Import/export HS code 90318080: Various measuring tools

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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 £
Germany 277,849,540
United States 224,202,021
Netherlands 152,549,053
France 99,790,138
China 97,502,484

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 124,781,893 153,067,647 +28,285,754
United States 110,789,066 113,412,955 +2,623,889
Netherlands 55,540,846 97,008,207 +41,467,361
France 50,701,259 49,088,879 -1,612,380
China 39,637,250 57,865,234 +18,227,984
Italy 30,856,491 37,639,781 +6,783,290
Japan 33,070,239 34,481,763 +1,411,524
Switzerland 19,277,194 18,946,384 -330,810
Saudi Arabia 14,472,256 15,558,337 +1,086,081
Denmark 12,982,271 16,753,529 +3,771,258

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 347,224,629
Germany 186,469,361
China 152,293,692
United Kingdom 114,090,272
Japan 68,865,276

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 166,643,768 180,580,861 +13,937,093
Germany 83,629,019 102,840,342 +19,211,323
China 63,156,524 89,137,168 +25,980,644
United Kingdom 58,017,863 56,072,409 -1,945,454
Japan 33,333,858 35,531,418 +2,197,560
Italy 26,976,272 30,303,891 +3,327,619
France 23,726,399 27,284,009 +3,557,610
Estonia 14,536,795 31,835,264 +17,298,469
Switzerland 20,279,956 21,880,820 +1,600,864
Netherlands 12,306,937 17,320,355 +5,013,418

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 502
Inner London - West 336
Surrey, East and West Sussex 298
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 276
West Midlands 254

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 355 362 +7
Inner London - West 212 227 +15
Surrey, East and West Sussex 201 210 +9
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 190 202 +12
West Midlands 164 184 +20
Greater Manchester 158 181 +23
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 166 185 +19
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 164 164 +0
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 160 179 +19
Shropshire and Staffordshire 114 131 +17

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 865,181,168
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 364,937,129
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 184,601,052
Other 8,386,708
Road transport 6,277,012

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 404,691,039 460,490,129 +55,799,090
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 159,405,578 205,531,551 +46,125,973
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 90,091,242 94,509,810 +4,418,568
Other 5,431,068 2,955,640 -2,475,428
Road transport 3,847,159 2,429,853 -1,417,306
Rail transport 1,234,040 2,715,999 +1,481,959

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 297,627,963
East Midlands Airport 260,530,072
Dover 148,944,553
London Stansted Airport 123,222,927
Eurotunnel 82,415,276

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 135,848,677 161,779,286 +25,930,609
East Midlands Airport 124,753,803 135,776,269 +11,022,466
Dover 60,046,720 88,897,833 +28,851,113
London Stansted Airport 58,697,594 64,525,333 +5,827,739
Eurotunnel 37,762,237 44,653,039 +6,890,802
Birmingham Airport 22,836,542 36,090,067 +13,253,525
Manchester Airport 25,634,459 24,181,378 -1,453,081
Felixstowe 18,431,385 23,587,585 +5,156,200
Immingham Docks 21,293,491 18,121,588 -3,171,903
Southampton 19,086,744 18,708,100 -378,644

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
1066
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.
487
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products
467
Architectural and engineering activities; technical testing and analysis
339
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment
332

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 1057
2026-04 1054
2026-03 1063
2026-02 1119
2026-01 1025

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 2338
54m+ 1884
0-1m 733
15m-54m 569
Other 421

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 352,930,045
Germany 236,024,854
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 204,443,668
China 135,424,160
France 80,938,115

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 167,835,671 185,094,374 +17,258,703
Germany 110,981,243 125,043,611 +14,062,368
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 87,510,186 116,933,482 +29,423,296
China 66,054,547 69,369,613 +3,315,066
France 41,020,712 39,917,403 -1,103,309
Netherlands 35,953,678 43,162,267 +7,208,589
Saudi Arabia 24,216,306 40,382,468 +16,166,162
Japan 28,537,398 29,157,973 +620,575
Italy 20,812,006 25,213,954 +4,401,948
India 19,960,428 20,525,027 +564,599

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 3,167,253
China 466,080
Germany 73,747
France 60,206
Denmark 45,446

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 1,455,555 1,711,698 +256,143
China 370,407 95,673 -274,734
Germany 45,969 27,778 -18,191
France 41,622 18,584 -23,038
Denmark 40,277 5,169 -35,108
Poland 14,369 1,592 -12,777
Italy 4,479 10,439 +5,960
United States 2,266 11,749 +9,483
Viet Nam 4,571 4,492 -79
Hungary 7,433 729 -6,704

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 1,431,661,963
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 296,369,099
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 104,267,370
Other 4,006,894
Road transport 184,881

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 683,769,893 747,892,070 +64,122,177
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 128,642,705 167,726,394 +39,083,689
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 38,018,932 66,248,438 +28,229,506
Other 2,051,005 1,955,889 -95,116
Road transport 153,960 30,921 -123,039
Rail transport 0 60,413 +60,413

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 861,111,889
East Midlands Airport 235,772,670
Dover / Eurotunnel 199,970,027
London Stansted Airport 102,654,516
Manchester Airport 99,832,304

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 419,660,904 441,450,985 +21,790,081
East Midlands Airport 119,390,514 116,382,156 -3,008,358
Dover / Eurotunnel 83,703,724 116,266,303 +32,562,579
London Stansted Airport 40,808,737 61,845,779 +21,037,042
Manchester Airport 46,560,551 53,271,753 +6,711,202
ZLC 25,011,301 30,303,300 +5,291,999
Warton Aerodrome 16,080,226 23,034,467 +6,954,241
Dover 18,668,411 17,605,013 -1,063,398
Southampton 11,052,353 23,860,675 +12,808,322
London Gateway Port 10,082,563 20,101,969 +10,019,406

Quick facts

HS code: 90318080

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

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