Import/export HS code 9025: Measuring tools like thermometers, barometers, and hygrometers

Tools used to measure temperature, air pressure, humidity, and more. Includes both simple and advanced devices, with or without recording features

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 102,346,741
Germany 68,804,829
Netherlands 54,593,541
China 53,721,732
France 31,579,136

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 56,308,004 46,038,737 -10,269,267
Germany 31,626,100 37,178,729 +5,552,629
Netherlands 26,140,312 28,453,229 +2,312,917
China 27,063,372 26,658,360 -405,012
France 15,764,689 15,814,447 +49,758
Ireland 8,805,741 11,264,645 +2,458,904
Viet Nam 6,357,353 7,589,527 +1,232,174
Italy 6,111,400 5,750,450 -360,950
Switzerland 7,084,525 3,603,036 -3,481,489
Sweden 5,438,189 4,537,954 -900,235

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 106,524,341
China 85,126,559
Germany 43,378,939
Mexico 33,750,428
United Kingdom 24,315,367

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 55,378,986 51,145,355 -4,233,631
China 42,699,342 42,427,217 -272,125
Germany 20,493,872 22,885,067 +2,391,195
Mexico 18,168,737 15,581,691 -2,587,046
United Kingdom 12,176,369 12,138,998 -37,371
France 9,787,080 13,126,763 +3,339,683
India 7,447,338 7,498,514 +51,176
Viet Nam 6,531,278 7,913,455 +1,382,177
Ireland 4,135,508 7,578,441 +3,442,933
Italy 5,979,451 5,001,157 -978,294

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 271
Inner London - West 208
Surrey, East and West Sussex 181
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 151
Greater Manchester 146

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 202 197 -5
Inner London - West 140 147 +7
Surrey, East and West Sussex 136 141 +5
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 115 110 -5
Greater Manchester 104 107 +3
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 105 106 +1
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 88 98 +10
West Midlands 88 79 -9
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 84 82 -2
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 76 82 +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 311,757,114
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 83,294,261
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 77,293,790
Other 10,885,822
Road transport 1,728,156

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 151,957,172 159,799,942 +7,842,770
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 43,809,245 39,485,016 -4,324,229
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 39,609,941 37,683,849 -1,926,092
Other 7,367,975 3,517,847 -3,850,128
Road transport 756,247 971,909 +215,662
Rail transport 60,878 115,399 +54,521

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 118,296,149
London Stansted Airport 80,183,244
London Heathrow Airport 65,116,954
Felixstowe 29,214,237
Birmingham Airport 26,739,837

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 £
East Midlands Airport 57,685,751 60,610,398 +2,924,647
London Stansted Airport 38,529,001 41,654,243 +3,125,242
London Heathrow Airport 33,466,873 31,650,081 -1,816,792
Felixstowe 17,248,896 11,965,341 -5,283,555
Birmingham Airport 10,918,267 15,821,570 +4,903,303
Dover 10,786,216 11,500,902 +714,686
London Gateway Port 10,892,229 9,444,164 -1,448,065
Eurotunnel 9,875,901 8,264,990 -1,610,911
Southampton 7,248,097 6,212,113 -1,035,984
London 6,934,865 5,800,719 -1,134,146

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
753
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
232
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products
217
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.
201
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities
178

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 609
2026-04 614
2026-03 629
2026-02 623
2026-01 595

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+ 1228
1m-15m 1170
0-1m 332
15m-54m 313
Other 226

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 151,917,323
Germany 54,102,490
Singapore 44,343,935
China 41,901,323
France 39,695,578

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 96,548,725 55,368,598 -41,180,127
Germany 27,150,144 26,952,346 -197,798
Singapore 17,920,336 26,423,599 +8,503,263
China 20,858,440 21,042,883 +184,443
France 20,439,123 19,256,455 -1,182,668
Netherlands 9,977,052 15,886,383 +5,909,331
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 9,821,373 10,126,214 +304,841
Japan 8,662,437 7,627,158 -1,035,279
Canada 7,402,624 8,244,076 +841,452
India 7,458,742 7,731,843 +273,101

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 3,102,588
China 95,418
France 54,815
Estonia 29,061
United States 19,982

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 1,633,959 1,468,629 -165,330
China 59,568 35,850 -23,718
France 177 54,638 +54,461
Estonia 9,214 19,847 +10,633
United States 14,702 5,280 -9,422
Malaysia 10,396 5,724 -4,672
Slovenia 0 13,988 +13,988
Ireland 8,373 5,113 -3,260
Italy 274 12,835 +12,561
Mexico 9,393 3,615 -5,778

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 496,240,032
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 85,654,629
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 63,458,612
Other 3,701,340
Road transport 216,279

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 250,768,510 245,471,522 -5,296,988
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 41,285,354 44,369,275 +3,083,921
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 50,632,049 12,826,563 -37,805,486
Other 2,034,284 1,667,056 -367,228
Road transport 174,685 41,594 -133,091

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 168,263,154
East Midlands Airport 133,522,822
London Stansted Airport 101,473,301
Dover / Eurotunnel 64,629,730
ZLC 46,580,037

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 88,629,778 79,633,376 -8,996,402
East Midlands Airport 69,158,681 64,364,141 -4,794,540
London Stansted Airport 49,552,121 51,921,180 +2,369,059
Dover / Eurotunnel 30,916,144 33,713,586 +2,797,442
ZLC 20,862,049 25,717,988 +4,855,939
Southampton 32,634,459 7,523,243 -25,111,216
Birmingham Airport 5,833,956 10,193,462 +4,359,506
Belfast Airport 8,208,909 5,870,520 -2,338,389
Dover 6,484,118 6,400,503 -83,615
Liverpool Docks 10,678,449 370,158 -10,308,291

Related HS codes

What this shows: Sibling or child HS codes in the same classification branch.

Quick facts

HS code: 9025

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

Description: Tools used to measure temperature, air pressure, humidity, and more. Includes both simple and advanced devices, with or without recording features