Import/export HS code 8525: Broadcasting and TV transmission equipment

Includes TV cameras, digital cameras, and video recorders for broadcasting or television

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 528,298,199
Netherlands 508,048,972
Germany 368,495,103
United States 235,891,139
France 148,282,319

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 268,950,427 259,347,772 -9,602,655
Netherlands 283,266,368 224,782,604 -58,483,764
Germany 193,988,957 174,506,146 -19,482,811
United States 106,344,048 129,547,091 +23,203,043
France 83,016,023 65,266,296 -17,749,727
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 59,044,061 74,154,884 +15,110,823
Viet Nam 54,546,053 61,167,702 +6,621,649
Saudi Arabia 22,720,889 23,633,310 +912,421
Japan 21,378,229 21,062,740 -315,489
Hungary 19,812,090 20,253,201 +441,111

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 944,739,095
United States 285,701,719
Viet Nam 237,742,915
Germany 192,561,475
Thailand 191,176,115

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 481,829,039 462,910,056 -18,918,983
United States 134,079,497 151,622,222 +17,542,725
Viet Nam 114,875,064 122,867,851 +7,992,787
Germany 99,816,690 92,744,785 -7,071,905
Thailand 103,754,652 87,421,463 -16,333,189
Japan 79,867,359 71,667,330 -8,200,029
United Kingdom 39,363,783 45,692,233 +6,328,450
Taiwan 35,850,262 33,570,432 -2,279,830
Poland 34,672,022 31,492,954 -3,179,068
Italy 22,604,684 24,698,941 +2,094,257

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 365
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 351
Surrey, East and West Sussex 220
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 193
Greater Manchester 173

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 238 234 -4
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 248 246 -2
Surrey, East and West Sussex 157 164 +7
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 140 146 +6
Greater Manchester 124 114 -10
Inner London - East 115 100 -15
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 116 131 +15
Outer London - West and North West 115 117 +2
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 88 103 +15
West Midlands 91 100 +9

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 1,302,621,764
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 676,767,501
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 668,671,659
Other 34,724,769
Road transport 18,233,789

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 599,917,560 702,704,204 +102,786,644
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 364,902,174 311,865,327 -53,036,847
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 355,381,381 313,290,278 -42,091,103
Other 23,926,700 10,798,069 -13,128,631
Road transport 14,554,222 3,679,567 -10,874,655
Rail transport 143,742 77,369 -66,373

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 508,843,472
Felixstowe 270,943,349
East Midlands Airport 254,482,271
Eurotunnel 228,153,753
Dover 205,238,974

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 230,694,137 278,149,335 +47,455,198
Felixstowe 146,983,942 123,959,407 -23,024,535
East Midlands Airport 130,670,530 123,811,741 -6,858,789
Eurotunnel 127,968,013 100,185,740 -27,782,273
Dover 108,919,657 96,319,317 -12,600,340
London Stansted Airport 83,252,989 105,503,993 +22,251,004
Thamesport 101,040,114 60,002,480 -41,037,634
Southampton 92,682,563 54,005,178 -38,677,385
London Gateway Port 51,985,122 80,444,341 +28,459,219
Birmingham Airport 66,535,446 55,282,075 -11,253,371

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 739
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 455
Computer programming, consultancy and related activities 317
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 271
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 258

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 721
2025-11 814
2025-10 839
2025-09 721
2025-08 745

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 1448
54m+ 1266
0-1m 529
15m-54m 360
Other 347

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 £
United States 233,645,035
Germany 150,202,388
Italy 89,008,023
France 88,778,809
Netherlands 88,466,461

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 £
United States 118,334,666 115,310,369 -3,024,297
Germany 62,120,824 88,081,564 +25,960,740
Italy 37,623,702 51,384,321 +13,760,619
France 50,839,484 37,939,325 -12,900,159
Netherlands 43,408,310 45,058,151 +1,649,841
Poland 25,610,022 44,152,644 +18,542,622
Saudi Arabia 32,838,736 16,561,546 -16,277,190
Ireland 20,589,834 24,538,693 +3,948,859
Canada 17,757,828 18,639,935 +882,107
United Arab Emirates 17,942,421 16,471,916 -1,470,505

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 11,671,395
China 1,296,494
Sweden 431,010
Japan 312,147
Netherlands 223,023

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 6,070,590 5,600,805 -469,785
China 686,078 610,416 -75,662
Sweden 0 431,010 +431,010
Japan 101,696 210,451 +108,755
Netherlands 167,406 55,617 -111,789
Austria 113,194 27,765 -85,429
Belgium 0 91,475 +91,475
Italy 74,938 612 -74,326
Germany 59,910 11,393 -48,517
Taiwan 36,150 26,802 -9,348

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 794,462,346
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 446,498,898
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 59,250,881
Other 15,121,956
Road transport 3,220,988

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 411,396,668 383,065,678 -28,330,990
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 196,393,482 250,105,416 +53,711,934
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 32,455,945 26,794,936 -5,661,009
Other 7,652,861 7,469,095 -183,766
Road transport 2,474,632 746,356 -1,728,276
Rail transport 26,805 0 -26,805

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 377,756,389
Dover / Eurotunnel 339,719,511
East Midlands Airport 120,039,206
London Stansted Airport 88,225,259
ZLC 72,960,387

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 182,787,492 194,968,897 +12,181,405
Dover / Eurotunnel 144,084,405 195,635,106 +51,550,701
East Midlands Airport 63,373,168 56,666,038 -6,707,130
London Stansted Airport 49,746,245 38,479,014 -11,267,231
ZLC 33,735,649 39,224,738 +5,489,089
Warton Aerodrome 27,854,658 12,351,995 -15,502,663
Dover 20,921,961 18,027,028 -2,894,933
Manchester Airport 20,971,070 16,391,617 -4,579,453
Belfast Airport 21,830,945 15,392,094 -6,438,851
Immingham Docks 16,467,706 17,071,695 +603,989

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 8525

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

Description: Includes TV cameras, digital cameras, and video recorders for broadcasting or television