Import/export HS code 90261029: Various tools for measuring liquid flow or level

Devices for checking liquid levels or flow, not including flow meters

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 52,460,034
United States 13,671,186
France 6,302,490
Japan 4,341,721
Viet Nam 4,249,604

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 27,229,686 25,230,348 -1,999,338
United States 5,977,130 7,694,056 +1,716,926
France 3,673,566 2,628,924 -1,044,642
Japan 1,964,845 2,376,876 +412,031
Viet Nam 2,050,199 2,199,405 +149,206
Czechia 1,871,688 2,281,125 +409,437
Ireland 1,290,937 1,889,130 +598,193
Netherlands 1,482,530 1,525,557 +43,027
Italy 1,577,347 1,334,796 -242,551
Sweden 1,382,525 1,527,435 +144,910

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 £
Germany 32,517,439
United States 21,828,920
United Kingdom 17,157,791
China 4,627,511
France 4,507,206

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 £
Germany 17,207,703 15,309,736 -1,897,967
United States 10,421,984 11,406,936 +984,952
United Kingdom 8,320,975 8,836,816 +515,841
China 1,877,066 2,750,445 +873,379
France 2,137,929 2,369,277 +231,348
Japan 1,983,952 2,409,648 +425,696
Czechia 2,003,464 2,342,939 +339,475
Viet Nam 2,021,451 2,233,910 +212,459
Canada 1,480,118 1,677,224 +197,106
Luxembourg 1,173,936 1,376,419 +202,483

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 77
Surrey, East and West Sussex 72
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 56
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 51
Inner London - West 51

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 52 53 +1
Surrey, East and West Sussex 53 48 -5
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 35 41 +6
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 33 36 +3
Inner London - West 36 27 -9
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 35 36 +1
West Midlands 32 35 +3
West Yorkshire 27 35 +8
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 33 26 -7
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 34 32 -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 73,352,191
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 31,028,166
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 14,319,513
Other 2,505,643
Road transport 337,486

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 35,109,365 38,242,826 +3,133,461
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 16,238,724 14,789,442 -1,449,282
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 6,041,663 8,277,850 +2,236,187
Other 1,112,923 1,392,720 +279,797
Road transport 37,052 300,434 +263,382
Rail transport 2,772 21,103 +18,331

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 31,154,501
East Midlands Airport 16,481,841
Eurotunnel 14,095,447
London Stansted Airport 11,399,951
Birmingham Airport 9,453,621

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 15,345,628 15,808,873 +463,245
East Midlands Airport 8,225,913 8,255,928 +30,015
Eurotunnel 7,972,222 6,123,225 -1,848,997
London Stansted Airport 5,366,184 6,033,767 +667,583
Birmingham Airport 4,098,387 5,355,234 +1,256,847
Dover 3,753,992 4,244,774 +490,782
London 1,555,192 1,973,286 +418,094
Southampton 1,958,373 1,517,804 -440,569
Harwich 1,643,253 1,005,728 -637,525
000 1,112,923 1,392,720 +279,797

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 257
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 107
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 77
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 76
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 57

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 172
2026-03 204
2026-02 177
2026-01 152
2025-12 161

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+ 445
1m-15m 380
15m-54m 100
Other 80
0-1m 76

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 £
Germany 25,431,574
United States 22,265,198
South Korea 11,818,059
China 9,931,916
Spain 6,661,315

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 £
Germany 14,648,217 10,783,357 -3,864,860
United States 10,398,956 11,866,242 +1,467,286
South Korea 7,031,462 4,786,597 -2,244,865
China 3,903,052 6,028,864 +2,125,812
Spain 3,149,303 3,512,012 +362,709
Canada 2,402,642 2,230,524 -172,118
Netherlands 2,352,909 1,707,237 -645,672
France 1,823,214 2,030,602 +207,388
Ireland 1,683,014 1,842,600 +159,586
Italy 1,524,682 1,998,263 +473,581

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 £
Germany 26,713
XI 12,051
France 10,257
Italy 8,695
China 6,692

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 £
Germany 15,930 10,783 -5,147
XI 6,636 5,415 -1,221
France 9,769 488 -9,281
Italy 8,432 263 -8,169
China 4,431 2,261 -2,170
United States 2,898 2,446 -452
Belgium 783 4,017 +3,234
Singapore 1,911 1,552 -359
Cook Islands 3,076 0 -3,076
Ireland 1,213 0 -1,213

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 90,480,788
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 32,622,336
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 19,111,703
Other 92,035
Road transport 21,397

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 47,909,757 42,571,031 -5,338,726
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 15,328,915 17,293,421 +1,964,506
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 9,188,001 9,923,702 +735,701
Other 59,806 32,229 -27,577
Road transport 21,397 0 -21,397

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 38,337,098
East Midlands Airport 27,053,732
Dover / Eurotunnel 25,140,730
ZLC 12,596,734
Southampton 8,969,276

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 21,334,143 17,002,955 -4,331,188
East Midlands Airport 13,545,938 13,507,794 -38,144
Dover / Eurotunnel 10,708,863 14,431,867 +3,723,004
ZLC 7,564,043 5,032,691 -2,531,352
Southampton 1,933,694 7,035,582 +5,101,888
London Stansted Airport 3,812,216 5,003,469 +1,191,253
London Gateway Port 6,694,264 883,019 -5,811,245
Dover 1,843,616 1,330,124 -513,492
Manchester Airport 1,169,877 439,339 -730,538
Immingham Docks 693,288 554,442 -138,846

Quick facts

HS code: 90261029

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

Description: Devices for checking liquid levels or flow, not including flow meters