Import/export HS code 482110: Printed labels

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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 38,590,678
Italy 28,938,750
Ireland 24,668,740
China 24,383,950
Netherlands 18,200,663

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 19,442,992 19,147,686 -295,306
Italy 16,342,682 12,596,068 -3,746,614
Ireland 12,456,976 12,211,764 -245,212
China 13,096,974 11,286,976 -1,809,998
Netherlands 10,305,376 7,895,287 -2,410,089
France 7,662,031 5,572,042 -2,089,989
United States 5,088,720 2,509,909 -2,578,811
Spain 3,461,922 2,854,856 -607,066
Czechia 3,288,210 2,729,714 -558,496
Belgium 4,725,673 1,254,125 -3,471,548

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 £
Germany 34,611,151
China 27,232,051
Italy 25,880,176
Ireland 11,839,264
Netherlands 10,043,597

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 £
Germany 17,927,652 16,683,499 -1,244,153
China 14,565,250 12,666,801 -1,898,449
Italy 14,716,754 11,163,422 -3,553,332
Ireland 5,629,238 6,210,026 +580,788
Netherlands 5,957,739 4,085,858 -1,871,881
France 5,222,015 4,721,893 -500,122
United States 5,680,249 2,986,114 -2,694,135
Spain 3,819,376 2,982,960 -836,416
Poland 2,249,690 2,139,942 -109,748
Czechia 2,887,406 152,855 -2,734,551

Importers across UK regions

What this shows: Number of importing companies by UK ITL2 region.

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 230
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 128
Greater Manchester 116
Outer London - West and North West 90
Surrey, East and West Sussex 88

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
Inner London - West 165 149 -16
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 89 94 +5
Greater Manchester 68 88 +20
Outer London - West and North West 53 59 +6
Surrey, East and West Sussex 58 59 +1
Inner London - East 45 45 +0
West Midlands 52 39 -13
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 51 45 -6
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 49 57 +8
West Yorkshire 46 44 -2

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) 69,941,031
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 44,855,410
Air transport 44,036,530
Other 34,857,486
Road transport 428,366

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) 36,347,524 33,593,507 -2,754,017
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 25,854,153 19,001,257 -6,852,896
Air transport 25,359,229 18,677,301 -6,681,928
Other 19,067,853 15,789,633 -3,278,220
Road transport 238,022 190,344 -47,678
Rail transport 9,101 0 -9,101

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
000 34,857,486
Dover 29,625,429
Felixstowe 20,060,831
Eurotunnel 15,958,263
East Midlands Airport 11,283,508

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 £
000 19,067,853 15,789,633 -3,278,220
Dover 16,107,520 13,517,909 -2,589,611
Felixstowe 10,169,860 9,890,971 -278,889
Eurotunnel 8,447,168 7,511,095 -936,073
East Midlands Airport 5,974,152 5,309,356 -664,796
Immingham Docks 4,809,231 5,099,825 +290,594
London Heathrow Airport 4,906,197 4,951,791 +45,594
Birmingham Airport 6,429,913 2,902,765 -3,527,148
London Stansted Airport 4,571,534 2,245,827 -2,325,707
Southampton 3,659,247 2,465,275 -1,193,972

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 538
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 376
Other manufacturing 103
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 99
Manufacture of food products 76

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 252
2025-11 288
2025-10 336
2025-09 306
2025-08 289

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
54m+ 686
1m-15m 640
15m-54m 225
0-1m 197
Other 154

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 £
Ireland 26,487,511
France 15,624,319
Belgium 15,328,248
Pakistan 12,400,732
Netherlands 9,987,982

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 £
Ireland 12,740,453 13,747,058 +1,006,605
France 5,885,334 9,738,985 +3,853,651
Belgium 8,793,790 6,534,458 -2,259,332
Pakistan 7,726,558 4,674,174 -3,052,384
Netherlands 5,439,839 4,548,143 -891,696
Germany 4,779,784 4,056,953 -722,831
India 8,417,013 402,560 -8,014,453
United States 2,383,091 4,667,057 +2,283,966
Poland 3,114,830 1,972,163 -1,142,667
Switzerland 2,363,654 1,599,616 -764,038

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 3,522,228
Ireland 117,483
Lithuania 69,832
France 52,734
Austria 49,007

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 1,759,047 1,763,181 +4,134
Ireland 75,793 41,690 -34,103
Lithuania 0 69,832 +69,832
France 17,168 35,566 +18,398
Austria 31,254 17,753 -13,501
Nicaragua 2,768 29,800 +27,032
China 22,017 5,828 -16,189
Germany 4,443 12,302 +7,859
Italy 4,734 3,871 -863
Taiwan 1,849 1,369 -480

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) 74,826,917
Air transport 43,427,123
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 28,977,066
Other 6,131,296
Road transport 194,745

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) 39,255,036 35,571,881 -3,683,155
Air transport 23,550,582 19,876,541 -3,674,041
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 15,442,581 13,534,485 -1,908,096
Other 3,128,365 3,002,931 -125,434
Road transport 192,695 2,050 -190,645
Rail transport 1,888 0 -1,888

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 46,019,920
London Gateway Port 18,636,411
East Midlands Airport 18,558,399
London Heathrow Airport 16,328,143
Holyhead 9,254,756

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 26,260,458 19,759,462 -6,500,996
London Gateway Port 10,688,364 7,948,047 -2,740,317
East Midlands Airport 7,854,220 10,704,179 +2,849,959
London Heathrow Airport 11,694,013 4,634,130 -7,059,883
Holyhead 3,862,483 5,392,273 +1,529,790
Liverpool Docks 4,027,198 3,963,516 -63,682
000 3,128,365 3,002,931 -125,434
Immingham Docks 2,890,099 2,550,954 -339,145
ZLC 2,432,375 2,998,712 +566,337
Portsmouth 1,104,743 2,727,632 +1,622,889

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 482110

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

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