Import/export HS code 854420: Coaxial cables

Cables with a central conductor surrounded by insulation, used for transmitting signals

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  • 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 £
China 40,937,265
United States 37,448,987
Viet Nam 16,416,838
Turkey 16,312,141
Germany 16,183,734

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 £
China 22,910,136 18,027,129 -4,883,007
United States 19,512,373 17,936,614 -1,575,759
Viet Nam 9,890,944 6,525,894 -3,365,050
Turkey 8,719,529 7,592,612 -1,126,917
Germany 8,324,699 7,859,035 -465,664
Norway 5,505,171 4,030,391 -1,474,780
France 3,472,778 5,549,315 +2,076,537
Netherlands 3,879,131 4,350,798 +471,667
Australia 1,548,192 2,712,005 +1,163,813
Denmark 2,275,296 1,356,565 -918,731

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 48,284,753
United States 38,980,561
Viet Nam 17,328,175
Turkey 16,303,697
Germany 13,365,093

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 26,141,808 22,142,945 -3,998,863
United States 20,885,556 18,095,005 -2,790,551
Viet Nam 10,728,522 6,599,653 -4,128,869
Turkey 8,694,528 7,609,169 -1,085,359
Germany 6,848,549 6,516,544 -332,005
Mexico 2,715,424 2,359,228 -356,196
France 1,631,245 3,076,932 +1,445,687
Australia 1,527,492 2,673,048 +1,145,556
Netherlands 2,176,083 1,984,003 -192,080
Taiwan 1,863,642 1,842,683 -20,959

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 146
Inner London - West 128
Surrey, East and West Sussex 90
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 78
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 78

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 105 108 +3
Inner London - West 87 82 -5
Surrey, East and West Sussex 63 65 +2
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 55 56 +1
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 53 59 +6
Greater Manchester 45 37 -8
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 39 37 -2
Inner London - East 36 38 +2
Essex 36 35 -1
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 25 34 +9

Import volume by transport

What this shows: Import value by transport mode used to bring goods into the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 83,320,350
Air transport 72,657,158
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 32,954,371
Other 1,369,075
Road transport 892,681

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 £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 48,143,662 35,176,688 -12,966,974
Air transport 36,873,697 35,783,461 -1,090,236
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 15,142,696 17,811,675 +2,668,979
Other 1,198,252 170,823 -1,027,429
Road transport 292,836 599,845 +307,009

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 35,691,832
Southampton 27,705,449
London Heathrow Airport 21,662,733
East Midlands Airport 20,282,040
London Stansted Airport 15,872,621

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 £
Felixstowe 21,364,872 14,326,960 -7,037,912
Southampton 18,259,147 9,446,302 -8,812,845
London Heathrow Airport 10,447,434 11,215,299 +767,865
East Midlands Airport 10,782,667 9,499,373 -1,283,294
London Stansted Airport 7,749,689 8,122,932 +373,243
Eurotunnel 3,527,606 5,567,378 +2,039,772
London Gateway Port 2,672,593 4,356,237 +1,683,644
Dover 2,397,537 3,826,606 +1,429,069
Aberdeen Docks 3,371,847 2,064,749 -1,307,098
Thamesport 2,684,612 2,384,015 -300,597

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
292
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products
187
Manufacture of electrical equipment
122
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
115
Computer programming, consultancy and related activities
94

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 263
2026-04 247
2026-03 284
2026-02 247
2026-01 215

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+ 601
1m-15m 546
15m-54m 151
0-1m 125
Other 121

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 18,520,434
United States 18,094,658
France 15,796,752
Norway 12,778,770
Germany 11,191,053

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 10,096,652 8,423,782 -1,672,870
United States 9,209,464 8,885,194 -324,270
France 7,700,602 8,096,150 +395,548
Norway 9,025,449 3,753,321 -5,272,128
Germany 6,406,625 4,784,428 -1,622,197
Italy 3,025,697 2,156,831 -868,866
Spain 1,364,789 2,424,415 +1,059,626
Netherlands 2,168,872 1,340,479 -828,393
United Arab Emirates 1,163,020 2,109,457 +946,437
Ireland 1,534,933 1,604,564 +69,631

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 £
China 156,966
Turkey 55,071
Germany 8,906
Romania 4,087
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 4,052

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 £
China 93,079 63,887 -29,192
Turkey 25,348 29,723 +4,375
Germany 5,525 3,381 -2,144
Romania 1,220 2,867 +1,647
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 661 3,391 +2,730
United States 0 709 +709
XI 178 337 +159
Ireland 214 203 -11
France 412 0 -412
Czechia 0 152 +152

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 92,049,503
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 26,363,082
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 13,481,675
Other 251,844
Road transport 19,787

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 47,825,781 44,223,722 -3,602,059
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 15,873,055 10,490,027 -5,383,028
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 7,779,239 5,702,436 -2,076,803
Other 136,245 115,599 -20,646
Road transport 13,757 6,030 -7,727

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 37,418,684
East Midlands Airport 33,106,782
Dover / Eurotunnel 18,899,264
Aberdeen Docks 7,372,598
London Stansted Airport 6,234,591

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 19,520,819 17,897,865 -1,622,954
East Midlands Airport 18,392,837 14,713,945 -3,678,892
Dover / Eurotunnel 11,940,815 6,958,449 -4,982,366
Aberdeen Docks 4,709,214 2,663,384 -2,045,830
London Stansted Airport 2,358,853 3,875,738 +1,516,885
Edinburgh Airport 2,673,625 3,034,808 +361,183
ZLC 2,266,013 2,156,104 -109,909
Immingham Docks 1,276,562 809,779 -466,783
London Gateway Port 804,119 1,145,779 +341,660
Glasgow Airport 965,433 976,713 +11,280

Quick facts

HS code: 854420

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

Description: Cables with a central conductor surrounded by insulation, used for transmitting signals