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 49,775,179
United States 15,290,004
Turkey 9,143,037
Austria 8,950,576
Italy 8,527,731

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 13,178,488 36,596,691 +23,418,203
United States 8,072,040 7,217,964 -854,076
Turkey 4,378,462 4,764,575 +386,113
Austria 4,365,694 4,584,882 +219,188
Italy 5,345,317 3,182,414 -2,162,903
Norway 4,923,895 2,121,358 -2,802,537
South Korea 936,419 3,563,717 +2,627,298
Sweden 2,280,413 2,088,323 -192,090
China 2,035,071 2,270,957 +235,886
Egypt 678,979 3,066,348 +2,387,369

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 49,670,528
United States 14,983,092
Turkey 9,485,956
Italy 9,107,780
Austria 9,099,809

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 13,114,594 36,555,934 +23,441,340
United States 7,878,894 7,104,198 -774,696
Turkey 4,366,510 5,119,446 +752,936
Italy 5,685,777 3,422,003 -2,263,774
Austria 4,502,019 4,597,790 +95,771
Norway 4,782,324 2,171,446 -2,610,878
China 2,377,535 3,255,404 +877,869
South Korea 934,535 3,563,717 +2,629,182
Sweden 2,281,720 2,109,811 -171,909
Egypt 678,979 3,065,303 +2,386,324

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 61
Surrey, East and West Sussex 37
West Midlands 28
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 25
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 25

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 42 41 -1
Surrey, East and West Sussex 29 23 -6
West Midlands 22 15 -7
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 19 12 -7
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 20 15 -5
Inner London - West 19 11 -8
West Yorkshire 19 17 -2
Essex 18 12 -6
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 14 12 -2
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 12 14 +2

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) 79,849,517
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 33,043,671
Air transport 16,230,124
Other 1,378,725
Road transport 1,125,998

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) 29,232,436 50,617,081 +21,384,645
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 14,617,824 18,425,847 +3,808,023
Air transport 9,628,057 6,602,067 -3,025,990
Other 829,972 548,753 -281,219
Road transport 447,357 678,641 +231,284

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 63,505,912
Felixstowe 9,560,562
Immingham Docks 7,242,828
London Heathrow Airport 5,969,055
London Gateway Port 5,522,151

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 20,490,962 43,014,950 +22,523,988
Felixstowe 5,306,011 4,254,551 -1,051,460
Immingham Docks 4,160,263 3,082,565 -1,077,698
London Heathrow Airport 3,539,236 2,429,819 -1,109,417
London Gateway Port 1,465,380 4,056,771 +2,591,391
Belfast Port 678,979 3,138,490 +2,459,511
Liverpool Docks 1,242,401 1,953,797 +711,396
London 2,181,950 787,096 -1,394,854
East Midlands Airport 1,515,293 1,286,705 -228,588
London Stansted Airport 1,693,666 1,104,924 -588,742

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 104
Manufacture of electrical equipment 85
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 71
Other manufacturing 49
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 33

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 77
2025-11 86
2025-10 88
2025-09 82
2025-08 77

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 212
54m+ 210
0-1m 60
15m-54m 51
Other 45

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 21,571,515
United States 12,394,227
Norway 5,465,221
Canada 5,421,973
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 9,397,775 12,173,740 +2,775,965
United States 5,600,669 6,793,558 +1,192,889
Norway 3,058,288 2,406,933 -651,355
Canada 594,212 4,827,761 +4,233,549
Azerbaijan 1,226,225 2,868,881 +1,642,656
Gambia 1,621,724 1,434,494 -187,230
Ghana 2,768,606 41,121 -2,727,485
Ireland 1,470,644 1,257,326 -213,318
Singapore 1,498,684 1,018,456 -480,228
Romania 160,599 2,303,563 +2,142,964

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 640,077
Ireland 17,787
Switzerland 8,574
Spain 5,609
United States 1,954

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 434,910 205,167 -229,743
Ireland 275 17,512 +17,237
Switzerland 4,528 4,046 -482
Spain 5,186 423 -4,763
United States 0 1,954 +1,954
China 122 1,621 +1,499
Turkey 543 0 -543
Poland 0 102 +102
Taiwan 0 85 +85
Italy 81 0 -81

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 40,115,051
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 25,552,377
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 19,337,024
Other 696,703
Road transport 75,958

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 19,608,698 20,506,353 +897,655
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 12,248,669 13,303,708 +1,055,039
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 7,528,674 11,808,350 +4,279,676
Other 458,165 238,538 -219,627
Road transport 75,958 0 -75,958

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 27,415,080
Dover / Eurotunnel 14,004,155
London Gateway Port 7,965,244
Liverpool Docks 5,388,141
Manchester Airport 4,621,294

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 13,018,232 14,396,848 +1,378,616
Dover / Eurotunnel 5,651,490 8,352,665 +2,701,175
London Gateway Port 4,901,863 3,063,381 -1,838,482
Liverpool Docks 860,601 4,527,540 +3,666,939
Manchester Airport 1,931,909 2,689,385 +757,476
East Midlands Airport 2,652,001 1,219,000 -1,433,001
Southampton 821,946 2,819,187 +1,997,241
Aberdeen Docks 1,394,313 2,134,972 +740,659
London 2,438,725 174,039 -2,264,686
Immingham Docks 1,954,046 432,533 -1,521,513

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