Import/export HS code 90258040: Electronic measuring tools

Digital or electronic devices for measuring temperature, pressure, or humidity

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 10,000,935
Germany 5,874,500
Finland 5,590,655
China 3,505,080
Italy 3,443,753

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 3,887,162 6,113,773 +2,226,611
Germany 2,843,367 3,031,133 +187,766
Finland 2,671,305 2,919,350 +248,045
China 1,710,887 1,794,193 +83,306
Italy 1,685,851 1,757,902 +72,051
Netherlands 1,460,330 1,640,778 +180,448
Switzerland 1,368,952 1,251,783 -117,169
France 1,091,545 1,496,831 +405,286
United States 1,320,189 1,019,316 -300,873
Japan 1,922,347 255,872 -1,666,475

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 £
Ireland 8,522,574
China 6,333,102
Finland 5,771,938
Germany 4,340,385
United States 3,887,897

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 £
Ireland 2,930,970 5,591,604 +2,660,634
China 3,070,499 3,262,603 +192,104
Finland 2,755,574 3,016,364 +260,790
Germany 1,914,434 2,425,951 +511,517
United States 1,906,053 1,981,844 +75,791
United Kingdom 1,666,262 2,077,810 +411,548
Italy 1,412,969 1,478,845 +65,876
Switzerland 1,191,903 1,271,111 +79,208
Japan 1,829,098 249,406 -1,579,692
Denmark 1,032,335 520,677 -511,658

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 50
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 42
Inner London - West 40
Greater Manchester 37
Surrey, East and West Sussex 36

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 31 33 +2
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 25 33 +8
Inner London - West 26 22 -4
Greater Manchester 29 21 -8
Surrey, East and West Sussex 24 26 +2
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 19 25 +6
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 17 21 +4
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 20 15 -5
Essex 14 14 +0
West Midlands 15 13 -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 26,069,806
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 17,615,540
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 5,649,949
Other 308,247
Road transport 114,305

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 13,168,101 12,901,705 -266,396
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 7,186,522 10,429,018 +3,242,496
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 2,809,543 2,840,406 +30,863
Other 201,734 106,513 -95,221
Road transport 22,130 92,175 +70,045

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 12,361,367
Liverpool Docks 6,861,916
London Heathrow Airport 6,412,160
London Stansted Airport 4,050,200
London 3,938,868

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 5,932,383 6,428,984 +496,601
Liverpool Docks 1,936,081 4,925,835 +2,989,754
London Heathrow Airport 3,794,708 2,617,452 -1,177,256
London Stansted Airport 1,955,849 2,094,351 +138,502
London 2,178,813 1,760,055 -418,758
Dover 903,416 1,383,917 +480,501
Felixstowe 898,703 1,354,373 +455,670
Birmingham Airport 936,959 1,056,546 +119,587
Holyhead 1,073,407 878,824 -194,583
Thamesport 910,873 554,383 -356,490

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 143
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 50
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 43
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 40
Other manufacturing 38

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 105
2026-03 88
2026-02 105
2026-01 87
2025-12 77

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+ 308
1m-15m 213
15m-54m 59
Other 58
0-1m 51

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 7,945,272
China 6,077,808
Germany 5,839,346
Japan 4,336,659
France 3,747,697

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 4,646,127 3,299,145 -1,346,982
China 3,593,026 2,484,782 -1,108,244
Germany 3,090,351 2,748,995 -341,356
Japan 2,714,579 1,622,080 -1,092,499
France 1,725,373 2,022,324 +296,951
South Korea 1,224,268 1,574,163 +349,895
Ireland 1,500,166 1,070,053 -430,113
Italy 1,395,259 1,167,344 -227,915
Netherlands 1,043,422 1,335,860 +292,438
Norway 1,244,778 1,021,729 -223,049

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 £
United States 4,370
China 3,511
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 £
United States 4,370 0 -4,370
China 1,342 2,169 +827
Germany 0 997 +997
Taiwan 0 841 +841
XI 642 0 -642
Ireland 439 0 -439
France 0 63 +63
Italy 27 28 +1
India 13 22 +9
Lithuania 16 0 -16

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 50,480,901
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 9,414,097
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,671,613
Road transport 25,219
Other 11,688

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 26,765,070 23,715,831 -3,049,239
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 5,136,072 4,278,025 -858,047
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,187,943 483,670 -704,273
Road transport 25,219 0 -25,219
Other 7,334 4,354 -2,980

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 18,765,108
London Heathrow Airport 15,381,104
London Stansted Airport 8,372,113
Dover / Eurotunnel 6,517,929
ZLC 5,212,578

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 9,648,813 9,116,295 -532,518
London Heathrow Airport 9,729,393 5,651,711 -4,077,682
London Stansted Airport 3,975,633 4,396,480 +420,847
Dover / Eurotunnel 3,438,802 3,079,127 -359,675
ZLC 1,827,178 3,385,400 +1,558,222
Manchester Airport 1,310,979 541,341 -769,638
Dover 743,911 829,041 +85,130
Liverpool Docks 1,023,627 1,513 -1,022,114
Immingham Docks 629,825 203,212 -426,613
Durham Tees Valley Airport 227,786 283,253 +55,467

Quick facts

HS code: 90258040

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

Description: Digital or electronic devices for measuring temperature, pressure, or humidity