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* 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 £
Germany 214,810,124
United States 186,533,348
France 103,315,495
Italy 29,257,940
Saudi Arabia 21,691,494

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 £
Germany 113,821,090 100,989,034 -12,832,056
United States 102,500,399 84,032,949 -18,467,450
France 60,088,895 43,226,600 -16,862,295
Italy 17,669,620 11,588,320 -6,081,300
Saudi Arabia 18,455,817 3,235,677 -15,220,140
Netherlands 13,159,339 5,110,937 -8,048,402
Singapore 8,493,549 3,468,309 -5,025,240
Spain 4,783,321 6,171,476 +1,388,155
Ireland 7,004,656 3,411,463 -3,593,193
Canada 5,832,364 2,657,746 -3,174,618

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 £
United States 359,258,832
France 175,705,318
United Kingdom 46,557,511
Italy 31,343,976
Germany 24,207,621

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 £
United States 198,095,916 161,162,916 -36,933,000
France 98,298,776 77,406,542 -20,892,234
United Kingdom 30,029,521 16,527,990 -13,501,531
Italy 21,327,378 10,016,598 -11,310,780
Germany 11,621,122 12,586,499 +965,377
Malaysia 5,502,868 4,929,671 -573,197
Mexico 5,209,341 40,305 -5,169,036
Canada 2,268,268 1,209,939 -1,058,329
Spain 534,237 2,371,803 +1,837,566
Singapore 1,438,266 894,247 -544,019

Importers across UK regions

What this shows: Number of importing companies by UK ITL2 region.

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Surrey, East and West Sussex 39
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 31
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 29
Inner London - West 25
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 16

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
Surrey, East and West Sussex 30 30 +0
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 19 27 +8
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 23 20 -3
Inner London - West 17 23 +6
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 13 13 +0
Essex 8 11 +3
Gloucestershire and Wiltshire 9 9 +0
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 12 10 -2
North Somerset, Somerset and Dorset 8 10 +2
Devon 7 3 -4

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 632,736,663
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 30,150,394
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 8,691,883
Other 1,241,297
Road transport 396,192

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 360,862,106 271,874,557 -88,987,549
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 13,515,291 16,635,103 +3,119,812
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 4,326,309 4,365,574 +39,265
Other 558,787 682,510 +123,723
Road transport 0 396,192 +396,192

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 365,668,864
London Stansted Airport 146,195,537
East Midlands Airport 80,362,621
Warton Aerodrome 21,042,573
Eurotunnel 14,243,571

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 £
London Heathrow Airport 195,903,550 169,765,314 -26,138,236
London Stansted Airport 84,835,136 61,360,401 -23,474,735
East Midlands Airport 49,586,756 30,775,865 -18,810,891
Warton Aerodrome 18,268,023 2,774,550 -15,493,473
Eurotunnel 6,718,054 7,525,517 +807,463
Dover 1,824,141 6,860,392 +5,036,251
Birmingham Airport 4,156,068 2,917,544 -1,238,524
Manchester Airport 4,347,818 2,335,297 -2,012,521
Dover / Eurotunnel 4,161,181 1,752,165 -2,409,016
Thamesport 1,803,151 2,714,026 +910,875

Importer companies by SIC division

What this shows: Industry breakdown (SIC divisions) of importing companies.

Top 5 values

SIC Companies
Warehousing and support activities for transportation 45
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 39
Air transport 38
Manufacture of other transport equipment 35
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 33

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 77
2025-11 78
2025-10 85
2025-09 80
2025-08 87

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 115
54m+ 98
0-1m 49
Other 31
15m-54m 30

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 £
Germany 136,597,000
United States 114,327,827
France 45,782,624
Netherlands 13,467,927
United Arab Emirates 11,655,965

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 £
Germany 72,073,265 64,523,735 -7,549,530
United States 65,072,263 49,255,564 -15,816,699
France 25,644,738 20,137,886 -5,506,852
Netherlands 5,880,556 7,587,371 +1,706,815
United Arab Emirates 5,491,859 6,164,106 +672,247
Taiwan 6,971,146 4,683,232 -2,287,914
Canada 5,573,172 3,730,203 -1,842,969
India 4,032,639 4,426,508 +393,869
Singapore 4,900,844 3,187,223 -1,713,621
South Korea 3,585,427 3,876,990 +291,563

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 353,319,596
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 79,264,773
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 412,587
Road transport 132,278

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 207,244,929 146,074,667 -61,170,262
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 22,928,403 56,336,370 +33,407,967
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 202,525 210,062 +7,537
Road transport 132,278 0 -132,278

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 210,411,234
Dover / Eurotunnel 75,954,727
ZLC 53,986,317
London Stansted Airport 52,589,106
East Midlands Airport 32,666,300

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 117,919,612 92,491,622 -25,427,990
Dover / Eurotunnel 21,132,209 54,822,518 +33,690,309
ZLC 39,824,250 14,162,067 -25,662,183
London Stansted Airport 23,186,506 29,402,600 +6,216,094
East Midlands Airport 24,181,744 8,484,556 -15,697,188
Manchester Airport 1,720,077 1,109,851 -610,226
Dover 1,075,523 332,687 -742,836
Holyhead 471,133 142,557 -328,576
Harwich 0 568,116 +568,116
Hull 60,121 261,703 +201,582

Quick facts

HS code: 90142080

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

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