Import/export HS code 9032: Automatic control devices

Devices used to automatically regulate or control systems or processes

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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 £
United States 281,813,477
Germany 246,350,002
China 187,349,905
France 130,226,516
Netherlands 76,955,509

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 131,470,312 150,343,165 +18,872,853
Germany 124,013,110 122,336,892 -1,676,218
China 93,260,886 94,089,019 +828,133
France 62,120,978 68,105,538 +5,984,560
Netherlands 37,971,194 38,984,315 +1,013,121
Belgium 31,682,339 31,568,352 -113,987
Italy 26,672,560 29,529,420 +2,856,860
Czechia 19,525,521 22,818,379 +3,292,858
Canada 15,616,799 18,321,208 +2,704,409
Japan 15,164,809 18,647,949 +3,483,140

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 375,122,857
China 239,842,084
Germany 166,820,578
United Kingdom 150,886,688
France 109,253,304

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 182,329,883 192,792,974 +10,463,091
China 117,930,617 121,911,467 +3,980,850
Germany 85,812,911 81,007,667 -4,805,244
United Kingdom 75,235,159 75,651,529 +416,370
France 49,812,475 59,440,829 +9,628,354
Czechia 21,164,666 26,267,302 +5,102,636
Italy 21,441,959 23,039,829 +1,597,870
Japan 18,329,287 22,798,524 +4,469,237
Canada 18,615,716 20,665,604 +2,049,888
Poland 12,810,610 15,526,536 +2,715,926

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 376
Surrey, East and West Sussex 262
Inner London - West 235
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 213
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 208

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 271 269 -2
Surrey, East and West Sussex 195 179 -16
Inner London - West 168 154 -14
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 155 161 +6
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 138 158 +20
West Midlands 158 149 -9
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 141 156 +15
Greater Manchester 140 137 -3
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 125 129 +4
Shropshire and Staffordshire 116 119 +3

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 865,991,746
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 319,669,372
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 265,702,407
Other 45,998,460
Road transport 6,839,604

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 421,891,199 444,100,547 +22,209,348
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 158,343,563 161,325,809 +2,982,246
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 117,838,685 147,863,722 +30,025,037
Other 33,611,198 12,387,262 -21,223,936
Road transport 2,864,823 3,974,781 +1,109,958
Rail transport 38,964 65,763 +26,799

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 323,752,009
East Midlands Airport 210,232,609
London Stansted Airport 199,615,103
Dover 104,243,842
Felixstowe 95,420,392

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 159,245,537 164,506,472 +5,260,935
East Midlands Airport 100,556,005 109,676,604 +9,120,599
London Stansted Airport 94,438,997 105,176,106 +10,737,109
Dover 51,392,217 52,851,625 +1,459,408
Felixstowe 48,587,817 46,832,575 -1,755,242
Eurotunnel 38,745,124 39,564,870 +819,746
Birmingham Airport 33,243,840 39,387,151 +6,143,311
000 33,611,198 12,387,262 -21,223,936
Southampton 20,985,263 23,664,279 +2,679,016
Dover / Eurotunnel 23,135,624 18,934,560 -4,201,064

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. 480
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 332
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 287
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 251

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 967
2026-03 1080
2026-02 1055
2026-01 973
2025-12 956

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 2077
54m+ 1443
0-1m 639
15m-54m 479
Other 298

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 340,652,093
Germany 227,312,738
Switzerland 74,421,641
France 67,857,209
China 54,137,457

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 174,510,309 166,141,784 -8,368,525
Germany 122,378,049 104,934,689 -17,443,360
Switzerland 3,296,618 71,125,023 +67,828,405
France 32,336,190 35,521,019 +3,184,829
China 23,550,474 30,586,983 +7,036,509
Brazil 28,300,753 24,261,686 -4,039,067
Netherlands 24,025,212 26,213,417 +2,188,205
Ireland 20,778,364 18,095,095 -2,683,269
Angola 26,749,715 11,110,899 -15,638,816
Canada 15,026,480 17,556,321 +2,529,841

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 £
Germany 990,650
XI 326,016
China 298,991
Lithuania 91,921
Netherlands 59,552

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 £
Germany 206,821 783,829 +577,008
XI 140,222 185,794 +45,572
China 124,507 174,484 +49,977
Lithuania 504 91,417 +90,913
Netherlands 32,013 27,539 -4,474
France 4,505 52,832 +48,327
Ireland 26,433 15,541 -10,892
Czechia 1,565 16,606 +15,041
Poland 6,135 7,699 +1,564
United States 7,585 600 -6,985

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 1,044,077,760
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 275,647,685
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 135,493,129
Other 2,069,364
Road transport 362,238

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 499,051,655 545,026,105 +45,974,450
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 143,616,651 132,031,034 -11,585,617
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 67,160,983 68,332,146 +1,171,163
Other 649,084 1,420,280 +771,196
Road transport 133,502 228,736 +95,234
Rail transport 0 2,766 +2,766

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 539,190,292
Dover / Eurotunnel 207,126,853
East Midlands Airport 189,553,240
London Stansted Airport 165,235,694
ZLC 80,653,073

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 249,415,625 289,774,667 +40,359,042
Dover / Eurotunnel 118,533,856 88,592,997 -29,940,859
East Midlands Airport 99,712,968 89,840,272 -9,872,696
London Stansted Airport 77,090,779 88,144,915 +11,054,136
ZLC 44,723,748 35,929,325 -8,794,423
London Gateway Port 17,687,641 15,120,034 -2,567,607
Southampton 7,766,526 22,074,995 +14,308,469
Tyne 17,744,362 11,271,583 -6,472,779
Aberdeen Airport 9,818,833 15,897,547 +6,078,714
Aberdeen Docks 15,905,007 9,199,076 -6,705,931

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 9032

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

Description: Devices used to automatically regulate or control systems or processes