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 43,175,873
Norway 29,149,652
Netherlands 17,481,919
France 14,366,138
Canada 11,304,637

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 25,423,735 17,752,138 -7,671,597
Norway 14,912,697 14,236,955 -675,742
Netherlands 9,579,078 7,902,841 -1,676,237
France 4,765,691 9,600,447 +4,834,756
Canada 6,034,946 5,269,691 -765,255
Romania 864,305 7,320,190 +6,455,885
Denmark 1,542,117 3,298,280 +1,756,163
Iceland 190,641 3,789,822 +3,599,181
Antarctica 0 3,945,013 +3,945,013
Germany 1,391,757 2,399,972 +1,008,215

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 53,347,350
United Kingdom 33,308,915
Norway 17,251,161
Canada 12,239,087
Singapore 11,797,480

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 £
United States 29,459,198 23,888,152 -5,571,046
United Kingdom 15,159,024 18,149,891 +2,990,867
Norway 9,357,945 7,893,216 -1,464,729
Canada 6,412,285 5,826,802 -585,483
Singapore 3,463,529 8,333,951 +4,870,422
France 3,508,606 6,984,631 +3,476,025
Germany 2,683,309 5,293,977 +2,610,668
Denmark 1,422,364 3,676,331 +2,253,967
Sweden 2,832,310 1,914,426 -917,884
China 1,811,758 2,291,060 +479,302

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
North Eastern Scotland 52
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 47
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 45
Surrey, East and West Sussex 44
Inner London - West 39

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 41 36 -5
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 35 28 -7
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 28 31 +3
Surrey, East and West Sussex 31 34 +3
Inner London - West 23 24 +1
Greater Manchester 18 15 -3
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 11 14 +3
North Somerset, Somerset and Dorset 15 14 -1
Inner London - East 13 12 -1
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough 15 9 -6

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 113,325,486
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 38,460,721
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 28,864,287
Road transport 1,255,002
Other 1,106,705

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 60,185,096 53,140,390 -7,044,706
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 16,089,936 22,370,785 +6,280,849
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 8,467,249 20,397,038 +11,929,789
Road transport 979,550 275,452 -704,098
Other 866,581 240,124 -626,457

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 33,245,604
East Midlands Airport 32,336,853
Aberdeen Docks 23,196,420
London Stansted Airport 19,297,580
Aberdeen Airport 17,839,087

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 16,375,111 16,870,493 +495,382
East Midlands Airport 17,061,351 15,275,502 -1,785,849
Aberdeen Docks 11,284,279 11,912,141 +627,862
London Stansted Airport 11,034,294 8,263,286 -2,771,008
Aberdeen Airport 9,243,310 8,595,777 -647,533
Dover 1,917,002 6,064,796 +4,147,794
Harwich 1,016,313 4,705,217 +3,688,904
Tyne 3,147,015 2,400,372 -746,643
Immingham Docks 967,536 3,090,496 +2,122,960
Birmingham Airport 1,670,644 1,511,825 -158,819

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 96
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 69
Other professional, scientific and technical activities 58
Architectural and engineering activities; technical testing and analysis 54
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
2026-01 114
2025-11 116
2025-10 112
2025-09 96
2025-08 107

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 257
54m+ 209
0-1m 94
15m-54m 62
Other 43

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 32,505,334
Norway 24,164,033
Netherlands 17,730,474
France 14,290,225
Romania 11,120,029

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 16,279,349 16,225,985 -53,364
Norway 10,872,734 13,291,299 +2,418,565
Netherlands 9,460,761 8,269,713 -1,191,048
France 7,670,534 6,619,691 -1,050,843
Romania 1,060,933 10,059,096 +8,998,163
Antarctica 8,382,052 985,166 -7,396,886
United Arab Emirates 2,843,663 5,284,870 +2,441,207
Germany 3,749,960 4,171,468 +421,508
Brazil 5,100,748 2,167,790 -2,932,958
Canada 2,771,797 2,560,375 -211,422

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 72,140
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 72,140 +72,140
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 109,664,419
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 57,235,368
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 42,437,290
Road transport 140,472
Other 94,683

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 58,092,827 51,571,592 -6,521,235
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 24,957,511 32,277,857 +7,320,346
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 24,757,893 17,679,397 -7,078,496
Road transport 95,054 45,418 -49,636
Other 7,894 86,789 +78,895
Rail transport 0 7,400 +7,400

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 53,077,853
Dover / Eurotunnel 21,514,900
East Midlands Airport 19,646,915
Tyne 19,172,374
Immingham Docks 12,896,548

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 28,743,052 24,334,801 -4,408,251
Dover / Eurotunnel 12,164,952 9,349,948 -2,815,004
East Midlands Airport 10,533,632 9,113,283 -1,420,349
Tyne 7,174,041 11,998,333 +4,824,292
Immingham Docks 3,025,671 9,870,877 +6,845,206
ZLC 5,593,138 5,953,069 +359,931
Harwich 7,040,280 3,130,451 -3,909,829
Aberdeen Docks 6,879,254 2,726,414 -4,152,840
Aberdeen Airport 5,671,919 3,601,219 -2,070,700
London Stansted Airport 2,963,018 3,848,286 +885,268

Quick facts

HS code: 90158080

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

Description: Other unique instruments for specific measuring tasks