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 12,213,618
United States 9,099,075
Germany 8,389,637
China 8,296,836
Finland 6,053,925

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 4,410,190 7,803,428 +3,393,238
United States 4,138,735 4,960,340 +821,605
Germany 4,000,110 4,389,527 +389,417
China 3,801,732 4,495,104 +693,372
Finland 2,844,308 3,209,617 +365,309
Netherlands 2,609,733 2,651,004 +41,271
Italy 1,999,920 2,219,004 +219,084
Switzerland 1,805,329 1,627,786 -177,543
France 1,506,881 1,907,008 +400,127
Japan 1,942,219 311,247 -1,630,972

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 13,411,839
United States 11,973,322
Ireland 9,819,061
Finland 6,342,249
Germany 5,739,879

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 6,440,136 6,971,703 +531,567
United States 5,289,676 6,683,646 +1,393,970
Ireland 3,109,113 6,709,948 +3,600,835
Finland 2,968,942 3,373,307 +404,365
Germany 2,328,000 3,411,879 +1,083,879
United Kingdom 2,685,780 2,873,871 +188,091
Switzerland 1,593,246 1,830,885 +237,639
Italy 1,546,675 1,728,008 +181,333
Denmark 1,449,581 894,226 -555,355
Japan 1,851,653 303,951 -1,547,702

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 87
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 77
Surrey, East and West Sussex 73
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 68
Greater Manchester 63

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 59 50 -9
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 52 50 -2
Surrey, East and West Sussex 48 58 +10
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 50 46 -4
Greater Manchester 42 44 +2
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 36 44 +8
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 26 34 +8
Essex 26 29 +3
West Midlands 23 26 +3
Inner London - East 21 23 +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 46,130,383
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 20,481,284
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 10,550,300
Other 319,239
Road transport 266,194

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 22,430,677 23,699,706 +1,269,029
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 8,068,649 12,412,635 +4,343,986
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 4,773,669 5,776,631 +1,002,962
Other 199,163 120,076 -79,087
Road transport 88,401 177,793 +89,392

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 21,089,380
London Heathrow Airport 9,537,700
London Stansted Airport 8,371,895
Liverpool Docks 7,289,316
London 4,757,036

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 9,564,475 11,524,905 +1,960,430
London Heathrow Airport 5,255,086 4,282,614 -972,472
London Stansted Airport 4,212,281 4,159,614 -52,667
Liverpool Docks 1,626,554 5,662,762 +4,036,208
London 2,788,002 1,969,034 -818,968
Felixstowe 1,577,997 2,594,989 +1,016,992
Birmingham Airport 1,845,048 1,799,856 -45,192
Dover 1,169,189 1,708,922 +539,733
Thamesport 1,586,980 1,071,445 -515,535
Holyhead 1,140,390 961,024 -179,366

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
258
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.
71

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+ 489
1m-15m 412
0-1m 114
15m-54m 101
Other 98

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 9,809,032
Germany 7,699,665
China 7,661,893
Japan 5,202,166
Saudi Arabia 5,148,494

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 5,044,654 4,764,378 -280,276
Germany 4,110,444 3,589,221 -521,223
China 4,367,386 3,294,507 -1,072,879
Japan 2,818,788 2,383,378 -435,410
Saudi Arabia 4,163,669 984,825 -3,178,844
France 2,203,957 2,431,496 +227,539
Ireland 1,729,188 1,862,113 +132,925
Netherlands 1,568,727 2,004,904 +436,177
Italy 1,775,228 1,326,259 -448,969
South Korea 1,379,889 1,630,247 +250,358

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 6,621
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 2,613 4,008 +1,395
Germany 0 997 +997
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 74,145,561
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 11,464,235
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,337,368
Road transport 25,219
Other 10,862

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 39,705,766 34,439,795 -5,265,971
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 6,093,488 5,370,747 -722,741
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 621,252 716,116 +94,864
Road transport 25,219 0 -25,219
Other 5,049 5,813 +764

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 25,462,762
London Heathrow Airport 24,023,755
London Stansted Airport 10,308,867
ZLC 8,284,840
Dover / Eurotunnel 7,561,112

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 13,399,334 12,063,428 -1,335,906
London Heathrow Airport 13,929,120 10,094,635 -3,834,485
London Stansted Airport 4,964,939 5,343,928 +378,989
ZLC 3,223,167 5,061,673 +1,838,506
Dover / Eurotunnel 4,092,661 3,468,451 -624,210
Manchester Airport 2,105,635 877,424 -1,228,211
Dover 1,006,805 1,393,628 +386,823
Warton Aerodrome 1,486,693 21,692 -1,465,001
Immingham Docks 670,398 214,001 -456,397
Durham Tees Valley Airport 385,493 330,984 -54,509

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