Import/export HS code 85441190: Various copper wires

Copper wires and cables not specified elsewhere

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 £
Germany 45,017,565
United States 9,644,198
Austria 8,300,962
Norway 6,297,982
Italy 5,370,653

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 18,119,790 26,897,775 +8,777,985
United States 5,129,425 4,514,773 -614,652
Austria 5,751,036 2,549,926 -3,201,110
Norway 4,190,336 2,107,646 -2,082,690
Italy 4,016,495 1,354,158 -2,662,337
South Korea 930,767 3,563,717 +2,632,950
China 1,923,073 1,757,150 -165,923
Netherlands 836,591 413,836 -422,755
Ireland 537,505 300,567 -236,938
France 466,371 237,350 -229,021

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 44,747,370
United States 8,878,387
Austria 8,451,927
Norway 6,209,425
Italy 5,849,663

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 18,055,980 26,691,390 +8,635,410
United States 4,474,039 4,404,348 -69,691
Austria 5,881,059 2,570,868 -3,310,191
Norway 4,051,680 2,157,745 -1,893,935
Italy 4,357,647 1,492,016 -2,865,631
China 2,731,036 2,151,938 -579,098
South Korea 934,535 3,563,717 +2,629,182
India 507,692 181,387 -326,305
Turkey 598,738 7,587 -591,151
Taiwan 327,097 256,495 -70,602

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 46
Surrey, East and West Sussex 30
West Yorkshire 22
Inner London - West 19
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 18

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 30 35 +5
Surrey, East and West Sussex 23 20 -3
West Yorkshire 18 14 -4
Inner London - West 17 7 -10
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 12 11 -1
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 16 10 -6
West Midlands 17 6 -11
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 13 9 -4
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 10 9 -1
Essex 12 8 -4

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) 64,744,923
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 13,706,077
Air transport 10,665,060
Other 1,192,823
Road transport 34,325

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) 31,086,109 33,658,814 +2,572,705
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 6,042,763 7,663,314 +1,620,551
Air transport 6,992,330 3,672,730 -3,319,600
Other 801,818 391,005 -410,813
Road transport 12,722 21,603 +8,881

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 54,713,600
London Gateway Port 3,830,343
Liverpool Docks 3,167,972
London Heathrow Airport 3,005,123
Felixstowe 2,757,396

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 24,632,048 30,081,552 +5,449,504
London Gateway Port 167,518 3,662,825 +3,495,307
Liverpool Docks 1,450,106 1,717,866 +267,760
London Heathrow Airport 2,053,769 951,354 -1,102,415
Felixstowe 2,339,732 417,664 -1,922,068
Immingham Docks 2,056,820 660,385 -1,396,435
Aberdeen Airport 2,020,318 281,198 -1,739,120
London Stansted Airport 1,194,640 783,985 -410,655
East Midlands Airport 1,017,392 908,941 -108,451
Eurotunnel 1,178,531 625,217 -553,314

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 83
Manufacture of electrical equipment 68
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 56
Other manufacturing 36
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 27

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 63
2025-11 63
2025-10 74
2025-09 68
2025-08 61

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
54m+ 162
1m-15m 161
0-1m 47
15m-54m 40
Other 36

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 £
Norway 5,002,481
Canada 4,224,185
Azerbaijan 4,073,031
Gambia 2,796,510
Ghana 2,290,424

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 £
Norway 3,123,515 1,878,966 -1,244,549
Canada 122,163 4,102,022 +3,979,859
Azerbaijan 1,207,299 2,865,732 +1,658,433
Gambia 2,077,084 719,426 -1,357,658
Ghana 2,270,340 20,084 -2,250,256
United States 1,476,223 577,849 -898,374
Romania 1,895,866 19,639 -1,876,227
Ireland 1,052,158 769,947 -282,211
Germany 812,310 378,865 -433,445
France 367,748 564,294 +196,546

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 17,679
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 172 17,507 +17,335
Switzerland 4,249 3,165 -1,084
Spain 5,187 422 -4,765
United States 0 1,954 +1,954
Turkey 543 0 -543
China 133 228 +95
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 £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 14,876,369
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 12,374,819
Air transport 6,232,016
Other 542,371
Road transport 7,316

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 £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 7,646,552 7,229,817 -416,735
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 6,734,406 5,640,413 -1,093,993
Air transport 4,077,252 2,154,764 -1,922,488
Other 347,254 195,117 -152,137
Road transport 7,316 0 -7,316

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 8,091,368
Liverpool Docks 4,966,574
London Gateway Port 3,426,738
Aberdeen Docks 3,366,855
London Heathrow Airport 2,964,735

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 £
Dover / Eurotunnel 3,353,289 4,738,079 +1,384,790
Liverpool Docks 692,396 4,274,178 +3,581,782
London Gateway Port 2,329,857 1,096,881 -1,232,976
Aberdeen Docks 1,603,592 1,763,263 +159,671
London Heathrow Airport 2,342,996 621,739 -1,721,257
London 1,904,464 116,858 -1,787,606
Immingham Docks 1,665,787 247,715 -1,418,072
Tyne 1,912,804 0 -1,912,804
ZLC 480,338 699,908 +219,570
East Midlands Airport 424,647 464,407 +39,760

Quick facts

HS code: 85441190

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

Description: Copper wires and cables not specified elsewhere