 15,080,171 -3,340,238
Germany 11,368,708 15,180,536 +3,811,828
Italy 3,898,028 3,904,647 +6,619
Ireland 2,719,842 4,248,540 +1,528,698
Netherlands 3,348,634 3,219,869 -128,765
Spain 1,288,941 4,751,474 +3,462,533
Turkey 1,037,554 2,524,809 +1,487,255
India 1,973,291 1,453,568 -519,723
United Arab Emirates 1,323,916 1,871,947 +548,031
France 1,708,170 1,319,100 -389,070

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 £
France 58,352
Lithuania 22,683
XI 15,302
Germany 9,024
Indonesia 3,598

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 £
France 46,113 12,239 -33,874
Lithuania 0 22,683 +22,683
XI 8,719 6,583 -2,136
Germany 5,951 3,073 -2,878
Indonesia 1,543 2,055 +512
India 2,295 824 -1,471
Nicaragua 2,733 0 -2,733
China 1,707 320 -1,387
Sweden 0 892 +892
Czechia 0 762 +762

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 100,069,908
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 29,784,959
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 5,810,790
Other 349,088
Road transport 34,472

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 49,242,435 50,827,473 +1,585,038
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 12,620,764 17,164,195 +4,543,431
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 2,868,406 2,942,384 +73,978
Other 188,029 161,059 -26,970
Road transport 14,371 20,101 +5,730

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 40,029,776
East Midlands Airport 27,020,814
London Stansted Airport 12,230,876
Dover / Eurotunnel 11,707,431
ZLC 11,323,064

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 19,369,255 20,660,521 +1,291,266
East Midlands Airport 13,227,251 13,793,563 +566,312
London Stansted Airport 6,540,883 5,689,993 -850,890
Dover / Eurotunnel 4,910,293 6,797,138 +1,886,845
ZLC 5,866,189 5,456,875 -409,314
Immingham Docks 3,223,131 5,930,709 +2,707,578
Manchester Airport 3,507,586 4,354,184 +846,598
Holyhead 1,772,369 2,735,444 +963,075
Dover 987,501 1,076,041 +88,540
London Gateway Port 843,728 790,914 -52,814

Quick facts

HS code: 85318070

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

Description: Other signaling devices not specifically listed, used for various purposes