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 30,269,715
Germany 13,947,429
China 10,244,370
France 9,915,367
Norway 4,993,815

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 15,297,228 14,972,487 -324,741
Germany 7,072,835 6,874,594 -198,241
China 4,956,595 5,287,775 +331,180
France 4,493,998 5,421,369 +927,371
Norway 3,313,800 1,680,015 -1,633,785
Netherlands 1,567,882 2,629,571 +1,061,689
Italy 1,358,369 2,548,676 +1,190,307
Romania 1,900,773 1,548,947 -351,826
India 1,534,641 1,553,878 +19,237
Switzerland 1,210,373 1,523,337 +312,964

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 33,440,046
China 12,570,099
Germany 10,048,824
France 9,045,743
United Kingdom 6,772,137

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 16,403,667 17,036,379 +632,712
China 5,830,225 6,739,874 +909,649
Germany 5,398,567 4,650,257 -748,310
France 3,646,995 5,398,748 +1,751,753
United Kingdom 3,286,969 3,485,168 +198,199
Norway 3,243,808 1,359,462 -1,884,346
Italy 1,383,925 2,269,857 +885,932
Romania 1,982,867 1,639,773 -343,094
India 1,680,089 1,616,180 -63,909
Switzerland 1,054,659 1,280,656 +225,997

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 116
Surrey, East and West Sussex 93
Inner London - West 81
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 72
West Midlands 66

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 75 81 +6
Surrey, East and West Sussex 65 64 -1
Inner London - West 54 55 +1
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 45 51 +6
West Midlands 46 43 -3
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 40 43 +3
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 37 46 +9
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 39 42 +3
Greater Manchester 38 40 +2
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 42 35 -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 64,547,434
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 21,410,876
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 17,933,037
Other 1,373,426
Road transport 661,341

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 32,333,587 32,213,847 -119,740
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 9,139,481 12,271,395 +3,131,914
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 8,569,408 9,363,629 +794,221
Other 983,898 389,528 -594,370
Road transport 248,228 413,113 +164,885
Rail transport 174,029 203,448 +29,419

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 18,999,156
London Heathrow Airport 17,700,873
London Stansted Airport 13,348,367
Dover 11,637,078
Birmingham Airport 6,886,806

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 9,503,590 9,495,566 -8,024
London Heathrow Airport 7,742,743 9,958,130 +2,215,387
London Stansted Airport 7,224,180 6,124,187 -1,099,993
Dover 5,278,170 6,358,908 +1,080,738
Birmingham Airport 2,950,072 3,936,734 +986,662
Felixstowe 1,963,510 2,288,931 +325,421
Eurotunnel 1,227,297 2,875,840 +1,648,543
London 1,675,462 2,083,325 +407,863
Aberdeen Airport 2,525,614 644,705 -1,880,909
Southampton 1,884,583 1,196,140 -688,443

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
310
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.
178
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products
124
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities
98
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment
96

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 234
2026-04 236
2026-03 247
2026-02 245
2026-01 214

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 592
54m+ 554
0-1m 162
15m-54m 133
Other 110

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 12,146,022
Germany 6,993,664
Saudi Arabia 5,805,556
Norway 5,590,417
China 5,151,085

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 7,176,494 4,969,528 -2,206,966
Germany 3,827,470 3,166,194 -661,276
Saudi Arabia 1,971,523 3,834,033 +1,862,510
Norway 916,869 4,673,548 +3,756,679
China 2,212,178 2,938,907 +726,729
Brazil 3,050,722 1,437,728 -1,612,994
France 1,736,918 2,218,897 +481,979
Netherlands 1,611,915 1,602,616 -9,299
United Arab Emirates 1,494,785 1,669,993 +175,208
Belgium 1,550,018 1,450,399 -99,619

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 330,129
Germany 45,436
Italy 15,240
Poland 10,721
Sweden 10,545

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 105,165 224,964 +119,799
Germany 27,669 17,767 -9,902
Italy 6,093 9,147 +3,054
Poland 0 10,721 +10,721
Sweden 1,481 9,064 +7,583
Slovenia 0 8,952 +8,952
China 1,924 1,767 -157
United States 1,289 1,954 +665
Indonesia 376 357 -19
Netherlands 520 0 -520

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 63,396,729
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 17,167,456
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 13,435,946
Road transport 730,080
Other 492,094

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 32,948,579 30,448,150 -2,500,429
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 8,311,439 8,856,017 +544,578
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 5,757,270 7,678,676 +1,921,406
Road transport 72,840 657,240 +584,400
Other 200,523 291,571 +91,048

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 23,627,923
East Midlands Airport 14,467,278
Dover / Eurotunnel 8,649,716
ZLC 7,733,392
London Gateway Port 7,476,173

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 11,856,891 11,771,032 -85,859
East Midlands Airport 7,391,362 7,075,916 -315,446
Dover / Eurotunnel 4,309,398 4,340,318 +30,920
ZLC 3,732,336 4,001,056 +268,720
London Gateway Port 4,513,910 2,962,263 -1,551,647
London Stansted Airport 3,814,181 2,757,728 -1,056,453
Manchester Airport 3,704,974 971,153 -2,733,821
Immingham Docks 2,037,374 2,256,334 +218,960
Warton Aerodrome 1,072,125 2,847,195 +1,775,070
Aberdeen Docks 84,126 2,755,723 +2,671,597

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