Import/export HS code 903040: Telecommunication measuring tools

Specialized devices for testing telecommunications, like cross-talk meters or distortion analyzers

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 42,676,919
Malaysia 38,692,200
Germany 31,597,418
Belgium 10,580,964
France 10,012,548

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 21,213,413 21,463,506 +250,093
Malaysia 19,139,614 19,552,586 +412,972
Germany 18,394,079 13,203,339 -5,190,740
Belgium 6,514,470 4,066,494 -2,447,976
France 5,037,327 4,975,221 -62,106
Netherlands 4,700,842 3,962,274 -738,568
Taiwan 4,501,133 3,782,096 -719,037
China 4,822,528 2,856,340 -1,966,188
Canada 2,208,096 3,990,998 +1,782,902
Slovakia 2,642,861 2,674,582 +31,721

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 £
Malaysia 50,598,792
United States 47,137,406
Germany 28,060,973
Japan 18,603,372
United Kingdom 15,578,590

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 £
Malaysia 25,957,971 24,640,821 -1,317,150
United States 23,288,953 23,848,453 +559,500
Germany 16,361,737 11,699,236 -4,662,501
Japan 8,912,221 9,691,151 +778,930
United Kingdom 8,521,569 7,057,021 -1,464,548
China 6,744,179 6,393,899 -350,280
Taiwan 5,009,821 4,649,623 -360,198
Mexico 1,987,124 3,146,682 +1,159,558
France 2,513,360 1,963,233 -550,127
Czechia 2,745,915 1,701,025 -1,044,890

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 78
Inner London - West 66
Surrey, East and West Sussex 45
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 37
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 33

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 49 54 +5
Inner London - West 48 42 -6
Surrey, East and West Sussex 30 29 -1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 25 29 +4
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 26 20 -6
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough 19 19 +0
Outer London - West and North West 23 20 -3
Inner London - East 16 16 +0
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 9 14 +5
Greater Manchester 9 10 +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 199,474,481
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 16,208,471
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 7,916,927
Road transport 533,936
Other 10,081

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 103,146,109 96,328,372 -6,817,737
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 7,207,696 9,000,775 +1,793,079
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 4,157,117 3,759,810 -397,307
Road transport 473,880 60,056 -413,824
Other 162 9,919 +9,757

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 62,991,968
East Midlands Airport 59,850,664
London Stansted Airport 59,297,018
Southampton 4,952,237
London Gateway Port 4,802,304

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 32,935,137 30,056,831 -2,878,306
East Midlands Airport 31,064,305 28,786,359 -2,277,946
London Stansted Airport 30,817,649 28,479,369 -2,338,280
Southampton 2,414,849 2,537,388 +122,539
London Gateway Port 1,587,444 3,214,860 +1,627,416
Birmingham Airport 1,867,480 2,820,464 +952,984
Thamesport 2,269,978 2,285,275 +15,297
Dover 1,948,649 2,008,192 +59,543
Luton Airport 3,316,872 5,960 -3,310,912
Belfast Airport 105,044 2,465,937 +2,360,893

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 90
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 88
Telecommunications 77
Computer programming, consultancy and related activities 50
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 44

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 89
2025-11 101
2025-10 111
2025-09 98
2025-08 104

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
54m+ 244
1m-15m 213
0-1m 63
Other 45
15m-54m 42

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 44,759,761
Germany 36,907,694
Finland 19,528,857
South Korea 14,675,743
India 12,871,120

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 25,957,377 18,802,384 -7,154,993
Germany 21,561,434 15,346,260 -6,215,174
Finland 9,860,523 9,668,334 -192,189
South Korea 8,462,874 6,212,869 -2,250,005
India 6,993,358 5,877,762 -1,115,596
Japan 10,375,134 1,735,377 -8,639,757
Netherlands 5,665,801 5,921,319 +255,518
Belgium 4,999,344 4,495,700 -503,644
France 4,805,593 3,693,912 -1,111,681
Austria 3,857,103 4,385,057 +527,954

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 £
Czechia 16,142
India 5,987
Malaysia 2,071
China 22

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 £
Czechia 0 16,142 +16,142
India 0 5,987 +5,987
Malaysia 0 2,071 +2,071
China 0 22 +22

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 212,134,027
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 32,734,973
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 3,270,855
Road transport 87,200
Other 24,222

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 118,731,140 93,402,887 -25,328,253
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 16,163,839 16,571,134 +407,295
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 3,025,185 245,670 -2,779,515
Road transport 87,200 0 -87,200
Other 0 24,222 +24,222
Rail transport 0 917 +917

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 91,359,120
East Midlands Airport 49,258,661
London Stansted Airport 35,836,675
ZLC 30,990,887
Dover / Eurotunnel 14,138,267

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 52,331,855 39,027,265 -13,304,590
East Midlands Airport 25,850,857 23,407,804 -2,443,053
London Stansted Airport 19,577,377 16,259,298 -3,318,079
ZLC 18,882,610 12,108,277 -6,774,333
Dover / Eurotunnel 6,682,767 7,455,500 +772,733
Immingham Docks 4,704,479 3,116,469 -1,588,010
Harwich 3,533,967 4,010,885 +476,918
Dover 2,257,881 1,895,019 -362,862
Manchester Airport 666,588 1,282,183 +615,595
Edinburgh Airport 709,283 1,036,716 +327,433

Quick facts

HS code: 903040

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

Description: Specialized devices for testing telecommunications, like cross-talk meters or distortion analyzers