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 16,974,511
France 10,359,404
Viet Nam 8,962,138
China 6,496,446
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 5,610,281

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 5,406,557 11,567,954 +6,161,397
France 6,124,738 4,234,666 -1,890,072
Viet Nam 3,523,151 5,438,987 +1,915,836
China 3,578,971 2,917,475 -661,496
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 1,923,833 3,686,448 +1,762,615
Canada 2,725,160 2,073,007 -652,153
Italy 1,721,257 1,533,138 -188,119
Poland 19,611 3,146,097 +3,126,486
Netherlands 1,746,610 1,267,776 -478,834
Spain 1,391,598 948,883 -442,715

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 15,892,453
China 13,907,173
United Kingdom 10,587,219
Viet Nam 10,235,060
Canada 4,891,796

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 5,007,541 10,884,912 +5,877,371
China 6,091,483 7,815,690 +1,724,207
United Kingdom 4,234,377 6,352,842 +2,118,465
Viet Nam 4,156,569 6,078,491 +1,921,922
Canada 2,847,341 2,044,455 -802,886
Italy 1,670,893 1,405,648 -265,245
Belgium 1,827,202 1,142,925 -684,277
France 897,770 1,546,646 +648,876
Spain 1,380,513 1,017,888 -362,625
Germany 1,123,401 333,015 -790,386

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 54
Inner London - West 46
Surrey, East and West Sussex 45
Outer London - West and North West 33
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 31

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 37 30 -7
Inner London - West 34 28 -6
Surrey, East and West Sussex 31 31 +0
Outer London - West and North West 19 24 +5
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 19 19 +0
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 21 23 +2
Greater Manchester 14 13 -1
Inner London - East 17 8 -9
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 8 10 +2
West Midlands 10 11 +1

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 47,078,658
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 15,402,374
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 12,961,570
Other 321,925
Road transport 115,295

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 18,745,914 28,332,744 +9,586,830
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 8,939,513 6,462,861 -2,476,652
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 6,128,690 6,832,880 +704,190
Other 244,107 77,818 -166,289
Road transport 91,332 23,963 -67,369

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 23,770,027
East Midlands Airport 9,872,919
Dover 8,716,997
London Stansted Airport 5,869,362
Southampton 5,250,715

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 9,925,431 13,844,596 +3,919,165
East Midlands Airport 3,300,145 6,572,774 +3,272,629
Dover 4,552,321 4,164,676 -387,645
London Stansted Airport 3,031,633 2,837,729 -193,904
Southampton 3,751,648 1,499,067 -2,252,581
London Gateway Port 205,108 4,000,166 +3,795,058
Birmingham Airport 1,400,947 1,464,976 +64,029
Eurotunnel 2,288,238 438,265 -1,849,973
Felixstowe 1,619,301 804,511 -814,790
London Gatwick Airport 0 2,252,669 +2,252,669

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 110
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 54
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 46
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 46
Computer programming, consultancy and related activities 38

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 65
2025-11 84
2025-10 78
2025-09 70
2025-08 69

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 210
54m+ 177
Other 56
15m-54m 55
0-1m 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 £
United States 18,289,510
France 17,389,128
Poland 12,315,785
Germany 10,192,917
Italy 4,336,353

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 9,424,740 8,864,770 -559,970
France 12,335,298 5,053,830 -7,281,468
Poland 6,282,732 6,033,053 -249,679
Germany 4,678,085 5,514,832 +836,747
Italy 2,771,389 1,564,964 -1,206,425
Saudi Arabia 2,642,534 1,418,325 -1,224,209
Australia 524,452 3,233,413 +2,708,961
Canada 1,399,416 1,859,454 +460,038
China 2,270,048 754,823 -1,515,225
Netherlands 1,357,070 1,336,242 -20,828

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 £
Japan 312,147
Netherlands 178,632
Belgium 91,475
Italy 74,938
Germany 63,834

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 £
Japan 101,696 210,451 +108,755
Netherlands 167,406 11,226 -156,180
Belgium 0 91,475 +91,475
Italy 74,938 0 -74,938
Germany 54,148 9,686 -44,462
China 15,499 14,807 -692
United States 2,170 4,632 +2,462
Viet Nam 3,493 2,766 -727
XI 1,574 534 -1,040
Taiwan 0 921 +921

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 69,746,075
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 36,974,872
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,733,608
Other 1,414,893
Road transport 55,669

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 36,515,941 33,230,134 -3,285,807
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 21,712,105 15,262,767 -6,449,338
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,291,138 442,470 -848,668
Other 714,242 700,651 -13,591
Road transport 55,669 0 -55,669

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 37,687,574
Dover / Eurotunnel 26,940,310
East Midlands Airport 11,750,033
Immingham Docks 6,387,534
London Stansted Airport 5,546,197

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 15,369,521 22,318,053 +6,948,532
Dover / Eurotunnel 17,059,133 9,881,177 -7,177,956
East Midlands Airport 6,888,003 4,862,030 -2,025,973
Immingham Docks 1,998,624 4,388,910 +2,390,286
London Stansted Airport 3,334,283 2,211,914 -1,122,369
Brize Norton 4,702,000 82,858 -4,619,142
ZLC 2,660,329 1,417,488 -1,242,841
Warton Aerodrome 2,048,601 1,067,332 -981,269
Dover 1,716,923 334,525 -1,382,398
000 714,242 700,651 -13,591

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