Import/export HS code 85444920: Low-voltage telecommunication cables

Telecommunication cables for voltages under 80V

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 149,449,593
India 14,707,992
Ireland 14,199,936
Turkey 9,474,708
Netherlands 7,895,838

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 79,893,183 69,556,410 -10,336,773
India 7,517,792 7,190,200 -327,592
Ireland 8,428,807 5,771,129 -2,657,678
Turkey 4,139,106 5,335,602 +1,196,496
Netherlands 3,477,533 4,418,305 +940,772
United States 2,442,135 2,155,304 -286,831
Germany 1,977,674 2,409,555 +431,881
Poland 1,341,217 1,927,052 +585,835
Canada 1,880,214 1,185,152 -695,062
France 1,454,106 1,489,199 +35,093

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 155,519,590
India 15,776,092
Ireland 14,762,011
Turkey 11,192,316
United States 4,961,224

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 83,267,841 72,251,749 -11,016,092
India 7,604,777 8,171,315 +566,538
Ireland 8,816,786 5,945,225 -2,871,561
Turkey 5,107,179 6,085,137 +977,958
United States 2,484,245 2,476,979 -7,266
Slovakia 1,092,392 2,347,755 +1,255,363
Canada 1,820,373 1,144,672 -675,701
Egypt 2,884,839 2,365 -2,882,474
Poland 929,035 1,661,981 +732,946
Germany 1,179,904 1,411,072 +231,168

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 67
Surrey, East and West Sussex 53
Inner London - West 50
Greater Manchester 33
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 32

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 49 36 -13
Surrey, East and West Sussex 34 32 -2
Inner London - West 29 31 +2
Greater Manchester 22 23 +1
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 22 23 +1
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 19 21 +2
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 20 17 -3
Outer London - West and North West 19 19 +0
Inner London - East 17 19 +2
Essex 18 14 -4

Import volume by transport

What this shows: Import value by transport mode used to bring goods into the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 173,719,861
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 35,634,011
Air transport 21,477,864
Other 738,943
Road transport 715,323

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 £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 92,544,779 81,175,082 -11,369,697
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 17,988,401 17,645,610 -342,791
Air transport 11,325,657 10,152,207 -1,173,450
Other 371,743 367,200 -4,543
Road transport 546,079 169,244 -376,835

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 88,927,452
Southampton 54,716,173
London Gateway Port 27,341,509
Holyhead 11,507,204
London Heathrow Airport 10,808,095

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 52,669,469 36,257,983 -16,411,486
Southampton 29,965,913 24,750,260 -5,215,653
London Gateway Port 8,315,868 19,025,641 +10,709,773
Holyhead 7,702,629 3,804,575 -3,898,054
London Heathrow Airport 5,494,025 5,314,070 -179,955
Dover 3,509,899 6,049,224 +2,539,325
Eurotunnel 2,121,762 2,011,419 -110,343
London 1,836,010 1,607,733 -228,277
East Midlands Airport 1,656,795 1,447,424 -209,371
Thamesport 1,226,829 1,171,161 -55,668

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 182
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 93
Manufacture of electrical equipment 84
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 48
Computer programming, consultancy and related activities 39

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 117
2025-10 119
2025-09 106
2025-08 106
2025-07 119

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 260
54m+ 246
0-1m 78
15m-54m 78
Other 58

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 £
Ireland 27,701,895
Netherlands 10,621,548
United Arab Emirates 9,800,835
France 9,758,952
Spain 8,664,850

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 £
Ireland 15,183,094 12,518,801 -2,664,293
Netherlands 5,651,990 4,969,558 -682,432
United Arab Emirates 5,693,873 4,106,962 -1,586,911
France 4,349,942 5,409,010 +1,059,068
Spain 4,698,922 3,965,928 -732,994
Italy 3,059,974 3,581,389 +521,415
Germany 4,121,435 1,104,115 -3,017,320
Belgium 1,900,727 2,264,065 +363,338
United States 2,911,740 1,163,851 -1,747,889
Denmark 1,585,940 1,594,877 +8,937

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 £
Taiwan 517,091
China 388,769
XU 176,936
XI 14,002
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 12,143

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 £
Taiwan 398,018 119,073 -278,945
China 300,757 88,012 -212,745
XU 6,428 170,508 +164,080
XI 0 14,002 +14,002
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 9,764 2,379 -7,385
Spain 3,422 7,069 +3,647
Ireland 3,480 1,511 -1,969
Turkey 305 4,084 +3,779
South Korea 3,641 267 -3,374
Germany 0 2,955 +2,955

Export volume by transport

What this shows: Export value by transport mode used to ship goods from the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 83,213,987
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 29,908,725
Air transport 11,859,020
Other 1,140,423
Road transport 48,390

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 £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 43,541,264 39,672,723 -3,868,541
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 17,449,769 12,458,956 -4,990,813
Air transport 6,163,498 5,695,522 -467,976
Other 727,550 412,873 -314,677
Road transport 48,390 0 -48,390

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 65,276,992
London Gateway Port 12,867,225
Immingham Docks 9,620,652
Holyhead 8,774,057
London Heathrow Airport 4,035,779

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 34,103,171 31,173,821 -2,929,350
London Gateway Port 6,691,864 6,175,361 -516,503
Immingham Docks 4,787,622 4,833,030 +45,408
Holyhead 4,627,831 4,146,226 -481,605
London Heathrow Airport 2,153,483 1,882,296 -271,187
East Midlands Airport 2,025,371 1,931,579 -93,792
Southampton 2,683,648 750,434 -1,933,214
Liverpool Docks 1,665,260 1,271,101 -394,159
Grangemouth Docks 2,004,769 849,975 -1,154,794
Heysham 1,098,278 1,345,183 +246,905

Quick facts

HS code: 85444920

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

Description: Telecommunication cables for voltages under 80V