Import/export HS code 852190: Various video recording devices

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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 102,600,717
Germany 19,951,878
Belgium 19,467,184
United States 16,531,751
Netherlands 16,136,580

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 52,269,547 50,331,170 -1,938,377
Germany 8,436,936 11,514,942 +3,078,006
Belgium 8,456,900 11,010,284 +2,553,384
United States 9,861,789 6,669,962 -3,191,827
Netherlands 8,626,404 7,510,176 -1,116,228
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 7,653,154 6,373,242 -1,279,912
Norway 72,098 6,441,772 +6,369,674
Czechia 2,025,324 3,054,073 +1,028,749
Italy 1,169,487 3,353,102 +2,183,615
Malaysia 2,613,719 1,462,864 -1,150,855

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 125,606,692
Belgium 19,704,408
United Kingdom 17,791,979
United States 16,727,412
Viet Nam 11,635,031

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 63,929,845 61,676,847 -2,252,998
Belgium 8,438,748 11,265,660 +2,826,912
United Kingdom 5,204,713 12,587,266 +7,382,553
United States 7,976,480 8,750,932 +774,452
Viet Nam 4,832,694 6,802,337 +1,969,643
Germany 3,735,596 4,060,707 +325,111
Poland 2,546,447 2,910,454 +364,007
Mexico 2,790,543 2,601,427 -189,116
Taiwan 2,061,234 2,673,983 +612,749
Malaysia 2,486,224 1,533,966 -952,258

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 75
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 62
Surrey, East and West Sussex 47
Outer London - West and North West 42
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 37

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 51 44 -7
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 45 42 -3
Surrey, East and West Sussex 35 23 -12
Outer London - West and North West 34 22 -12
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 25 23 -2
Greater Manchester 29 16 -13
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 25 23 -2
Inner London - East 16 22 +6
West Yorkshire 17 14 -3
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough 13 9 -4

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 103,115,581
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 92,673,337
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 37,527,954
Other 10,956,372
Road transport 143,788

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 54,278,781 48,836,800 -5,441,981
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 47,691,503 44,981,834 -2,709,669
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 14,608,691 22,919,263 +8,310,572
Other 2,148,105 8,808,267 +6,660,162
Road transport 50,779 93,009 +42,230

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 49,705,071
London Heathrow Airport 37,233,413
Southampton 27,399,623
East Midlands Airport 19,435,872
Eurotunnel 15,375,173

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 24,520,096 25,184,975 +664,879
London Heathrow Airport 20,156,121 17,077,292 -3,078,829
Southampton 16,940,017 10,459,606 -6,480,411
East Midlands Airport 10,675,987 8,759,885 -1,916,102
Eurotunnel 6,603,577 8,771,596 +2,168,019
London Stansted Airport 8,589,115 6,145,054 -2,444,061
000 2,148,105 8,808,267 +6,660,162
Birmingham Airport 5,383,089 5,481,117 +98,028
Manchester Airport 5,026,592 5,235,908 +209,316
Dover 2,650,658 6,914,335 +4,263,677

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 142
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 99
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 52
Computer programming, consultancy and related activities 51
Security and investigation activities 38

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 114
2025-10 115
2025-09 116
2025-08 110
2025-07 119

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 251
54m+ 246
0-1m 90
15m-54m 67
Other 51

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 £
Norway 13,153,211
United States 11,976,427
Germany 11,788,262
South Korea 5,931,650
France 5,320,837

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 £
Norway 6,426,521 6,726,690 +300,169
United States 7,700,531 4,275,896 -3,424,635
Germany 4,302,090 7,486,172 +3,184,082
South Korea 4,964,810 966,840 -3,997,970
France 3,469,239 1,851,598 -1,617,641
Canada 4,447,510 505,097 -3,942,413
Ireland 2,642,421 2,293,498 -348,923
Netherlands 1,907,490 2,077,844 +170,354
Switzerland 1,524,730 1,259,649 -265,081
Spain 1,154,285 1,216,699 +62,414

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 607,654
Kenya 344
Japan 287
XU 196
Malaysia 172

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 375,075 232,579 -142,496
Kenya 0 344 +344
Japan 57 230 +173
XU 0 196 +196
Malaysia 0 172 +172
Ireland 0 167 +167

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 70,260,911
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 16,926,430
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 2,772,467
Other 685,075
Road transport 220,050

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 42,211,704 28,049,207 -14,162,497
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 7,324,456 9,601,974 +2,277,518
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,211,460 1,561,007 +349,547
Other 451,387 233,688 -217,699
Road transport 200,602 19,448 -181,154

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 44,275,993
East Midlands Airport 12,721,832
Dover / Eurotunnel 10,242,354
London Stansted Airport 4,779,729
Manchester Airport 4,018,340

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 27,562,308 16,713,685 -10,848,623
East Midlands Airport 7,108,049 5,613,783 -1,494,266
Dover / Eurotunnel 5,110,089 5,132,265 +22,176
London Stansted Airport 3,074,163 1,705,566 -1,368,597
Manchester Airport 2,401,946 1,616,394 -785,552
ZLC 1,416,467 1,493,783 +77,316
Hull 4,484 2,379,070 +2,374,586
Holyhead 1,294,097 1,060,131 -233,966
Immingham Docks 182,657 1,229,446 +1,046,789
Warton Aerodrome 613,142 702,000 +88,858

Quick facts

HS code: 852190

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

Description: Video recording or playback devices not using magnetic tapes, such as digital or optical systems