Import/export HS code 903180: Various measuring tools

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* 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 328,992,493
United States 219,093,788
Netherlands 129,575,570
France 104,258,874
China 89,260,772

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 168,524,860 160,467,633 -8,057,227
United States 124,225,767 94,868,021 -29,357,746
Netherlands 54,355,794 75,219,776 +20,863,982
France 58,443,179 45,815,695 -12,627,484
China 40,297,023 48,963,749 +8,666,726
Italy 42,878,484 35,837,539 -7,040,945
Japan 35,860,627 29,121,493 -6,739,134
Switzerland 18,732,461 15,806,002 -2,926,459
Spain 13,964,400 15,260,429 +1,296,029
Saudi Arabia 16,240,462 12,564,021 -3,676,441

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 351,831,552
Germany 226,096,230
China 134,305,858
United Kingdom 108,302,046
Japan 78,247,533

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 187,284,072 164,547,480 -22,736,592
Germany 117,933,626 108,162,604 -9,771,022
China 64,235,553 70,070,305 +5,834,752
United Kingdom 61,805,751 46,496,295 -15,309,456
Japan 42,116,424 36,131,109 -5,985,315
Italy 33,797,320 27,719,288 -6,078,032
France 28,919,212 25,183,457 -3,735,755
Mexico 24,955,850 17,122,361 -7,833,489
Switzerland 21,063,329 18,304,303 -2,759,026
Estonia 10,282,181 23,747,110 +13,464,929

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 527
Inner London - West 343
Surrey, East and West Sussex 308
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 270
West Midlands 266

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 396 374 -22
Inner London - West 229 223 -6
Surrey, East and West Sussex 215 217 +2
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 198 188 -10
West Midlands 193 187 -6
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 190 208 +18
Greater Manchester 157 180 +23
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 187 179 -8
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 178 162 -16
Shropshire and Staffordshire 127 136 +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 863,957,009
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 398,728,859
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 206,318,555
Other 24,162,504
Road transport 8,654,305

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 451,714,076 412,242,933 -39,471,143
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 203,766,234 194,962,625 -8,803,609
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 105,953,344 100,365,211 -5,588,133
Other 15,215,502 8,947,002 -6,268,500
Road transport 7,043,392 1,610,913 -5,432,479
Rail transport 650,472 2,259,573 +1,609,101

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 290,842,605
East Midlands Airport 262,802,108
Dover 173,707,331
London Stansted Airport 124,759,676
Eurotunnel 81,699,081

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 156,933,362 133,909,243 -23,024,119
East Midlands Airport 134,451,179 128,350,929 -6,100,250
Dover 85,256,509 88,450,822 +3,194,313
London Stansted Airport 65,546,118 59,213,558 -6,332,560
Eurotunnel 42,827,404 38,871,677 -3,955,727
Birmingham Airport 27,096,090 30,850,627 +3,754,537
Manchester Airport 25,445,180 22,961,126 -2,484,054
Felixstowe 21,764,693 19,512,960 -2,251,733
Immingham Docks 19,310,808 20,369,403 +1,058,595
London Gateway Port 21,992,331 17,573,792 -4,418,539

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 1090
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 511
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 463
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 349
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 346

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 1153
2025-11 1237
2025-10 1313
2025-09 1197
2025-08 1199

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 2418
54m+ 1964
0-1m 743
15m-54m 592
Other 434

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 390,577,776
Germany 253,624,544
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 175,721,375
China 143,486,567
Netherlands 92,086,635

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 222,988,302 167,589,474 -55,398,828
Germany 125,139,187 128,485,357 +3,346,170
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 94,168,263 81,553,112 -12,615,151
China 73,907,342 69,579,225 -4,328,117
Netherlands 46,185,831 45,900,804 -285,027
France 47,226,884 44,376,681 -2,850,203
Saudi Arabia 22,211,492 35,287,263 +13,075,771
Italy 27,218,811 25,819,789 -1,399,022
Japan 29,892,914 21,490,935 -8,401,979
India 23,159,352 25,024,305 +1,864,953

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 3,689,844
China 526,433
Italy 111,615
Denmark 84,022
France 81,701

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 1,527,531 2,162,313 +634,782
China 437,089 89,344 -347,745
Italy 44,256 67,359 +23,103
Denmark 84,022 0 -84,022
France 67,518 14,183 -53,335
Germany 52,366 19,260 -33,106
Poland 11,506 3,035 -8,471
Hungary 3,962 4,302 +340
United States 2,126 5,816 +3,690
Taiwan 149 7,471 +7,322

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 1,471,032,910
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 329,578,598
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 167,899,636
Other 4,707,867
Road transport 1,440,562

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 783,680,437 687,352,473 -96,327,964
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 155,719,970 173,858,628 +18,138,658
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 87,491,412 80,408,224 -7,083,188
Other 2,292,241 2,415,626 +123,385
Road transport 1,364,959 75,603 -1,289,356
Rail transport 0 27,584 +27,584

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 797,820,319
East Midlands Airport 277,698,893
Dover / Eurotunnel 229,313,805
London Stansted Airport 138,987,919
Manchester Airport 94,591,517

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 429,172,993 368,647,326 -60,525,667
East Midlands Airport 150,144,083 127,554,810 -22,589,273
Dover / Eurotunnel 106,751,199 122,562,606 +15,811,407
London Stansted Airport 71,561,767 67,426,152 -4,135,615
Manchester Airport 51,170,414 43,421,103 -7,749,311
ZLC 41,852,375 38,225,293 -3,627,082
Southampton 40,728,456 27,157,846 -13,570,610
Dover 23,375,731 19,008,606 -4,367,125
London Gateway Port 12,938,926 21,917,994 +8,979,068
Warton Aerodrome 15,018,449 16,350,168 +1,331,719

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 903180

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

Description: Other tools and machines for measuring or checking things, not listed elsewhere