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 409,421,943
United States 117,418,405
Germany 116,228,907
Netherlands 103,814,853
France 63,689,574

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 221,003,728 188,418,215 -32,585,513
United States 57,260,409 60,157,996 +2,897,587
Germany 55,211,176 61,017,731 +5,806,555
Netherlands 52,231,132 51,583,721 -647,411
France 27,821,994 35,867,580 +8,045,586
Romania 19,922,537 19,342,098 -580,439
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 17,882,977 18,631,021 +748,044
Czechia 16,688,247 16,005,787 -682,460
Ireland 15,404,625 16,418,579 +1,013,954
Belgium 14,185,957 13,112,690 -1,073,267

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 535,572,484
United States 105,648,582
Germany 72,649,404
Viet Nam 57,802,628
Romania 50,787,437

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 279,232,918 256,339,566 -22,893,352
United States 52,151,304 53,497,278 +1,345,974
Germany 33,859,257 38,790,147 +4,930,890
Viet Nam 33,034,038 24,768,590 -8,265,448
Romania 24,042,153 26,745,284 +2,703,131
Czechia 16,883,765 18,639,775 +1,756,010
Hungary 14,298,767 15,273,047 +974,280
India 11,851,220 16,673,757 +4,822,537
Poland 13,831,604 13,495,648 -335,956
France 10,634,305 15,828,641 +5,194,336

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 563
Inner London - West 490
Surrey, East and West Sussex 363
Greater Manchester 316
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 304

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 415 421 +6
Inner London - West 334 340 +6
Surrey, East and West Sussex 273 258 -15
Greater Manchester 231 217 -14
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 228 219 -9
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 230 217 -13
West Midlands 187 208 +21
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 182 194 +12
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 177 177 +0
Outer London - West and North West 164 154 -10

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 444,895,756
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 388,475,797
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 353,112,835
Other 73,846,035
Road transport 23,485,574

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 205,508,404 239,387,352 +33,878,948
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 198,354,713 190,121,084 -8,233,629
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 170,646,749 182,466,086 +11,819,337
Other 49,824,149 24,021,886 -25,802,263
Road transport 15,211,651 8,273,923 -6,937,728
Rail transport 2,309,492 1,350,312 -959,180

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 191,500,694
London Heathrow Airport 149,224,447
Dover 131,477,227
East Midlands Airport 116,764,785
Southampton 104,081,427

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 110,088,485 81,412,209 -28,676,276
London Heathrow Airport 73,375,571 75,848,876 +2,473,305
Dover 66,510,415 64,966,812 -1,543,603
East Midlands Airport 55,872,301 60,892,484 +5,020,183
Southampton 55,148,828 48,932,599 -6,216,229
000 49,824,149 24,021,886 -25,802,263
London Stansted Airport 31,334,438 38,687,953 +7,353,515
London Gateway Port 18,387,960 37,916,560 +19,528,600
Eurotunnel 24,437,344 30,320,264 +5,882,920
Birmingham Airport 18,750,073 24,408,011 +5,657,938

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 1466
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 599
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 576
Manufacture of electrical equipment 436
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 422

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 1460
2025-10 1621
2025-09 1420
2025-08 1473
2025-07 1542

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+ 2103
0-1m 850
15m-54m 719
Other 471

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 120,905,368
Norway 80,149,599
Germany 67,154,340
Netherlands 57,926,369
France 49,610,035

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 58,033,997 62,871,371 +4,837,374
Norway 25,182,063 54,967,536 +29,785,473
Germany 35,343,178 31,811,162 -3,532,016
Netherlands 29,189,886 28,736,483 -453,403
France 28,779,056 20,830,979 -7,948,077
Ireland 17,387,780 17,287,936 -99,844
Brazil 15,517,715 13,131,503 -2,386,212
Belgium 13,576,023 10,667,713 -2,908,310
Spain 11,807,322 8,861,760 -2,945,562
Italy 10,146,383 9,236,725 -909,658

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 1,444,367
XI 725,729
XU 343,037
Thailand 265,322
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 155,967

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 923,872 520,495 -403,377
XI 371,854 353,875 -17,979
XU 283,407 59,630 -223,777
Thailand 5,996 259,326 +253,330
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 129,674 26,293 -103,381
Germany 71,548 55,827 -15,721
Nicaragua 59,894 1,717 -58,177
Taiwan 39,071 4,482 -34,589
United States 23,416 16,202 -7,214
Belgium 31,102 1,103 -29,999

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 379,453,384
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 237,696,547
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 149,456,444
Other 3,339,699
Road transport 2,382,009

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 190,712,800 188,740,584 -1,972,216
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 119,369,292 118,327,255 -1,042,037
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 67,427,368 82,029,076 +14,601,708
Other 2,003,328 1,336,371 -666,957
Road transport 2,352,186 29,823 -2,322,363

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 147,500,707
Dover / Eurotunnel 145,825,064
East Midlands Airport 130,778,408
Tyne 45,278,636
ZLC 32,610,800

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 68,293,215 79,207,492 +10,914,277
Dover / Eurotunnel 77,931,084 67,893,980 -10,037,104
East Midlands Airport 68,981,093 61,797,315 -7,183,778
Tyne 16,690,802 28,587,834 +11,897,032
ZLC 17,633,731 14,977,069 -2,656,662
Immingham Docks 13,677,267 15,045,579 +1,368,312
London Stansted Airport 13,111,193 14,065,419 +954,226
Dover 15,604,137 9,999,281 -5,604,856
London Gateway Port 13,153,004 11,932,286 -1,220,718
Southampton 10,255,053 8,083,526 -2,171,527

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