Import/export HS code 90158080: Various specialized tools

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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 £
United States 47,049,714
Norway 33,715,685
Netherlands 18,638,265
France 15,272,074
Canada 14,148,853

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 £
United States 26,778,836 20,270,878 -6,507,958
Norway 17,821,250 15,894,435 -1,926,815
Netherlands 10,644,956 7,993,309 -2,651,647
France 3,895,853 11,376,221 +7,480,368
Canada 7,190,662 6,958,191 -232,471
Romania 980,833 10,297,921 +9,317,088
Germany 1,975,364 3,785,766 +1,810,402
Denmark 1,491,352 3,465,139 +1,973,787
Iceland 217,044 3,930,756 +3,713,712
Switzerland 1,885,620 2,205,702 +320,082

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 £
United States 61,943,883
United Kingdom 38,292,486
Norway 18,438,092
Canada 14,283,540
Singapore 14,145,571

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 £
United States 31,795,067 30,148,816 -1,646,251
United Kingdom 14,686,361 23,606,125 +8,919,764
Norway 10,901,232 7,536,860 -3,364,372
Canada 7,295,415 6,988,125 -307,290
Singapore 3,918,561 10,227,010 +6,308,449
France 3,240,266 7,236,874 +3,996,608
Germany 5,064,219 5,101,983 +37,764
China 1,901,352 3,296,920 +1,395,568
Denmark 1,288,804 3,627,040 +2,338,236
Sweden 3,214,893 1,654,759 -1,560,134

Importers across UK regions

What this shows: Number of importing companies by UK ITL2 region.

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
North Eastern Scotland 51
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 47
Inner London - West 44
Surrey, East and West Sussex 43
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 42

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
North Eastern Scotland 38 40 +2
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 30 34 +4
Inner London - West 24 28 +4
Surrey, East and West Sussex 32 30 -2
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 29 29 +0
Greater Manchester 15 15 +0
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 14 16 +2
North Somerset, Somerset and Dorset 16 14 -2
Inner London - East 13 14 +1
Gloucestershire and Wiltshire 13 11 -2

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 126,598,510
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 43,321,550
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 33,967,190
Road transport 2,294,643
Other 1,093,752

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 63,567,594 63,030,916 -536,678
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 18,860,499 24,461,051 +5,600,552
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 10,027,655 23,939,535 +13,911,880
Road transport 1,008,257 1,286,386 +278,129
Other 938,416 155,336 -783,080

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 36,553,224
East Midlands Airport 35,954,841
Aberdeen Docks 26,201,616
London Stansted Airport 20,938,436
Aberdeen Airport 20,924,516

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 16,724,811 19,828,413 +3,103,602
East Midlands Airport 19,612,965 16,341,876 -3,271,089
Aberdeen Docks 14,532,766 11,668,850 -2,863,916
London Stansted Airport 11,106,642 9,831,794 -1,274,848
Aberdeen Airport 9,574,141 11,350,375 +1,776,234
Dover 1,788,328 8,020,885 +6,232,557
Tyne 3,620,703 3,217,969 -402,734
Harwich 1,553,676 4,111,918 +2,558,242
Immingham Docks 959,245 2,907,602 +1,948,357
Birmingham Airport 1,726,343 2,059,140 +332,797

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 104
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 68
Other professional, scientific and technical activities 62
Architectural and engineering activities; technical testing and analysis 60
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 45

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 102
2026-03 116
2026-02 121
2026-01 114
2025-12 85

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 270
54m+ 208
0-1m 101
15m-54m 63
Other 46

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 34,829,896
Norway 25,465,249
Netherlands 17,898,838
France 14,171,399
Romania 14,114,572

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 16,353,660 18,476,236 +2,122,576
Norway 15,449,824 10,015,425 -5,434,399
Netherlands 9,282,115 8,616,723 -665,392
France 6,714,050 7,457,349 +743,299
Romania 3,093,310 11,021,262 +7,927,952
Antarctica 8,382,052 985,166 -7,396,886
United Arab Emirates 3,690,321 5,550,877 +1,860,556
Germany 5,753,800 3,466,543 -2,287,257
Brazil 4,327,296 2,709,540 -1,617,756
Saudi Arabia 2,097,147 4,020,312 +1,923,165

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 £
United States 90,169
China 426

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 £
United States 0 90,169 +90,169
China 426 0 -426

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 122,538,285
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 64,468,062
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 41,117,902
Other 116,152
Road transport 45,418

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 61,862,118 60,676,167 -1,185,951
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 29,400,105 35,067,957 +5,667,852
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 27,453,775 13,664,127 -13,789,648
Other 10,148 106,004 +95,856
Road transport 0 45,418 +45,418
Rail transport 7,400 0 -7,400

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 60,212,551
Dover / Eurotunnel 23,105,562
Tyne 22,915,060
East Midlands Airport 21,743,007
Immingham Docks 13,555,982

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 30,809,396 29,403,155 -1,406,241
Dover / Eurotunnel 12,870,205 10,235,357 -2,634,848
Tyne 9,392,639 13,522,421 +4,129,782
East Midlands Airport 11,226,331 10,516,676 -709,655
Immingham Docks 8,376,275 5,179,707 -3,196,568
ZLC 6,209,994 7,336,346 +1,126,352
Harwich 7,409,158 2,489,545 -4,919,613
Aberdeen Airport 5,922,143 3,484,084 -2,438,059
Aberdeen Docks 5,736,668 3,039,478 -2,697,190
London Stansted Airport 2,692,918 4,303,181 +1,610,263

Quick facts

HS code: 90158080

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

Description: Other unique instruments for specific measuring tasks