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 11,813,982
United States 8,794,717
China 8,165,234
Germany 8,136,682
Finland 5,877,065

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 4,198,516 7,615,466 +3,416,950
United States 4,060,689 4,734,028 +673,339
China 3,950,649 4,214,585 +263,936
Germany 4,193,112 3,943,570 -249,542
Finland 2,909,731 2,967,334 +57,603
Netherlands 2,473,691 2,497,254 +23,563
Italy 1,885,685 2,072,105 +186,420
France 1,583,543 1,744,968 +161,425
Switzerland 1,705,351 1,519,142 -186,209
Sweden 1,213,713 595,452 -618,261

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 13,015,871
United States 11,510,039
Ireland 9,459,381
Finland 6,162,539
Germany 5,519,883

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 6,422,159 6,593,712 +171,553
United States 5,086,852 6,423,187 +1,336,335
Ireland 2,934,059 6,525,322 +3,591,263
Finland 3,040,300 3,122,239 +81,939
Germany 2,625,736 2,894,147 +268,411
United Kingdom 2,724,271 2,659,762 -64,509
Switzerland 1,515,841 1,737,271 +221,430
Italy 1,529,418 1,640,327 +110,909
Denmark 1,492,195 832,032 -660,163
France 604,980 846,353 +241,373

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 84
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 77
Surrey, East and West Sussex 72
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 67
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 55 48 -7
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 54 48 -6
Surrey, East and West Sussex 49 55 +6
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 51 43 -8
Greater Manchester 38 44 +6
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 36 44 +8
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 25 31 +6
West Midlands 24 25 +1
Inner London - East 20 23 +3
Essex 23 28 +5

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 42,986,151
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 19,784,108
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 10,181,980
Other 305,824
Road transport 265,067

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 20,786,577 22,199,574 +1,412,997
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 8,464,020 11,320,088 +2,856,068
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 4,707,324 5,474,656 +767,332
Other 197,372 108,452 -88,920
Road transport 93,900 171,167 +77,267

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 20,489,377
London Stansted Airport 7,952,704
London Heathrow Airport 7,861,328
Liverpool Docks 7,141,076
London 4,537,179

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 9,675,941 10,813,436 +1,137,495
London Stansted Airport 4,007,564 3,945,140 -62,424
London Heathrow Airport 3,966,962 3,894,366 -72,596
Liverpool Docks 1,634,618 5,506,458 +3,871,840
London 2,752,794 1,784,385 -968,409
Felixstowe 1,857,642 2,267,201 +409,559
Birmingham Airport 1,838,815 1,693,845 -144,970
Dover 1,185,238 1,624,660 +439,422
Thamesport 1,427,615 981,441 -446,174
Holyhead 1,144,764 804,720 -340,044

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
249
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products
93
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
80
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities
76
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
2026-05 170
2026-04 182
2026-03 179
2026-02 189
2026-01 173

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+ 479
1m-15m 400
0-1m 108
15m-54m 100
Other 94

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 9,510,634
Germany 7,439,496
China 7,178,683
Saudi Arabia 5,096,195
Japan 4,970,915

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 5,124,779 4,385,855 -738,924
Germany 4,223,256 3,216,240 -1,007,016
China 4,092,200 3,086,483 -1,005,717
Saudi Arabia 4,159,363 936,832 -3,222,531
Japan 2,620,509 2,350,406 -270,103
France 2,099,777 2,283,197 +183,420
Ireland 1,808,102 1,715,796 -92,306
Netherlands 1,464,539 1,931,732 +467,193
Italy 1,790,128 1,236,159 -553,969
South Korea 1,502,775 1,465,675 -37,100

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 6,528
Germany 997
Taiwan 841
XI 642
Ireland 439

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 2,936 3,592 +656
Germany 560 437 -123
Taiwan 841 0 -841
XI 642 0 -642
Ireland 439 0 -439
Lithuania 16 141 +125
France 0 63 +63
India 13 36 +23
Italy 0 28 +28

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 71,212,125
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 10,971,265
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,327,026
Road transport 22,813
Other 10,769

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 39,048,780 32,163,345 -6,885,435
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 6,125,185 4,846,080 -1,279,105
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 637,909 689,117 +51,208
Road transport 22,813 0 -22,813
Other 5,937 4,832 -1,105

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 24,516,244
London Heathrow Airport 22,852,118
London Stansted Airport 9,926,060
ZLC 7,998,903
Dover / Eurotunnel 7,211,118

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 13,386,143 11,130,101 -2,256,042
London Heathrow Airport 13,347,456 9,504,662 -3,842,794
London Stansted Airport 4,983,956 4,942,104 -41,852
ZLC 3,232,857 4,766,046 +1,533,189
Dover / Eurotunnel 4,178,062 3,033,056 -1,145,006
Manchester Airport 2,058,734 848,219 -1,210,515
Dover 979,233 1,340,114 +360,881
Warton Aerodrome 1,445,746 21,692 -1,424,054
Immingham Docks 671,919 201,452 -470,467
Durham Tees Valley Airport 393,247 311,454 -81,793

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