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:

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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 273,178,778
United States 224,793,999
Netherlands 142,355,502
France 99,179,190
China 95,627,827

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 122,719,655 150,459,123 +27,739,468
United States 111,868,731 112,925,268 +1,056,537
Netherlands 54,515,320 87,840,182 +33,324,862
France 50,286,907 48,892,283 -1,394,624
China 36,989,109 58,638,718 +21,649,609
Italy 31,337,584 37,183,581 +5,845,997
Japan 33,502,687 34,364,438 +861,751
Switzerland 19,223,729 18,696,732 -526,997
Denmark 12,794,713 16,809,806 +4,015,093
Saudi Arabia 14,392,078 15,107,324 +715,246

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 342,912,049
Germany 183,493,848
China 143,231,616
United Kingdom 113,432,191
Japan 68,943,420

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 165,448,755 177,463,294 +12,014,539
Germany 82,620,019 100,873,829 +18,253,810
China 60,010,633 83,220,983 +23,210,350
United Kingdom 55,489,566 57,942,625 +2,453,059
Japan 33,504,668 35,438,752 +1,934,084
Italy 27,200,136 30,514,035 +3,313,899
France 23,841,577 27,328,451 +3,486,874
Estonia 15,268,731 28,414,960 +13,146,229
Switzerland 20,174,281 21,618,794 +1,444,513
Netherlands 11,894,102 17,639,973 +5,745,871

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 508
Inner London - West 340
Surrey, East and West Sussex 295
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 276
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 246

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 363 367 +4
Inner London - West 209 232 +23
Surrey, East and West Sussex 198 212 +14
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 188 205 +17
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 166 187 +21
Greater Manchester 153 176 +23
West Midlands 161 176 +15
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 158 164 +6
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 158 170 +12
Shropshire and Staffordshire 113 130 +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 854,688,352
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 351,733,786
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 184,773,588
Other 8,815,369
Road transport 6,934,038

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 401,433,906 453,254,446 +51,820,540
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 162,041,949 189,691,837 +27,649,888
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 86,321,693 98,451,895 +12,130,202
Other 5,518,279 3,297,090 -2,221,189
Road transport 5,056,468 1,877,570 -3,178,898
Rail transport 1,065,633 2,749,361 +1,683,728

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 293,197,450
East Midlands Airport 258,125,150
Dover 141,956,268
London Stansted Airport 122,205,486
Eurotunnel 77,012,467

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 137,724,910 155,472,540 +17,747,630
East Midlands Airport 122,579,205 135,545,945 +12,966,740
Dover 58,944,910 83,011,358 +24,066,448
London Stansted Airport 58,571,032 63,634,454 +5,063,422
Eurotunnel 38,442,012 38,570,455 +128,443
Birmingham Airport 22,247,823 35,955,806 +13,707,983
Manchester Airport 24,960,316 23,792,011 -1,168,305
Felixstowe 17,884,389 22,516,367 +4,631,978
Immingham Docks 22,722,068 17,653,470 -5,068,598
Southampton 17,973,423 19,972,764 +1,999,341

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 1068
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 483
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 464
Architectural and engineering activities; technical testing and analysis 343
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 335

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 1054
2026-03 1059
2026-02 1118
2026-01 1024
2025-12 985

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 2335
54m+ 1871
0-1m 723
15m-54m 556
Other 423

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 352,923,230
Germany 231,539,554
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 199,827,428
China 135,725,347
France 79,447,242

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 163,861,126 189,062,104 +25,200,978
Germany 107,100,860 124,438,694 +17,337,834
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 87,696,719 112,130,709 +24,433,990
China 65,635,222 70,090,125 +4,454,903
France 40,180,636 39,266,606 -914,030
Netherlands 34,728,727 42,127,034 +7,398,307
Saudi Arabia 23,521,520 40,981,060 +17,459,540
Japan 28,683,855 28,852,803 +168,948
Italy 21,752,089 24,099,652 +2,347,563
India 20,114,639 20,522,423 +407,784

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 3,174,047
China 514,220
Denmark 84,022
Germany 71,130
France 57,270

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 1,355,513 1,818,534 +463,021
China 413,489 100,731 -312,758
Denmark 84,022 0 -84,022
Germany 45,863 25,267 -20,596
France 41,734 15,536 -26,198
Italy 7,342 10,417 +3,075
Poland 13,283 1,457 -11,826
United States 2,266 11,749 +9,483
Viet Nam 4,432 4,547 +115
Hungary 4,093 4,113 +20

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 1,427,269,016
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 289,025,355
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 104,967,588
Other 4,094,382
Road transport 296,419

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 677,356,052 749,912,964 +72,556,912
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 124,827,690 164,197,665 +39,369,975
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 38,436,232 66,531,356 +28,095,124
Other 2,035,028 2,059,354 +24,326
Road transport 269,400 27,019 -242,381
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 859,959,176
East Midlands Airport 234,013,867
Dover / Eurotunnel 194,575,522
Manchester Airport 101,675,640
London Stansted Airport 100,716,175

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 420,008,969 439,950,207 +19,941,238
East Midlands Airport 114,209,142 119,804,725 +5,595,583
Dover / Eurotunnel 82,185,623 112,389,899 +30,204,276
Manchester Airport 46,082,940 55,592,700 +9,509,760
London Stansted Airport 40,107,998 60,608,177 +20,500,179
ZLC 24,812,165 30,259,258 +5,447,093
Warton Aerodrome 15,758,998 22,947,820 +7,188,822
Dover 18,269,298 17,988,423 -280,875
Southampton 10,876,720 24,323,041 +13,446,321
London Gateway Port 9,858,448 20,214,778 +10,356,330

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