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 310,922,308
Germany 269,767,362
Netherlands 120,426,484
China 103,057,624
Malaysia 78,835,476

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 158,473,477 152,448,831 -6,024,646
Germany 133,492,295 136,275,067 +2,782,772
Netherlands 64,269,043 56,157,441 -8,111,602
China 63,640,587 39,417,037 -24,223,550
Malaysia 39,806,478 39,028,998 -777,480
France 33,755,743 31,665,202 -2,090,541
Japan 15,351,747 18,780,858 +3,429,111
Ireland 8,765,015 24,650,223 +15,885,208
Belgium 19,053,141 13,193,122 -5,860,019
Taiwan 17,334,357 12,156,405 -5,177,952

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 375,923,888
Germany 181,608,241
China 158,766,710
Malaysia 158,655,269
United Kingdom 126,423,944

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 198,971,246 176,952,642 -22,018,604
Germany 85,845,536 95,762,705 +9,917,169
China 92,676,871 66,089,839 -26,587,032
Malaysia 82,106,311 76,548,958 -5,557,353
United Kingdom 67,132,406 59,291,538 -7,840,868
Japan 22,268,689 25,808,372 +3,539,683
Thailand 6,959,396 33,683,107 +26,723,711
France 20,327,743 16,285,210 -4,042,533
Taiwan 15,670,245 13,706,107 -1,964,138
Austria 13,082,407 11,781,326 -1,301,081

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 376
Inner London - West 266
Surrey, East and West Sussex 219
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 193
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 177

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 274 263 -11
Inner London - West 180 176 -4
Surrey, East and West Sussex 163 159 -4
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 137 146 +9
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 131 139 +8
Greater Manchester 112 98 -14
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 106 105 -1
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough 88 87 -1
Shropshire and Staffordshire 76 79 +3
West Midlands 86 73 -13

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 1,036,659,318
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 213,667,749
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 160,044,303
Other 16,024,078
Road transport 2,147,743

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 530,283,056 506,376,262 -23,906,794
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 114,695,979 98,971,770 -15,724,209
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 73,830,784 86,213,519 +12,382,735
Other 11,316,215 4,707,863 -6,608,352
Road transport 896,579 1,251,164 +354,585
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 363,724,063
East Midlands Airport 281,667,687
London Stansted Airport 217,275,486
Birmingham Airport 74,781,463
Dover 60,648,772

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 181,262,143 182,461,920 +1,199,777
East Midlands Airport 145,833,111 135,834,576 -9,998,535
London Stansted Airport 114,667,610 102,607,876 -12,059,734
Birmingham Airport 36,399,343 38,382,120 +1,982,777
Dover 29,437,099 31,211,673 +1,774,574
Thamesport 29,546,082 19,743,646 -9,802,436
Aberdeen Docks 15,883,396 26,349,823 +10,466,427
Tyne 30,760,009 3,053,966 -27,706,043
London Gateway Port 12,968,830 20,594,638 +7,625,808
Eurotunnel 13,451,497 14,807,927 +1,356,430

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
664
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products
478
Manufacture of electrical equipment
287
Architectural and engineering activities; technical testing and analysis
266
Other manufacturing
209

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 680
2026-04 727
2026-03 768
2026-02 732
2026-01 666

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 1472
54m+ 1309
0-1m 446
15m-54m 356
Other 282

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 413,582,374
Germany 277,129,246
Netherlands 180,022,958
China 144,980,017
Japan 73,433,556

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 213,281,292 200,301,082 -12,980,210
Germany 148,803,254 128,325,992 -20,477,262
Netherlands 93,227,333 86,795,625 -6,431,708
China 68,474,947 76,505,070 +8,030,123
Japan 41,334,747 32,098,809 -9,235,938
France 33,418,675 38,149,804 +4,731,129
Singapore 36,533,012 32,186,009 -4,347,003
India 26,765,039 26,594,011 -171,028
Malaysia 19,675,639 27,685,574 +8,009,935
Australia 24,547,918 17,319,869 -7,228,049

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 9,008,926
China 1,776,797
Austria 268,006
United States 218,295
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 2,811,274 6,197,652 +3,386,378
China 862,333 914,464 +52,131
Austria 268,006 0 -268,006
United States 100,798 117,497 +16,699
Sweden 0 119,064 +119,064
Czechia 29,618 82,759 +53,141
Romania 42,625 28,892 -13,733
Germany 16,439 51,657 +35,218
Spain 0 60,219 +60,219
France 19,635 36,380 +16,745

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 1,610,478,129
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 396,782,104
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 110,316,873
Other 12,305,194
Road transport 260,224

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 815,364,857 795,113,272 -20,251,585
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 202,154,589 194,627,515 -7,527,074
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 53,983,159 56,333,714 +2,350,555
Other 4,508,046 7,797,148 +3,289,102
Road transport 125,694 134,530 +8,836
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 660,692,936
East Midlands Airport 398,204,184
London Stansted Airport 312,881,038
Dover / Eurotunnel 244,883,770
ZLC 133,157,796

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 332,285,181 328,407,755 -3,877,426
East Midlands Airport 200,131,565 198,072,619 -2,058,946
London Stansted Airport 161,423,618 151,457,420 -9,966,198
Dover / Eurotunnel 118,158,839 126,724,931 +8,566,092
ZLC 71,211,211 61,946,585 -9,264,626
Dover 25,790,304 22,926,406 -2,863,898
London Gateway Port 19,903,088 25,331,967 +5,428,879
Immingham Docks 27,475,691 15,060,734 -12,414,957
Manchester Airport 16,799,258 22,229,647 +5,430,389
Belfast Airport 13,185,014 12,363,639 -821,375

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