Import/export HS code 85444991: Thick conductor wires

Wires and cables with conductors thicker than 0.51mm

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 £
Turkey 280,913,856
Egypt 77,182,291
Greece 52,773,482
France 24,980,729
Denmark 21,350,703

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 £
Turkey 135,968,106 144,945,750 +8,977,644
Egypt 38,998,316 38,183,975 -814,341
Greece 26,468,310 26,305,172 -163,138
France 13,330,262 11,650,467 -1,679,795
Denmark 9,768,265 11,582,438 +1,814,173
China 8,048,213 7,993,534 -54,679
Netherlands 5,611,294 5,390,483 -220,811
Czechia 4,428,698 4,546,511 +117,813
Italy 3,727,892 3,395,974 -331,918
Germany 4,801,010 2,064,240 -2,736,770

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 £
Turkey 282,012,660
Egypt 77,409,492
Greece 52,504,952
France 23,847,941
Denmark 20,115,427

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 £
Turkey 136,790,637 145,222,023 +8,431,386
Egypt 39,363,162 38,046,330 -1,316,832
Greece 26,213,250 26,291,702 +78,452
France 12,309,673 11,538,268 -771,405
Denmark 9,858,255 10,257,172 +398,917
China 8,737,717 8,274,380 -463,337
Czechia 4,542,685 4,367,339 -175,346
Germany 4,776,349 3,562,342 -1,214,007
Italy 3,461,730 3,538,211 +76,481
Poland 2,674,076 3,469,759 +795,683

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 49
Inner London - West 47
Surrey, East and West Sussex 42
Greater Manchester 37
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 36

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 32 33 +1
Inner London - West 28 33 +5
Surrey, East and West Sussex 23 25 +2
Greater Manchester 22 26 +4
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 26 17 -9
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 21 20 -1
West Midlands 17 23 +6
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 20 18 -2
Essex 19 16 -3
Northumberland, Durham and Tyne & Wear 18 15 -3

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) 344,854,249
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 187,848,361
Air transport 7,897,035
Road transport 4,071,025
Other 1,312,366

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) 169,036,791 175,817,458 +6,780,667
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 94,914,638 92,933,723 -1,980,915
Air transport 4,871,230 3,025,805 -1,845,425
Road transport 2,238,525 1,832,500 -406,025
Other 460,249 852,117 +391,868
Rail transport 39,489 0 -39,489

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 215,966,653
London Gateway Port 172,246,078
Dover 42,734,882
Immingham Docks 32,841,457
Eurotunnel 14,224,174

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 102,836,034 113,130,619 +10,294,585
London Gateway Port 96,936,787 75,309,291 -21,627,496
Dover 22,712,887 20,021,995 -2,690,892
Immingham Docks 15,511,222 17,330,235 +1,819,013
Eurotunnel 8,264,554 5,959,620 -2,304,934
Southampton 2,579,527 10,183,342 +7,603,815
Belfast Port 6,394,988 3,305,977 -3,089,011
Liverpool Docks 435,926 8,654,187 +8,218,261
London 484,446 6,802,275 +6,317,829
Thamesport 717,425 2,594,698 +1,877,273

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 178
Manufacture of electrical equipment 76
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 46
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 46
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 44

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 103
2025-10 93
2025-09 97
2025-08 110
2025-07 99

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+ 267
1m-15m 256
15m-54m 80
Other 67
0-1m 50

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 39,463,819
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 30,611,608
Saudi Arabia 13,652,772
United States 12,418,890
United Arab Emirates 12,037,274

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 21,466,403 17,997,416 -3,468,987
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 22,754,802 7,856,806 -14,897,996
Saudi Arabia 8,906,665 4,746,107 -4,160,558
United States 6,019,399 6,399,491 +380,092
United Arab Emirates 6,348,313 5,688,961 -659,352
Germany 5,276,246 3,947,318 -1,328,928
Hungary 2,987,808 2,902,603 -85,205
France 2,700,887 2,037,438 -663,449
Netherlands 1,478,840 2,277,741 +798,901
Qatar 1,782,212 1,506,599 -275,613

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 £
Turkey 5,217,025
China 826,125
Egypt 822,951
Spain 374,555
France 285,651

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 £
Turkey 2,938,306 2,278,719 -659,587
China 250,678 575,447 +324,769
Egypt 213,061 609,890 +396,829
Spain 211,058 163,497 -47,561
France 165,946 119,705 -46,241
XU 54,677 201,048 +146,371
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 47,825 49,265 +1,440
India 56,914 35,460 -21,454
Italy 26,584 25,525 -1,059
Germany 33,053 16,016 -17,037

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) 70,897,253
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 70,379,285
Air transport 29,349,316
Other 8,132,435
Road transport 122,768

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) 45,438,760 25,458,493 -19,980,267
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 41,380,105 28,999,180 -12,380,925
Air transport 15,488,689 13,860,627 -1,628,062
Other 4,026,808 4,105,627 +78,819
Road transport 118,956 3,812 -115,144

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Southampton 37,174,780
Dover / Eurotunnel 32,860,821
London Gateway Port 26,174,134
London Heathrow Airport 14,427,514
Heysham 10,916,661

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 £
Southampton 26,223,227 10,951,553 -15,271,674
Dover / Eurotunnel 21,014,987 11,845,834 -9,169,153
London Gateway Port 15,328,780 10,845,354 -4,483,426
London Heathrow Airport 8,297,294 6,130,220 -2,167,074
Heysham 5,421,348 5,495,313 +73,965
East Midlands Airport 3,835,666 4,607,310 +771,644
000 4,026,808 4,105,627 +78,819
Liverpool Docks 4,244,206 2,723,442 -1,520,764
Holyhead 2,985,106 3,464,580 +479,474
Fishguard 3,095,688 2,358,780 -736,908

Quick facts

HS code: 85444991

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

Description: Wires and cables with conductors thicker than 0.51mm