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 311,266,822
China 105,468,600
Germany 61,856,547
United States 45,787,900
Poland 36,435,896

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 178,819,428 132,447,394 -46,372,034
China 56,567,235 48,901,365 -7,665,870
Germany 13,756,262 48,100,285 +34,344,023
United States 24,749,411 21,038,489 -3,710,922
Poland 18,456,186 17,979,710 -476,476
Italy 16,927,751 14,763,628 -2,164,123
Romania 7,340,121 8,918,308 +1,578,187
New Zealand 8,363,581 4,992,360 -3,371,221
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 6,885,015 4,325,792 -2,559,223
Netherlands 5,869,760 4,535,459 -1,334,301

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 307,059,135
China 133,783,893
United States 54,258,826
Germany 45,583,854
Poland 29,765,494

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 176,861,348 130,197,787 -46,663,561
China 71,117,895 62,665,998 -8,451,897
United States 29,793,504 24,465,322 -5,328,182
Germany 3,788,829 41,795,025 +38,006,196
Poland 16,920,750 12,844,744 -4,076,006
Italy 15,767,652 11,970,682 -3,796,970
Romania 11,186,529 9,186,673 -1,999,856
Ukraine 7,712,576 8,337,491 +624,915
New Zealand 8,362,405 4,984,559 -3,377,846
United Kingdom 2,974,755 5,075,123 +2,100,368

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 70
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 62
Surrey, East and West Sussex 61
Greater Manchester 52
West Midlands 52

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 46 47 +1
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 47 33 -14
Surrey, East and West Sussex 41 46 +5
Greater Manchester 41 39 -2
West Midlands 38 35 -3
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 37 35 -2
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 34 30 -4
Inner London - East 22 22 +0
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 24 20 -4
Essex 21 18 -3

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) 447,460,274
Air transport 157,608,262
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 128,509,559
Other 1,269,664
Road transport 484,194

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) 232,085,512 215,374,762 -16,710,750
Air transport 83,077,014 74,531,248 -8,545,766
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 69,997,734 58,511,825 -11,485,909
Other 520,366 749,298 +228,932
Road transport 295,625 188,569 -107,056

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Liverpool Docks 257,367,697
Holyhead 87,885,236
London Heathrow Airport 70,661,603
Dover 53,450,118
Felixstowe 50,933,456

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 144,961,274 112,406,423 -32,554,851
Holyhead 32,885,792 54,999,444 +22,113,652
London Heathrow Airport 38,016,323 32,645,280 -5,371,043
Dover 27,791,953 25,658,165 -2,133,788
Felixstowe 31,235,524 19,697,932 -11,537,592
Southampton 28,995,754 20,394,711 -8,601,043
East Midlands Airport 18,560,087 19,461,571 +901,484
Dover / Eurotunnel 13,064,095 9,528,437 -3,535,658
Manchester Airport 10,056,233 7,050,870 -3,005,363
London Stansted Airport 7,472,806 7,338,237 -134,569

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 213
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 92
Manufacture of electrical equipment 75
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 64
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 61

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 202
2025-10 200
2025-09 210
2025-08 193
2025-07 218

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 392
54m+ 346
0-1m 91
15m-54m 71
Other 67

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 58,233,421
Germany 48,245,083
Saudi Arabia 42,357,497
Ireland 42,234,678
United States 40,991,865

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 29,824,269 28,409,152 -1,415,117
Germany 22,102,663 26,142,420 +4,039,757
Saudi Arabia 21,743,439 20,614,058 -1,129,381
Ireland 20,235,756 21,998,922 +1,763,166
United States 20,979,177 20,012,688 -966,489
United Arab Emirates 19,118,259 18,845,037 -273,222
France 14,038,831 12,150,564 -1,888,267
Italy 10,206,745 12,274,401 +2,067,656
China 5,803,416 14,201,691 +8,398,275
Spain 7,860,286 10,744,718 +2,884,432

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 £
XU 346,154
China 123,820
Ireland 90,637
XI 28,201
Germany 7,247

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 £
XU 168,544 177,610 +9,066
China 109,606 14,214 -95,392
Ireland 70,737 19,900 -50,837
XI 11,126 17,075 +5,949
Germany 0 7,247 +7,247
Canada 3,821 2,059 -1,762
France 1,751 980 -771
Poland 186 420 +234
Taiwan 568 23 -545
Romania 306 0 -306

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 332,370,710
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 195,235,665
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 89,763,474
Road transport 4,977,076
Other 606,197

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 160,307,360 172,063,350 +11,755,990
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 93,696,323 101,539,342 +7,843,019
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 45,605,300 44,158,174 -1,447,126
Road transport 4,879,041 98,035 -4,781,006
Other 366,645 239,552 -127,093

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 144,109,637
Dover / Eurotunnel 133,716,944
ZLC 71,521,968
East Midlands Airport 63,263,369
London Gateway Port 47,677,951

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 70,271,821 73,837,816 +3,565,995
Dover / Eurotunnel 64,327,690 69,389,254 +5,061,564
ZLC 33,675,378 37,846,590 +4,171,212
East Midlands Airport 31,896,581 31,366,788 -529,793
London Gateway Port 23,941,060 23,736,891 -204,169
Manchester Airport 11,529,704 13,670,523 +2,140,819
Holyhead 10,978,605 13,957,684 +2,979,079
London Stansted Airport 13,464,416 10,633,750 -2,830,666
Southampton 9,104,580 13,070,169 +3,965,589
Felixstowe 9,725,045 8,645,305 -1,079,740

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