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 47,238,126
Malaysia 39,938,963
Germany 32,322,318
France 10,662,826
Belgium 10,479,741

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 £
United States 22,920,436 24,317,690 +1,397,254
Malaysia 20,096,818 19,842,145 -254,673
Germany 17,609,083 14,713,235 -2,895,848
France 5,820,523 4,842,303 -978,220
Belgium 6,355,471 4,124,270 -2,231,201
Netherlands 4,598,357 4,878,796 +280,439
China 4,504,915 3,419,916 -1,084,999
Taiwan 4,629,327 3,126,812 -1,502,515
Canada 3,808,131 3,072,465 -735,666
Slovakia 2,142,850 3,573,401 +1,430,551

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 54,396,993
United States 51,481,290
Germany 29,857,865
Japan 20,340,633
United Kingdom 17,054,649

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 27,817,815 26,579,178 -1,238,637
United States 25,191,774 26,289,516 +1,097,742
Germany 15,661,822 14,196,043 -1,465,779
Japan 9,257,398 11,083,235 +1,825,837
United Kingdom 9,597,789 7,456,860 -2,140,929
China 6,761,221 5,825,189 -936,032
Taiwan 5,090,431 3,593,199 -1,497,232
Czechia 2,855,866 2,149,660 -706,206
Thailand 1,887,035 3,006,164 +1,119,129
Canada 2,338,779 2,117,566 -221,213

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 80
Inner London - West 69
Surrey, East and West Sussex 48
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 37
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 35

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 56 50 -6
Inner London - West 43 43 +0
Surrey, East and West Sussex 35 23 -12
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 24 28 +4
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 26 23 -3
Outer London - West and North West 26 24 -2
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough 18 18 +0
Inner London - East 16 18 +2
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 14 13 -1
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 9 14 +5

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 211,566,468
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 16,220,565
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 9,361,664
Road transport 560,637
Other 23,081

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 108,696,954 102,869,514 -5,827,440
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 7,498,781 8,721,784 +1,223,003
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 4,835,927 4,525,737 -310,190
Road transport 521,113 39,524 -481,589
Other 58 23,023 +22,965

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 67,382,914
London Stansted Airport 64,123,861
East Midlands Airport 61,731,693
Birmingham Airport 5,751,305
London Gateway Port 5,692,154

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 34,139,771 33,243,143 -896,628
London Stansted Airport 32,511,273 31,612,588 -898,685
East Midlands Airport 33,526,970 28,204,723 -5,322,247
Birmingham Airport 2,216,106 3,535,199 +1,319,093
London Gateway Port 1,767,322 3,924,832 +2,157,510
Dover 2,435,849 2,478,856 +43,007
Southampton 2,809,319 1,916,373 -892,946
Thamesport 1,975,745 2,410,174 +434,429
Belfast Airport 600,116 3,016,935 +2,416,819
Manchester Airport 781,485 1,375,797 +594,312

Importer companies by SIC division

What this shows: Industry breakdown (SIC divisions) of importing companies.

Top 5 values

SIC Companies
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products
102
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
94
Telecommunications
83
Computer programming, consultancy and related activities
60
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
2026-05 98
2026-04 105
2026-03 103
2026-02 108
2026-01 89

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+ 260
1m-15m 228
0-1m 67
Other 48
15m-54m 47

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 52,227,777
Germany 38,086,520
Finland 22,753,527
India 14,400,300
Netherlands 12,279,407

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 27,069,776 25,158,001 -1,911,775
Germany 21,424,887 16,661,633 -4,763,254
Finland 12,815,457 9,938,070 -2,877,387
India 6,937,223 7,463,077 +525,854
Netherlands 5,986,121 6,293,286 +307,165
Belgium 4,745,029 6,477,789 +1,732,760
Austria 4,267,446 5,935,672 +1,668,226
Japan 5,262,847 4,574,500 -688,347
France 4,622,466 4,621,118 -1,348
China 4,001,229 4,426,671 +425,442

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 2,071 0 -2,071
China 22 0 -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 228,450,207
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 39,063,882
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 2,432,276
Other 24,222
Road transport 3,745

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 112,250,241 116,199,966 +3,949,725
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 18,709,483 20,354,399 +1,644,916
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,751,384 680,892 -1,070,492
Other 2,093 22,129 +20,036
Road transport 3,745 0 -3,745
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 92,299,191
East Midlands Airport 52,966,478
London Stansted Airport 40,973,801
ZLC 30,521,493
Dover / Eurotunnel 15,417,077

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 41,828,251 50,470,940 +8,642,689
East Midlands Airport 29,231,636 23,734,842 -5,496,794
London Stansted Airport 20,332,859 20,640,942 +308,083
ZLC 18,638,940 11,882,553 -6,756,387
Dover / Eurotunnel 7,757,283 7,659,794 -97,489
Harwich 4,515,233 3,519,537 -995,696
Immingham Docks 4,141,079 3,434,000 -707,079
Manchester Airport 242,903 6,339,138 +6,096,235
London 2,612 3,857,207 +3,854,595
Edinburgh Airport 1,176,214 2,676,380 +1,500,166

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