Import/export HS code 90268080: Various tools for liquids or gases

Devices for measuring properties of liquids or gases, not covered in other categories

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 25,984,175
Switzerland 15,856,580
China 14,499,507
Germany 12,811,477
Japan 9,036,382

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 10,725,919 15,258,256 +4,532,337
Switzerland 9,699,925 6,156,655 -3,543,270
China 9,062,455 5,437,052 -3,625,403
Germany 7,626,215 5,185,262 -2,440,953
Japan 4,421,542 4,614,840 +193,298
Norway 3,148,010 3,603,852 +455,842
Netherlands 2,475,161 2,282,615 -192,546
France 2,332,936 2,070,094 -262,842
India 1,380,971 1,753,521 +372,550
Italy 971,026 1,059,667 +88,641

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 28,916,263
Switzerland 16,661,536
China 15,782,536
Japan 9,134,338
United Kingdom 8,686,875

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 12,479,680 16,436,583 +3,956,903
Switzerland 10,231,071 6,430,465 -3,800,606
China 9,654,880 6,127,656 -3,527,224
Japan 4,504,480 4,629,858 +125,378
United Kingdom 4,589,855 4,097,020 -492,835
Germany 5,401,814 2,953,490 -2,448,324
Norway 2,282,742 3,432,486 +1,149,744
France 2,036,835 1,623,173 -413,662
Netherlands 983,244 1,517,041 +533,797
India 974,369 1,314,776 +340,407

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 95
Surrey, East and West Sussex 66
Inner London - West 62
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 49
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 45

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 68 68 +0
Surrey, East and West Sussex 51 42 -9
Inner London - West 32 50 +18
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 34 29 -5
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 32 30 -2
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 28 30 +2
Greater Manchester 31 25 -6
West Midlands 23 26 +3
Shropshire and Staffordshire 21 27 +6
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 21 22 +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 74,123,540
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 17,375,864
Road transport 13,588,088
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 12,333,576
Other 447,025

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 36,049,590 38,073,950 +2,024,360
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 9,808,249 7,567,615 -2,240,634
Road transport 8,293,587 5,294,501 -2,999,086
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 6,405,073 5,928,503 -476,570
Other 370,479 76,546 -293,933

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 23,172,064
East Midlands Airport 18,769,273
499 13,170,181
London Stansted Airport 12,994,864
Birmingham Airport 7,588,163

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 12,453,811 10,718,253 -1,735,558
East Midlands Airport 8,890,229 9,879,044 +988,815
499 8,025,906 5,144,275 -2,881,631
London Stansted Airport 5,587,978 7,406,886 +1,818,908
Birmingham Airport 4,602,976 2,985,187 -1,617,789
Manchester Airport 758,914 5,064,009 +4,305,095
Felixstowe 4,173,175 1,457,226 -2,715,949
Dover 1,855,615 2,107,641 +252,026
Immingham Docks 1,976,095 1,799,353 -176,742
Thamesport 2,105,952 1,301,358 -804,594

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
209
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products
106
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.
106
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment
70
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities
63

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 150
2026-04 157
2026-03 172
2026-02 180
2026-01 148

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 409
54m+ 409
15m-54m 92
Other 90
0-1m 84

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 36,093,359
Germany 24,612,146
Netherlands 8,895,157
United Arab Emirates 8,277,639
France 7,932,496

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 21,460,477 14,632,882 -6,827,595
Germany 13,479,609 11,132,537 -2,347,072
Netherlands 4,837,586 4,057,571 -780,015
United Arab Emirates 6,799,464 1,478,175 -5,321,289
France 3,823,397 4,109,099 +285,702
India 4,336,331 2,141,958 -2,194,373
China 3,896,149 2,500,563 -1,395,586
Nigeria 2,432,941 3,216,497 +783,556
Singapore 3,184,848 963,733 -2,221,115
Norway 1,397,113 2,659,422 +1,262,309

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 50,151
Sweden 43,727
China 10,075
Germany 4,142
Italy 1,763

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 29,623 20,528 -9,095
Sweden 27,864 15,863 -12,001
China 5,706 4,369 -1,337
Germany 3,827 315 -3,512
Italy 561 1,202 +641
Spain 240 38 -202
Taiwan 72 106 +34

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 122,392,502
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 24,272,023
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 22,361,946
Other 115,899
Road transport 20,604

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 67,889,502 54,503,000 -13,386,502
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 14,055,713 10,216,310 -3,839,403
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 15,907,684 6,454,262 -9,453,422
Other 71,419 44,480 -26,939
Road transport 15,643 4,961 -10,682

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 42,785,693
East Midlands Airport 27,804,962
London Stansted Airport 22,410,990
Dover / Eurotunnel 16,131,764
ZLC 12,519,077

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 21,008,147 21,777,546 +769,399
East Midlands Airport 15,749,097 12,055,865 -3,693,232
London Stansted Airport 12,857,296 9,553,694 -3,303,602
Dover / Eurotunnel 9,541,305 6,590,459 -2,950,846
ZLC 5,607,045 6,912,032 +1,304,987
London Gateway Port 5,959,629 476,714 -5,482,915
Aberdeen Airport 4,810,557 744,979 -4,065,578
Manchester Airport 4,138,142 1,044,675 -3,093,467
Southampton 2,798,366 2,366,554 -431,812
Dover 2,395,518 2,661,217 +265,699

Quick facts

HS code: 90268080

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

Description: Devices for measuring properties of liquids or gases, not covered in other categories