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 57,942,629
United States 16,418,106
Turkey 9,834,692
Italy 9,612,522
Austria 8,579,984

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 24,876,929 33,065,700 +8,188,771
United States 9,366,756 7,051,350 -2,315,406
Turkey 3,834,662 6,000,030 +2,165,368
Italy 5,472,657 4,139,865 -1,332,792
Austria 5,540,818 3,039,166 -2,501,652
Norway 3,810,547 1,795,886 -2,014,661
South Korea 919,092 4,609,388 +3,690,296
Sweden 2,074,485 2,821,089 +746,604
Egypt 2,290,391 2,274,623 -15,768
China 2,393,216 2,153,645 -239,571

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 58,068,674
United States 16,070,750
Turkey 10,187,868
Italy 10,028,292
Austria 8,769,583

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 24,900,297 33,168,377 +8,268,080
United States 9,149,286 6,921,464 -2,227,822
Turkey 4,053,533 6,134,335 +2,080,802
Italy 5,657,951 4,370,341 -1,287,610
Austria 5,693,799 3,075,784 -2,618,015
China 3,222,127 2,595,611 -626,516
South Korea 922,860 4,609,840 +3,686,980
Norway 3,678,368 1,848,105 -1,830,263
Sweden 2,063,967 2,864,019 +800,052
Egypt 2,290,391 2,273,578 -16,813

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 58
Surrey, East and West Sussex 35
West Midlands 25
Inner London - West 24
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 24

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 36 40 +4
Surrey, East and West Sussex 25 25 +0
West Midlands 15 17 +2
Inner London - West 18 15 -3
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 19 18 -1
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 18 13 -5
West Yorkshire 17 16 -1
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 11 15 +4
Essex 13 15 +2
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 14 8 -6

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) 87,060,051
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 36,749,731
Air transport 16,686,229
Road transport 1,640,973
Other 1,224,205

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) 41,534,268 45,525,783 +3,991,515
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 16,683,788 20,065,943 +3,382,155
Air transport 9,927,423 6,758,806 -3,168,617
Road transport 176,229 1,464,744 +1,288,515
Other 856,630 367,575 -489,055

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 72,023,100
Felixstowe 10,268,423
Immingham Docks 7,471,820
London Heathrow Airport 6,244,669
London Gateway Port 5,874,790

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 32,381,186 39,641,914 +7,260,728
Felixstowe 4,937,645 5,330,778 +393,133
Immingham Docks 3,529,098 3,942,722 +413,624
London Heathrow Airport 4,105,143 2,139,526 -1,965,617
London Gateway Port 1,224,285 4,650,505 +3,426,220
Belfast Port 2,290,391 2,351,623 +61,232
Liverpool Docks 1,887,860 2,117,781 +229,921
London 2,316,043 651,116 -1,664,927
Eurotunnel 2,014,602 941,301 -1,073,301
East Midlands Airport 1,460,172 1,323,447 -136,725

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
110
Manufacture of electrical equipment
85
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products
71
Other manufacturing
45
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
37

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 88
2026-04 69
2026-03 101
2026-02 75
2026-01 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 223
54m+ 189
0-1m 61
15m-54m 58
Other 40

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 23,102,887
United States 15,643,061
Norway 7,813,580
Canada 6,393,937
Azerbaijan 4,134,091

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 11,767,553 11,335,334 -432,219
United States 6,361,459 9,281,602 +2,920,143
Norway 3,026,966 4,786,614 +1,759,648
Canada 4,594,156 1,799,781 -2,794,375
Azerbaijan 1,118,183 3,015,908 +1,897,725
Gambia 2,007,003 967,401 -1,039,602
Ireland 1,509,706 1,148,586 -361,120
Romania 2,166,088 487,477 -1,678,611
Singapore 1,152,195 1,491,008 +338,813
Germany 1,033,095 1,248,584 +215,489

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 414,411
Ireland 17,862
Switzerland 9,603
China 5,721
Spain 5,609

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 370,094 44,317 -325,777
Ireland 17,782 80 -17,702
Switzerland 4,072 5,531 +1,459
China 225 5,496 +5,271
Spain 5,481 128 -5,353
United States 0 1,954 +1,954
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 42,074,160
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 28,338,044
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 22,413,532
Other 468,854
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 21,758,139 20,316,021 -1,442,118
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 14,978,913 13,359,131 -1,619,782
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 9,275,622 13,137,910 +3,862,288
Other 405,852 63,002 -342,850
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 28,569,941
Dover / Eurotunnel 15,930,391
Southampton 7,357,800
London Gateway Port 7,151,837
Aberdeen Docks 5,231,659

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 14,676,373 13,893,568 -782,805
Dover / Eurotunnel 5,364,029 10,566,362 +5,202,333
Southampton 401,820 6,955,980 +6,554,160
London Gateway Port 5,806,729 1,345,108 -4,461,621
Aberdeen Docks 1,421,709 3,809,950 +2,388,241
Manchester Airport 2,866,348 2,218,805 -647,543
Liverpool Docks 4,360,027 424,636 -3,935,391
East Midlands Airport 2,278,236 1,202,067 -1,076,169
Immingham Docks 1,821,666 1,223,971 -597,695
ZLC 731,052 1,553,977 +822,925

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