Import/export HS code 854411: Copper wires and cables

Wires and cables made of copper, insulated or not

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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 47,590,922
United States 15,032,698
Austria 9,303,215
Italy 8,429,902
Turkey 8,397,520

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 10,693,040 36,897,882 +26,204,842
United States 7,999,400 7,033,298 -966,102
Austria 4,303,482 4,999,733 +696,251
Italy 5,391,904 3,037,998 -2,353,906
Turkey 4,406,347 3,991,173 -415,174
Norway 5,468,056 2,125,355 -3,342,701
China 1,838,325 2,540,006 +701,681
Sweden 2,229,082 2,037,807 -191,275
South Korea 603,478 2,811,189 +2,207,711
Egypt 212,103 3,174,530 +2,962,427

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 £
Germany 47,508,476
United States 14,703,165
Austria 9,453,942
Italy 9,023,299
Turkey 8,740,439

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 £
Germany 10,628,122 36,880,354 +26,252,232
United States 7,843,675 6,859,490 -984,185
Austria 4,439,807 5,014,135 +574,328
Italy 5,739,707 3,283,592 -2,456,115
Turkey 4,394,395 4,346,044 -48,351
Norway 5,326,786 2,171,446 -3,155,340
China 2,192,624 3,533,943 +1,341,319
Sweden 2,223,902 2,065,782 -158,120
South Korea 597,826 2,814,957 +2,217,131
Egypt 212,103 3,173,485 +2,961,382

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 63
Surrey, East and West Sussex 38
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 26
West Midlands 26
Inner London - West 24

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 44 40 -4
Surrey, East and West Sussex 30 23 -7
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 17 15 -2
West Midlands 21 13 -8
Inner London - West 19 13 -6
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 19 15 -4
West Yorkshire 20 17 -3
Essex 19 12 -7
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 15 11 -4
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 11 14 +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) 78,744,885
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 31,167,915
Air transport 16,012,422
Other 1,479,080
Road transport 888,217

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) 27,201,844 51,543,041 +24,341,197
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 13,811,322 17,356,593 +3,545,271
Air transport 9,421,123 6,591,299 -2,829,824
Other 866,848 612,232 -254,616
Road transport 404,156 484,061 +79,905

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 61,667,210
Felixstowe 9,173,600
Immingham Docks 7,682,921
London Heathrow Airport 6,157,757
London Gateway Port 4,436,353

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 £
Dover 17,849,557 43,817,653 +25,968,096
Felixstowe 5,169,158 4,004,442 -1,164,716
Immingham Docks 4,650,872 3,032,049 -1,618,823
London Heathrow Airport 3,292,832 2,864,925 -427,907
London Gateway Port 1,278,228 3,158,125 +1,879,897
Belfast Port 212,103 3,246,672 +3,034,569
Liverpool Docks 1,242,401 1,953,797 +711,396
London 2,037,757 909,879 -1,127,878
London Stansted Airport 1,767,782 1,071,991 -695,791
East Midlands Airport 1,541,219 1,229,009 -312,210

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 103
Manufacture of electrical equipment 84
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 71
Other manufacturing 53
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 35

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 86
2025-10 88
2025-09 82
2025-08 77
2025-07 96

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 219
54m+ 211
0-1m 61
15m-54m 51
Other 46

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 £
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 20,466,313
United States 12,417,045
Norway 5,435,451
Canada 5,360,896
Azerbaijan 4,095,106

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 £
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 8,369,012 12,097,301 +3,728,289
United States 5,597,782 6,819,263 +1,221,481
Norway 2,422,593 3,012,858 +590,265
Canada 730,334 4,630,562 +3,900,228
Azerbaijan 1,226,225 2,868,881 +1,642,656
Gambia 1,324,497 1,731,721 +407,224
Ghana 2,759,833 49,894 -2,709,939
Ireland 1,504,704 1,290,414 -214,290
Singapore 1,499,763 1,018,107 -481,656
France 1,878,250 629,737 -1,248,513

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 1,342,145
XU 20,358
Ireland 17,844
Switzerland 10,241
Spain 5,609

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 1,107,582 234,563 -873,019
XU 12,915 7,443 -5,472
Ireland 332 17,512 +17,180
Switzerland 5,931 4,310 -1,621
Spain 885 4,724 +3,839
United States 0 1,954 +1,954
China 77 1,647 +1,570
Turkey 519 24 -495
Poland 0 102 +102
Taiwan 0 85 +85

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 38,952,279
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 25,674,956
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 19,273,156
Other 1,400,762
Road transport 91,575

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 18,878,460 20,073,819 +1,195,359
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 11,522,906 14,152,050 +2,629,144
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 7,351,092 11,922,064 +4,570,972
Other 1,128,398 272,364 -856,034
Road transport 91,575 0 -91,575

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 26,353,041
Dover / Eurotunnel 13,985,764
London Gateway Port 8,004,740
Liverpool Docks 5,366,770
Manchester Airport 4,590,358

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 11,957,934 14,395,107 +2,437,173
Dover / Eurotunnel 5,618,700 8,367,064 +2,748,364
London Gateway Port 4,668,218 3,336,522 -1,331,696
Liverpool Docks 865,830 4,500,940 +3,635,110
Manchester Airport 2,099,926 2,490,432 +390,506
East Midlands Airport 2,859,863 1,122,356 -1,737,507
Southampton 743,999 2,911,146 +2,167,147
Aberdeen Docks 1,239,355 2,289,930 +1,050,575
London 2,438,725 174,039 -2,264,686
Immingham Docks 1,472,897 873,357 -599,540

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 854411

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

Description: Wires and cables made of copper, insulated or not