Import/export HS code 90271090: Non-electronic gas or smoke analyzers

Traditional tools for testing gas or smoke without electronic components

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 35,618,108
United States 27,871,464
Thailand 12,930,898
China 8,882,982
Netherlands 8,330,832

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 18,520,421 17,097,687 -1,422,734
United States 15,368,644 12,502,820 -2,865,824
Thailand 6,281,556 6,649,342 +367,786
China 4,871,007 4,011,975 -859,032
Netherlands 4,351,579 3,979,253 -372,326
Italy 1,782,334 4,654,265 +2,871,931
Canada 2,052,880 1,512,516 -540,364
France 1,743,892 1,492,992 -250,900
Belgium 1,201,920 1,277,094 +75,174
South Korea 1,454,435 881,195 -573,240

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 27,715,210
Germany 16,037,649
Japan 15,838,877
Thailand 13,147,903
China 12,383,765

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 15,217,626 12,497,584 -2,720,042
Germany 7,932,494 8,105,155 +172,661
Japan 8,544,371 7,294,506 -1,249,865
Thailand 6,408,586 6,739,317 +330,731
China 6,574,159 5,809,606 -764,553
United Kingdom 3,732,960 3,649,325 -83,635
Czechia 3,263,436 2,345,105 -918,331
Italy 1,347,744 3,872,632 +2,524,888
Romania 1,879,978 2,095,196 +215,218
Canada 2,046,440 1,518,970 -527,470

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 86
Inner London - West 77
Surrey, East and West Sussex 61
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 49
Greater Manchester 47

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 58 58 +0
Inner London - West 51 44 -7
Surrey, East and West Sussex 45 32 -13
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 27 37 +10
Greater Manchester 34 33 -1
West Midlands 33 32 -1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 28 33 +5
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 31 26 -5
Essex 28 27 -1
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough 23 23 +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 73,212,023
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 33,937,951
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 25,857,917
Road transport 2,121,148
Other 359,775

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 40,320,530 32,891,493 -7,429,037
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 15,927,567 18,010,384 +2,082,817
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 13,764,142 12,093,775 -1,670,367
Road transport 871,664 1,249,484 +377,820
Other 189,562 170,213 -19,349
Rail transport 36,459 38,110 +1,651

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 24,242,169
London Heathrow Airport 14,925,443
Southampton 14,374,708
London Stansted Airport 13,920,927
Birmingham Airport 11,984,285

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 12,856,639 11,385,530 -1,471,109
London Heathrow Airport 8,468,038 6,457,405 -2,010,633
Southampton 6,944,012 7,430,696 +486,684
London Stansted Airport 8,543,947 5,376,980 -3,166,967
Birmingham Airport 5,849,260 6,135,025 +285,765
Dover 4,258,920 4,238,150 -20,770
Harwich 4,006,082 3,019,184 -986,898
Eurotunnel 2,150,287 2,756,599 +606,312
Oxford Airport 2,154,564 2,035,333 -119,231
Felixstowe 2,815,004 1,118,768 -1,696,236

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 175
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 123
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 89
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 70
Other manufacturing 70

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 202
2025-11 197
2025-10 209
2025-09 167
2025-08 168

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 416
54m+ 388
15m-54m 101
0-1m 98
Other 83

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 18,563,530
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 11,792,933
Germany 9,280,935
China 8,526,707
Italy 5,084,824

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 10,457,187 8,106,343 -2,350,844
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 8,636,676 3,156,257 -5,480,419
Germany 5,256,866 4,024,069 -1,232,797
China 4,283,520 4,243,187 -40,333
Italy 2,878,468 2,206,356 -672,112
Saudi Arabia 3,310,054 1,202,728 -2,107,326
Ireland 2,517,485 1,820,340 -697,145
Netherlands 2,160,994 2,003,327 -157,667
France 2,485,450 1,673,299 -812,151
Japan 393,083 2,695,149 +2,302,066

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 £
China 5,981
Germany 4,858
Romania 1,919
XI 1,610
Japan 1,172

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 £
China 1,035 4,946 +3,911
Germany 4,679 179 -4,500
Romania 1,145 774 -371
XI 635 975 +340
Japan 492 680 +188
Spain 259 0 -259
Italy 89 43 -46
United States 34 93 +59
Brazil 0 54 +54

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 79,266,565
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 17,758,942
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 7,745,027
Road transport 189,670
Other 120,034

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 44,586,144 34,680,421 -9,905,723
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 10,049,763 7,709,179 -2,340,584
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 5,391,837 2,353,190 -3,038,647
Road transport 178,620 11,050 -167,570
Other 99,774 20,260 -79,514

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 23,943,588
East Midlands Airport 23,840,582
ZLC 15,492,618
London Stansted Airport 13,683,207
Dover / Eurotunnel 11,370,617

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 12,350,443 11,593,145 -757,298
East Midlands Airport 12,908,474 10,932,108 -1,976,366
ZLC 10,599,643 4,892,975 -5,706,668
London Stansted Airport 7,428,421 6,254,786 -1,173,635
Dover / Eurotunnel 6,831,801 4,538,816 -2,292,985
London Gateway Port 2,333,896 417,194 -1,916,702
Dover 1,191,592 920,951 -270,641
Felixstowe 1,458,856 590,833 -868,023
Holyhead 862,188 783,518 -78,670
Southampton 781,690 841,126 +59,436

Quick facts

HS code: 90271090

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

Description: Traditional tools for testing gas or smoke without electronic components