Import/export HS code 85444920: Low-voltage telecommunication cables

Telecommunication cables for voltages under 80V

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  • 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 147,116,420
India 15,393,740
Ireland 13,724,997
Turkey 10,432,203
Netherlands 7,464,323

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 83,981,626 63,134,794 -20,846,832
India 7,820,531 7,573,209 -247,322
Ireland 8,443,028 5,281,969 -3,161,059
Turkey 4,447,636 5,984,567 +1,536,931
Netherlands 3,235,256 4,229,067 +993,811
United States 2,426,588 1,940,032 -486,556
Germany 2,172,472 2,139,158 -33,314
Poland 1,710,744 1,596,600 -114,144
Egypt 2,857,550 14,350 -2,843,200
France 1,446,645 1,385,523 -61,122

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 152,840,194
India 16,439,984
Ireland 13,945,798
Turkey 12,074,011
United States 4,782,464

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 87,217,909 65,622,285 -21,595,624
India 7,906,059 8,533,925 +627,866
Ireland 8,633,142 5,312,656 -3,320,486
Turkey 5,395,170 6,678,841 +1,283,671
United States 2,506,314 2,276,150 -230,164
Slovakia 1,474,624 1,992,858 +518,234
Egypt 2,857,550 2,365 -2,855,185
Canada 1,456,694 1,277,978 -178,716
Poland 1,307,528 1,362,275 +54,747
Germany 1,141,305 1,343,702 +202,397

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 63
Inner London - West 48
Surrey, East and West Sussex 48
Greater Manchester 35
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 30

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 44 33 -11
Inner London - West 29 30 +1
Surrey, East and West Sussex 31 28 -3
Greater Manchester 26 22 -4
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 21 22 +1
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 18 19 +1
Outer London - West and North West 21 16 -5
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 20 18 -2
Essex 18 13 -5
Inner London - East 18 16 -2

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) 172,205,174
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 34,390,458
Air transport 21,244,168
Other 699,069
Road transport 685,120

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) 96,657,377 75,547,797 -21,109,580
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 18,293,204 16,097,254 -2,195,950
Air transport 11,246,429 9,997,739 -1,248,690
Other 394,684 304,385 -90,299
Road transport 500,404 184,716 -315,688
Rail transport 0 9,176 +9,176

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 87,287,003
Southampton 53,047,379
London Gateway Port 29,125,056
London Heathrow Airport 10,952,593
Holyhead 10,932,881

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 54,188,965 33,098,038 -21,090,927
Southampton 31,930,301 21,117,078 -10,813,223
London Gateway Port 8,809,056 20,316,000 +11,506,944
London Heathrow Airport 5,488,380 5,464,213 -24,167
Holyhead 7,408,580 3,524,301 -3,884,279
Dover 4,080,468 5,517,908 +1,437,440
Eurotunnel 2,062,939 1,877,934 -185,005
London 1,795,621 1,634,326 -161,295
East Midlands Airport 1,412,196 1,356,456 -55,740
Thamesport 1,261,367 1,127,336 -134,031

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 170
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 87
Manufacture of electrical equipment 85
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 49
Computer programming, consultancy and related activities 37

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 97
2025-11 118
2025-10 119
2025-09 106
2025-08 106

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 247
54m+ 242
0-1m 74
15m-54m 70
Other 56

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 26,041,620
Netherlands 10,225,298
France 9,875,334
United Arab Emirates 8,979,674
Spain 8,945,384

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 14,557,442 11,484,178 -3,073,264
Netherlands 5,473,897 4,751,401 -722,496
France 4,983,105 4,892,229 -90,876
United Arab Emirates 5,225,661 3,754,013 -1,471,648
Spain 5,189,445 3,755,939 -1,433,506
Italy 3,360,249 2,948,953 -411,296
Belgium 2,233,202 2,036,955 -196,247
Germany 3,171,744 963,234 -2,208,510
Denmark 1,640,840 1,500,235 -140,605
United States 2,415,499 690,415 -1,725,084

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 £
Taiwan 423,418
China 347,620
XI 14,002
Spain 10,491
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 10,276

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 £
Taiwan 363,012 60,406 -302,606
China 281,779 65,841 -215,938
XI 0 14,002 +14,002
Spain 3,422 7,069 +3,647
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 10,276 0 -10,276
Ireland 3,480 1,511 -1,969
Turkey 305 4,084 +3,779
South Korea 3,024 98 -2,926
Germany 0 2,955 +2,955
Nicaragua 428 1,515 +1,087

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) 80,391,175
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 27,698,154
Air transport 11,022,324
Other 1,007,033
Road transport 15,211

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) 44,305,030 36,086,145 -8,218,885
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 15,893,633 11,804,521 -4,089,112
Air transport 6,321,662 4,700,662 -1,621,000
Other 689,872 317,161 -372,711
Road transport 15,211 0 -15,211

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 63,117,325
London Gateway Port 11,863,796
Immingham Docks 9,730,462
Holyhead 8,360,635
London Heathrow Airport 3,817,183

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 34,466,282 28,651,043 -5,815,239
London Gateway Port 6,017,805 5,845,991 -171,814
Immingham Docks 4,978,628 4,751,834 -226,794
Holyhead 4,314,258 4,046,377 -267,881
London Heathrow Airport 2,250,645 1,566,538 -684,107
East Midlands Airport 1,929,433 1,583,281 -346,152
Southampton 2,416,216 409,014 -2,007,202
Grangemouth Docks 1,887,184 783,568 -1,103,616
Liverpool Docks 1,691,429 938,759 -752,670
Heysham 1,372,070 1,172,360 -199,710

Quick facts

HS code: 85444920

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

Description: Telecommunication cables for voltages under 80V