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 1,185,059,262
Netherlands 874,961,833
France 721,745,202
Poland 525,540,171
Slovakia 409,104,720

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 676,361,082 508,698,180 -167,662,902
Netherlands 502,295,943 372,665,890 -129,630,053
France 399,382,558 322,362,644 -77,019,914
Poland 272,105,907 253,434,264 -18,671,643
Slovakia 224,224,742 184,879,978 -39,344,764
Hungary 163,885,379 164,687,125 +801,746
Turkey 190,529,451 135,163,882 -55,365,569
Ireland 94,089,671 102,224,904 +8,135,233
United States 95,949,075 61,593,399 -34,355,676
Viet Nam 15,628,074 104,952,540 +89,324,466

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 2,232,527,544
Poland 870,638,614
Slovakia 593,554,512
Hungary 336,218,569
Turkey 336,177,082

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 1,205,612,327 1,026,915,217 -178,697,110
Poland 508,536,462 362,102,152 -146,434,310
Slovakia 326,575,829 266,978,683 -59,597,146
Hungary 169,334,661 166,883,908 -2,450,753
Turkey 195,353,318 140,823,764 -54,529,554
Viet Nam 83,400,485 189,475,165 +106,074,680
Japan 94,497,317 88,252,303 -6,245,014
United States 83,406,983 57,930,040 -25,476,943
Czechia 61,582,320 54,883,896 -6,698,424
Tunisia 61,534,683 34,934,103 -26,600,580

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 398
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 343
Surrey, East and West Sussex 229
Outer London - West and North West 180
Inner London - East 169

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 283 237 -46
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 247 215 -32
Surrey, East and West Sussex 164 147 -17
Outer London - West and North West 131 112 -19
Inner London - East 109 103 -6
Greater Manchester 122 101 -21
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 118 111 -7
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 124 112 -12
West Midlands 98 98 +0
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 96 84 -12

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) 3,061,708,378
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,610,237,446
Air transport 670,993,952
Other 375,754,733
Road transport 52,731,075

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) 1,661,713,853 1,399,994,525 -261,719,328
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 864,722,214 745,515,232 -119,206,982
Air transport 302,993,888 368,000,064 +65,006,176
Other 243,152,847 132,601,886 -110,550,961
Road transport 26,828,422 25,902,653 -925,769
Rail transport 629,584 51,169 -578,415

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 1,119,598,089
Dover / Eurotunnel 764,417,804
Dover 669,218,359
Eurotunnel 429,226,083
000 375,754,733

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 607,586,283 512,011,806 -95,574,477
Dover / Eurotunnel 415,583,983 348,833,821 -66,750,162
Dover 366,162,316 303,056,043 -63,106,273
Eurotunnel 213,167,140 216,058,943 +2,891,803
000 243,152,847 132,601,886 -110,550,961
London 135,252,892 202,561,649 +67,308,757
London Heathrow Airport 110,321,464 117,102,004 +6,780,540
Immingham Docks 132,425,689 79,319,843 -53,105,846
Purfleet 105,829,464 69,772,717 -36,056,747
London Gateway Port 71,865,113 100,221,523 +28,356,410

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 734
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 451
Computer programming, consultancy and related activities 337
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 263
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 234

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 621
2025-11 677
2025-10 688
2025-09 688
2025-08 696

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 1416
54m+ 1344
0-1m 498
15m-54m 356
Other 343

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 163,658,946
Ireland 127,785,196
Netherlands 79,417,317
Germany 74,680,547
United States 73,258,652

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 83,939,237 79,719,709 -4,219,528
Ireland 61,625,263 66,159,933 +4,534,670
Netherlands 39,518,117 39,899,200 +381,083
Germany 42,492,872 32,187,675 -10,305,197
United States 44,648,965 28,609,687 -16,039,278
France 26,874,500 33,252,125 +6,377,625
United Arab Emirates 10,543,294 5,834,087 -4,709,207
China 8,094,944 5,211,801 -2,883,143
Belgium 6,545,175 4,826,579 -1,718,596
Japan 4,702,205 4,993,854 +291,649

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 5,583,122
China 301,581
Ireland 276,869
Nicaragua 124,617
Slovakia 100,881

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 140,260 5,442,862 +5,302,602
China 128,314 173,267 +44,953
Ireland 110,899 165,970 +55,071
Nicaragua 124,617 0 -124,617
Slovakia 42,084 58,797 +16,713
South Korea 28,330 17,893 -10,437
Hungary 33,054 11,510 -21,544
Poland 11,167 29,679 +18,512
Germany 1,105 18,887 +17,782
United States 0 15,464 +15,464

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) 420,911,650
Air transport 280,126,532
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 68,404,092
Other 9,549,812
Road transport 1,704,737

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) 202,137,264 218,774,386 +16,637,122
Air transport 155,640,503 124,486,029 -31,154,474
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 49,225,932 19,178,160 -30,047,772
Other 3,364,254 6,185,558 +2,821,304
Road transport 1,643,337 61,400 -1,581,937

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 161,406,387
Dover / Eurotunnel 146,788,225
London 127,073,807
Holyhead 96,172,766
East Midlands Airport 50,520,392

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 87,788,597 73,617,790 -14,170,807
Dover / Eurotunnel 78,040,231 68,747,994 -9,292,237
London 51,652,685 75,421,122 +23,768,437
Holyhead 45,841,843 50,330,923 +4,489,080
East Midlands Airport 31,422,093 19,098,299 -12,323,794
ZLC 18,868,076 13,883,018 -4,985,058
Immingham Docks 28,108,180 3,307,344 -24,800,836
London Stansted Airport 12,200,307 10,860,526 -1,339,781
Felixstowe 7,964,352 9,049,839 +1,085,487
Dover 9,249,830 6,606,026 -2,643,804

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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