Import/export HS code 85444991: Thick conductor wires

Wires and cables with conductors thicker than 0.51mm

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 £
Turkey 281,851,410
Egypt 72,473,726
Greece 52,247,358
France 22,788,524
Denmark 21,035,833

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 149,641,585 132,209,825 -17,431,760
Egypt 44,358,204 28,115,522 -16,242,682
Greece 29,336,340 22,911,018 -6,425,322
France 13,300,298 9,488,226 -3,812,072
Denmark 10,032,353 11,003,480 +971,127
China 8,518,305 7,041,489 -1,476,816
Netherlands 6,350,271 4,374,786 -1,975,485
Czechia 4,227,781 4,257,823 +30,042
Germany 4,877,720 2,547,621 -2,330,099
Italy 3,679,293 3,119,494 -559,799

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 282,961,690
Egypt 72,700,927
Greece 51,980,683
France 21,820,842
Denmark 19,760,978

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 150,253,678 132,708,012 -17,545,666
Egypt 44,723,050 27,977,877 -16,745,173
Greece 29,083,135 22,897,548 -6,185,587
France 12,235,158 9,585,684 -2,649,474
Denmark 10,159,660 9,601,318 -558,342
China 9,248,717 7,270,774 -1,977,943
Germany 5,260,640 3,608,057 -1,652,583
Czechia 4,188,773 4,122,778 -65,995
Italy 3,410,140 3,239,380 -170,760
Poland 2,967,884 3,109,047 +141,163

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 48
Inner London - West 47
Surrey, East and West Sussex 42
Greater Manchester 37
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 34

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 33 30 -3
Inner London - West 28 31 +3
Surrey, East and West Sussex 26 21 -5
Greater Manchester 21 26 +5
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 25 17 -8
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 19 21 +2
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 25 14 -11
West Midlands 19 17 -2
Essex 18 15 -3
Northumberland, Durham and Tyne & Wear 15 16 +1

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) 343,187,139
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 181,836,298
Air transport 7,264,886
Road transport 4,112,886
Other 1,192,858

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) 189,772,776 153,414,363 -36,358,413
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 97,316,222 84,520,076 -12,796,146
Air transport 4,538,244 2,726,642 -1,811,602
Road transport 2,633,725 1,479,161 -1,154,564
Other 490,588 702,270 +211,682
Rail transport 39,489 0 -39,489

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 213,048,375
London Gateway Port 171,395,805
Dover 40,485,059
Immingham Docks 32,209,321
Eurotunnel 13,938,286

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 104,484,486 108,563,889 +4,079,403
London Gateway Port 117,804,561 53,591,244 -64,213,317
Dover 22,674,559 17,810,500 -4,864,059
Immingham Docks 16,575,321 15,634,000 -941,321
Eurotunnel 7,964,576 5,973,710 -1,990,866
Southampton 2,306,325 9,898,886 +7,592,561
Liverpool Docks 453,797 9,264,686 +8,810,889
Belfast Port 6,242,624 3,082,292 -3,160,332
London 743,289 6,518,078 +5,774,789
Thamesport 632,207 2,636,751 +2,004,544

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 174
Manufacture of electrical equipment 72
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 44
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 43
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 43

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 91
2025-11 104
2025-10 94
2025-09 97
2025-08 110

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 251
54m+ 249
15m-54m 81
Other 67
0-1m 47

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 37,062,538
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 29,654,600
United States 12,416,083
Saudi Arabia 12,412,706
United Arab Emirates 11,469,490

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 20,942,261 16,120,277 -4,821,984
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 23,957,077 5,697,523 -18,259,554
United States 6,136,751 6,279,332 +142,581
Saudi Arabia 7,967,590 4,445,116 -3,522,474
United Arab Emirates 7,050,909 4,418,581 -2,632,328
Germany 4,758,898 3,990,130 -768,768
Hungary 2,707,866 2,726,785 +18,919
France 2,755,342 1,894,744 -860,598
Netherlands 1,608,882 2,052,862 +443,980
Qatar 1,881,828 1,280,811 -601,017

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 5,174,706
Egypt 877,864
China 866,604
Spain 348,246
France 251,538

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 3,064,141 2,110,565 -953,576
Egypt 227,732 650,132 +422,400
China 380,001 486,603 +106,602
Spain 215,410 132,836 -82,574
France 163,680 87,858 -75,822
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 57,914 43,519 -14,395
India 54,301 33,099 -21,202
Italy 28,243 22,629 -5,614
Germany 27,360 11,723 -15,637
Israel 16,702 1,699 -15,003

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) 67,742,407
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 65,344,099
Air transport 28,489,578
Other 8,144,881
Road transport 12,437

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) 46,387,677 21,354,730 -25,032,947
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 39,488,961 25,855,138 -13,633,823
Air transport 15,728,982 12,760,596 -2,968,386
Other 4,300,325 3,844,556 -455,769
Road transport 10,424 2,013 -8,411

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Southampton 35,185,316
Dover / Eurotunnel 30,487,752
London Gateway Port 25,106,954
London Heathrow Airport 13,870,672
Heysham 9,644,520

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 £
Southampton 27,269,898 7,915,418 -19,354,480
Dover / Eurotunnel 19,499,826 10,987,926 -8,511,900
London Gateway Port 15,432,262 9,674,692 -5,757,570
London Heathrow Airport 8,334,632 5,536,040 -2,798,592
Heysham 4,575,351 5,069,169 +493,818
000 4,300,325 3,844,556 -455,769
East Midlands Airport 3,822,202 4,256,728 +434,526
Liverpool Docks 4,468,268 2,468,042 -2,000,226
Holyhead 3,278,795 3,012,232 -266,563
Fishguard 3,491,504 2,095,110 -1,396,394

Quick facts

HS code: 85444991

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

Description: Wires and cables with conductors thicker than 0.51mm