Import/export HS code 902580: Various measuring instruments

Various tools for measuring temperature, pressure, or humidity, not covered in other categories

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 £
Ireland 11,741,910
United States 8,973,730
China 8,295,259
Germany 8,259,333
Finland 5,963,536

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 £
Ireland 4,629,785 7,112,125 +2,482,340
United States 4,050,605 4,923,125 +872,520
China 3,812,584 4,482,675 +670,091
Germany 3,910,435 4,348,898 +438,463
Finland 2,915,950 3,047,586 +131,636
Netherlands 2,708,294 2,705,064 -3,230
Italy 1,999,186 2,076,761 +77,575
France 1,498,365 1,950,303 +451,938
Switzerland 1,795,247 1,599,745 -195,502
Japan 1,938,089 307,885 -1,630,204

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 £
China 13,408,578
United States 11,836,432
Ireland 9,378,344
Finland 6,226,760
Germany 5,817,842

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 £
China 6,518,345 6,890,233 +371,888
United States 5,322,278 6,514,154 +1,191,876
Ireland 3,376,474 6,001,870 +2,625,396
Finland 3,020,272 3,206,488 +186,216
Germany 2,446,426 3,371,416 +924,990
United Kingdom 2,526,379 2,969,235 +442,856
Switzerland 1,595,253 1,827,229 +231,976
Italy 1,545,344 1,571,368 +26,024
Denmark 1,307,235 996,536 -310,699
Japan 1,849,276 304,951 -1,544,325

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 85
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 78
Surrey, East and West Sussex 74
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 65
Greater Manchester 60

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
Inner London - West 56 49 -7
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 53 51 -2
Surrey, East and West Sussex 47 57 +10
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 45 47 +2
Greater Manchester 41 41 +0
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 34 42 +8
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 29 34 +5
Essex 28 29 +1
West Midlands 26 25 -1
Inner London - East 23 25 +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 46,051,648
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 19,808,368
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 10,621,966
Other 323,934
Road transport 242,134

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 22,561,458 23,490,190 +928,732
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 8,103,154 11,705,214 +3,602,060
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 4,909,237 5,712,729 +803,492
Other 207,235 116,699 -90,536
Road transport 70,210 171,924 +101,714

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 21,045,943
London Heathrow Airport 9,390,034
London Stansted Airport 8,456,478
Liverpool Docks 6,872,986
London 4,789,053

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 9,702,968 11,342,975 +1,640,007
London Heathrow Airport 5,289,462 4,100,572 -1,188,890
London Stansted Airport 4,211,035 4,245,443 +34,408
Liverpool Docks 1,944,786 4,928,200 +2,983,414
London 2,716,102 2,072,951 -643,151
Felixstowe 1,548,536 2,582,181 +1,033,645
Birmingham Airport 1,788,716 1,896,893 +108,177
Dover 1,095,397 1,646,874 +551,477
Thamesport 1,651,150 928,311 -722,839
Holyhead 1,119,047 948,575 -170,472

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 265
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 94
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 81
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 77
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 69

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 182
2026-03 179
2026-02 189
2026-01 173
2025-12 152

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+ 493
1m-15m 414
0-1m 115
15m-54m 103
Other 101

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 10,684,538
Germany 7,890,271
China 7,549,958
Saudi Arabia 5,301,587
Japan 5,244,616

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 5,821,952 4,862,586 -959,366
Germany 4,093,385 3,796,886 -296,499
China 4,511,966 3,037,992 -1,473,974
Saudi Arabia 2,481,082 2,820,505 +339,423
Japan 2,789,938 2,454,678 -335,260
France 2,127,533 2,512,011 +384,478
Ireland 1,825,504 1,808,062 -17,442
Netherlands 1,515,372 1,949,765 +434,393
Italy 1,825,802 1,368,188 -457,614
South Korea 1,371,852 1,673,777 +301,925

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 £
China 5,980
United States 4,370
Germany 997
Taiwan 841
XI 642

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 £
China 2,516 3,464 +948
United States 4,370 0 -4,370
Germany 0 997 +997
Taiwan 0 841 +841
XI 642 0 -642
Ireland 439 0 -439
Lithuania 16 70 +54
France 0 63 +63
Italy 27 28 +1
India 13 22 +9

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 73,985,219
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 11,611,456
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 2,280,839
Road transport 25,219
Other 14,414

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 37,528,067 36,457,152 -1,070,915
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 6,277,607 5,333,849 -943,758
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,607,658 673,181 -934,477
Road transport 25,219 0 -25,219
Other 8,508 5,906 -2,602

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 25,498,843
London Heathrow Airport 23,782,652
London Stansted Airport 10,467,699
ZLC 8,109,100
Dover / Eurotunnel 7,686,182

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 £
East Midlands Airport 13,349,554 12,149,289 -1,200,265
London Heathrow Airport 13,743,705 10,038,947 -3,704,758
London Stansted Airport 5,061,458 5,406,241 +344,783
ZLC 3,030,821 5,078,279 +2,047,458
Dover / Eurotunnel 4,142,073 3,544,109 -597,964
Manchester Airport 1,700,363 1,342,079 -358,284
Dover 1,117,477 1,312,770 +195,293
Warton Aerodrome 43,154 1,465,231 +1,422,077
Liverpool Docks 1,026,594 7,972 -1,018,622
Immingham Docks 649,744 230,217 -419,527

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 902580

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

Description: Various tools for measuring temperature, pressure, or humidity, not covered in other categories