Import/export HS code 854411: Copper wires and cables

Wires and cables made of copper, insulated or not

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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 £
Germany 49,082,535
United States 14,375,830
Austria 8,458,425
Turkey 8,322,174
Italy 7,973,696

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 £
Germany 20,236,537 28,845,998 +8,609,461
United States 8,892,900 5,482,930 -3,409,970
Austria 5,886,429 2,571,996 -3,314,433
Turkey 4,113,535 4,208,639 +95,104
Italy 5,240,487 2,733,209 -2,507,278
Norway 4,203,106 2,107,646 -2,095,460
South Korea 933,911 3,563,717 +2,629,806
China 2,015,073 2,023,684 +8,611
Sweden 2,249,776 1,682,134 -567,642
Egypt 1,393,775 2,351,552 +957,777

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 £
Germany 48,976,012
United States 14,022,022
Turkey 8,665,093
Austria 8,617,375
Italy 8,508,981

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 £
Germany 20,147,426 28,828,586 +8,681,160
United States 8,637,643 5,384,379 -3,253,264
Turkey 4,217,237 4,447,856 +230,619
Austria 6,024,437 2,592,938 -3,431,499
Italy 5,716,381 2,792,600 -2,923,781
Norway 4,064,450 2,160,449 -1,904,001
China 2,889,948 2,440,546 -449,402
South Korea 934,535 3,563,717 +2,629,182
Sweden 2,240,183 1,703,622 -536,561
Egypt 1,393,775 2,350,507 +956,732

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 56
Surrey, East and West Sussex 37
West Midlands 24
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 23
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 22

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 38 39 +1
Surrey, East and West Sussex 30 22 -8
West Midlands 19 12 -7
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 21 15 -6
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 18 10 -8
Inner London - West 19 10 -9
West Yorkshire 19 15 -4
Essex 16 12 -4
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 15 9 -6
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 11 12 +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) 76,818,443
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 31,257,061
Air transport 14,894,816
Other 1,266,316
Road transport 1,021,073

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) 37,326,575 39,491,868 +2,165,293
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 15,872,430 15,384,631 -487,799
Air transport 9,889,089 5,005,727 -4,883,362
Other 853,604 412,712 -440,892
Road transport 355,381 665,692 +310,311

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 61,877,743
Felixstowe 8,714,335
Immingham Docks 6,804,476
London Heathrow Airport 5,705,663
London Gateway Port 5,280,478

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 £
Dover 28,732,729 33,145,014 +4,412,285
Felixstowe 4,990,075 3,724,260 -1,265,815
Immingham Docks 4,188,306 2,616,170 -1,572,136
London Heathrow Airport 4,274,383 1,431,280 -2,843,103
London Gateway Port 1,415,651 3,864,827 +2,449,176
Belfast Port 1,393,775 2,423,694 +1,029,919
Liverpool Docks 1,466,999 1,717,866 +250,867
London 2,284,097 567,766 -1,716,331
Eurotunnel 1,618,537 915,554 -702,983
East Midlands Airport 1,440,330 1,032,898 -407,432

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 98
Manufacture of electrical equipment 82
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 69
Other manufacturing 46
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 31

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 77
2025-11 86
2025-10 88
2025-09 82
2025-08 77

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 199
54m+ 189
0-1m 55
15m-54m 49
Other 42

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 £
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 21,312,110
United States 11,693,994
Canada 5,329,059
Norway 5,227,733
Azerbaijan 4,095,106

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 £
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 11,728,666 9,583,444 -2,145,222
United States 7,472,522 4,221,472 -3,251,050
Canada 818,279 4,510,780 +3,692,501
Norway 3,265,886 1,961,847 -1,304,039
Azerbaijan 1,226,225 2,868,881 +1,642,656
Gambia 2,077,084 719,426 -1,357,658
Ireland 1,499,623 969,317 -530,306
Romania 2,087,688 362,928 -1,724,760
Ghana 2,270,340 20,084 -2,250,256
Singapore 1,332,812 810,530 -522,282

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 £
XI 490,626
Ireland 17,787
Switzerland 7,414
Spain 5,609
United States 1,954

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 £
XI 322,557 168,069 -154,488
Ireland 275 17,512 +17,237
Switzerland 4,249 3,165 -1,084
Spain 5,187 422 -4,765
United States 0 1,954 +1,954
China 133 1,610 +1,477
Turkey 543 0 -543
Poland 0 102 +102
Taiwan 0 85 +85
Mexico 76 0 -76

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 37,656,305
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 23,905,448
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 18,824,993
Other 543,861
Road transport 11,004

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 22,438,600 15,217,705 -7,220,895
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 12,894,817 11,010,631 -1,884,186
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 9,928,927 8,896,066 -1,032,861
Other 347,357 196,504 -150,853
Road transport 11,004 0 -11,004

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 26,334,676
Dover / Eurotunnel 13,601,901
London Gateway Port 7,660,263
Liverpool Docks 5,357,898
Manchester Airport 4,148,158

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 15,508,821 10,825,855 -4,682,966
Dover / Eurotunnel 6,000,063 7,601,838 +1,601,775
London Gateway Port 6,220,689 1,439,574 -4,781,115
Liverpool Docks 915,065 4,442,833 +3,527,768
Manchester Airport 2,611,143 1,537,015 -1,074,128
Aberdeen Docks 1,608,282 1,763,263 +154,981
East Midlands Airport 2,445,224 921,416 -1,523,808
Southampton 647,757 2,594,404 +1,946,647
Immingham Docks 1,988,802 341,149 -1,647,653
London 1,904,464 156,839 -1,747,625

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 854411

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

Description: Wires and cables made of copper, insulated or not