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 243,624,388
Japan 196,499,792
United States 167,921,256
Germany 161,460,267
China 121,640,983

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 139,429,184 104,195,204 -35,233,980
Japan 127,519,308 68,980,484 -58,538,824
United States 87,033,571 80,887,685 -6,145,886
Germany 91,448,525 70,011,742 -21,436,783
China 67,238,829 54,402,154 -12,836,675
Netherlands 71,861,649 40,404,375 -31,457,274
France 46,225,721 21,122,410 -25,103,311
Poland 23,796,786 25,733,912 +1,937,126
Canada 13,627,679 27,926,286 +14,298,607
Italy 22,141,466 15,022,994 -7,118,472

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 253,057,193
Japan 228,193,714
United States 188,391,777
China 182,557,497
Germany 90,554,283

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 144,324,694 108,732,499 -35,592,195
Japan 140,171,506 88,022,208 -52,149,298
United States 98,295,455 90,096,322 -8,199,133
China 113,208,422 69,349,075 -43,859,347
Germany 50,692,669 39,861,614 -10,831,055
United Kingdom 40,823,443 26,345,848 -14,477,595
Poland 31,059,930 30,194,106 -865,824
France 40,953,723 13,392,709 -27,561,014
Canada 12,846,796 27,339,337 +14,492,541
Netherlands 16,812,196 14,448,493 -2,363,703

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 258
Inner London - West 211
Surrey, East and West Sussex 184
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 156
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 131

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 200 174 -26
Inner London - West 145 140 -5
Surrey, East and West Sussex 144 124 -20
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 113 111 -2
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 102 89 -13
Outer London - West and North West 95 78 -17
Greater Manchester 76 64 -12
Inner London - East 62 64 +2
West Midlands 59 64 +5
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 68 62 -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 534,087,492
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 363,193,557
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 256,930,398
Other 247,357,443
Rail transport 13,415,881

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 269,455,245 264,632,247 -4,822,998
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 197,576,286 165,617,271 -31,959,015
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 163,280,939 93,649,459 -69,631,480
Other 167,628,388 79,729,055 -87,899,333
Rail transport 5,483,759 7,932,122 +2,448,363
Road transport 6,741,516 284,302 -6,457,214

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
000 247,357,443
Southampton 208,432,307
London Heathrow Airport 188,772,297
London Stansted Airport 104,901,995
East Midlands Airport 93,720,264

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 £
000 167,628,388 79,729,055 -87,899,333
Southampton 120,592,096 87,840,211 -32,751,885
London Heathrow Airport 101,469,039 87,303,258 -14,165,781
London Stansted Airport 55,351,166 49,550,829 -5,800,337
East Midlands Airport 48,063,542 45,656,722 -2,406,820
Eurotunnel 54,504,415 34,640,843 -19,863,572
Dover 45,879,471 23,815,469 -22,064,002
Felixstowe 42,627,323 26,667,547 -15,959,776
Oxford Airport 24,065,894 25,209,124 +1,143,230
Dover / Eurotunnel 26,664,123 13,054,512 -13,609,611

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 513
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 291
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 261
Computer programming, consultancy and related activities 204
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 158

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 546
2025-10 590
2025-09 547
2025-08 544
2025-07 568

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 1135
54m+ 892
0-1m 375
15m-54m 248
Other 231

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 216,265,931
Slovakia 129,076,742
Germany 97,193,617
Italy 63,910,532
France 50,095,707

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 117,191,240 99,074,691 -18,116,549
Slovakia 62,534,750 66,541,992 +4,007,242
Germany 51,559,251 45,634,366 -5,924,885
Italy 37,238,187 26,672,345 -10,565,842
France 24,531,707 25,564,000 +1,032,293
Netherlands 20,862,106 16,577,264 -4,284,842
Spain 15,080,802 12,566,103 -2,514,699
Saudi Arabia 15,530,104 5,273,073 -10,257,031
Canada 7,257,769 12,901,848 +5,644,079
Sweden 9,272,921 8,682,034 -590,887

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 1,316,055
China 120,281
XU 23,621
Italy 12,028
Germany 10,926

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 511,789 804,266 +292,477
China 65,025 55,256 -9,769
XU 10,971 12,650 +1,679
Italy 6,710 5,318 -1,392
Germany 1,468 9,458 +7,990
United States 1,499 6,039 +4,540
Netherlands 2,911 0 -2,911
France 97 1,559 +1,462
Austria 0 986 +986
Ireland 692 0 -692

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 546,406,581
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 305,079,146
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 36,803,587
Road transport 2,234,288
Other 1,497,943

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 297,616,205 248,790,376 -48,825,829
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 155,422,041 149,657,105 -5,764,936
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 24,159,387 12,644,200 -11,515,187
Road transport 2,174,072 60,216 -2,113,856
Other 601,572 896,371 +294,799

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 246,031,013
London Heathrow Airport 219,928,485
ZLC 115,244,457
London Stansted Airport 76,155,562
East Midlands Airport 65,233,003

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 128,287,665 117,743,348 -10,544,317
London Heathrow Airport 116,615,921 103,312,564 -13,303,357
ZLC 60,572,952 54,671,505 -5,901,447
London Stansted Airport 42,029,879 34,125,683 -7,904,196
East Midlands Airport 37,015,619 28,217,384 -8,798,235
Manchester Airport 11,477,020 8,301,890 -3,175,130
Warton Aerodrome 14,388,597 4,001,109 -10,387,488
Dover 8,777,866 5,417,719 -3,360,147
Immingham Docks 7,609,306 6,148,533 -1,460,773
London 2,728,032 10,852,763 +8,124,731

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