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 23,058,207
United States 21,501,748
Germany 11,581,257
France 6,460,948
Taiwan 6,085,534

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 11,361,356 11,696,851 +335,495
United States 13,023,267 8,478,481 -4,544,786
Germany 5,757,751 5,823,506 +65,755
France 2,067,381 4,393,567 +2,326,186
Taiwan 3,149,784 2,935,750 -214,034
Netherlands 2,454,059 1,695,519 -758,540
Italy 1,298,009 2,061,347 +763,338
Switzerland 959,232 885,461 -73,771
Austria 855,778 784,339 -71,439
Spain 761,247 865,391 +104,144

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 28,780,891
United States 22,511,990
Germany 6,877,975
Taiwan 6,776,789
Italy 4,453,556

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 15,040,359 13,740,532 -1,299,827
United States 13,213,768 9,298,222 -3,915,546
Germany 3,394,938 3,483,037 +88,099
Taiwan 3,501,868 3,274,921 -226,947
Italy 1,764,670 2,688,886 +924,216
United Kingdom 2,781,650 1,533,282 -1,248,368
France 1,301,947 2,907,536 +1,605,589
South Korea 910,302 1,527,952 +617,650
Switzerland 829,331 654,577 -174,754
Netherlands 689,075 679,628 -9,447

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
West Midlands 77
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 69
Inner London - West 68
West Yorkshire 64
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 58

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
West Midlands 64 44 -20
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 47 37 -10
Inner London - West 40 40 +0
West Yorkshire 43 43 +0
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 46 37 -9
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 43 38 -5
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 40 33 -7
Greater Manchester 33 32 -1
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 36 31 -5
Shropshire and Staffordshire 36 34 -2

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) 40,703,295
Air transport 39,102,714
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 15,647,195
Other 688,607
Road transport 208,590

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) 21,404,150 19,299,145 -2,105,005
Air transport 19,540,437 19,562,277 +21,840
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 8,560,900 7,086,295 -1,474,605
Other 412,522 276,085 -136,437
Road transport 158,532 50,058 -108,474

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 19,502,684
East Midlands Airport 17,868,721
Southampton 14,235,733
London Heathrow Airport 8,450,090
London Stansted Airport 5,397,572

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 10,970,319 8,532,365 -2,437,954
East Midlands Airport 9,001,905 8,866,816 -135,089
Southampton 7,879,832 6,355,901 -1,523,931
London Heathrow Airport 4,099,272 4,350,818 +251,546
London Stansted Airport 2,905,484 2,492,088 -413,396
Dover 1,782,088 2,768,009 +985,921
Dover / Eurotunnel 2,208,667 1,388,506 -820,161
London Gateway Port 1,003,611 2,291,644 +1,288,033
Manchester Airport 1,293,093 1,292,744 -349
Birmingham Airport 1,136,017 1,358,496 +222,479

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 349
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 170
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 110
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 99
Other manufacturing 87

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 207
2025-10 206
2025-09 183
2025-08 211
2025-07 197

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 508
54m+ 405
15m-54m 147
0-1m 144
Other 94

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 6,793,855
United States 3,715,650
Saudi Arabia 3,378,791
France 3,176,704
Germany 2,965,275

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 3,604,531 3,189,324 -415,207
United States 2,630,704 1,084,946 -1,545,758
Saudi Arabia 2,229,084 1,149,707 -1,079,377
France 1,812,360 1,364,344 -448,016
Germany 1,743,789 1,221,486 -522,303
Norway 1,923,951 988,117 -935,834
Ireland 1,299,876 856,695 -443,181
India 965,169 1,121,511 +156,342
Turkey 1,535,760 239,722 -1,296,038
Poland 916,268 587,039 -329,229

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 130,116
Italy 107,956
XI 70,149
XU 13,199
Taiwan 10,005

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 74,016 56,100 -17,916
Italy 61,036 46,920 -14,116
XI 19,165 50,984 +31,819
XU 11,335 1,864 -9,471
Taiwan 4,883 5,122 +239
Germany 2,024 6,072 +4,048
Nicaragua 434 2,974 +2,540
United States 277 135 -142
France 0 275 +275
Switzerland 6 138 +132

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 23,054,903
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 13,967,090
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 6,541,456
Other 344,038
Road transport 297,230

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 14,414,117 8,640,786 -5,773,331
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 7,769,638 6,197,452 -1,572,186
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 3,958,777 2,582,679 -1,376,098
Other 173,429 170,609 -2,820
Road transport 292,226 5,004 -287,222
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 7,088,717
London Heathrow Airport 7,033,843
Dover / Eurotunnel 5,712,811
Tyne 4,143,381
London Stansted Airport 3,798,703

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 4,106,968 2,981,749 -1,125,219
London Heathrow Airport 4,232,989 2,800,854 -1,432,135
Dover / Eurotunnel 2,865,267 2,847,544 -17,723
Tyne 2,568,168 1,575,213 -992,955
London Stansted Airport 3,314,540 484,163 -2,830,377
Immingham Docks 1,389,806 697,835 -691,971
ZLC 1,073,067 593,083 -479,984
Felixstowe 756,934 789,038 +32,104
Warton Aerodrome 606,665 815,814 +209,149
London Gateway Port 811,191 525,424 -285,767

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