Import/export HS code 90230080: Various demonstration 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 £
Netherlands 37,824,887
Germany 33,954,477
United States 32,192,179
Sweden 28,288,892
China 21,289,020

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 12,851,522 24,973,365 +12,121,843
Germany 17,828,340 16,126,137 -1,702,203
United States 17,806,605 14,385,574 -3,421,031
Sweden 4,406,010 23,882,882 +19,476,872
China 10,978,263 10,310,757 -667,506
France 3,365,173 4,595,001 +1,229,828
Italy 3,191,380 3,772,420 +581,040
Ireland 2,987,829 1,487,692 -1,500,137
Norway 1,386,610 2,952,272 +1,565,662
Switzerland 1,690,359 2,205,663 +515,304

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 40,630,548
Sweden 40,421,673
China 25,519,924
Germany 24,931,964
United Kingdom 18,082,344

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 19,950,866 20,679,682 +728,816
Sweden 9,046,831 31,374,842 +22,328,011
China 11,820,488 13,699,436 +1,878,948
Germany 13,701,787 11,230,177 -2,471,610
United Kingdom 11,004,328 7,078,016 -3,926,312
Netherlands 2,763,963 9,011,979 +6,248,016
Italy 3,247,093 3,387,795 +140,702
Czechia 2,236,807 2,351,761 +114,954
Switzerland 1,698,573 2,303,342 +604,769
Norway 1,324,948 2,654,550 +1,329,602

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 199
Inner London - West 182
Surrey, East and West Sussex 102
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 98
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 95

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 124 138 +14
Inner London - West 116 112 -4
Surrey, East and West Sussex 66 65 -1
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 70 58 -12
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 66 59 -7
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 57 66 +9
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 54 47 -7
West Midlands 49 50 +1
Inner London - East 43 48 +5
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough 45 46 +1

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 103,083,014
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 69,893,438
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 46,609,456
Road transport 807,066
Other 145,949

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 51,274,744 51,808,270 +533,526
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 31,095,156 38,798,282 +7,703,126
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 15,029,751 31,579,705 +16,549,954
Road transport 102,384 704,682 +602,298
Other 125,654 20,295 -105,359
Rail transport 0 16,728 +16,728

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 42,353,222
Immingham Docks 32,645,076
East Midlands Airport 31,581,066
Dover 26,384,719
London Stansted Airport 16,520,992

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 24,083,193 18,270,029 -5,813,164
Immingham Docks 7,077,238 25,567,838 +18,490,600
East Midlands Airport 14,877,167 16,703,899 +1,826,732
Dover 12,660,223 13,724,496 +1,064,273
London Stansted Airport 7,877,843 8,643,149 +765,306
Eurotunnel 7,022,632 6,014,656 -1,007,976
Harwich 665,766 8,012,786 +7,347,020
Birmingham Airport 2,372,350 5,813,889 +3,441,539
Felixstowe 3,604,005 3,035,546 -568,459
London 4,698,941 1,561,540 -3,137,401

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
372
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
188
Other manufacturing
171
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products
133
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.
133

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 269
2026-04 223
2026-03 241
2026-02 245
2026-01 215

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 736
54m+ 710
0-1m 224
15m-54m 200
Other 159

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 40,784,817
Germany 29,629,451
Netherlands 26,321,509
France 13,536,312
Italy 8,800,011

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 24,370,548 16,414,269 -7,956,279
Germany 11,110,085 18,519,366 +7,409,281
Netherlands 4,361,255 21,960,254 +17,598,999
France 2,931,790 10,604,522 +7,672,732
Italy 5,578,092 3,221,919 -2,356,173
China 7,188,420 1,217,454 -5,970,966
South Korea 460,776 6,220,369 +5,759,593
Sweden 2,243,450 2,871,444 +627,994
Belgium 3,040,311 1,223,485 -1,816,826
Saudi Arabia 3,082,408 1,060,084 -2,022,324

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 1,828,087
Italy 25,288
China 16,673

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 905,438 922,649 +17,211
Italy 0 25,288 +25,288
China 8,468 8,205 -263

Export volume by transport

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

Top 5 values

Transport £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 89,652,852
Air transport 86,396,220
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 26,950,546
Other 1,886,377
Road transport 57,708

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 £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 28,025,901 61,626,951 +33,601,050
Air transport 47,147,029 39,249,191 -7,897,838
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 14,028,600 12,921,946 -1,106,654
Other 921,742 964,635 +42,893
Road transport 44,768 12,940 -31,828

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 57,059,216
London Heathrow Airport 46,537,502
Immingham Docks 19,173,278
East Midlands Airport 13,237,313
London Gateway Port 10,181,065

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 £
Dover / Eurotunnel 21,823,051 35,236,165 +13,413,114
London Heathrow Airport 25,334,633 21,202,869 -4,131,764
Immingham Docks 1,175,676 17,997,602 +16,821,926
East Midlands Airport 5,910,456 7,326,857 +1,416,401
London Gateway Port 7,587,941 2,593,124 -4,994,817
ZLC 4,832,696 4,466,302 -366,394
Southampton 3,242,236 5,941,909 +2,699,673
London Stansted Airport 3,762,212 3,389,081 -373,131
Felixstowe 2,210,800 2,677,263 +466,463
Dover 1,821,798 2,992,145 +1,170,347

Quick facts

HS code: 90230080

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

Description: Other tools and models used for showing or explaining things in schools or exhibits