Import/export HS code 85441190: Various copper wires

Copper wires and cables not specified elsewhere

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 £
Germany 43,327,519
United States 10,611,078
Austria 9,145,752
Norway 7,580,641
Italy 5,620,721

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 8,762,221 34,565,298 +25,803,077
United States 5,089,433 5,521,645 +432,212
Austria 4,190,527 4,955,225 +764,698
Norway 5,455,286 2,125,355 -3,329,931
Italy 4,035,701 1,585,020 -2,450,681
China 1,686,245 2,268,761 +582,516
South Korea 600,334 2,811,189 +2,210,855
Netherlands 970,342 531,480 -438,862
Ireland 547,697 430,259 -117,438
India 668,058 270,952 -397,106

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 43,056,001
United States 9,911,490
Austria 9,288,494
Norway 7,482,758
Italy 6,157,843

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 8,707,937 34,348,064 +25,640,127
United States 5,075,691 4,835,799 -239,892
Austria 4,318,867 4,969,627 +650,760
Norway 5,314,016 2,168,742 -3,145,274
Italy 4,383,504 1,774,339 -2,609,165
China 1,973,769 3,241,056 +1,267,287
South Korea 597,826 2,814,957 +2,217,131
India 680,722 272,450 -408,272
Turkey 597,704 133,868 -463,836
Netherlands 474,092 204,650 -269,442

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 52
Surrey, East and West Sussex 31
West Yorkshire 23
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 21
Inner London - West 21

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 36 35 -1
Surrey, East and West Sussex 23 20 -3
West Yorkshire 18 16 -2
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 12 13 +1
Inner London - West 17 10 -7
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 14 11 -3
Essex 16 8 -8
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 16 10 -6
West Midlands 17 8 -9
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 13 8 -5

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) 65,531,798
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 13,281,587
Air transport 12,020,844
Other 1,405,587
Road transport 31,687

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) 21,433,097 44,098,701 +22,665,604
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 5,023,994 8,257,593 +3,233,599
Air transport 7,526,904 4,493,940 -3,032,964
Other 845,852 559,735 -286,117
Road transport 12,722 18,965 +6,243

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 54,019,816
London Heathrow Airport 3,401,152
Immingham Docks 3,265,229
Liverpool Docks 3,175,402
Felixstowe 2,989,329

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 14,429,005 39,590,811 +25,161,806
London Heathrow Airport 2,108,036 1,293,116 -814,920
Immingham Docks 2,497,243 767,986 -1,729,257
Liverpool Docks 1,221,605 1,953,797 +732,192
Felixstowe 1,848,542 1,140,787 -707,755
London Gateway Port 246,644 2,593,790 +2,347,146
London Stansted Airport 1,673,431 947,426 -726,005
Aberdeen Airport 1,955,910 352,067 -1,603,843
East Midlands Airport 1,080,044 1,046,379 -33,665
Southampton 775,071 1,160,709 +385,638

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 88
Manufacture of electrical equipment 69
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 57
Other manufacturing 42
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 30

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 63
2025-10 74
2025-09 68
2025-08 61
2025-07 81

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
54m+ 183
1m-15m 177
0-1m 51
Other 45
15m-54m 42

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 £
Norway 5,158,537
Canada 4,224,185
Azerbaijan 4,073,031
Gambia 3,056,218
Ghana 2,809,727

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 £
Norway 2,247,119 2,911,418 +664,299
Canada 120,961 4,103,224 +3,982,263
Azerbaijan 1,207,299 2,865,732 +1,658,433
Gambia 1,324,497 1,731,721 +407,224
Ghana 2,759,833 49,894 -2,709,939
United States 1,454,132 848,319 -605,813
Ireland 1,046,914 1,014,491 -32,423
Romania 17,935 1,897,399 +1,879,464
France 993,835 563,412 -430,423
Germany 736,548 556,575 -179,973

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 17,679
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 172 17,507 +17,335
Switzerland 5,931 4,310 -1,621
Spain 885 4,724 +3,839
United States 0 1,954 +1,954
Turkey 519 24 -495
China 77 265 +188
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 £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 16,147,487
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 12,576,107
Air transport 6,708,493
Other 1,399,215
Road transport 47,184

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 £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 6,799,144 9,348,343 +2,549,199
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 4,277,765 8,298,342 +4,020,577
Air transport 4,131,367 2,577,126 -1,554,241
Other 1,128,238 270,977 -857,261
Road transport 47,184 0 -47,184

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 8,289,073
Liverpool Docks 4,975,446
London Gateway Port 3,729,458
Aberdeen Docks 3,524,595
London Heathrow Airport 3,282,712

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 £
Dover / Eurotunnel 3,110,804 5,178,269 +2,067,465
Liverpool Docks 643,161 4,332,285 +3,689,124
London Gateway Port 1,531,298 2,198,160 +666,862
Aberdeen Docks 1,234,665 2,289,930 +1,055,265
London Heathrow Airport 2,395,471 887,241 -1,508,230
London 2,438,725 134,058 -2,304,667
Immingham Docks 1,145,140 799,443 -345,697
Tyne 48,926 1,866,628 +1,817,702
000 1,128,238 270,977 -857,261
ZLC 422,374 756,467 +334,093

Quick facts

HS code: 85441190

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

Description: Copper wires and cables not specified elsewhere