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 £
Germany 31,060,026
United States 29,932,946
Netherlands 29,297,052
China 18,609,473
Sweden 16,732,191

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 £
Germany 17,660,548 13,399,478 -4,261,070
United States 17,857,167 12,075,779 -5,781,388
Netherlands 9,987,479 19,309,573 +9,322,094
China 8,619,522 9,989,951 +1,370,429
Sweden 4,351,129 12,381,062 +8,029,933
France 3,720,943 3,678,910 -42,033
Italy 2,923,084 3,781,885 +858,801
Ireland 3,094,391 957,114 -2,137,277
United Arab Emirates 3,313,533 441,873 -2,871,660
Switzerland 1,324,610 2,219,888 +895,278

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 35,359,332
Sweden 24,825,831
Germany 23,275,008
China 21,500,714
United Kingdom 16,606,853

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 20,766,602 14,592,730 -6,173,872
Sweden 7,914,323 16,911,508 +8,997,185
Germany 12,429,767 10,845,241 -1,584,526
China 10,839,682 10,661,032 -178,650
United Kingdom 8,844,697 7,762,156 -1,082,541
Netherlands 1,345,042 9,692,209 +8,347,167
Italy 2,831,897 3,657,371 +825,474
France 3,248,415 809,209 -2,439,206
Switzerland 1,247,141 2,382,149 +1,135,008
Czechia 1,844,962 1,702,048 -142,914

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 193
Inner London - West 186
Surrey, East and West Sussex 105
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 95
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 92

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 128 123 -5
Inner London - West 120 114 -6
Surrey, East and West Sussex 57 71 +14
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 55 67 +12
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 65 59 -6
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 59 61 +2
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 46 47 +1
West Midlands 43 46 +3
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough 37 52 +15
Inner London - East 39 45 +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 89,586,242
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 59,861,008
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 35,578,433
Road transport 896,479
Other 213,036

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 46,545,011 43,041,231 -3,503,780
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 28,818,987 31,042,021 +2,223,034
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 14,464,080 21,114,353 +6,650,273
Road transport 254,896 641,583 +386,687
Other 195,010 18,026 -176,984

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 38,337,038
East Midlands Airport 28,387,621
Dover 23,924,111
Immingham Docks 20,524,324
London Stansted Airport 14,068,833

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 21,005,148 17,331,890 -3,673,258
East Midlands Airport 14,101,209 14,286,412 +185,203
Dover 11,704,857 12,219,254 +514,397
Immingham Docks 6,033,867 14,490,457 +8,456,590
London Stansted Airport 7,074,180 6,994,653 -79,527
Eurotunnel 6,584,315 3,969,826 -2,614,489
Harwich 548,714 7,339,932 +6,791,218
London 4,317,345 2,287,913 -2,029,432
Felixstowe 3,302,858 2,622,502 -680,356
Birmingham Airport 1,646,046 3,269,285 +1,623,239

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 361
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 178
Other manufacturing 161
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 136
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 125

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 214
2025-11 261
2025-10 247
2025-09 264
2025-08 232

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
54m+ 698
1m-15m 693
0-1m 212
15m-54m 192
Other 144

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 40,028,678
Germany 24,095,425
China 11,403,658
Netherlands 9,979,827
Italy 9,688,438

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 25,060,254 14,968,424 -10,091,830
Germany 10,321,617 13,773,808 +3,452,191
China 7,849,183 3,554,475 -4,294,708
Netherlands 3,629,740 6,350,087 +2,720,347
Italy 5,567,404 4,121,034 -1,446,370
France 2,949,156 5,019,364 +2,070,208
South Korea 506,012 4,138,429 +3,632,417
Saudi Arabia 2,776,891 1,437,739 -1,339,152
Belgium 1,681,166 2,422,980 +741,814
Sweden 1,458,256 2,512,880 +1,054,624

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 1,607,385
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 804,863 802,522 -2,341
Italy 0 25,288 +25,288
China 5,596 11,077 +5,481

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 85,037,732
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 57,288,677
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 27,800,217
Other 1,664,974
Road transport 217,428

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 47,314,817 37,722,915 -9,591,902
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 21,836,272 35,452,405 +13,616,133
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 17,188,915 10,611,302 -6,577,613
Other 816,720 848,254 +31,534
Road transport 190,225 27,203 -163,022

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 48,739,843
Dover / Eurotunnel 43,729,647
East Midlands Airport 11,393,178
London Gateway Port 10,215,164
Southampton 9,209,357

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 26,669,050 22,070,793 -4,598,257
Dover / Eurotunnel 17,445,139 26,284,508 +8,839,369
East Midlands Airport 5,415,588 5,977,590 +562,002
London Gateway Port 7,726,517 2,488,647 -5,237,870
Southampton 2,962,786 6,246,571 +3,283,785
ZLC 5,001,914 3,513,893 -1,488,021
London Stansted Airport 2,905,105 3,316,270 +411,165
Harwich 2,345,080 1,904,276 -440,804
Dover 1,471,137 2,683,414 +1,212,277
Immingham Docks 1,141,983 2,479,819 +1,337,836

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