Import/export HS code 85235110: Unrecorded solid-state storage

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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 £
Ireland 182,873,097
China 92,385,974
Taiwan 76,046,628
Netherlands 63,591,662
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 44,065,003

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 £
Ireland 85,570,802 97,302,295 +11,731,493
China 47,384,936 45,001,038 -2,383,898
Taiwan 41,339,410 34,707,218 -6,632,192
Netherlands 28,332,688 35,258,974 +6,926,286
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 23,665,049 20,399,954 -3,265,095
South Korea 11,123,332 9,567,036 -1,556,296
Viet Nam 10,452,417 9,996,472 -455,945
United States 8,277,436 11,767,091 +3,489,655
France 10,617,149 9,028,450 -1,588,699
Germany 5,491,871 9,401,166 +3,909,295

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 £
Taiwan 163,967,930
China 130,318,141
Malaysia 65,794,977
Viet Nam 58,400,704
South Korea 57,690,124

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 £
Taiwan 80,161,591 83,806,339 +3,644,748
China 64,263,686 66,054,455 +1,790,769
Malaysia 33,917,711 31,877,266 -2,040,445
Viet Nam 35,889,551 22,511,153 -13,378,398
South Korea 32,541,199 25,148,925 -7,392,274
United States 13,246,471 44,183,181 +30,936,710
Singapore 11,402,602 11,079,859 -322,743
Philippines 6,209,294 2,532,275 -3,677,019
Thailand 3,173,127 1,802,194 -1,370,933
Germany 1,734,310 2,078,420 +344,110

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 84
Inner London - West 63
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 44
Surrey, East and West Sussex 44
Greater Manchester 41

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 57 59 +2
Inner London - West 47 42 -5
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 34 32 -2
Surrey, East and West Sussex 34 25 -9
Greater Manchester 30 28 -2
Outer London - West and North West 32 24 -8
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 24 26 +2
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 24 16 -8
West Midlands 18 20 +2
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 14 18 +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 326,560,931
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 242,166,998
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 17,352,723
Other 4,099,724
Road transport 269,142

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 160,298,314 166,262,617 +5,964,303
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 117,700,437 124,466,561 +6,766,124
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 9,956,657 7,396,066 -2,560,591
Other 2,102,518 1,997,206 -105,312
Road transport 91,633 177,509 +85,876

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 190,276,216
Holyhead 167,043,860
East Midlands Airport 77,228,309
London Stansted Airport 42,838,601
Dover / Eurotunnel 41,004,569

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 £
London Heathrow Airport 90,888,738 99,387,478 +8,498,740
Holyhead 78,955,029 88,088,831 +9,133,802
East Midlands Airport 36,657,764 40,570,545 +3,912,781
London Stansted Airport 21,794,631 21,043,970 -750,661
Dover / Eurotunnel 23,773,300 17,231,269 -6,542,031
Eurotunnel 5,239,396 7,468,565 +2,229,169
London Gateway Port 7,491,956 5,052,460 -2,439,496
Manchester Airport 7,016,480 268,408 -6,748,072
Birmingham Airport 2,712,792 3,737,538 +1,024,746
Liverpool Docks 3,518,712 1,169,360 -2,349,352

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 185
Computer programming, consultancy and related activities 106
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 97
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 83
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 49

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 144
2025-10 141
2025-09 146
2025-08 154
2025-07 161

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+ 330
1m-15m 230
0-1m 89
Other 85
15m-54m 69

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 62,759,113
Germany 61,393,537
France 16,228,875
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 11,243,746
United States 8,519,805

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 35,345,700 27,413,413 -7,932,287
Germany 31,978,705 29,414,832 -2,563,873
France 9,383,644 6,845,231 -2,538,413
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 4,518,031 6,725,715 +2,207,684
United States 4,206,309 4,313,496 +107,187
Ireland 3,407,262 2,526,560 -880,702
Czechia 1,530,122 2,416,765 +886,643
Taiwan 1,472,797 1,383,339 -89,458
Switzerland 1,355,590 1,326,113 -29,477
XS 1,104,153 1,190,153 +86,000

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 £
South Korea 1,993,646
China 68,585
Taiwan 3,899
XU 190

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 £
South Korea 854,604 1,139,042 +284,438
China 33,285 35,300 +2,015
Taiwan 3,899 0 -3,899
XU 170 20 -150

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 164,840,225
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 33,756,778
Other 2,066,320
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 641,659
Road transport 169,277

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 84,024,895 80,815,330 -3,209,565
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 19,211,847 14,544,931 -4,666,916
Other 891,958 1,174,362 +282,404
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 606,843 34,816 -572,027
Road transport 169,277 0 -169,277

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 83,076,030
London Stansted Airport 59,282,324
Dover / Eurotunnel 20,676,592
East Midlands Airport 14,140,293
Dover 8,662,792

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 44,870,639 38,205,391 -6,665,248
London Stansted Airport 27,975,224 31,307,100 +3,331,876
Dover / Eurotunnel 13,570,066 7,106,526 -6,463,540
East Midlands Airport 6,410,804 7,729,489 +1,318,685
Dover 3,141,204 5,521,588 +2,380,384
ZLC 4,621,719 2,793,472 -1,828,247
Holyhead 1,454,048 1,326,590 -127,458
000 891,958 1,174,362 +282,404
Felixstowe 556,926 218,551 -338,375
Manchester Airport 97,557 270,375 +172,818

Quick facts

HS code: 85235110

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

Description: Blank solid-state storage devices, ready for data recording