Import/export HS code 903289: Various control devices

Other devices used to regulate or control systems, not listed elsewhere

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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 194,881,602
Germany 127,126,521
China 69,153,082
France 64,605,223
Belgium 50,957,682

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 100,258,788 94,622,814 -5,635,974
Germany 70,927,471 56,199,050 -14,728,421
China 42,049,728 27,103,354 -14,946,374
France 33,862,307 30,742,916 -3,119,391
Belgium 29,280,790 21,676,892 -7,603,898
Netherlands 26,131,760 23,229,901 -2,901,859
Singapore 21,817,953 7,541,810 -14,276,143
Japan 14,645,491 10,306,688 -4,338,803
Italy 12,476,894 11,793,685 -683,209
Canada 12,829,430 10,116,052 -2,713,378

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 260,356,185
United Kingdom 119,798,522
Germany 76,389,550
France 67,009,131
China 66,992,765

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 141,739,878 118,616,307 -23,123,571
United Kingdom 64,800,675 54,997,847 -9,802,828
Germany 43,689,697 32,699,853 -10,989,844
France 34,095,263 32,913,868 -1,181,395
China 41,722,012 25,270,753 -16,451,259
Japan 16,922,582 13,810,792 -3,111,790
Canada 16,884,502 13,397,828 -3,486,674
Italy 7,924,903 8,116,105 +191,202
India 7,278,457 5,971,217 -1,307,240
Poland 6,556,911 5,609,748 -947,163

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 206
Surrey, East and West Sussex 163
Inner London - West 137
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 125
West Midlands 125

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 146 146 +0
Surrey, East and West Sussex 129 111 -18
Inner London - West 96 89 -7
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 87 86 -1
West Midlands 103 90 -13
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 76 79 +3
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 76 82 +6
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 77 73 -4
Greater Manchester 70 80 +10
West Yorkshire 64 69 +5

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 551,651,250
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 141,740,654
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 92,805,518
Other 41,426,656
Road transport 1,956,260

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 300,960,911 250,690,339 -50,270,572
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 78,045,345 63,695,309 -14,350,036
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 46,895,283 45,910,235 -985,048
Other 29,088,637 12,338,019 -16,750,618
Road transport 1,019,401 936,859 -82,542
Rail transport 29,251 30,856 +1,605

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 232,796,199
London Stansted Airport 143,089,357
East Midlands Airport 127,930,985
Dover 42,431,842
Eurotunnel 42,384,434

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 127,606,495 105,189,704 -22,416,791
London Stansted Airport 77,237,435 65,851,922 -11,385,513
East Midlands Airport 68,912,283 59,018,702 -9,893,581
Dover 24,866,006 17,565,836 -7,300,170
Eurotunnel 22,949,583 19,434,851 -3,514,732
000 29,088,637 12,338,019 -16,750,618
Felixstowe 14,554,623 10,450,708 -4,103,915
Southampton 13,209,864 9,398,631 -3,811,233
Dover / Eurotunnel 10,000,550 7,928,255 -2,072,295
Liverpool Docks 9,317,628 7,169,485 -2,148,143

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 525
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 293
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 193
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 182
Architectural and engineering activities; technical testing and analysis 142

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 521
2025-11 545
2025-10 581
2025-09 545
2025-08 555

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 1093
54m+ 942
0-1m 311
15m-54m 257
Other 180

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 275,852,160
Germany 148,812,111
Switzerland 69,010,347
France 46,361,280
Angola 36,249,796

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 161,220,466 114,631,694 -46,588,772
Germany 93,099,021 55,713,090 -37,385,931
Switzerland 1,041,043 67,969,304 +66,928,261
France 25,620,153 20,741,127 -4,879,026
Angola 27,193,914 9,055,882 -18,138,032
China 17,356,031 16,688,467 -667,564
Netherlands 17,380,103 14,458,222 -2,921,881
Singapore 15,053,966 8,073,664 -6,980,302
Canada 12,829,244 10,057,384 -2,771,860
Italy 11,720,262 10,291,543 -1,428,719

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 212,623
XI 205,935
Ireland 19,796
Netherlands 13,810
Czechia 9,099

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 13,643 198,980 +185,337
XI 115,980 89,955 -26,025
Ireland 916 18,880 +17,964
Netherlands 8,276 5,534 -2,742
Czechia 0 9,099 +9,099
Lithuania 0 8,369 +8,369
United States 1,060 6,373 +5,313
Austria 5,021 2,112 -2,909
France 5,168 319 -4,849
Poland 3,773 1,199 -2,574

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 756,715,966
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 153,780,702
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 79,495,743
Other 531,132
Road transport 530,695

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 401,060,060 355,655,906 -45,404,154
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 84,773,773 69,006,929 -15,766,844
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 44,168,263 35,327,480 -8,840,783
Other 176,124 355,008 +178,884
Road transport 369,795 160,900 -208,895

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 407,791,760
East Midlands Airport 135,215,339
Dover / Eurotunnel 131,858,678
London Stansted Airport 124,800,135
ZLC 61,095,966

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 200,329,127 207,462,633 +7,133,506
East Midlands Airport 82,261,377 52,953,962 -29,307,415
Dover / Eurotunnel 74,144,036 57,714,642 -16,429,394
London Stansted Airport 65,116,502 59,683,633 -5,432,869
ZLC 39,608,537 21,487,429 -18,121,108
Tyne 15,322,942 9,738,409 -5,584,533
London Gateway Port 14,401,879 3,418,609 -10,983,270
Southampton 1,546,178 13,188,816 +11,642,638
Aberdeen Docks 6,705,978 3,549,108 -3,156,870
Manchester Airport 6,052,612 3,792,663 -2,259,949

Quick facts

HS code: 903289

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

Description: Other devices used to regulate or control systems, not listed elsewhere