Import/export HS code 902610: Tools for measuring liquid flow or level

Devices like flow meters or level gauges for checking how liquids move or fill containers

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 96,467,604
United States 67,287,619
Norway 46,302,992
France 27,144,646
Netherlands 20,907,922

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 55,172,857 41,294,747 -13,878,110
United States 38,024,626 29,262,993 -8,761,633
Norway 30,101,139 16,201,853 -13,899,286
France 16,108,539 11,036,107 -5,072,432
Netherlands 11,086,557 9,821,365 -1,265,192
China 8,811,062 5,533,337 -3,277,725
Italy 6,013,011 4,695,271 -1,317,740
Ireland 3,539,855 3,261,780 -278,075
Japan 2,929,884 2,865,520 -64,364
Romania 3,583,257 2,030,411 -1,552,846

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 82,740,258
Germany 69,441,147
Norway 45,144,170
United Kingdom 32,223,896
France 25,481,283

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 45,785,075 36,955,183 -8,829,892
Germany 40,132,680 29,308,467 -10,824,213
Norway 29,588,957 15,555,213 -14,033,744
United Kingdom 18,289,950 13,933,946 -4,356,004
France 14,220,094 11,261,189 -2,958,905
China 12,302,723 8,757,886 -3,544,837
Netherlands 7,550,079 4,372,648 -3,177,431
Italy 4,949,241 3,762,133 -1,187,108
Japan 3,179,101 3,106,987 -72,114
Romania 3,888,078 1,841,240 -2,046,838

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 185
Surrey, East and West Sussex 147
Inner London - West 123
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 122
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 119

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 146 118 -28
Surrey, East and West Sussex 106 101 -5
Inner London - West 88 79 -9
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 74 90 +16
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 85 78 -7
West Midlands 81 75 -6
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 84 58 -26
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 75 64 -11
Greater Manchester 69 49 -20
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 66 59 -7

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 229,614,015
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 84,618,049
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 52,813,399
Other 5,449,581
Road transport 1,107,139

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 130,673,724 98,940,291 -31,733,433
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 48,664,362 35,953,687 -12,710,675
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 33,091,929 19,721,470 -13,370,459
Other 3,255,633 2,193,948 -1,061,685
Road transport 452,459 654,680 +202,221
Rail transport 169,895 120,678 -49,217

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 63,310,516
East Midlands Airport 52,360,504
London Stansted Airport 46,880,801
Eurotunnel 31,860,627
Aberdeen Airport 25,906,729

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 £
London Heathrow Airport 35,509,138 27,801,378 -7,707,760
East Midlands Airport 30,993,121 21,367,383 -9,625,738
London Stansted Airport 26,881,201 19,999,600 -6,881,601
Eurotunnel 17,636,371 14,224,256 -3,412,115
Aberdeen Airport 15,591,832 10,314,897 -5,276,935
Birmingham Airport 12,466,264 12,981,368 +515,104
Dover 13,849,308 9,875,068 -3,974,240
Immingham Docks 6,224,164 6,339,590 +115,426
Aberdeen Docks 9,475,649 1,791,970 -7,683,679
Thamesport 6,314,842 4,221,571 -2,093,271

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 499
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 260
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 165
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 152
Other manufacturing 143

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 447
2025-11 486
2025-10 523
2025-09 488
2025-08 487

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 973
54m+ 889
15m-54m 230
0-1m 224
Other 181

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 76,968,530
Germany 62,717,543
China 40,120,738
France 21,103,309
Netherlands 20,720,543

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 44,324,793 32,643,737 -11,681,056
Germany 37,264,452 25,453,091 -11,811,361
China 21,255,062 18,865,676 -2,389,386
France 12,002,108 9,101,201 -2,900,907
Netherlands 12,239,798 8,480,745 -3,759,053
Italy 10,890,332 8,354,754 -2,535,578
South Korea 10,917,313 7,348,411 -3,568,902
Brazil 7,514,101 8,217,342 +703,241
Ireland 7,492,642 5,468,521 -2,024,121
Norway 6,575,292 5,996,122 -579,170

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 402,727
Germany 186,785
Switzerland 51,468
Italy 23,793
United States 18,218

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 240,126 162,601 -77,525
Germany 126,163 60,622 -65,541
Switzerland 12,744 38,724 +25,980
Italy 16,653 7,140 -9,513
United States 8,714 9,504 +790
France 12,216 107 -12,109
Poland 490 10,721 +10,231
Sweden 1,898 9,064 +7,166
China 7,177 3,530 -3,647
Slovenia 0 8,952 +8,952

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 352,109,333
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 89,616,402
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 50,628,613
Other 898,496
Road transport 397,559

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 205,789,540 146,319,793 -59,469,747
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 48,460,752 41,155,650 -7,305,102
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 28,484,605 22,144,008 -6,340,597
Other 530,516 367,980 -162,536
Road transport 396,479 1,080 -395,399
Rail transport 0 11,077 +11,077

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 145,983,710
East Midlands Airport 98,518,065
Dover / Eurotunnel 63,353,527
London Stansted Airport 46,754,754
ZLC 33,151,893

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 87,608,842 58,374,868 -29,233,974
East Midlands Airport 57,342,805 41,175,260 -16,167,545
Dover / Eurotunnel 33,443,089 29,910,438 -3,532,651
London Stansted Airport 26,141,145 20,613,609 -5,527,536
ZLC 20,737,442 12,414,451 -8,322,991
London Gateway Port 13,593,506 6,862,173 -6,731,333
Manchester Airport 9,277,638 4,091,517 -5,186,121
Southampton 3,710,419 8,568,027 +4,857,608
Immingham Docks 6,690,227 4,546,404 -2,143,823
Dover 5,932,424 3,757,448 -2,174,976

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 902610

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

Description: Devices like flow meters or level gauges for checking how liquids move or fill containers