Import/export HS code 900211: Camera and projector optical parts

Optical elements like lenses and mirrors designed for cameras, projectors, or photo enlargers

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 £
Netherlands 96,785,659
Germany 53,756,229
United States 22,867,410
Japan 18,836,618
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 15,728,445

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 £
Netherlands 53,893,351 42,892,308 -11,001,043
Germany 27,529,031 26,227,198 -1,301,833
United States 11,792,635 11,074,775 -717,860
Japan 9,377,937 9,458,681 +80,744
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 5,007,718 10,720,727 +5,713,009
France 6,685,597 4,831,799 -1,853,798
China 4,257,273 4,766,243 +508,970
Belgium 2,337,993 3,003,543 +665,550
Thailand 85,928 4,914,262 +4,828,334
Sweden 2,190,170 2,526,288 +336,118

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 £
Japan 96,580,308
China 45,410,389
Thailand 30,008,649
United States 29,320,084
Germany 19,098,874

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 £
Japan 47,788,163 48,792,145 +1,003,982
China 23,699,970 21,710,419 -1,989,551
Thailand 16,368,350 13,640,299 -2,728,051
United States 14,388,745 14,931,339 +542,594
Germany 10,357,042 8,741,832 -1,615,210
Viet Nam 3,993,288 5,285,753 +1,292,465
Taiwan 4,252,084 4,439,591 +187,507
Philippines 3,720,147 2,554,412 -1,165,735
United Kingdom 2,404,671 2,593,866 +189,195
Malaysia 1,695,253 1,856,647 +161,394

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 69
Inner London - West 57
Surrey, East and West Sussex 45
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 40
Outer London - West and North West 37

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 52 +8
Inner London - West 32 36 +4
Surrey, East and West Sussex 31 30 -1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 25 35 +10
Outer London - West and North West 28 26 -2
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 23 25 +2
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 25 17 -8
Inner London - East 19 14 -5
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough 14 16 +2
Essex 11 14 +3

Import volume by transport

What this shows: Import value by transport mode used to bring goods into the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Air transport 133,562,070
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 78,454,928
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 53,511,199
Other 891,240
Road transport 158,990

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 £
Air transport 63,252,331 70,309,739 +7,057,408
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 38,085,815 40,369,113 +2,283,298
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 33,086,937 20,424,262 -12,662,675
Other 382,391 508,849 +126,458
Road transport 51,004 107,986 +56,982

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 67,873,372
London Gateway Port 36,792,300
East Midlands Airport 35,012,886
Thamesport 32,140,398
Eurotunnel 24,454,503

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 £
London Heathrow Airport 29,962,678 37,910,694 +7,948,016
London Gateway Port 17,743,821 19,048,479 +1,304,658
East Midlands Airport 16,343,286 18,669,600 +2,326,314
Thamesport 17,094,125 15,046,273 -2,047,852
Eurotunnel 14,346,726 10,107,777 -4,238,949
London Stansted Airport 10,753,909 10,463,648 -290,261
Dover 9,892,809 3,764,867 -6,127,942
Dover / Eurotunnel 3,938,782 3,926,493 -12,289
Birmingham Airport 5,180,351 2,105,761 -3,074,590
London 1,448,993 4,606,050 +3,157,057

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 121
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 89
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 68
Computer programming, consultancy and related activities 45
Other manufacturing 42

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 116
2026-03 120
2026-02 107
2026-01 119
2025-12 117

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 271
54m+ 214
0-1m 94
Other 63
15m-54m 49

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 £
United States 17,125,337
Germany 15,334,917
United Arab Emirates 6,401,265
France 5,062,203
Belgium 4,733,641

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 £
United States 8,567,624 8,557,713 -9,911
Germany 8,832,321 6,502,596 -2,329,725
United Arab Emirates 3,552,121 2,849,144 -702,977
France 2,369,341 2,692,862 +323,521
Belgium 2,107,837 2,625,804 +517,967
Netherlands 2,086,013 2,082,580 -3,433
India 1,584,907 2,412,166 +827,259
Japan 1,822,022 1,821,122 -900
Canada 2,167,518 771,380 -1,396,138
China 2,353,037 403,778 -1,949,259

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 £
XI 9,449
China 1,244
Germany 636

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 £
XI 0 9,449 +9,449
China 0 1,244 +1,244
Germany 636 0 -636

Export volume by transport

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

Top 5 values

Transport £
Air transport 77,122,140
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 16,677,368
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 344,379
Road transport 40,734
Other 11,329

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 £
Air transport 43,543,736 33,578,404 -9,965,332
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 7,823,953 8,853,415 +1,029,462
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 98,121 246,258 +148,137
Road transport 1,200 39,534 +38,334
Other 636 10,693 +10,057

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 28,459,115
East Midlands Airport 25,922,291
London Stansted Airport 13,197,785
Dover / Eurotunnel 10,661,810
ZLC 9,044,945

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 £
London Heathrow Airport 16,453,021 12,006,094 -4,446,927
East Midlands Airport 16,102,029 9,820,262 -6,281,767
London Stansted Airport 5,777,252 7,420,533 +1,643,281
Dover / Eurotunnel 5,378,005 5,283,805 -94,200
ZLC 5,005,557 4,039,388 -966,169
Dover 1,032,292 1,314,549 +282,257
Holyhead 410,035 1,478,666 +1,068,631
Eurotunnel 810,438 314,625 -495,813
Harwich 67,833 380,010 +312,177
Manchester Airport 173,699 44,354 -129,345

Quick facts

HS code: 900211

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

Description: Optical elements like lenses and mirrors designed for cameras, projectors, or photo enlargers