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 £
Netherlands 56,986,545
France 46,899,773
Germany 46,216,024
United States 39,802,898
China 23,711,664

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 £
Netherlands 19,857,857 37,128,688 +17,270,831
France 10,523,646 36,376,127 +25,852,481
Germany 26,591,451 19,624,573 -6,966,878
United States 21,979,361 17,823,537 -4,155,824
China 13,813,286 9,898,378 -3,914,908
Viet Nam 5,792,718 5,304,429 -488,289
Sweden 5,650,363 2,435,654 -3,214,709
Romania 1,525,621 2,553,064 +1,027,443
Ireland 1,334,217 2,372,137 +1,037,920
Italy 1,753,758 1,279,182 -474,576

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 72,607,643
United States 60,978,356
Viet Nam 51,172,458
Germany 19,172,401
United Kingdom 12,289,278

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 31,668,830 40,938,813 +9,269,983
United States 25,015,273 35,963,083 +10,947,810
Viet Nam 20,665,955 30,506,503 +9,840,548
Germany 13,172,011 6,000,390 -7,171,621
United Kingdom 5,508,732 6,780,546 +1,271,814
France 6,219,523 3,284,122 -2,935,401
Romania 3,824,541 2,578,766 -1,245,775
Canada 244,325 4,453,425 +4,209,100
Ireland 1,127,866 2,160,748 +1,032,882
Sweden 1,751,694 1,413,695 -337,999

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 68
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 67
Surrey, East and West Sussex 67
Inner London - West 59
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 55

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
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 46 46 +0
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 47 50 +3
Surrey, East and West Sussex 55 45 -10
Inner London - West 37 38 +1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 37 40 +3
Greater Manchester 36 34 -2
Outer London - West and North West 27 24 -3
West Midlands 27 25 -2
Inner London - East 22 22 +0
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 23 26 +3

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) 127,290,820
Air transport 112,275,151
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 27,201,991
Other 1,908,003
Road transport 1,547,643

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) 41,162,019 86,128,801 +44,966,782
Air transport 65,583,632 46,691,519 -18,892,113
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 14,035,464 13,166,527 -868,937
Other 976,817 931,186 -45,631
Road transport 1,240,737 306,906 -933,831

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 55,096,694
Eurotunnel 44,403,627
Dover 35,239,178
London Stansted Airport 22,148,296
Felixstowe 20,843,528

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 32,283,708 22,812,986 -9,470,722
Eurotunnel 6,541,401 37,862,226 +31,320,825
Dover 10,800,652 24,438,526 +13,637,874
London Stansted Airport 13,769,016 8,379,280 -5,389,736
Felixstowe 10,657,667 10,185,861 -471,806
East Midlands Airport 9,835,690 5,426,232 -4,409,458
Immingham Docks 10,126,610 5,119,684 -5,006,926
Dover / Eurotunnel 3,825,707 6,460,735 +2,635,028
Birmingham Airport 4,575,634 3,414,604 -1,161,030
Manchester Airport 2,957,953 3,311,096 +353,143

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 245
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 107
Manufacture of electrical equipment 75
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 66
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 62

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 188
2025-11 211
2025-10 217
2025-09 176
2025-08 199

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 385
54m+ 346
15m-54m 104
0-1m 95
Other 95

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 31,600,760
Germany 22,605,457
Italy 7,079,213
Ireland 6,395,321
Netherlands 6,162,036

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 18,278,758 13,322,002 -4,956,756
Germany 11,120,232 11,485,225 +364,993
Italy 3,659,018 3,420,195 -238,823
Ireland 2,616,393 3,778,928 +1,162,535
Netherlands 3,402,891 2,759,145 -643,746
India 2,262,232 1,566,129 -696,103
Spain 938,306 2,700,682 +1,762,376
United Arab Emirates 1,205,783 1,845,172 +639,389
Turkey 913,058 2,025,571 +1,112,513
France 1,748,222 1,068,991 -679,231

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 56,489
XI 15,959
Germany 7,193
China 4,140
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 44,819 11,670 -33,149
XI 11,975 3,984 -7,991
Germany 3,024 4,169 +1,145
China 3,882 258 -3,624
Indonesia 1,543 2,055 +512
India 0 3,119 +3,119
Nicaragua 2,733 0 -2,733
Czechia 0 762 +762
Ireland 0 729 +729
Kazakhstan 0 285 +285

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 91,701,717
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 24,652,529
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 5,659,322
Other 296,358
Road transport 88,706

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 48,310,661 43,391,056 -4,919,605
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 12,472,310 12,180,219 -292,091
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 2,975,203 2,684,119 -291,084
Other 201,065 95,293 -105,772
Road transport 88,706 0 -88,706

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 37,124,120
East Midlands Airport 23,743,929
London Stansted Airport 11,212,144
ZLC 10,777,132
Dover / Eurotunnel 8,518,113

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 20,126,010 16,998,110 -3,127,900
East Midlands Airport 12,809,676 10,934,253 -1,875,423
London Stansted Airport 5,791,970 5,420,174 -371,796
ZLC 6,176,120 4,601,012 -1,575,108
Dover / Eurotunnel 5,060,436 3,457,677 -1,602,759
Immingham Docks 3,074,705 4,695,152 +1,620,447
Manchester Airport 2,787,976 4,932,427 +2,144,451
Holyhead 1,691,726 2,272,731 +581,005
Dover 941,296 974,011 +32,715
London Gateway Port 958,341 737,351 -220,990

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