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 290,348,154
Egypt 73,796,040
Greece 53,920,292
France 23,500,478
Denmark 21,670,542

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 142,285,611 148,062,543 +5,776,932
Egypt 41,174,451 32,621,589 -8,552,862
Greece 28,403,802 25,516,490 -2,887,312
France 12,878,769 10,621,709 -2,257,060
Denmark 9,659,620 12,010,922 +2,351,302
China 8,018,771 7,918,556 -100,215
Netherlands 6,042,898 4,996,612 -1,046,286
Czechia 4,576,188 4,367,506 -208,682
Germany 4,747,710 2,911,604 -1,836,106
Italy 3,715,506 3,351,054 -364,452

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 291,467,967
Egypt 74,023,241
Greece 53,651,762
France 22,422,332
Denmark 20,508,604

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 143,108,994 148,358,973 +5,249,979
Egypt 41,539,297 32,483,944 -9,055,353
Greece 28,148,742 25,503,020 -2,645,722
France 11,759,496 10,662,836 -1,096,660
Denmark 9,853,833 10,654,771 +800,938
China 8,865,278 8,115,346 -749,932
Germany 4,939,200 4,200,606 -738,594
Czechia 4,579,871 4,192,957 -386,914
Italy 3,467,440 3,481,608 +14,168
Poland 2,783,888 3,359,947 +576,059

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 34

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 32 +0
Inner London - West 27 33 +6
Surrey, East and West Sussex 25 23 -2
Greater Manchester 22 27 +5
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 25 18 -7
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 20 21 +1
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 22 16 -6
West Midlands 17 21 +4
Northumberland, Durham and Tyne & Wear 17 16 -1
Essex 18 16 -2

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) 351,949,666
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 188,057,140
Air transport 7,719,437
Road transport 4,118,535
Other 1,231,185

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) 178,194,004 173,755,662 -4,438,342
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 95,245,018 92,812,122 -2,432,896
Air transport 4,691,303 3,028,134 -1,663,169
Road transport 2,416,572 1,701,963 -714,609
Other 445,362 785,823 +340,461
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 220,946,319
London Gateway Port 174,873,235
Dover 41,318,441
Immingham Docks 32,981,293
Eurotunnel 14,722,533

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 104,400,728 116,545,591 +12,144,863
London Gateway Port 106,930,971 67,942,264 -38,988,707
Dover 22,039,383 19,279,058 -2,760,325
Immingham Docks 15,173,580 17,807,713 +2,634,133
Eurotunnel 8,258,105 6,464,428 -1,793,677
Southampton 1,671,477 10,610,442 +8,938,965
Belfast Port 6,624,892 3,233,489 -3,391,403
Liverpool Docks 453,797 9,264,686 +8,810,889
London 486,439 6,812,253 +6,325,814
Thamesport 643,068 2,642,041 +1,998,973

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 177
Manufacture of electrical equipment 75
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 46
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 44
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 44

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 91
2025-11 104
2025-10 94
2025-09 97
2025-08 110

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+ 260
1m-15m 257
15m-54m 80
Other 68
0-1m 49

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 38,690,253
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 30,751,570
Saudi Arabia 13,306,816
United States 12,608,444
United Arab Emirates 11,516,442

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 20,930,693 17,759,560 -3,171,133
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 23,167,965 7,583,605 -15,584,360
Saudi Arabia 8,159,354 5,147,462 -3,011,892
United States 5,884,445 6,723,999 +839,554
United Arab Emirates 6,023,667 5,492,775 -530,892
Germany 4,982,914 4,272,029 -710,885
Hungary 2,867,490 3,091,300 +223,810
France 2,727,912 1,983,261 -744,651
Netherlands 1,524,343 2,275,959 +751,616
Qatar 1,775,704 1,562,821 -212,883

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 5,275,682
Egypt 891,359
China 874,347
Spain 362,320
France 267,777

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 2,937,894 2,337,788 -600,106
Egypt 211,781 679,578 +467,797
China 304,692 569,655 +264,963
Spain 206,090 156,230 -49,860
France 153,129 114,648 -38,481
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 50,087 52,592 +2,505
India 56,841 33,309 -23,532
Italy 26,589 24,724 -1,865
Germany 30,888 11,764 -19,124
Israel 16,702 1,699 -15,003

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) 70,262,331
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 68,446,104
Air transport 29,658,052
Other 8,312,944
Road transport 111,173

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) 44,684,455 25,577,876 -19,106,579
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 39,713,897 28,732,207 -10,981,690
Air transport 15,748,507 13,909,545 -1,838,962
Other 4,055,393 4,257,551 +202,158
Road transport 109,160 2,013 -107,147

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Southampton 36,696,489
Dover / Eurotunnel 31,946,999
London Gateway Port 25,953,372
London Heathrow Airport 14,441,779
Heysham 10,234,990

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 25,961,649 10,734,840 -15,226,809
Dover / Eurotunnel 19,753,545 12,193,454 -7,560,091
London Gateway Port 15,047,989 10,905,383 -4,142,606
London Heathrow Airport 8,382,367 6,059,412 -2,322,955
Heysham 4,636,886 5,598,104 +961,218
East Midlands Airport 3,867,908 4,587,548 +719,640
000 4,055,393 4,257,551 +202,158
Liverpool Docks 4,581,259 2,606,654 -1,974,605
Holyhead 3,043,535 3,444,256 +400,721
Fishguard 3,369,354 2,217,260 -1,152,094

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