Import/export HS code 854449: Various insulated cables

Insulated cables not specified elsewhere

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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 £
Turkey 1,011,045,741
Egypt 394,568,102
China 253,539,001
Germany 106,080,964
Greece 104,598,823

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 £
Turkey 530,642,709 480,403,032 -50,239,677
Egypt 221,292,507 173,275,595 -48,016,912
China 139,887,337 113,651,664 -26,235,673
Germany 56,110,281 49,970,683 -6,139,598
Greece 58,534,252 46,064,571 -12,469,681
France 54,847,418 40,376,589 -14,470,829
Italy 49,033,532 40,531,286 -8,502,246
India 40,966,935 38,451,700 -2,515,235
Netherlands 28,896,059 28,116,048 -780,011
United States 28,817,137 24,901,078 -3,916,059

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 £
Turkey 1,045,832,621
Egypt 395,313,036
China 268,307,604
Italy 114,570,570
Greece 102,384,633

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 £
Turkey 545,416,586 500,416,035 -45,000,551
Egypt 222,679,887 172,633,149 -50,046,738
China 148,186,542 120,121,062 -28,065,480
Italy 63,047,195 51,523,375 -11,523,820
Greece 56,758,406 45,626,227 -11,132,179
France 45,364,506 33,379,044 -11,985,462
India 41,230,917 36,798,614 -4,432,303
Germany 33,352,447 30,013,187 -3,339,260
Poland 31,820,304 22,687,126 -9,133,178
United States 26,846,768 23,332,131 -3,514,637

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 264
Inner London - West 199
Surrey, East and West Sussex 181
Greater Manchester 141
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 135

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 179 170 -9
Inner London - West 130 130 +0
Surrey, East and West Sussex 135 121 -14
Greater Manchester 103 95 -8
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 103 85 -18
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 98 82 -16
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 94 83 -11
West Midlands 92 78 -14
Essex 73 70 -3
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 67 61 -6

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) 1,830,260,893
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 588,145,481
Air transport 123,660,477
Other 32,041,937
Road transport 13,976,735

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) 987,392,706 842,868,187 -144,524,519
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 310,626,895 277,518,586 -33,108,309
Air transport 68,835,793 54,824,684 -14,011,109
Other 19,400,024 12,641,913 -6,758,111
Road transport 8,038,087 5,938,648 -2,099,439
Rail transport 709,598 9,176 -700,422

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 920,137,311
London Gateway Port 663,536,929
Dover 220,998,001
Southampton 207,706,656
Eurotunnel 83,610,035

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 463,595,482 456,541,829 -7,053,653
London Gateway Port 451,958,806 211,578,123 -240,380,683
Dover 113,923,807 107,074,194 -6,849,613
Southampton 70,318,519 137,388,137 +67,069,618
Eurotunnel 44,990,421 38,619,614 -6,370,807
Immingham Docks 36,619,835 36,331,564 -288,271
Liverpool Docks 12,410,339 44,085,861 +31,675,522
London Heathrow Airport 23,449,516 19,580,023 -3,869,493
London 10,927,521 22,866,705 +11,939,184
000 19,400,024 12,641,913 -6,758,111

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 692
Manufacture of electrical equipment 315
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 261
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 205
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 196

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 527
2025-11 564
2025-10 578
2025-09 551
2025-08 554

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 1231
54m+ 1017
0-1m 321
15m-54m 319
Other 222

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 £
Ireland 109,714,083
Germany 59,211,984
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 49,190,814
Netherlands 43,933,103
France 40,341,751

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 £
Ireland 59,319,677 50,394,406 -8,925,271
Germany 30,932,939 28,279,045 -2,653,894
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 34,502,716 14,688,098 -19,814,618
Netherlands 25,957,040 17,976,063 -7,980,977
France 21,076,839 19,264,912 -1,811,927
United States 23,829,249 16,163,068 -7,666,181
United Arab Emirates 15,031,044 14,059,824 -971,220
Saudi Arabia 13,125,139 9,170,590 -3,954,549
Norway 6,287,004 14,673,909 +8,386,905
Italy 11,231,089 8,851,948 -2,379,141

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 £
Turkey 6,514,960
China 3,147,717
Egypt 1,645,475
XI 1,557,714
Taiwan 425,283

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 £
Turkey 4,068,661 2,446,299 -1,622,362
China 1,723,462 1,424,255 -299,207
Egypt 330,654 1,314,821 +984,167
XI 196,219 1,361,495 +1,165,276
Taiwan 364,877 60,406 -304,471
Spain 246,680 145,431 -101,249
France 196,627 113,934 -82,693
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 144,006 85,450 -58,556
Italy 67,953 78,527 +10,574
Ireland 7,964 119,178 +111,214

Export volume by transport

What this shows: Export value by transport mode used to ship goods from the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 358,123,449
Air transport 164,680,031
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 157,260,956
Other 16,105,109
Road transport 285,056

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 £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 187,509,832 170,613,617 -16,896,215
Air transport 85,421,873 79,258,158 -6,163,715
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 97,737,620 59,523,336 -38,214,284
Other 8,421,443 7,683,666 -737,777
Road transport 283,043 2,013 -281,030

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 221,248,103
London Heathrow Airport 81,388,938
London Gateway Port 60,752,864
Southampton 48,035,499
Immingham Docks 41,814,601

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 119,501,086 101,747,017 -17,754,069
London Heathrow Airport 43,961,358 37,427,580 -6,533,778
London Gateway Port 34,558,504 26,194,360 -8,364,144
Southampton 33,995,694 14,039,805 -19,955,889
Immingham Docks 18,299,387 23,515,214 +5,215,827
Holyhead 17,935,174 22,749,276 +4,814,102
East Midlands Airport 19,862,482 19,559,369 -303,113
Liverpool Docks 14,303,755 6,226,322 -8,077,433
ZLC 8,113,360 9,832,565 +1,719,205
000 8,421,443 7,683,666 -737,777

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 854449

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

Description: Insulated cables not specified elsewhere