Import/export HS code 9030: Electrical measuring instruments

Tools like oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, and devices for measuring electrical quantities or detecting radiation

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 334,842,926
Germany 280,462,670
Netherlands 128,363,820
China 109,186,495
Malaysia 81,329,682

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 172,458,917 162,384,009 -10,074,908
Germany 134,242,664 146,220,006 +11,977,342
Netherlands 65,841,794 62,522,026 -3,319,768
China 51,781,477 57,405,018 +5,623,541
Malaysia 38,987,120 42,342,562 +3,355,442
France 31,559,813 35,488,609 +3,928,796
Japan 14,528,317 21,235,213 +6,706,896
Belgium 18,831,084 14,998,663 -3,832,421
Taiwan 15,571,794 14,278,903 -1,292,891
Austria 12,371,279 15,094,686 +2,723,407

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 399,594,130
Germany 189,685,376
China 167,856,380
Malaysia 163,681,664
United Kingdom 132,431,413

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 212,300,272 187,293,858 -25,006,414
Germany 88,534,624 101,150,752 +12,616,128
China 81,086,538 86,769,842 +5,683,304
Malaysia 81,705,084 81,976,580 +271,496
United Kingdom 66,408,316 66,023,097 -385,219
Japan 22,851,908 27,405,029 +4,553,121
France 17,943,227 19,093,984 +1,150,757
Taiwan 14,179,604 15,695,867 +1,516,263
Thailand 6,348,057 22,028,913 +15,680,856
Austria 12,754,179 14,231,926 +1,477,747

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 388
Inner London - West 277
Surrey, East and West Sussex 227
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 193
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 184

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 280 279 -1
Inner London - West 181 192 +11
Surrey, East and West Sussex 169 162 -7
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 137 148 +11
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 137 138 +1
Greater Manchester 111 105 -6
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 98 109 +11
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough 86 89 +3
West Midlands 87 78 -9
Shropshire and Staffordshire 72 81 +9

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 1,095,185,672
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 221,333,889
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 150,442,634
Other 16,820,103
Road transport 2,048,800

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 546,236,063 548,949,609 +2,713,546
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 101,597,877 119,736,012 +18,138,135
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 70,875,914 79,566,720 +8,690,806
Other 10,409,465 6,410,638 -3,998,827
Road transport 796,771 1,252,029 +455,258
Rail transport 1,025 0 -1,025

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 388,591,030
East Midlands Airport 292,980,232
London Stansted Airport 231,439,088
Birmingham Airport 80,231,867
Dover 64,835,477

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 193,849,938 194,741,092 +891,154
East Midlands Airport 145,541,488 147,438,744 +1,897,256
London Stansted Airport 119,551,941 111,887,147 -7,664,794
Birmingham Airport 36,532,891 43,698,976 +7,166,085
Dover 29,247,802 35,587,675 +6,339,873
Thamesport 30,411,826 21,369,390 -9,042,436
Aberdeen Docks 15,472,455 25,753,048 +10,280,593
Tyne 19,480,591 19,046,917 -433,674
London Gateway Port 12,434,154 21,554,504 +9,120,350
Eurotunnel 12,902,546 16,441,945 +3,539,399

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 673
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 478
Manufacture of electrical equipment 293
Architectural and engineering activities; technical testing and analysis 271
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 218

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 727
2026-03 768
2026-02 730
2026-01 666
2025-12 668

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 1497
54m+ 1326
0-1m 473
15m-54m 352
Other 298

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 436,164,769
Germany 286,812,229
Netherlands 192,821,982
China 153,306,263
Japan 79,440,983

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 217,952,701 218,212,068 +259,367
Germany 144,654,660 142,157,569 -2,497,091
Netherlands 98,552,658 94,269,324 -4,283,334
China 68,444,869 84,861,394 +16,416,525
Japan 44,561,227 34,879,756 -9,681,471
France 33,614,749 40,617,296 +7,002,547
Singapore 34,831,603 36,127,719 +1,296,116
India 25,754,329 27,426,925 +1,672,596
South Korea 25,843,526 22,838,908 -3,004,618
Malaysia 19,254,533 28,459,573 +9,205,040

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 8,626,854
China 1,889,021
Austria 310,595
United States 255,555
Sweden 119,064

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 2,611,087 6,015,767 +3,404,680
China 934,304 954,717 +20,413
Austria 281,822 28,773 -253,049
United States 124,458 131,097 +6,639
Sweden 0 119,064 +119,064
Czechia 29,618 82,759 +53,141
Romania 48,408 36,234 -12,174
Germany 23,483 54,990 +31,507
France 21,039 38,698 +17,659
Spain 0 58,212 +58,212

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 1,700,826,467
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 408,398,197
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 111,534,697
Other 12,207,100
Road transport 389,963

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 832,683,987 868,142,480 +35,458,493
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 199,135,402 209,262,795 +10,127,393
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 54,256,964 57,277,733 +3,020,769
Other 4,479,680 7,727,420 +3,247,740
Road transport 244,250 145,713 -98,537
Rail transport 0 9,791 +9,791

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 702,249,544
East Midlands Airport 416,808,280
London Stansted Airport 327,537,448
Dover / Eurotunnel 252,037,557
ZLC 143,081,385

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 344,671,070 357,578,474 +12,907,404
East Midlands Airport 196,460,673 220,347,607 +23,886,934
London Stansted Airport 163,178,438 164,359,010 +1,180,572
Dover / Eurotunnel 114,667,803 137,369,754 +22,701,951
ZLC 74,558,860 68,522,525 -6,036,335
Dover 25,077,707 25,177,670 +99,963
London Gateway Port 22,388,376 24,600,375 +2,211,999
Immingham Docks 30,703,531 16,165,595 -14,537,936
Manchester Airport 18,066,988 23,255,054 +5,188,066
Belfast Airport 13,695,479 12,785,301 -910,178

Related HS codes

What this shows: Sibling or child HS codes in the same classification branch.

Quick facts

HS code: 9030

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

Description: Tools like oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, and devices for measuring electrical quantities or detecting radiation