Import/export HS code 85371091: Programmable memory controllers

Programmable controllers used in electric control systems for managing memory functions

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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 £
Germany 345,652,803
United States 213,998,102
France 107,859,120
Netherlands 99,850,589
Romania 75,170,629

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 £
Germany 179,201,366 166,451,437 -12,749,929
United States 102,087,864 111,910,238 +9,822,374
France 54,625,780 53,233,340 -1,392,440
Netherlands 46,553,082 53,297,507 +6,744,425
Romania 39,736,758 35,433,871 -4,302,887
China 37,933,396 28,118,419 -9,814,977
Spain 26,673,960 19,964,012 -6,709,948
Canada 21,807,563 17,024,639 -4,782,924
Belgium 18,693,273 20,094,434 +1,401,161
Japan 16,903,498 21,479,328 +4,575,830

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 £
United States 233,015,542
Germany 231,294,420
United Kingdom 224,887,470
China 95,801,809
Romania 92,719,688

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 £
United States 112,117,013 120,898,529 +8,781,516
Germany 120,078,006 111,216,414 -8,861,592
United Kingdom 110,924,932 113,962,538 +3,037,606
China 54,725,461 41,076,348 -13,649,113
Romania 47,901,223 44,818,465 -3,082,758
France 30,447,385 28,273,166 -2,174,219
Spain 23,227,796 21,361,067 -1,866,729
Japan 16,445,186 22,038,086 +5,592,900
Canada 20,468,436 17,418,204 -3,050,232
Hungary 17,190,443 12,461,612 -4,728,831

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 347
Surrey, East and West Sussex 238
Inner London - West 223
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 197
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 189

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 248 244 -4
Surrey, East and West Sussex 165 163 -2
Inner London - West 155 142 -13
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 139 140 +1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 132 136 +4
West Midlands 128 128 +0
Greater Manchester 120 134 +14
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 122 116 -6
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 122 129 +7
Shropshire and Staffordshire 103 97 -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 757,702,930
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 465,779,005
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 129,620,666
Other 41,451,195
Road transport 20,278,704

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 374,333,461 383,369,469 +9,036,008
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 235,092,893 230,686,112 -4,406,781
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 62,842,962 66,777,704 +3,934,742
Other 26,535,362 14,915,833 -11,619,529
Road transport 17,961,351 2,317,353 -15,643,998
Rail transport 5,607,253 6,038,014 +430,761

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 293,100,479
Dover 214,543,036
East Midlands Airport 166,781,790
London Stansted Airport 140,134,731
Eurotunnel 83,989,552

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 147,091,337 146,009,142 -1,082,195
Dover 109,179,171 105,363,865 -3,815,306
East Midlands Airport 85,309,144 81,472,646 -3,836,498
London Stansted Airport 70,120,257 70,014,474 -105,783
Eurotunnel 40,861,540 43,128,012 +2,266,472
Oxford Airport 30,594,621 34,076,142 +3,481,521
Birmingham Airport 19,094,638 27,233,537 +8,138,899
Immingham Docks 24,440,540 21,437,355 -3,003,185
000 26,535,362 14,915,833 -11,619,529
London Gateway Port 18,535,995 18,911,214 +375,219

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 798
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 385
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 323
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 219
Specialised construction activities 207

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 769
2025-11 796
2025-10 867
2025-09 789
2025-08 761

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 1574
54m+ 1462
15m-54m 430
0-1m 418
Other 302

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 284,783,406
Germany 158,384,282
France 88,463,006
China 81,222,645
United Arab Emirates 51,952,450

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 126,123,113 158,660,293 +32,537,180
Germany 81,988,959 76,395,323 -5,593,636
France 51,291,871 37,171,135 -14,120,736
China 36,184,149 45,038,496 +8,854,347
United Arab Emirates 27,721,657 24,230,793 -3,490,864
Spain 22,586,478 20,271,739 -2,314,739
Netherlands 15,847,112 16,757,429 +910,317
Poland 7,304,397 22,330,183 +15,025,786
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 15,838,164 13,567,642 -2,270,522
India 13,670,336 15,105,260 +1,434,924

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 11,628,880
Ireland 1,669,189
Italy 463,434
United States 56,885
Germany 42,562

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 4,009,405 7,619,475 +3,610,070
Ireland 120,257 1,548,932 +1,428,675
Italy 460,216 3,218 -456,998
United States 31,046 25,839 -5,207
Germany 19,268 23,294 +4,026
Brazil 32,402 1,380 -31,022
China 14,356 14,754 +398
Czechia 4,473 11,746 +7,273
South Korea 0 14,723 +14,723
Sweden 9,977 0 -9,977

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 816,282,181
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 269,479,993
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 111,570,080
Other 14,068,875
Road transport 731,717

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 409,616,766 406,665,415 -2,951,351
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 127,063,934 142,416,059 +15,352,125
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 49,292,067 62,278,013 +12,985,946
Other 4,746,772 9,322,103 +4,575,331
Road transport 716,774 14,943 -701,831
Rail transport 0 973 +973

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 382,421,192
Dover / Eurotunnel 227,482,709
East Midlands Airport 180,770,594
London Stansted Airport 99,083,380
ZLC 75,644,137

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 173,893,377 208,527,815 +34,634,438
Dover / Eurotunnel 109,402,634 118,080,075 +8,677,441
East Midlands Airport 97,894,443 82,876,151 -15,018,292
London Stansted Airport 47,672,536 51,410,844 +3,738,308
ZLC 52,024,061 23,620,076 -28,403,985
Manchester Airport 29,972,379 26,089,854 -3,882,525
Southampton 10,233,637 36,459,627 +26,225,990
London Gateway Port 13,050,170 11,455,176 -1,594,994
Immingham Docks 11,309,199 12,954,547 +1,645,348
Felixstowe 14,789,370 5,262,342 -9,527,028

Quick facts

HS code: 85371091

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

Description: Programmable controllers used in electric control systems for managing memory functions