Import/export HS code 854442: Cables with connectors

Insulated cables fitted with connectors for easy connection

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 £
China 408,850,951
United States 115,870,986
Germany 115,778,216
Netherlands 104,311,310
France 67,887,453

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 £
China 222,663,829 186,187,122 -36,476,707
United States 58,071,690 57,799,296 -272,394
Germany 54,947,727 60,830,489 +5,882,762
Netherlands 52,418,686 51,892,624 -526,062
France 28,773,698 39,113,755 +10,340,057
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 18,467,277 28,117,976 +9,650,699
Romania 18,922,276 20,922,342 +2,000,066
Czechia 16,460,124 16,481,994 +21,870
Ireland 15,051,323 16,271,566 +1,220,243
Belgium 14,223,172 13,359,346 -863,826

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 545,063,366
United States 104,320,278
Germany 75,814,100
Viet Nam 57,226,658
Romania 52,012,871

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 281,384,319 263,679,047 -17,705,272
United States 51,917,603 52,402,675 +485,072
Germany 33,877,069 41,937,031 +8,059,962
Viet Nam 33,048,948 24,177,710 -8,871,238
Romania 23,178,850 28,834,021 +5,655,171
Czechia 16,585,660 19,227,825 +2,642,165
India 12,230,915 17,757,296 +5,526,381
Hungary 13,800,828 15,224,589 +1,423,761
Poland 13,613,929 14,057,341 +443,412
France 10,347,025 16,131,976 +5,784,951

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 575
Inner London - West 500
Surrey, East and West Sussex 362
Greater Manchester 321
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 309

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 425 422 -3
Inner London - West 332 346 +14
Surrey, East and West Sussex 271 259 -12
Greater Manchester 228 225 -3
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 227 224 -3
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 224 217 -7
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 189 196 +7
West Midlands 186 199 +13
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 179 178 -1
Outer London - West and North West 167 148 -19

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 458,275,139
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 390,830,257
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 359,608,004
Other 69,456,422
Road transport 22,364,963

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 208,314,203 249,960,936 +41,646,733
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 198,840,059 191,990,198 -6,849,861
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 172,546,538 187,061,466 +14,514,928
Other 50,071,064 19,385,358 -30,685,706
Road transport 13,616,290 8,748,673 -4,867,617
Rail transport 2,171,815 1,319,674 -852,141

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 189,793,464
London Heathrow Airport 160,290,592
Dover 135,875,400
East Midlands Airport 116,571,857
Southampton 104,454,051

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 £
Felixstowe 110,771,899 79,021,565 -31,750,334
London Heathrow Airport 75,458,888 84,831,704 +9,372,816
Dover 65,975,681 69,899,719 +3,924,038
East Midlands Airport 54,605,311 61,966,546 +7,361,235
Southampton 54,770,777 49,683,274 -5,087,503
London Stansted Airport 31,868,929 37,732,612 +5,863,683
000 50,071,064 19,385,358 -30,685,706
London Gateway Port 18,388,307 40,594,995 +22,206,688
Eurotunnel 25,883,877 29,762,288 +3,878,411
Birmingham Airport 19,254,230 24,559,137 +5,304,907

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 1468
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 603
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 573
Manufacture of electrical equipment 439
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 422

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 1387
2025-11 1460
2025-10 1621
2025-09 1420
2025-08 1474

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 2757
54m+ 2100
0-1m 846
15m-54m 735
Other 475

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 121,251,322
Norway 79,612,119
Germany 66,902,355
Netherlands 57,423,721
France 49,397,064

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 58,845,978 62,405,344 +3,559,366
Norway 25,614,818 53,997,301 +28,382,483
Germany 36,269,005 30,633,350 -5,635,655
Netherlands 30,049,528 27,374,193 -2,675,335
France 28,118,318 21,278,746 -6,839,572
Ireland 17,437,695 17,232,214 -205,481
Brazil 15,314,745 12,482,904 -2,831,841
Belgium 13,325,580 10,888,811 -2,436,769
Spain 11,545,321 9,463,231 -2,082,090
Italy 10,059,299 9,554,377 -504,922

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 £
China 1,337,360
XI 759,592
Thailand 265,322
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 152,134
Germany 121,584

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 £
China 872,982 464,378 -408,604
XI 353,941 405,651 +51,710
Thailand 5,996 259,326 +253,330
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 130,922 21,212 -109,710
Germany 69,560 52,024 -17,536
Nicaragua 59,152 103 -59,049
Taiwan 42,571 904 -41,667
United States 22,387 16,111 -6,276
Belgium 31,102 1,103 -29,999
Ireland 8,270 7,767 -503

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 379,019,603
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 239,323,093
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 147,991,778
Other 3,206,148
Road transport 1,967,772

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 189,844,504 189,175,099 -669,405
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 122,511,274 116,811,819 -5,699,455
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 66,136,008 81,855,770 +15,719,762
Other 1,894,414 1,311,734 -582,680
Road transport 1,947,460 20,312 -1,927,148

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 147,829,250
Dover / Eurotunnel 144,926,315
East Midlands Airport 129,650,981
Tyne 45,296,627
ZLC 32,994,739

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 68,389,178 79,440,072 +11,050,894
Dover / Eurotunnel 77,276,672 67,649,643 -9,627,029
East Midlands Airport 68,906,774 60,744,207 -8,162,567
Tyne 16,921,431 28,375,196 +11,453,765
ZLC 17,527,674 15,467,065 -2,060,609
Immingham Docks 14,096,356 13,912,445 -183,911
London Stansted Airport 12,901,198 14,063,416 +1,162,218
Dover 16,248,293 9,918,112 -6,330,181
London Gateway Port 14,237,424 11,233,035 -3,004,389
Southampton 9,242,197 9,316,320 +74,123

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 854442

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

Description: Insulated cables fitted with connectors for easy connection