Import/export HS code 854420: Coaxial cables

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

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 £
China 41,876,083
United States 36,425,786
Viet Nam 17,138,049
Germany 16,383,030
Turkey 15,917,483

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 23,614,400 18,261,683 -5,352,717
United States 17,904,038 18,521,748 +617,710
Viet Nam 10,655,466 6,482,583 -4,172,883
Germany 8,554,004 7,829,026 -724,978
Turkey 8,450,965 7,466,518 -984,447
Norway 5,534,389 4,251,766 -1,282,623
France 3,304,064 5,151,086 +1,847,022
Netherlands 3,848,269 4,422,080 +573,811
Australia 1,363,879 2,760,406 +1,396,527
Denmark 2,202,181 1,372,117 -830,064

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 48,964,893
United States 37,930,677
Viet Nam 18,196,729
Turkey 15,909,039
Germany 13,486,014

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 26,534,496 22,430,397 -4,104,099
United States 19,204,162 18,726,515 -477,647
Viet Nam 11,631,912 6,564,817 -5,067,095
Turkey 8,425,964 7,483,075 -942,889
Germany 7,099,291 6,386,723 -712,568
Mexico 2,732,906 2,398,992 -333,914
France 1,458,361 2,830,828 +1,372,467
Australia 1,401,661 2,755,664 +1,354,003
Netherlands 2,121,833 1,993,010 -128,823
Taiwan 1,899,613 1,850,574 -49,039

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 149
Inner London - West 128
Surrey, East and West Sussex 88
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 81
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 73

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 104 108 +4
Inner London - West 86 84 -2
Surrey, East and West Sussex 66 59 -7
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 54 61 +7
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 51 55 +4
Greater Manchester 42 39 -3
Inner London - East 35 40 +5
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 38 37 -1
Essex 38 34 -4
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 23 32 +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) 85,096,440
Air transport 71,864,711
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 32,657,733
Other 1,395,446
Road transport 879,537

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) 49,506,598 35,589,842 -13,916,756
Air transport 35,637,903 36,226,808 +588,905
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 15,398,595 17,259,138 +1,860,543
Other 1,161,821 233,625 -928,196
Road transport 287,109 592,428 +305,319

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 35,823,039
Southampton 29,550,966
London Heathrow Airport 22,060,733
East Midlands Airport 19,816,099
London Stansted Airport 15,019,654

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 21,581,127 14,241,912 -7,339,215
Southampton 19,520,026 10,030,940 -9,489,086
London Heathrow Airport 10,670,456 11,390,277 +719,821
East Midlands Airport 10,515,083 9,301,016 -1,214,067
London Stansted Airport 6,644,396 8,375,258 +1,730,862
Eurotunnel 3,663,867 5,044,115 +1,380,248
London Gateway Port 2,371,418 4,458,909 +2,087,491
Dover 2,347,082 3,818,667 +1,471,585
Aberdeen Docks 3,246,872 2,338,863 -908,009
Thamesport 2,613,835 2,321,840 -291,995

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 295
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 183
Manufacture of electrical equipment 125
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 116
Computer programming, consultancy and related activities 94

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 247
2026-03 284
2026-02 247
2026-01 215
2025-12 219

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+ 605
1m-15m 544
15m-54m 142
Other 127
0-1m 125

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 17,940,448
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 17,804,017
France 15,820,720
Norway 14,142,468
Germany 11,076,993

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 9,167,005 8,773,443 -393,562
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 9,564,960 8,239,057 -1,325,903
France 7,484,872 8,335,848 +850,976
Norway 10,216,215 3,926,253 -6,289,962
Germany 6,575,481 4,501,512 -2,073,969
Italy 2,997,761 1,931,766 -1,065,995
Spain 1,260,530 2,369,349 +1,108,819
Netherlands 1,950,969 1,545,031 -405,938
United Arab Emirates 706,332 2,539,330 +1,832,998
Ireland 1,434,435 1,711,586 +277,151

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 164,439
Turkey 62,125
XI 15,098
Germany 8,906
Romania 4,501

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 96,003 68,436 -27,567
Turkey 28,389 33,736 +5,347
XI 14,761 337 -14,424
Germany 5,515 3,391 -2,124
Romania 1,634 2,867 +1,233
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 1,035 3,391 +2,356
United States 0 709 +709
France 412 0 -412
Ireland 214 179 -35
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 90,010,091
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 26,311,465
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 14,961,916
Other 277,092
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 46,357,176 43,652,915 -2,704,261
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 15,709,288 10,602,177 -5,107,111
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 8,723,454 6,238,462 -2,484,992
Other 157,492 119,600 -37,892
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 36,566,452
East Midlands Airport 32,702,191
Dover / Eurotunnel 18,942,851
Aberdeen Docks 7,849,135
London Stansted Airport 6,093,567

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 18,415,934 18,150,518 -265,416
East Midlands Airport 18,235,566 14,466,625 -3,768,941
Dover / Eurotunnel 11,824,229 7,118,622 -4,705,607
Aberdeen Docks 5,054,618 2,794,517 -2,260,101
London Stansted Airport 2,352,643 3,740,924 +1,388,281
Edinburgh Airport 2,444,606 3,071,509 +626,903
ZLC 2,378,219 1,892,665 -485,554
Tyne 1,786,616 568,486 -1,218,130
Immingham Docks 1,308,682 704,050 -604,632
Dover 950,420 976,323 +25,903

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