Import/export HS code 853110: Burglar and fire alarms

Devices designed to alert about burglary or fire, such as alarms and similar safety equipment

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 £
Ireland 318,070,195
China 104,813,463
Germany 60,879,505
United States 46,224,496
Poland 35,123,587

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 £
Ireland 184,294,226 133,775,969 -50,518,257
China 57,113,240 47,700,223 -9,413,017
Germany 13,954,617 46,924,888 +32,970,271
United States 25,329,839 20,894,657 -4,435,182
Poland 17,082,139 18,041,448 +959,309
Italy 16,662,219 15,184,917 -1,477,302
Romania 7,661,168 8,946,076 +1,284,908
New Zealand 9,348,602 4,502,068 -4,846,534
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 6,823,480 4,477,532 -2,345,948
Netherlands 5,722,967 4,755,628 -967,339

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 £
Ireland 313,792,852
China 132,851,798
United States 55,004,476
Germany 45,445,348
Poland 28,285,083

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 £
Ireland 182,243,913 131,548,939 -50,694,974
China 71,989,297 60,862,501 -11,126,796
United States 30,620,104 24,384,372 -6,235,732
Germany 4,813,727 40,631,621 +35,817,894
Poland 16,464,854 11,820,229 -4,644,625
Italy 15,476,947 12,423,928 -3,053,019
Romania 11,171,611 9,189,756 -1,981,855
Ukraine 7,512,282 8,544,863 +1,032,581
New Zealand 9,347,426 4,494,267 -4,853,159
Malaysia 3,746,762 4,437,198 +690,436

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 71
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 62
Surrey, East and West Sussex 60
Greater Manchester 54
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 51

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 44 50 +6
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 46 35 -11
Surrey, East and West Sussex 39 46 +7
Greater Manchester 42 41 -1
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 37 37 +0
West Midlands 39 34 -5
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 35 31 -4
Essex 19 21 +2
Inner London - East 21 22 +1
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 21 20 -1

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) 453,050,699
Air transport 159,266,614
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 126,284,430
Other 1,253,247
Road transport 504,503

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) 238,060,952 214,989,747 -23,071,205
Air transport 84,194,568 75,072,046 -9,122,522
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 69,686,271 56,598,159 -13,088,112
Other 519,963 733,284 +213,321
Road transport 293,003 211,500 -81,503

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Liverpool Docks 259,870,505
Holyhead 91,272,740
London Heathrow Airport 70,750,930
Dover 52,055,350
Felixstowe 49,982,442

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 £
Liverpool Docks 152,189,174 107,681,331 -44,507,843
Holyhead 31,643,826 59,628,914 +27,985,088
London Heathrow Airport 38,059,803 32,691,127 -5,368,676
Dover 27,208,272 24,847,078 -2,361,194
Felixstowe 30,568,749 19,413,693 -11,155,056
Southampton 29,453,132 19,830,329 -9,622,803
East Midlands Airport 18,486,277 20,002,112 +1,515,835
Dover / Eurotunnel 12,945,372 9,125,740 -3,819,632
Manchester Airport 10,812,929 6,725,479 -4,087,450
London Stansted Airport 7,602,984 7,431,109 -171,875

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 214
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 91
Manufacture of electrical equipment 77
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 63
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 59

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 203
2025-11 202
2025-10 200
2025-09 210
2025-08 193

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 387
54m+ 343
0-1m 93
15m-54m 73
Other 66

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 £
Netherlands 58,307,473
Germany 49,748,588
Ireland 43,084,531
Saudi Arabia 41,203,574
United States 41,197,191

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 £
Netherlands 30,142,693 28,164,780 -1,977,913
Germany 22,787,331 26,961,257 +4,173,926
Ireland 20,587,243 22,497,288 +1,910,045
Saudi Arabia 20,465,442 20,738,132 +272,690
United States 21,311,871 19,885,320 -1,426,551
United Arab Emirates 19,146,729 19,165,519 +18,790
France 14,307,750 11,915,298 -2,392,452
Italy 10,069,131 12,518,330 +2,449,199
China 6,582,830 13,575,776 +6,992,946
Spain 8,512,118 10,036,410 +1,524,292

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 £
Ireland 85,338
China 56,518
XI 26,212
Germany 7,247
Canada 5,880

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 £
Ireland 65,905 19,433 -46,472
China 46,711 9,807 -36,904
XI 9,617 16,595 +6,978
Germany 0 7,247 +7,247
Canada 5,496 384 -5,112
France 2,288 443 -1,845
Poland 606 0 -606
Taiwan 578 13 -565
Romania 306 0 -306
Spain 0 24 +24

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 336,483,425
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 198,342,493
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 86,407,646
Road transport 3,211,200
Other 511,249

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 164,041,697 172,441,728 +8,400,031
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 95,508,782 102,833,711 +7,324,929
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 45,743,360 40,664,286 -5,079,074
Road transport 3,142,117 69,083 -3,073,034
Other 312,786 198,463 -114,323

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 145,228,948
Dover / Eurotunnel 135,129,663
ZLC 73,049,455
East Midlands Airport 62,942,779
London Gateway Port 46,649,178

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 70,933,481 74,295,467 +3,361,986
Dover / Eurotunnel 64,101,348 71,028,315 +6,926,967
ZLC 35,044,498 38,004,957 +2,960,459
East Midlands Airport 31,514,587 31,428,192 -86,395
London Gateway Port 25,035,315 21,613,863 -3,421,452
Holyhead 11,237,732 14,324,959 +3,087,227
Manchester Airport 12,139,043 13,310,787 +1,171,744
London Stansted Airport 13,306,492 10,577,604 -2,728,888
Southampton 9,668,224 11,724,984 +2,056,760
Felixstowe 10,173,146 8,003,190 -2,169,956

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 853110

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

Description: Devices designed to alert about burglary or fire, such as alarms and similar safety equipment