Import/export HS code 32159020: Ink cartridges for printers

Ink cartridges designed for specific printer models, without integrated print heads

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 £
Netherlands 163,233,818
Switzerland 74,982,418
Germany 55,698,590
Philippines 31,517,830
France 20,926,001

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 £
Netherlands 87,838,629 75,395,189 -12,443,440
Switzerland 9,225,310 65,757,108 +56,531,798
Germany 32,899,132 22,799,458 -10,099,674
Philippines 17,556,028 13,961,802 -3,594,226
France 13,985,470 6,940,531 -7,044,939
Singapore 7,782,774 4,804,774 -2,978,000
China 5,924,996 6,336,614 +411,618
Japan 3,305,281 2,998,492 -306,789
United States 1,584,726 1,305,390 -279,336
Belgium 640,579 1,886,204 +1,245,625

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 £
Malaysia 128,390,813
Japan 88,037,599
China 48,634,624
Philippines 35,449,255
Indonesia 28,674,616

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 £
Malaysia 49,176,330 79,214,483 +30,038,153
Japan 47,927,321 40,110,278 -7,817,043
China 24,845,410 23,789,214 -1,056,196
Philippines 19,097,506 16,351,749 -2,745,757
Indonesia 16,851,905 11,822,711 -5,029,194
Netherlands 11,365,264 11,900,803 +535,539
Singapore 4,665,465 13,917,621 +9,252,156
United Kingdom 2,861,591 2,742,663 -118,928
United States 2,552,491 2,401,264 -151,227
Israel 1,534,542 1,755,572 +221,030

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 12
Shropshire and Staffordshire 7
Cheshire 6
Outer London - West and North West 6
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough 5

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 10 7 -3
Shropshire and Staffordshire 4 6 +2
Cheshire 5 5 +0
Outer London - West and North West 2 6 +4
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough 5 2 -3
Inner London - West 4 4 +0
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 3 3 +0
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 4 3 -1
Essex 4 2 -2
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 3 2 -1

Import volume by transport

What this shows: Import value by transport mode used to bring goods into the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 225,957,946
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 123,391,071
Air transport 42,784,295
Other 707,621
Road transport 47,680

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 £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 102,299,532 123,658,414 +21,358,882
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 70,588,971 52,802,100 -17,786,871
Air transport 12,531,221 30,253,074 +17,721,853
Other 396,528 311,093 -85,435
Road transport 3,212 44,468 +41,256

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Eurotunnel 77,230,549
Felixstowe 72,631,284
Southampton 45,363,207
Dover / Eurotunnel 39,710,978
Birmingham Airport 30,131,017

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 £
Eurotunnel 43,824,165 33,406,384 -10,417,781
Felixstowe 23,192,711 49,438,573 +26,245,862
Southampton 24,585,935 20,777,272 -3,808,663
Dover / Eurotunnel 20,373,588 19,337,390 -1,036,198
Birmingham Airport 6,175,109 23,955,908 +17,780,799
Immingham Docks 8,457,792 17,272,666 +8,814,874
Dover 14,336,959 9,847,210 -4,489,749
Harwich 9,999,537 8,678,467 -1,321,070
Thamesport 6,829,030 5,993,441 -835,589
London Gateway Port 6,309,481 5,118,501 -1,190,980

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 30
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 9
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 9
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 8
Computer programming, consultancy and related activities 6

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 27
2025-10 22
2025-09 19
2025-08 22
2025-07 25

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 40
54m+ 38
15m-54m 11
Other 10
0-1m 8

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 £
Germany 235,730,594
Netherlands 44,499,340
France 29,549,984
Ireland 14,806,311
Italy 11,782,356

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 £
Germany 124,982,204 110,748,390 -14,233,814
Netherlands 31,673,221 12,826,119 -18,847,102
France 16,388,721 13,161,263 -3,227,458
Ireland 7,758,370 7,047,941 -710,429
Italy 6,707,746 5,074,610 -1,633,136
United States 6,615,944 3,115,978 -3,499,966
Spain 1,972,572 1,424,494 -548,078
Brazil 626,661 1,695,213 +1,068,552
Poland 1,180,515 893,741 -286,774
Japan 1,323,613 646,659 -676,954

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 £
Netherlands 10,972
Portugal 9,913
XU 9,633
Italy 9,476
China 1,022

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 £
Netherlands 0 10,972 +10,972
Portugal 9,913 0 -9,913
XU 6,537 3,096 -3,441
Italy 9,476 0 -9,476
China 1,022 0 -1,022
Belgium 393 0 -393

Export volume by transport

What this shows: Export value by transport mode used to ship goods from the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 340,091,490
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 29,007,285
Air transport 19,610,855
Road transport 85,313
Other 41,409

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 £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 188,357,517 151,733,973 -36,623,544
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 17,274,130 11,733,155 -5,540,975
Air transport 10,596,644 9,014,211 -1,582,433
Road transport 85,313 0 -85,313
Other 27,341 14,068 -13,273

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 311,626,964
Holyhead 12,134,708
Immingham Docks 11,431,033
Southampton 9,054,969
London Heathrow Airport 7,970,131

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 £
Dover / Eurotunnel 171,987,253 139,639,711 -32,347,542
Holyhead 6,132,828 6,001,880 -130,948
Immingham Docks 5,660,898 5,770,135 +109,237
Southampton 5,509,336 3,545,633 -1,963,703
London Heathrow Airport 4,364,950 3,605,181 -759,769
London Gateway Port 3,033,881 3,758,199 +724,318
Dover 4,565,713 1,261,033 -3,304,680
Felixstowe 3,531,566 1,769,374 -1,762,192
East Midlands Airport 2,809,587 2,227,386 -582,201
Manchester Airport 2,061,927 2,350,358 +288,431

Quick facts

HS code: 32159020

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

Description: Ink cartridges designed for specific printer models, without integrated print heads