Import/export HS code 9026: Tools for measuring liquids or gases

Instruments for checking flow, level, pressure, or other properties of liquids or gases. Excludes medical or lab tools

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 £
Germany 384,373,174
United States 350,935,166
France 136,649,090
China 132,147,391
Norway 87,482,600

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 £
Germany 198,524,020 185,849,154 -12,674,866
United States 176,112,031 174,823,135 -1,288,896
France 66,684,924 69,964,166 +3,279,242
China 66,278,380 65,869,011 -409,369
Norway 39,446,580 48,036,020 +8,589,440
Netherlands 39,156,286 38,987,400 -168,886
Switzerland 30,645,988 27,411,744 -3,234,244
Japan 28,692,563 28,182,036 -510,527
Italy 17,370,094 18,957,647 +1,587,553
Belgium 16,216,398 14,281,667 -1,934,731

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 425,641,392
Germany 260,319,596
United Kingdom 177,127,238
China 173,603,674
France 113,078,565

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 216,449,181 209,192,211 -7,256,970
Germany 136,264,129 124,055,467 -12,208,662
United Kingdom 88,451,196 88,676,042 +224,846
China 87,490,670 86,113,004 -1,377,666
France 55,043,645 58,034,920 +2,991,275
Norway 34,314,181 42,447,840 +8,133,659
Japan 35,295,107 31,930,630 -3,364,477
Switzerland 33,342,111 29,106,997 -4,235,114
Mexico 17,291,253 17,871,466 +580,213
Italy 11,964,401 16,235,384 +4,270,983

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 461
Surrey, East and West Sussex 297
Inner London - West 277
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 256
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 248

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 364 327 -37
Surrey, East and West Sussex 226 215 -11
Inner London - West 186 204 +18
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 188 191 +3
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 181 184 +3
West Midlands 187 180 -7
Greater Manchester 174 169 -5
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 150 154 +4
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 161 149 -12
West Yorkshire 135 157 +22

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 1,095,604,186
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 337,076,449
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 243,794,976
Other 26,059,339
Road transport 20,241,221

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 560,573,849 535,030,337 -25,543,512
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 162,401,511 174,674,938 +12,273,427
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 116,944,117 126,850,859 +9,906,742
Other 18,788,467 7,270,872 -11,517,595
Road transport 10,279,737 9,961,484 -318,253
Rail transport 797,022 1,047,607 +250,585

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 341,906,629
London Heathrow Airport 292,922,259
London Stansted Airport 232,219,299
Birmingham Airport 108,337,733
Dover 106,754,803

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 175,700,856 166,205,773 -9,495,083
London Heathrow Airport 148,193,170 144,729,089 -3,464,081
London Stansted Airport 120,949,141 111,270,158 -9,678,983
Birmingham Airport 53,806,686 54,531,047 +724,361
Dover 49,275,075 57,479,728 +8,204,653
Eurotunnel 51,299,002 51,378,965 +79,963
Felixstowe 36,803,419 23,117,077 -13,686,342
London Gateway Port 26,271,434 25,905,877 -365,557
Aberdeen Airport 27,810,803 22,662,228 -5,148,575
Thamesport 21,498,642 21,454,216 -44,426

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
1124
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.
568
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products
389
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment
348
Other manufacturing
335

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 1289
2026-04 1305
2026-03 1383
2026-02 1308
2026-01 1216

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
1m-15m 2511
54m+ 1727
0-1m 646
15m-54m 554
Other 393

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 447,779,606
Germany 256,518,331
China 110,643,350
France 108,688,958
Netherlands 92,190,463

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 231,242,790 216,536,816 -14,705,974
Germany 138,659,979 117,858,352 -20,801,627
China 57,767,000 52,876,350 -4,890,650
France 57,154,688 51,534,270 -5,620,418
Netherlands 46,171,222 46,019,241 -151,981
United Arab Emirates 45,409,674 39,861,171 -5,548,503
Italy 36,799,039 31,831,048 -4,967,991
Norway 24,593,446 37,338,740 +12,745,294
South Korea 24,628,264 26,481,370 +1,853,106
Brazil 27,273,867 15,836,053 -11,437,814

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 34,050,363
China 784,952
Germany 476,478
Poland 155,245
Ireland 117,398

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 19,460,862 14,589,501 -4,871,361
China 381,600 403,352 +21,752
Germany 253,379 223,099 -30,280
Poland 75,572 79,673 +4,101
Ireland 73,102 44,296 -28,806
United States 46,636 69,780 +23,144
Switzerland 28,602 34,790 +6,188
Sweden 32,767 28,295 -4,472
Italy 22,796 19,512 -3,284
Taiwan 7,496 26,506 +19,010

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 1,555,781,788
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 358,620,114
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 178,983,673
Other 36,981,748
Road transport 6,918,160

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 826,623,516 729,158,272 -97,465,244
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 182,719,949 175,900,165 -6,819,784
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 86,195,217 92,788,456 +6,593,239
Other 20,929,511 16,052,237 -4,877,274
Road transport 3,487,407 3,430,753 -56,654
Rail transport 11,077 1,938 -9,139

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 590,055,026
East Midlands Airport 435,018,506
Dover / Eurotunnel 259,377,601
London Stansted Airport 236,558,900
ZLC 137,276,045

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 301,483,310 288,571,716 -12,911,594
East Midlands Airport 242,649,783 192,368,723 -50,281,060
Dover / Eurotunnel 132,067,624 127,309,977 -4,757,647
London Stansted Airport 128,568,287 107,990,613 -20,577,674
ZLC 72,699,088 64,576,957 -8,122,131
London Gateway Port 38,477,547 15,193,745 -23,283,802
Manchester Airport 27,298,479 19,464,393 -7,834,086
Dover 21,043,696 18,579,446 -2,464,250
Southampton 16,089,578 22,481,426 +6,391,848
000 20,929,511 16,052,237 -4,877,274

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 9026

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

Description: Instruments for checking flow, level, pressure, or other properties of liquids or gases. Excludes medical or lab tools