Import/export HS code 90261089: Various tools for measuring liquids

Devices for checking liquid levels or flow, excluding 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 £
United States 25,789,619
Germany 12,969,946
China 9,925,364
France 7,243,929
Norway 4,115,912

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 £
United States 13,782,577 12,007,042 -1,775,535
Germany 6,632,002 6,337,944 -294,058
China 5,604,800 4,320,564 -1,284,236
France 3,611,550 3,632,379 +20,829
Norway 1,743,982 2,371,930 +627,948
Italy 1,432,807 2,026,093 +593,286
Romania 1,870,681 1,255,488 -615,193
Netherlands 1,525,862 1,537,943 +12,081
India 1,466,717 1,485,278 +18,561
Switzerland 1,136,943 1,191,757 +54,814

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 28,603,636
China 12,194,037
Germany 9,866,280
United Kingdom 6,381,140
France 5,807,331

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 14,769,317 13,834,319 -934,998
China 6,718,754 5,475,283 -1,243,471
Germany 5,186,299 4,679,981 -506,318
United Kingdom 3,373,548 3,007,592 -365,956
France 2,982,353 2,824,978 -157,375
Norway 1,659,740 2,208,184 +548,444
Romania 1,939,487 1,323,424 -616,063
India 1,598,613 1,596,634 -1,979
Italy 1,443,843 1,674,240 +230,397
Switzerland 1,017,367 969,784 -47,583

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 112
Surrey, East and West Sussex 85
Inner London - West 75
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 68
West Midlands 68

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 74 80 +6
Surrey, East and West Sussex 62 59 -3
Inner London - West 46 53 +7
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 43 44 +1
West Midlands 51 41 -10
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 43 39 -4
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 46 32 -14
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 38 35 -3
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 39 38 -1
Greater Manchester 35 29 -6

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 56,916,864
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 17,289,940
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 16,492,469
Other 1,590,688
Road transport 527,672

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 28,360,390 28,556,474 +196,084
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 8,141,328 9,148,612 +1,007,284
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 9,781,860 6,710,609 -3,071,251
Other 1,018,923 571,765 -447,158
Road transport 193,564 334,108 +140,544
Rail transport 161,396 120,023 -41,373

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 16,854,785
London Heathrow Airport 14,409,209
London Stansted Airport 12,257,621
Dover 9,242,710
Birmingham Airport 5,855,491

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 8,912,232 7,942,553 -969,679
London Heathrow Airport 7,231,240 7,177,969 -53,271
London Stansted Airport 6,164,054 6,093,567 -70,487
Dover 4,283,790 4,958,920 +675,130
Birmingham Airport 2,542,999 3,312,492 +769,493
Southampton 2,803,144 1,170,786 -1,632,358
Felixstowe 1,733,458 1,960,356 +226,898
London 1,744,342 1,592,513 -151,829
Aberdeen Airport 922,723 1,991,060 +1,068,337
Eurotunnel 1,210,745 1,514,107 +303,362

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 296
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 173
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 121
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 93
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 87

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 214
2025-11 240
2025-10 261
2025-09 226
2025-08 217

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 567
54m+ 548
0-1m 141
15m-54m 124
Other 104

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 11,441,799
Germany 7,559,642
Saudi Arabia 4,926,797
Brazil 4,836,295
China 4,451,559

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 6,994,270 4,447,529 -2,546,741
Germany 4,883,620 2,676,022 -2,207,598
Saudi Arabia 1,989,575 2,937,222 +947,647
Brazil 2,257,309 2,578,986 +321,677
China 2,257,955 2,193,604 -64,351
France 1,727,231 1,593,408 -133,823
Netherlands 1,669,156 1,203,052 -466,104
Belgium 1,662,513 1,092,385 -570,128
Ireland 1,540,785 1,159,011 -381,774
Australia 1,287,499 1,376,071 +88,572

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 326,329
Germany 49,238
Sweden 13,784
Italy 12,006
Poland 10,797

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 171,122 155,207 -15,915
Germany 30,057 19,181 -10,876
Sweden 4,720 9,064 +4,344
Italy 6,330 5,676 -654
Poland 76 10,721 +10,645
Slovenia 0 8,952 +8,952
China 2,102 2,474 +372
United States 1,028 1,077 +49
Indonesia 758 292 -466
Thailand 704 0 -704

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 59,638,306
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 15,575,634
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 8,582,210
Other 489,675
Road transport 189,753

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 33,317,287 26,321,019 -6,996,268
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 8,265,289 7,310,345 -954,944
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 4,270,039 4,312,171 +42,132
Other 270,249 219,426 -50,823
Road transport 188,673 1,080 -187,593

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 20,036,319
East Midlands Airport 14,140,143
Dover / Eurotunnel 7,795,659
ZLC 6,933,652
London Stansted Airport 6,604,810

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 11,479,350 8,556,969 -2,922,381
East Midlands Airport 7,879,363 6,260,780 -1,618,583
Dover / Eurotunnel 4,075,783 3,719,876 -355,907
ZLC 4,218,796 2,714,856 -1,503,940
London Stansted Airport 3,563,295 3,041,515 -521,780
London Gateway Port 2,992,280 2,782,424 -209,856
Manchester Airport 4,085,298 1,322,767 -2,762,531
Immingham Docks 1,969,323 1,984,203 +14,880
Warton Aerodrome 1,116,943 2,278,588 +1,161,645
Dover 1,214,820 638,762 -576,058

Quick facts

HS code: 90261089

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

Description: Devices for checking liquid levels or flow, excluding flow meters