Import/export HS code 82079099: Various tools

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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 £
China 23,354,839
United States 20,623,193
Germany 11,677,965
France 6,616,380
Taiwan 5,978,813

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 £
China 11,776,459 11,578,380 -198,079
United States 12,417,431 8,205,762 -4,211,669
Germany 5,803,948 5,874,017 +70,069
France 2,145,251 4,471,129 +2,325,878
Taiwan 3,105,120 2,873,693 -231,427
Netherlands 2,431,732 1,632,254 -799,478
Italy 1,399,399 2,056,450 +657,051
Switzerland 972,053 873,218 -98,835
Spain 838,192 869,752 +31,560
Austria 850,022 783,209 -66,813

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 £
China 28,697,333
United States 21,987,360
Germany 6,865,982
Taiwan 6,703,367
United Kingdom 5,073,495

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 £
China 15,494,345 13,202,988 -2,291,357
United States 12,663,339 9,324,021 -3,339,318
Germany 3,444,347 3,421,635 -22,712
Taiwan 3,484,767 3,218,600 -266,167
United Kingdom 2,859,815 2,213,680 -646,135
Italy 1,854,277 2,687,723 +833,446
France 1,386,772 2,954,209 +1,567,437
South Korea 907,631 1,794,951 +887,320
Switzerland 807,659 669,934 -137,725
Netherlands 727,143 659,037 -68,106

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 74
West Midlands 74
Inner London - West 71
West Yorkshire 65
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 61

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 51 41 -10
West Midlands 61 44 -17
Inner London - West 44 39 -5
West Yorkshire 43 44 +1
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 46 41 -5
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 43 40 -3
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 40 34 -6
Greater Manchester 31 35 +4
Shropshire and Staffordshire 37 34 -3
Surrey, East and West Sussex 31 31 +0

Import volume by transport

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

Top 5 values

Transport £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 40,513,165
Air transport 40,151,482
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 15,409,993
Other 671,974
Road transport 182,766

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 £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 21,842,160 18,671,005 -3,171,155
Air transport 19,416,759 20,734,723 +1,317,964
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 8,312,325 7,097,668 -1,214,657
Other 416,533 255,441 -161,092
Road transport 132,708 50,058 -82,650

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 19,256,023
East Midlands Airport 17,960,482
Southampton 13,974,252
London Heathrow Airport 8,590,775
London Stansted Airport 5,376,234

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 £
Felixstowe 11,170,009 8,086,014 -3,083,995
East Midlands Airport 8,703,407 9,257,075 +553,668
Southampton 7,827,026 6,147,226 -1,679,800
London Heathrow Airport 4,231,127 4,359,648 +128,521
London Stansted Airport 2,835,431 2,540,803 -294,628
Dover 1,821,638 2,844,003 +1,022,365
Dover / Eurotunnel 2,201,007 1,304,925 -896,082
London Gateway Port 937,851 2,451,185 +1,513,334
Birmingham Airport 1,159,667 2,214,418 +1,054,751
Manchester Airport 1,279,605 1,290,625 +11,020

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 343
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 171
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 107
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 101
Other manufacturing 91

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 196
2025-11 207
2025-10 206
2025-09 183
2025-08 211

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 510
54m+ 414
15m-54m 145
0-1m 139
Other 93

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 £
Netherlands 6,557,783
United States 3,732,333
France 3,476,370
Norway 3,160,977
Saudi Arabia 3,144,138

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 £
Netherlands 3,573,873 2,983,910 -589,963
United States 2,601,086 1,131,247 -1,469,839
France 1,839,156 1,637,214 -201,942
Norway 1,881,318 1,279,659 -601,659
Saudi Arabia 1,979,885 1,164,253 -815,632
Germany 1,664,384 1,216,576 -447,808
Ireland 1,262,510 857,877 -404,633
India 716,940 1,127,229 +410,289
Turkey 1,577,870 211,915 -1,365,955
Poland 910,284 610,290 -299,994

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 £
China 127,459
Italy 107,323
XI 70,310
Taiwan 9,830
Germany 8,096

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 £
China 79,889 47,570 -32,319
Italy 60,406 46,917 -13,489
XI 19,094 51,216 +32,122
Taiwan 4,888 4,942 +54
Germany 2,024 6,072 +4,048
Nicaragua 3,397 11 -3,386
United States 277 135 -142
France 0 275 +275
Switzerland 67 77 +10
Ireland 105 25 -80

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 22,634,974
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 14,162,880
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 6,926,942
Other 340,321
Road transport 270,215

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 13,718,702 8,916,272 -4,802,430
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 7,854,821 6,308,059 -1,546,762
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 3,891,255 3,035,687 -855,568
Other 181,388 158,933 -22,455
Road transport 265,211 5,004 -260,207
Rail transport 0 3,769 +3,769

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 7,110,274
London Heathrow Airport 6,673,325
Dover / Eurotunnel 5,793,674
Tyne 4,122,831
London Stansted Airport 3,657,035

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 £
East Midlands Airport 3,845,862 3,264,412 -581,450
London Heathrow Airport 3,881,038 2,792,287 -1,088,751
Dover / Eurotunnel 2,943,279 2,850,395 -92,884
Tyne 2,551,182 1,571,649 -979,533
London Stansted Airport 3,248,959 408,076 -2,840,883
Immingham Docks 1,413,485 786,413 -627,072
ZLC 1,070,707 583,588 -487,119
Southampton 618,530 863,674 +245,144
Warton Aerodrome 577,605 849,374 +271,769
London Gateway Port 858,980 506,248 -352,732

Quick facts

HS code: 82079099

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

Description: Additional tools for various materials and tasks, not specified by other categories