Import/export HS code 85318070: Various signaling apparatus

Other signaling devices not specifically listed, used for various purposes

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 £
Netherlands 57,402,306
Germany 48,702,627
France 46,557,550
United States 41,650,435
China 24,359,937

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 £
Netherlands 20,787,934 36,614,372 +15,826,438
Germany 26,552,006 22,150,621 -4,401,385
France 11,258,204 35,299,346 +24,041,142
United States 22,173,665 19,476,770 -2,696,895
China 13,409,723 10,950,214 -2,459,509
Viet Nam 6,187,198 4,068,120 -2,119,078
Sweden 5,266,978 2,843,700 -2,423,278
Romania 1,299,414 2,629,445 +1,330,031
Ireland 869,052 2,730,530 +1,861,478
Italy 1,790,923 1,507,099 -283,824

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 72,865,710
United States 59,884,236
Viet Nam 54,649,304
Germany 19,998,050
United Kingdom 12,163,867

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 31,406,682 41,459,028 +10,052,346
United States 25,353,099 34,531,137 +9,178,038
Viet Nam 21,917,644 32,731,660 +10,814,016
Germany 12,311,381 7,686,669 -4,624,712
United Kingdom 5,260,182 6,903,685 +1,643,503
France 6,721,471 3,516,170 -3,205,301
Romania 3,951,851 2,669,746 -1,282,105
Canada 171,196 3,717,531 +3,546,335
Ireland 705,169 2,413,046 +1,707,877
Sweden 1,735,413 1,360,152 -375,261

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Surrey, East and West Sussex 75
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 69
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 68
Inner London - West 58
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 54

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
Surrey, East and West Sussex 61 50 -11
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 49 50 +1
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 49 45 -4
Inner London - West 31 40 +9
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 39 36 -3
Greater Manchester 35 35 +0
West Midlands 26 26 +0
Inner London - East 22 25 +3
Outer London - West and North West 26 23 -3
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 22 25 +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) 127,358,791
Air transport 115,998,715
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 28,164,375
Other 1,923,262
Road transport 1,842,154

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) 41,757,323 85,601,468 +43,844,145
Air transport 65,658,467 50,340,248 -15,318,219
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 14,084,305 14,080,070 -4,235
Other 626,008 1,297,254 +671,246
Road transport 1,564,025 278,129 -1,285,896

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 57,110,521
Eurotunnel 41,829,694
Dover 34,524,357
Felixstowe 25,052,080
London Stansted Airport 22,774,855

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 £
London Heathrow Airport 33,549,140 23,561,381 -9,987,759
Eurotunnel 7,560,746 34,268,948 +26,708,202
Dover 9,960,365 24,563,992 +14,603,627
Felixstowe 14,252,191 10,799,889 -3,452,302
London Stansted Airport 13,185,132 9,589,723 -3,595,409
East Midlands Airport 9,629,000 6,367,345 -3,261,655
Immingham Docks 6,667,809 8,568,062 +1,900,253
Dover / Eurotunnel 4,161,070 5,236,980 +1,075,910
Birmingham Airport 4,403,461 3,793,788 -609,673
Manchester Airport 2,516,755 3,642,329 +1,125,574

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 239
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 106
Manufacture of electrical equipment 77
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 71
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 65

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 211
2025-10 217
2025-09 176
2025-08 199
2025-07 200

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+ 362
15m-54m 101
0-1m 100
Other 92

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 32,817,859
Germany 21,729,320
Italy 7,085,853
Ireland 6,539,233
Netherlands 6,171,361

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 18,172,817 14,645,042 -3,527,775
Germany 11,030,723 10,698,597 -332,126
Italy 3,241,383 3,844,470 +603,087
Ireland 2,503,953 4,035,280 +1,531,327
Netherlands 3,446,855 2,724,506 -722,349
India 2,371,195 1,688,084 -683,111
Spain 877,227 2,858,403 +1,981,176
United Arab Emirates 1,285,133 1,811,250 +526,117
France 1,682,336 1,286,777 -395,559
Turkey 916,636 1,864,236 +947,600

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 216,635
France 56,489
China 23,836
XI 15,705
Germany 7,493

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 136,990 79,645 -57,345
France 33,312 23,177 -10,135
China 23,570 266 -23,304
XI 11,972 3,733 -8,239
Germany 3,275 4,218 +943
Indonesia 1,075 2,523 +1,448
India 0 3,119 +3,119
Nicaragua 2,733 0 -2,733
Czechia 0 762 +762
Ireland 0 729 +729

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 93,506,154
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 24,472,306
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 6,131,932
Other 331,520
Road transport 167,495

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 48,729,427 44,776,727 -3,952,700
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 11,570,969 12,901,337 +1,330,368
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 3,235,894 2,896,038 -339,856
Other 212,927 118,593 -94,334
Road transport 167,495 0 -167,495

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 39,583,134
East Midlands Airport 24,591,425
London Stansted Airport 11,773,465
ZLC 11,085,228
Dover / Eurotunnel 8,742,838

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 21,567,094 18,016,040 -3,551,054
East Midlands Airport 12,664,830 11,926,595 -738,235
London Stansted Airport 5,691,095 6,082,370 +391,275
ZLC 6,325,005 4,760,223 -1,564,782
Dover / Eurotunnel 4,935,488 3,807,350 -1,128,138
Immingham Docks 2,642,262 4,908,478 +2,266,216
Manchester Airport 1,990,223 3,502,542 +1,512,319
Holyhead 1,702,726 2,309,611 +606,885
Dover 914,290 1,013,954 +99,664
London Gateway Port 720,258 856,859 +136,601

Quick facts

HS code: 85318070

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

Description: Other signaling devices not specifically listed, used for various purposes