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 48,390,625
United States 11,336,525
France 5,424,908
Japan 3,825,392
Viet Nam 3,677,026

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 25,262,143 23,128,482 -2,133,661
United States 6,241,063 5,095,462 -1,145,601
France 2,991,598 2,433,310 -558,288
Japan 1,847,824 1,977,568 +129,744
Viet Nam 1,892,606 1,784,420 -108,186
Czechia 1,853,037 1,823,158 -29,879
Ireland 1,247,777 1,620,179 +372,402
Italy 1,613,327 1,156,311 -457,016
Sweden 1,414,969 1,253,683 -161,286
Netherlands 1,523,777 1,095,477 -428,300

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 29,932,818
United States 18,812,737
United Kingdom 15,905,321
China 4,451,088
Japan 3,826,415

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 16,548,383 13,384,435 -3,163,948
United States 9,013,989 9,798,748 +784,759
United Kingdom 8,501,513 7,403,808 -1,097,705
China 2,346,570 2,104,518 -242,052
Japan 1,849,984 1,976,431 +126,447
Czechia 1,892,106 1,928,410 +36,304
France 1,176,501 2,492,288 +1,315,787
Viet Nam 1,843,097 1,808,881 -34,216
Canada 1,358,031 1,314,042 -43,989
Luxembourg 1,185,014 1,125,555 -59,459

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 75
Surrey, East and West Sussex 71
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 55
Inner London - West 48
West Midlands 48

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 50 48 -2
Surrey, East and West Sussex 49 50 +1
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 35 39 +4
Inner London - West 30 32 +2
West Midlands 35 35 +0
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 34 34 +0
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 32 33 +1
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 35 25 -10
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 35 32 -3
West Yorkshire 27 26 -1

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 64,484,238
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 27,417,023
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 13,294,241
Other 2,350,341
Road transport 246,822

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 32,631,371 31,852,867 -778,504
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 15,203,352 12,213,671 -2,989,681
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 6,574,581 6,719,660 +145,079
Other 1,095,689 1,254,652 +158,963
Road transport 58,713 188,109 +129,396
Rail transport 5,927 14,630 +8,703

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 28,987,381
East Midlands Airport 14,569,470
Eurotunnel 12,846,742
London Stansted Airport 9,689,956
Birmingham Airport 7,830,239

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 14,430,635 14,556,746 +126,111
East Midlands Airport 7,849,135 6,720,335 -1,128,800
Eurotunnel 7,620,234 5,226,508 -2,393,726
London Stansted Airport 4,789,969 4,899,987 +110,018
Birmingham Airport 3,589,375 4,240,864 +651,489
Dover 3,084,790 3,500,429 +415,639
Southampton 1,983,772 1,284,476 -699,296
London 1,680,295 1,434,287 -246,008
Harwich 1,508,452 1,064,821 -443,631
000 1,095,689 1,254,652 +158,963

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 237
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 104
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 74
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 73
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
2026-01 152
2025-11 187
2025-10 190
2025-09 181
2025-08 179

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+ 426
1m-15m 364
15m-54m 94
0-1m 68
Other 67

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 24,252,818
United States 19,866,071
South Korea 12,366,412
China 8,768,144
Spain 5,825,325

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 14,076,869 10,175,949 -3,900,920
United States 10,625,445 9,240,626 -1,384,819
South Korea 7,033,863 5,332,549 -1,701,314
China 3,513,160 5,254,984 +1,741,824
Spain 3,549,097 2,276,228 -1,272,869
Canada 1,530,907 2,630,297 +1,099,390
Ireland 2,492,892 1,367,224 -1,125,668
Netherlands 1,926,711 1,919,512 -7,199
France 1,907,605 1,496,370 -411,235
Italy 1,704,690 1,628,550 -76,140

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 24,865
France 16,497
XI 10,447
Italy 10,021
China 6,089

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 15,362 9,503 -5,859
France 9,395 7,102 -2,293
XI 6,121 4,326 -1,795
Italy 8,986 1,035 -7,951
China 4,586 1,503 -3,083
Belgium 0 4,800 +4,800
United States 2,898 973 -1,925
Cook Islands 3,076 0 -3,076
Singapore 1,911 0 -1,911
Ireland 1,685 0 -1,685

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 83,541,795
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 28,675,440
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 18,110,734
Road transport 109,075
Other 90,271

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 46,751,010 36,790,785 -9,960,225
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 14,658,331 14,017,109 -641,222
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 9,218,437 8,892,297 -326,140
Road transport 109,075 0 -109,075
Other 57,854 32,417 -25,437

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 34,737,152
East Midlands Airport 25,069,950
Dover / Eurotunnel 20,797,441
ZLC 13,508,328
Southampton 8,493,587

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 19,688,822 15,048,330 -4,640,492
East Midlands Airport 13,433,355 11,636,595 -1,796,760
Dover / Eurotunnel 9,741,975 11,055,466 +1,313,491
ZLC 8,306,237 5,202,091 -3,104,146
Southampton 2,484,300 6,009,287 +3,524,987
London Gateway Port 6,086,270 1,616,011 -4,470,259
London Stansted Airport 3,763,702 3,707,671 -56,031
Dover 2,089,847 924,113 -1,165,734
Manchester Airport 1,146,669 444,796 -701,873
Holyhead 896,913 321,316 -575,597

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