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 235,618,410
United States 205,418,351
Netherlands 116,894,968
France 85,990,768
China 78,413,271

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 118,804,666 116,813,744 -1,990,922
United States 114,793,120 90,625,231 -24,167,889
Netherlands 47,990,884 68,904,084 +20,913,200
France 48,451,974 37,538,794 -10,913,180
China 34,829,977 43,583,294 +8,753,317
Italy 32,000,141 28,099,860 -3,900,281
Japan 31,970,853 27,557,480 -4,413,373
Switzerland 17,869,150 14,905,735 -2,963,415
Saudi Arabia 16,000,034 12,484,664 -3,515,370
Denmark 12,680,296 14,383,508 +1,703,212

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 306,075,211
Germany 159,893,457
China 119,797,689
United Kingdom 101,722,625
Japan 60,827,923

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 159,892,900 146,182,311 -13,710,589
Germany 81,342,810 78,550,647 -2,792,163
China 57,127,120 62,670,569 +5,543,449
United Kingdom 58,151,880 43,570,745 -14,581,135
Japan 32,414,916 28,413,007 -4,001,909
Italy 27,531,645 23,530,131 -4,001,514
France 23,658,943 20,219,179 -3,439,764
Switzerland 19,067,925 16,943,770 -2,124,155
Estonia 10,280,034 23,743,822 +13,463,788
Netherlands 10,927,873 13,639,412 +2,711,539

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 311
Surrey, East and West Sussex 289
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 260
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 228

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 373 350 -23
Inner London - West 202 206 +4
Surrey, East and West Sussex 200 203 +3
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 193 180 -13
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 161 172 +11
Greater Manchester 144 164 +20
West Midlands 157 159 +2
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 161 155 -6
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 161 147 -14
Shropshire and Staffordshire 111 122 +11

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 752,831,670
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 298,291,265
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 165,699,082
Other 9,452,587
Road transport 7,578,528

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 389,640,859 363,190,811 -26,450,048
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 152,853,144 145,438,121 -7,415,023
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 84,669,915 81,029,167 -3,640,748
Other 5,766,975 3,685,612 -2,081,363
Road transport 6,227,959 1,350,569 -4,877,390
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 258,310,259
East Midlands Airport 229,836,645
Dover 122,044,833
London Stansted Airport 110,144,735
Eurotunnel 63,484,726

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 139,373,847 118,936,412 -20,437,435
East Midlands Airport 115,787,518 114,049,127 -1,738,391
Dover 59,880,576 62,164,257 +2,283,681
London Stansted Airport 57,358,252 52,786,483 -4,571,769
Eurotunnel 34,015,207 29,469,519 -4,545,688
Birmingham Airport 21,171,550 26,419,540 +5,247,990
Manchester Airport 22,266,175 21,284,199 -981,976
Immingham Docks 17,399,497 18,376,307 +976,810
Felixstowe 17,262,677 16,437,250 -825,427
Southampton 17,461,538 15,342,202 -2,119,336

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 992
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 463
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 442
Architectural and engineering activities; technical testing and analysis 316
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 310

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 1024
2025-11 1066
2025-10 1130
2025-09 1010
2025-08 1029

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 2177
54m+ 1798
0-1m 681
15m-54m 530
Other 390

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 337,710,962
Germany 207,174,004
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 165,700,337
China 113,684,948
France 70,859,081

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 191,330,262 146,380,700 -44,949,562
Germany 100,053,747 107,120,257 +7,066,510
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 89,115,519 76,584,818 -12,530,701
China 56,433,249 57,251,699 +818,450
France 37,007,242 33,851,839 -3,155,403
Netherlands 33,321,752 36,051,523 +2,729,771
Saudi Arabia 20,916,969 33,831,723 +12,914,754
Japan 27,751,689 19,888,540 -7,863,149
Italy 20,353,423 20,791,065 +437,642
India 19,285,117 17,843,314 -1,441,803

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 2,614,347
China 520,628
Denmark 84,022
France 80,853
Germany 57,872

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 1,032,644 1,581,703 +549,059
China 433,994 86,634 -347,360
Denmark 84,022 0 -84,022
France 67,357 13,496 -53,861
Germany 42,985 14,887 -28,098
Poland 11,506 3,035 -8,471
Italy 6,386 4,939 -1,447
Hungary 3,804 4,302 +498
United States 2,126 5,816 +3,690
Taiwan 149 7,429 +7,280

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 1,248,330,608
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 255,572,918
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 118,827,479
Other 3,503,905
Road transport 1,212,668

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 660,823,038 587,507,570 -73,315,468
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 116,771,975 138,800,943 +22,028,968
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 62,043,855 56,783,624 -5,260,231
Other 1,742,960 1,760,945 +17,985
Road transport 1,181,341 31,327 -1,150,014
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 743,054,919
East Midlands Airport 216,684,186
Dover / Eurotunnel 171,259,719
Manchester Airport 89,953,583
London Stansted Airport 85,055,903

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 399,834,225 343,220,694 -56,613,531
East Midlands Airport 115,018,439 101,665,747 -13,352,692
Dover / Eurotunnel 76,426,901 94,832,818 +18,405,917
Manchester Airport 48,962,652 40,990,931 -7,971,721
London Stansted Airport 40,270,665 44,785,238 +4,514,573
Southampton 32,179,862 21,301,922 -10,877,940
ZLC 26,829,280 25,297,071 -1,532,209
Dover 18,656,211 14,559,330 -4,096,881
Warton Aerodrome 15,016,449 16,331,168 +1,314,719
London Gateway Port 9,535,029 15,698,014 +6,162,985

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