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 38,153,852
United States 27,334,954
Thailand 12,983,707
China 8,856,014
Netherlands 8,358,741

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 19,134,106 19,019,746 -114,360
United States 13,492,092 13,842,862 +350,770
Thailand 6,716,447 6,267,260 -449,187
China 4,450,945 4,405,069 -45,876
Netherlands 4,303,207 4,055,534 -247,673
Italy 2,961,801 3,981,858 +1,020,057
Canada 1,683,055 2,166,655 +483,600
France 1,407,267 2,015,460 +608,193
Belgium 1,255,434 1,120,288 -135,146
South Korea 1,082,747 1,229,780 +147,033

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 26,521,594
Japan 16,742,637
Germany 16,698,759
China 13,289,627
Thailand 13,188,005

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 13,086,874 13,434,720 +347,846
Japan 8,707,304 8,035,333 -671,971
Germany 8,243,109 8,455,650 +212,541
China 6,587,798 6,701,829 +114,031
Thailand 6,842,024 6,345,981 -496,043
United Kingdom 3,615,934 4,548,588 +932,654
Czechia 2,898,743 3,264,183 +365,440
Italy 2,328,885 3,082,729 +753,844
Romania 1,949,166 2,555,784 +606,618
Canada 1,685,870 2,137,514 +451,644

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 83
Inner London - West 77
Surrey, East and West Sussex 62
Greater Manchester 54
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 53

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 60 +2
Inner London - West 53 42 -11
Surrey, East and West Sussex 40 39 -1
Greater Manchester 34 42 +8
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 29 40 +11
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 36 30 -6
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 34 26 -8
West Midlands 33 32 -1
Essex 24 27 +3
Shropshire and Staffordshire 21 27 +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 74,851,544
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 35,993,700
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 25,317,009
Road transport 3,085,376
Other 333,633

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 38,720,193 36,131,351 -2,588,842
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 16,602,206 19,391,494 +2,789,288
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 12,351,319 12,965,690 +614,371
Road transport 952,222 2,133,154 +1,180,932
Other 157,673 175,960 +18,287
Rail transport 52,740 29,542 -23,198

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 25,548,921
London Heathrow Airport 14,349,465
Southampton 13,984,665
London Stansted Airport 13,743,249
Birmingham Airport 12,460,457

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 11,682,785 13,866,136 +2,183,351
London Heathrow Airport 8,803,972 5,545,493 -3,258,479
Southampton 6,588,708 7,395,957 +807,249
London Stansted Airport 7,052,038 6,691,211 -360,827
Birmingham Airport 6,603,499 5,856,958 -746,541
Dover 4,281,219 4,566,293 +285,074
Harwich 3,812,695 3,865,627 +52,932
Eurotunnel 2,290,709 2,751,513 +460,804
Oxford Airport 2,542,377 2,371,771 -170,606
London Gateway Port 1,905,168 1,747,059 -158,109

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
179
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products
125
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles
87
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.
75
Other manufacturing
70

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 227
2026-04 172
2026-03 204
2026-02 204
2026-01 202

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 433
54m+ 396
15m-54m 113
0-1m 99
Other 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 19,194,243
China 9,823,913
Germany 8,765,781
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 7,808,619
Italy 5,293,412

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 9,979,891 9,214,352 -765,539
China 4,352,620 5,471,293 +1,118,673
Germany 4,447,434 4,318,347 -129,087
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 4,527,496 3,281,123 -1,246,373
Italy 2,982,323 2,311,089 -671,234
Saudi Arabia 3,339,548 1,310,874 -2,028,674
Ireland 2,314,850 1,779,666 -535,184
France 2,346,204 1,680,167 -666,037
Netherlands 1,992,174 1,857,724 -134,450
Japan 2,575,502 306,079 -2,269,423

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 8,538
Germany 3,616
Romania 2,268
Japan 1,866
XI 1,610

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 2,864 5,674 +2,810
Germany 3,616 0 -3,616
Romania 1,361 907 -454
Japan 701 1,165 +464
XI 965 645 -320
Czechia 0 432 +432
Spain 164 34 -130
United States 127 0 -127
Brazil 0 54 +54
Italy 43 0 -43

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 78,817,202
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 18,732,732
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 8,064,392
Road transport 115,226
Other 52,321

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 41,740,189 37,077,013 -4,663,176
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 9,875,158 8,857,574 -1,017,584
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 5,299,395 2,764,997 -2,534,398
Road transport 104,176 11,050 -93,126
Other 21,721 30,600 +8,879

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 25,496,605
East Midlands Airport 23,751,215
London Stansted Airport 15,279,463
ZLC 11,622,095
Dover / Eurotunnel 11,300,615

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 15,344,658 10,151,947 -5,192,711
East Midlands Airport 11,872,706 11,878,509 +5,803
London Stansted Airport 7,916,000 7,363,463 -552,537
ZLC 5,346,378 6,275,717 +929,339
Dover / Eurotunnel 5,989,054 5,311,561 -677,493
London Gateway Port 2,238,727 557,522 -1,681,205
Felixstowe 1,337,414 1,101,436 -235,978
Dover 1,342,134 653,337 -688,797
Immingham Docks 677,834 1,183,948 +506,114
Holyhead 705,914 885,356 +179,442

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