Import/export HS code 852550: Transmission equipment

Devices used for transmitting signals, such as radio or TV signals

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 £
United States 16,362,404
France 10,342,440
Viet Nam 8,962,138
China 6,555,137
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 5,086,640

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 £
United States 5,991,499 10,370,905 +4,379,406
France 5,996,363 4,346,077 -1,650,286
Viet Nam 3,509,395 5,452,743 +1,943,348
China 3,658,368 2,896,769 -761,599
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 1,656,303 3,430,337 +1,774,034
Canada 2,806,650 1,774,186 -1,032,464
Poland 23,320 3,155,565 +3,132,245
Netherlands 1,649,493 1,239,732 -409,761
Italy 1,703,375 1,001,317 -702,058
Spain 1,430,095 977,137 -452,958

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 £
United States 15,268,926
China 13,523,970
United Kingdom 10,573,472
Viet Nam 10,136,736
Canada 4,718,938

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 £
United States 5,468,357 9,800,569 +4,332,212
China 5,999,867 7,524,103 +1,524,236
United Kingdom 4,417,176 6,156,296 +1,739,120
Viet Nam 4,100,977 6,035,759 +1,934,782
Canada 2,925,808 1,793,130 -1,132,678
Italy 1,651,057 913,623 -737,434
Spain 1,418,933 1,047,732 -371,201
France 794,710 1,583,868 +789,158
Belgium 1,926,413 418,842 -1,507,571
Germany 1,119,877 347,318 -772,559

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 53
Inner London - West 46
Surrey, East and West Sussex 45
Outer London - West and North West 32
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 30

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 38 28 -10
Inner London - West 34 28 -6
Surrey, East and West Sussex 31 29 -2
Outer London - West and North West 19 22 +3
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 21 22 +1
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 18 18 +0
Greater Manchester 14 13 -1
Inner London - East 17 9 -8
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 12 10 -2
West Midlands 9 12 +3

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 45,218,320
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 14,205,732
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 13,531,061
Other 341,733
Road transport 108,739

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 18,650,890 26,567,430 +7,916,540
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 9,018,312 5,187,420 -3,830,892
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 6,654,158 6,876,903 +222,745
Other 256,129 85,604 -170,525
Road transport 91,332 17,407 -73,925

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 22,748,560
East Midlands Airport 9,662,413
Dover 7,692,461
London Stansted Airport 6,115,411
Southampton 5,288,124

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 9,654,692 13,093,868 +3,439,176
East Midlands Airport 3,270,404 6,392,009 +3,121,605
Dover 4,735,488 2,956,973 -1,778,515
London Stansted Airport 3,186,122 2,929,289 -256,833
Southampton 3,795,544 1,492,580 -2,302,964
London Gateway Port 204,163 4,012,881 +3,808,718
Birmingham Airport 1,437,303 1,439,377 +2,074
Eurotunnel 2,284,829 440,834 -1,843,995
Felixstowe 1,735,639 891,175 -844,464
London Gatwick Airport 0 1,452,813 +1,452,813

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 114
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 54
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 49
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 45
Computer programming, consultancy and related activities 39

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 84
2025-10 78
2025-09 70
2025-08 69
2025-07 87

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 215
54m+ 179
Other 57
0-1m 56
15m-54m 50

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 18,306,692
France 17,498,862
Poland 12,308,802
Germany 10,296,488
Italy 4,230,773

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 8,427,051 9,879,641 +1,452,590
France 11,895,499 5,603,363 -6,292,136
Poland 6,285,978 6,022,824 -263,154
Germany 4,631,475 5,665,013 +1,033,538
Italy 2,773,295 1,457,478 -1,315,817
Saudi Arabia 2,680,888 1,429,319 -1,251,569
Australia 519,903 3,248,694 +2,728,791
Canada 1,173,362 2,024,178 +850,816
China 2,221,288 803,583 -1,417,705
Netherlands 1,428,919 1,197,800 -231,119

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 £
XU 663,755
Japan 312,147
Netherlands 180,362
Belgium 91,475
Italy 74,938

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 £
XU 233,443 430,312 +196,869
Japan 88,968 223,179 +134,211
Netherlands 169,136 11,226 -157,910
Belgium 0 91,475 +91,475
Italy 74,938 0 -74,938
Germany 56,331 9,686 -46,645
China 16,018 15,901 -117
United States 2,170 4,632 +2,462
Viet Nam 3,414 2,984 -430
XI 1,574 534 -1,040

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 69,975,941
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 37,031,469
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,823,551
Other 1,437,532
Road transport 60,916

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 35,343,043 34,632,898 -710,145
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 21,262,835 15,768,634 -5,494,201
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,351,615 471,936 -879,679
Other 646,563 790,969 +144,406
Road transport 60,916 0 -60,916

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 37,877,285
Dover / Eurotunnel 27,027,441
East Midlands Airport 11,784,936
Immingham Docks 6,391,809
London Stansted Airport 5,527,991

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 14,900,615 22,976,670 +8,076,055
Dover / Eurotunnel 16,678,674 10,348,767 -6,329,907
East Midlands Airport 6,832,135 4,952,801 -1,879,334
Immingham Docks 1,975,957 4,415,852 +2,439,895
London Stansted Airport 2,635,142 2,892,849 +257,707
Brize Norton 4,702,000 82,858 -4,619,142
ZLC 2,714,890 1,304,821 -1,410,069
Warton Aerodrome 2,063,283 1,067,332 -995,951
Dover 1,704,065 335,007 -1,369,058
000 646,563 790,969 +144,406

Quick facts

HS code: 852550

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

Description: Devices used for transmitting signals, such as radio or TV signals