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 324,534,046
Egypt 69,501,695
Greece 55,193,007
France 24,542,854
Denmark 23,649,790

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 158,154,012 166,380,034 +8,226,022
Egypt 43,916,827 25,584,868 -18,331,959
Greece 27,584,944 27,608,063 +23,119
France 13,309,532 11,233,322 -2,076,210
Denmark 10,460,772 13,189,018 +2,728,246
China 8,416,116 9,224,495 +808,379
Netherlands 7,077,229 3,976,481 -3,100,748
Germany 4,658,349 3,960,129 -698,220
Czechia 4,106,191 3,955,480 -150,711
Italy 3,790,850 4,016,795 +225,945

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 325,346,075
Egypt 69,730,839
Greece 54,932,759
France 23,372,157
Denmark 22,384,961

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 158,207,589 167,138,486 +8,930,897
Egypt 44,281,673 25,449,166 -18,832,507
Greece 27,331,739 27,601,020 +269,281
France 12,364,706 11,007,451 -1,357,255
Denmark 10,521,395 11,863,566 +1,342,171
China 9,027,957 9,810,129 +782,172
Germany 5,181,484 4,632,413 -549,071
Czechia 4,087,179 3,911,064 -176,115
Italy 3,532,153 3,906,400 +374,247
Poland 3,631,849 2,534,933 -1,096,916

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 45
Surrey, East and West Sussex 42
Greater Manchester 37
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 35

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 31 31 +0
Inner London - West 30 29 -1
Surrey, East and West Sussex 27 20 -7
Greater Manchester 23 27 +4
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 23 20 -3
West Midlands 23 18 -5
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 22 21 -1
Essex 20 19 -1
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 23 16 -7
Northumberland, Durham and Tyne & Wear 17 15 -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) 375,132,628
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 201,190,882
Air transport 8,182,437
Road transport 4,395,388
Other 1,332,193

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) 194,639,211 180,493,417 -14,145,794
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 100,466,271 100,724,611 +258,340
Air transport 4,287,091 3,895,346 -391,745
Road transport 3,261,254 1,134,134 -2,127,120
Other 744,216 587,977 -156,239
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 246,878,740
London Gateway Port 174,514,038
Dover 43,195,870
Immingham Docks 34,818,121
Eurotunnel 15,045,345

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 113,965,551 132,913,189 +18,947,638
London Gateway Port 113,285,145 61,228,893 -52,056,252
Dover 22,306,125 20,889,745 -1,416,380
Immingham Docks 18,860,265 15,957,856 -2,902,409
Eurotunnel 7,563,854 7,481,491 -82,363
Southampton 2,251,722 11,002,879 +8,751,157
Liverpool Docks 761,471 10,446,440 +9,684,969
Belfast Port 5,731,648 4,477,241 -1,254,407
London 1,237,900 8,733,111 +7,495,211
Thamesport 1,891,513 1,863,970 -27,543

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 178
Manufacture of electrical equipment 75
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 48
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 45
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 41

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 98
2026-03 89
2026-02 98
2026-01 91
2025-12 87

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 264
54m+ 255
15m-54m 77
Other 70
0-1m 55

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 39,499,142
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 28,424,901
Saudi Arabia 14,897,069
United Arab Emirates 12,419,269
United States 11,997,420

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 20,595,812 18,903,330 -1,692,482
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 21,980,629 6,444,272 -15,536,357
Saudi Arabia 7,797,696 7,099,373 -698,323
United Arab Emirates 7,789,640 4,629,629 -3,160,011
United States 6,385,436 5,611,984 -773,452
Germany 4,803,165 4,476,922 -326,243
Hungary 2,859,336 2,762,753 -96,583
France 2,914,145 1,951,646 -962,499
Netherlands 1,677,127 2,412,530 +735,403
Qatar 1,887,060 1,296,269 -590,791

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 5,724,833
China 1,355,164
Egypt 1,245,190
Spain 341,184
XI 279,297

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 3,036,679 2,688,154 -348,525
China 451,779 903,385 +451,606
Egypt 395,101 850,089 +454,988
Spain 205,275 135,909 -69,366
XI 1,945 277,352 +275,407
France 161,891 69,295 -92,596
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 66,891 43,332 -23,559
India 64,713 27,109 -37,604
Italy 31,347 26,929 -4,418
Germany 23,551 14,976 -8,575

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) 70,500,086
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 66,901,880
Air transport 29,659,631
Other 9,961,670
Road transport 4,915

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) 44,902,812 25,597,274 -19,305,538
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 37,883,322 29,018,558 -8,864,764
Air transport 16,106,237 13,553,394 -2,552,843
Other 4,519,001 5,442,669 +923,668
Road transport 2,902 2,013 -889

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Southampton 34,113,665
Dover / Eurotunnel 30,977,291
London Gateway Port 28,229,571
London Heathrow Airport 14,011,202
Heysham 10,073,018

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 25,979,438 8,134,227 -17,845,211
Dover / Eurotunnel 17,583,571 13,393,720 -4,189,851
London Gateway Port 15,597,537 12,632,034 -2,965,503
London Heathrow Airport 8,237,323 5,773,879 -2,463,444
Heysham 5,020,962 5,052,056 +31,094
000 4,519,001 5,442,669 +923,668
East Midlands Airport 3,963,990 4,710,265 +746,275
Liverpool Docks 4,098,219 2,988,445 -1,109,774
Holyhead 3,176,347 3,705,934 +529,587
Fishguard 3,792,237 1,905,296 -1,886,941

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