Import/export HS code 8528: Monitors and projectors

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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 £
China 1,199,364,957
Netherlands 884,349,944
France 722,042,223
Poland 531,415,434
Slovakia 411,525,873

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 671,901,738 527,463,219 -144,438,519
Netherlands 508,461,406 375,888,538 -132,572,868
France 395,266,133 326,776,090 -68,490,043
Poland 277,909,949 253,505,485 -24,404,464
Slovakia 223,934,066 187,591,807 -36,342,259
Turkey 193,768,195 144,808,579 -48,959,616
Hungary 165,324,322 164,232,112 -1,092,210
Ireland 91,030,984 103,608,422 +12,577,438
United States 98,812,195 65,369,080 -33,443,115
Czechia 71,589,974 52,002,222 -19,587,752

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 2,246,591,965
Poland 882,269,926
Slovakia 595,751,780
Turkey 346,177,321
Hungary 337,597,477

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 1,197,230,153 1,049,361,812 -147,868,341
Poland 514,892,889 367,377,037 -147,515,852
Slovakia 325,199,514 270,552,266 -54,647,248
Turkey 197,439,100 148,738,221 -48,700,879
Hungary 171,006,732 166,590,745 -4,415,987
Viet Nam 85,176,726 178,529,182 +93,352,456
Japan 98,258,332 86,593,794 -11,664,538
United States 86,585,740 58,305,693 -28,280,047
Czechia 65,622,026 55,522,928 -10,099,098
Tunisia 56,239,028 43,775,123 -12,463,905

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 402
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 346
Surrey, East and West Sussex 230
Outer London - West and North West 178
Inner London - East 171

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 280 249 -31
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 247 221 -26
Surrey, East and West Sussex 166 145 -21
Outer London - West and North West 132 111 -21
Inner London - East 115 102 -13
Greater Manchester 124 104 -20
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 119 110 -9
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 124 111 -13
West Midlands 97 93 -4
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 99 82 -17

Import volume by transport

What this shows: Import value by transport mode used to bring goods into the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 3,087,543,357
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,624,599,798
Air transport 657,340,993
Other 393,831,989
Road transport 51,144,820

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 £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 1,657,229,001 1,430,314,356 -226,914,645
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 868,612,904 755,986,894 -112,626,010
Air transport 310,784,081 346,556,912 +35,772,831
Other 240,177,017 153,654,972 -86,522,045
Road transport 25,832,862 25,311,958 -520,904
Rail transport 781,032 51,169 -729,863

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 1,126,573,799
Dover / Eurotunnel 770,311,391
Dover 671,003,409
Eurotunnel 422,318,769
000 393,831,989

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 592,078,591 534,495,208 -57,583,383
Dover / Eurotunnel 416,730,004 353,581,387 -63,148,617
Dover 363,572,692 307,430,717 -56,141,975
Eurotunnel 207,086,268 215,232,501 +8,146,233
000 240,177,017 153,654,972 -86,522,045
London 126,568,401 202,150,395 +75,581,994
London Heathrow Airport 109,581,762 115,738,692 +6,156,930
Immingham Docks 146,174,177 77,578,694 -68,595,483
Purfleet 103,825,172 71,330,528 -32,494,644
London Gateway Port 76,891,374 95,435,914 +18,544,540

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 722
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 440
Computer programming, consultancy and related activities 340
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 263
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 229

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 676
2025-10 687
2025-09 688
2025-08 695
2025-07 704

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 1419
54m+ 1340
0-1m 486
Other 345
15m-54m 344

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 £
Poland 163,837,686
Ireland 126,706,880
Netherlands 78,141,287
Germany 76,419,206
United States 74,031,347

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 £
Poland 83,656,908 80,180,778 -3,476,130
Ireland 61,480,560 65,226,320 +3,745,760
Netherlands 39,344,333 38,796,954 -547,379
Germany 43,526,300 32,892,906 -10,633,394
United States 41,956,854 32,074,493 -9,882,361
France 28,315,742 32,127,340 +3,811,598
United Arab Emirates 10,419,570 6,529,163 -3,890,407
China 7,997,033 4,969,510 -3,027,523
Belgium 6,637,235 5,108,033 -1,529,202
Japan 4,450,285 5,531,131 +1,080,846

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 4,837,371
XU 449,908
China 304,741
Ireland 249,453
Nicaragua 124,617

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 81,100 4,756,271 +4,675,171
XU 210,145 239,763 +29,618
China 132,819 171,922 +39,103
Ireland 110,149 139,304 +29,155
Nicaragua 70,602 54,015 -16,587
Slovakia 38,224 60,810 +22,586
South Korea 34,504 17,289 -17,215
Poland 14,997 30,965 +15,968
Hungary 37,163 8,724 -28,439
Germany 705 19,287 +18,582

Export volume by transport

What this shows: Export value by transport mode used to ship goods from the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 412,692,130
Air transport 283,713,462
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 77,230,860
Other 8,808,046
Road transport 2,392,412

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 £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 193,420,078 219,272,052 +25,851,974
Air transport 156,061,649 127,651,813 -28,409,836
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 58,979,790 18,251,070 -40,728,720
Other 3,272,506 5,535,540 +2,263,034
Road transport 2,307,307 85,105 -2,222,202

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 163,698,643
Dover / Eurotunnel 147,376,379
London 119,414,071
Holyhead 95,903,388
East Midlands Airport 52,596,332

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 90,196,160 73,502,483 -16,693,677
Dover / Eurotunnel 77,814,834 69,561,545 -8,253,289
London 43,910,738 75,503,333 +31,592,595
Holyhead 47,730,862 48,172,526 +441,664
East Midlands Airport 31,792,643 20,803,689 -10,988,954
Immingham Docks 36,062,503 3,066,992 -32,995,511
ZLC 16,469,286 15,518,163 -951,123
London Stansted Airport 13,399,608 10,595,068 -2,804,540
Felixstowe 8,154,211 8,799,891 +645,680
Dover 9,183,236 6,721,582 -2,461,654

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 8528

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

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