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 48,809,260
United States 13,171,990
France 6,236,843
Japan 4,228,355
Viet Nam 4,125,300

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 26,169,812 22,639,448 -3,530,364
United States 5,514,284 7,657,706 +2,143,422
France 3,760,098 2,476,745 -1,283,353
Japan 2,109,003 2,119,352 +10,349
Viet Nam 1,854,828 2,270,472 +415,644
Czechia 1,913,804 2,146,708 +232,904
Ireland 1,341,662 1,754,852 +413,190
Sweden 1,512,528 1,407,385 -105,143
Italy 1,656,465 1,195,628 -460,837
Netherlands 1,354,644 1,474,523 +119,879

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 30,852,898
United States 21,131,590
United Kingdom 15,855,091
France 4,484,582
China 4,427,278

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 16,763,570 14,089,328 -2,674,242
United States 9,810,195 11,321,395 +1,511,200
United Kingdom 8,213,448 7,641,643 -571,805
France 2,180,058 2,304,524 +124,466
China 1,967,987 2,459,291 +491,304
Japan 2,153,012 2,173,854 +20,842
Czechia 2,090,684 2,168,972 +78,288
Viet Nam 1,827,570 2,303,543 +475,973
Canada 1,600,231 1,420,084 -180,147
Norway 70,776 2,366,480 +2,295,704

Importers across UK regions

What this shows: Number of importing companies by UK ITL2 region.

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Surrey, East and West Sussex 76
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 73
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 57
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 49
Inner London - West 49

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
Surrey, East and West Sussex 58 46 -12
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 50 50 +0
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 36 42 +6
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 33 34 +1
Inner London - West 36 25 -11
West Midlands 29 33 +4
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 33 35 +2
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 33 26 -7
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 31 30 -1
Greater Manchester 28 28 +0

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 70,152,276
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 29,535,517
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 13,624,997
Other 2,363,570
Road transport 401,243

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 34,468,559 35,683,717 +1,215,158
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 16,079,192 13,456,325 -2,622,867
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 5,751,526 7,873,471 +2,121,945
Other 1,189,994 1,173,576 -16,418
Road transport 28,970 372,273 +343,303
Rail transport 5,114 23,713 +18,599

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 29,429,055
East Midlands Airport 15,900,994
Eurotunnel 13,052,993
London Stansted Airport 10,885,111
Birmingham Airport 9,344,181

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 14,965,963 14,463,092 -502,871
East Midlands Airport 7,938,224 7,962,770 +24,546
Eurotunnel 7,562,866 5,490,127 -2,072,739
London Stansted Airport 5,292,028 5,593,083 +301,055
Birmingham Airport 4,301,091 5,043,090 +741,999
Dover 3,864,937 3,816,735 -48,202
London 1,553,993 1,797,632 +243,639
Southampton 1,906,186 1,411,774 -494,412
Harwich 1,802,905 766,020 -1,036,885
000 1,189,994 1,173,576 -16,418

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
245
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.
103
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment
78
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products
75
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
2026-05 165
2026-04 172
2026-03 204
2026-02 177
2026-01 152

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+ 447
1m-15m 362
15m-54m 100
Other 78
0-1m 74

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 23,216,958
United States 21,188,496
South Korea 11,353,702
China 9,672,403
Spain 6,183,589

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 13,456,335 9,760,623 -3,695,712
United States 10,453,794 10,734,702 +280,908
South Korea 7,879,202 3,474,500 -4,404,702
China 4,520,557 5,151,846 +631,289
Spain 2,919,436 3,264,153 +344,717
Canada 2,553,261 2,184,007 -369,254
France 1,967,304 1,872,479 -94,825
Netherlands 2,277,059 1,510,881 -766,178
Italy 1,703,183 1,673,802 -29,381
Ireland 1,419,183 1,748,186 +329,003

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 24,608
XI 10,305
France 10,257
Italy 7,890
China 7,260

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 15,150 9,458 -5,692
XI 5,210 5,095 -115
France 9,769 488 -9,281
Italy 7,627 263 -7,364
China 4,583 2,677 -1,906
United States 2,777 3,948 +1,171
Singapore 1,911 3,161 +1,250
Belgium 783 4,017 +3,234
Ireland 845 0 -845
Austria 0 557 +557

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 85,979,755
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 31,577,146
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 18,107,989
Other 87,467
Road transport 14,725

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 46,716,905 39,262,850 -7,454,055
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 15,723,299 15,853,847 +130,548
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 10,320,056 7,787,933 -2,532,123
Other 53,837 33,630 -20,207
Road transport 14,725 0 -14,725

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 35,799,424
East Midlands Airport 25,874,652
Dover / Eurotunnel 25,150,030
ZLC 11,752,028
Southampton 8,881,630

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 19,457,328 16,342,096 -3,115,232
East Midlands Airport 14,331,172 11,543,480 -2,787,692
Dover / Eurotunnel 11,902,065 13,247,965 +1,345,900
ZLC 7,328,424 4,423,604 -2,904,820
Southampton 3,886,302 4,995,328 +1,109,026
London Stansted Airport 3,963,255 4,893,078 +929,823
London Gateway Port 5,883,329 810,388 -5,072,941
Dover 1,239,002 1,332,747 +93,745
Manchester Airport 1,059,365 527,984 -531,381
Immingham Docks 513,167 521,962 +8,795

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