Import/export HS code 8529: Parts for audio and video devices

Spare parts used mainly with audio, video, and broadcasting equipment like radios, TVs, and cameras

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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 £
Viet Nam 240,136,195
Japan 194,442,186
United States 166,850,104
Germany 160,263,359
China 116,897,304

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 £
Viet Nam 137,699,263 102,436,932 -35,262,331
Japan 127,590,557 66,851,629 -60,738,928
United States 83,809,591 83,040,513 -769,078
Germany 89,549,001 70,714,358 -18,834,643
China 64,121,627 52,775,677 -11,345,950
Netherlands 70,649,145 41,428,758 -29,220,387
France 45,055,595 20,162,666 -24,892,929
Poland 23,950,316 27,814,612 +3,864,296
Canada 16,713,004 24,299,853 +7,586,849
Italy 21,737,953 15,043,445 -6,694,508

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 £
Viet Nam 249,487,143
Japan 225,802,037
United States 188,589,160
China 175,034,272
Germany 89,355,381

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 £
Viet Nam 142,279,194 107,207,949 -35,071,245
Japan 139,978,732 85,823,305 -54,155,427
United States 95,506,430 93,082,730 -2,423,700
China 107,976,026 67,058,246 -40,917,780
Germany 49,038,976 40,316,405 -8,722,571
United Kingdom 39,651,917 27,032,408 -12,619,509
Poland 30,977,208 32,287,637 +1,310,429
France 41,179,996 12,903,642 -28,276,354
Canada 15,946,313 23,740,881 +7,794,568
Netherlands 16,880,171 14,484,084 -2,396,087

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 254
Inner London - West 213
Surrey, East and West Sussex 181
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 156
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 130

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 198 176 -22
Inner London - West 149 135 -14
Surrey, East and West Sussex 145 118 -27
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 113 113 +0
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 101 87 -14
Outer London - West and North West 94 79 -15
Greater Manchester 79 65 -14
Inner London - East 65 61 -4
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 67 61 -6
West Midlands 58 64 +6

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 533,854,337
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 375,043,494
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 249,861,590
Other 225,416,553
Rail transport 13,991,143

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 266,714,547 267,139,790 +425,243
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 201,310,106 173,733,388 -27,576,718
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 158,397,862 91,463,728 -66,934,134
Other 159,043,623 66,372,930 -92,670,693
Rail transport 6,271,897 7,719,246 +1,447,349
Road transport 5,484,610 462,424 -5,022,186

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
000 225,416,553
Southampton 212,640,306
London Heathrow Airport 187,641,550
London Stansted Airport 104,493,611
East Midlands Airport 94,357,542

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 £
000 159,043,623 66,372,930 -92,670,693
Southampton 127,230,077 85,410,229 -41,819,848
London Heathrow Airport 98,504,819 89,136,731 -9,368,088
London Stansted Airport 56,479,036 48,014,575 -8,464,461
East Midlands Airport 47,358,615 46,998,927 -359,688
Eurotunnel 54,258,725 33,570,186 -20,688,539
Dover 42,928,006 23,398,160 -19,529,846
Felixstowe 38,870,300 25,980,859 -12,889,441
Oxford Airport 22,373,495 27,481,675 +5,108,180
499 7,493,371 39,452,066 +31,958,695

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 503
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 285
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 262
Computer programming, consultancy and related activities 200
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 159

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 509
2025-11 547
2025-10 590
2025-09 548
2025-08 544

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 1108
54m+ 893
0-1m 375
15m-54m 254
Other 225

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 220,175,585
Slovakia 132,673,483
Germany 97,741,113
Italy 61,526,273
France 50,207,388

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 118,857,427 101,318,158 -17,539,269
Slovakia 64,441,909 68,231,574 +3,789,665
Germany 50,240,053 47,501,060 -2,738,993
Italy 36,776,667 24,749,606 -12,027,061
France 25,502,287 24,705,101 -797,186
Netherlands 20,429,497 17,258,613 -3,170,884
Spain 14,973,996 12,669,797 -2,304,199
Saudi Arabia 16,218,516 4,435,274 -11,783,242
Canada 7,939,419 11,662,081 +3,722,662
Sweden 8,536,417 8,447,616 -88,801

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 1,268,986
China 114,554
Italy 12,028
Germany 10,926
United States 7,538

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 510,101 758,885 +248,784
China 62,816 51,738 -11,078
Italy 7,184 4,844 -2,340
Germany 1,468 9,458 +7,990
United States 1,915 5,623 +3,708
Netherlands 2,911 0 -2,911
France 1,540 148 -1,392
Austria 0 986 +986
Ireland 692 0 -692
Nicaragua 57 541 +484

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 545,082,144
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 307,256,684
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 35,699,113
Road transport 1,515,025
Other 1,443,430

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 299,410,540 245,671,604 -53,738,936
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 154,663,249 152,593,435 -2,069,814
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 22,961,123 12,737,990 -10,223,133
Road transport 1,489,351 25,674 -1,463,677
Other 598,867 844,563 +245,696

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 247,770,550
London Heathrow Airport 222,827,955
ZLC 113,428,676
London Stansted Airport 75,929,761
East Midlands Airport 63,497,686

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 £
Dover / Eurotunnel 128,598,329 119,172,221 -9,426,108
London Heathrow Airport 116,793,346 106,034,609 -10,758,737
ZLC 61,662,789 51,765,887 -9,896,902
London Stansted Airport 43,544,540 32,385,221 -11,159,319
East Midlands Airport 35,353,070 28,144,616 -7,208,454
Manchester Airport 11,267,546 7,927,592 -3,339,954
Warton Aerodrome 15,018,117 3,235,172 -11,782,945
London 2,524,612 12,009,391 +9,484,779
Dover 8,813,886 5,056,790 -3,757,096
Immingham Docks 7,191,874 6,190,595 -1,001,279

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 8529

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

Description: Spare parts used mainly with audio, video, and broadcasting equipment like radios, TVs, and cameras