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 322,507,514
Egypt 64,360,450
Greece 53,063,593
Denmark 23,341,676
France 22,276,243

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 157,687,316 164,820,198 +7,132,882
Egypt 46,664,969 17,695,481 -28,969,488
Greece 29,069,341 23,994,252 -5,075,089
Denmark 11,433,920 11,907,756 +473,836
France 11,018,993 11,257,250 +238,257
China 9,058,038 8,329,695 -728,343
Netherlands 7,453,913 3,057,403 -4,396,510
Germany 4,338,933 3,893,001 -445,932
Italy 3,465,379 4,039,271 +573,892
Czechia 4,438,952 3,035,011 -1,403,941

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 323,005,306
Egypt 64,318,226
Greece 52,803,345
Denmark 22,063,381
France 21,132,480

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 157,732,370 165,272,936 +7,540,566
Egypt 46,618,442 17,699,784 -28,918,658
Greece 28,806,280 23,997,065 -4,809,215
Denmark 11,460,749 10,602,632 -858,117
France 10,130,356 11,002,124 +871,768
China 9,593,083 8,943,813 -649,270
Germany 5,059,130 4,901,231 -157,899
Italy 3,604,795 3,914,646 +309,851
Czechia 4,404,545 3,019,286 -1,385,259
Poland 3,483,122 2,053,689 -1,429,433

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 47
Inner London - West 41
Surrey, East and West Sussex 41
Greater Manchester 36
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 31

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 28 33 +5
Inner London - West 28 27 -1
Surrey, East and West Sussex 30 17 -13
Greater Manchester 22 26 +4
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 21 19 -2
West Midlands 22 18 -4
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 18 19 +1
Essex 20 16 -4
Inner London - East 18 18 +0
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 21 17 -4

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) 360,682,057
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 201,367,907
Air transport 7,927,004
Road transport 3,463,535
Other 1,293,420

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) 197,494,746 163,187,311 -34,307,435
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 101,333,956 100,033,951 -1,300,005
Air transport 3,682,882 4,244,122 +561,240
Road transport 2,327,289 1,136,246 -1,191,043
Other 838,830 454,590 -384,240
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 254,621,038
London Gateway Port 157,167,239
Dover 39,086,047
Immingham Docks 34,080,111
Eurotunnel 14,901,576

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 121,771,162 132,849,876 +11,078,714
London Gateway Port 102,606,797 54,560,442 -48,046,355
Dover 20,115,709 18,970,338 -1,145,371
Immingham Docks 20,048,554 14,031,557 -6,016,997
Eurotunnel 7,749,871 7,151,705 -598,166
Southampton 7,020,914 5,856,727 -1,164,187
London 1,236,319 10,041,743 +8,805,424
Liverpool Docks 2,872,899 8,330,536 +5,457,637
Belfast Port 5,337,620 4,347,216 -990,404
Thamesport 2,723,093 985,859 -1,737,234

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.
46
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products
42
Architectural and engineering activities; technical testing and analysis
40

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 101
2026-04 98
2026-03 89
2026-02 98
2026-01 91

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 252
54m+ 245
15m-54m 78
Other 66
0-1m 51

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 36,627,600
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 25,923,750
Saudi Arabia 15,327,088
United Arab Emirates 11,732,250
United States 11,615,772

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 20,668,717 15,958,883 -4,709,834
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 18,936,984 6,986,766 -11,950,218
Saudi Arabia 7,395,119 7,931,969 +536,850
United Arab Emirates 7,592,262 4,139,988 -3,452,274
United States 6,613,068 5,002,704 -1,610,364
Germany 3,916,173 4,147,883 +231,710
Hungary 2,800,812 2,504,673 -296,139
Netherlands 1,738,439 2,667,536 +929,097
France 2,379,289 2,013,788 -365,501
Cyprus 1,409,603 1,226,623 -182,980

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 5,321,221
China 1,371,700
Egypt 1,256,981
Spain 285,370
XI 280,230

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 2,939,994 2,381,227 -558,767
China 585,543 786,157 +200,614
Egypt 389,505 867,476 +477,971
Spain 167,286 118,084 -49,202
XI 7,270 272,960 +265,690
France 158,252 42,727 -115,525
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 63,792 35,729 -28,063
India 60,260 23,245 -37,015
Italy 38,258 20,254 -18,004
Germany 25,366 9,764 -15,602

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) 66,910,742
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 60,249,325
Air transport 27,975,992
Other 9,516,623
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) 40,984,101 25,926,641 -15,057,460
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 34,733,039 25,516,286 -9,216,753
Air transport 15,590,245 12,385,747 -3,204,498
Other 4,552,990 4,963,633 +410,643
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 31,726,700
London Gateway Port 27,450,920
Dover / Eurotunnel 27,142,631
London Heathrow Airport 12,952,299
000 9,516,623

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 22,900,142 8,826,558 -14,073,584
London Gateway Port 15,149,902 12,301,018 -2,848,884
Dover / Eurotunnel 14,191,066 12,951,565 -1,239,501
London Heathrow Airport 7,770,028 5,182,271 -2,587,757
000 4,552,990 4,963,633 +410,643
Heysham 5,317,465 3,990,142 -1,327,323
East Midlands Airport 4,004,424 4,226,305 +221,881
Liverpool Docks 3,808,984 3,184,127 -624,857
Holyhead 3,471,672 2,804,012 -667,660
Fishguard 3,736,282 1,523,634 -2,212,648

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