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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 213,690,987
United States 185,439,515
France 104,696,025
Italy 29,548,069
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 115,751,683 97,939,304 -17,812,379
United States 101,817,886 83,621,629 -18,196,257
France 60,957,500 43,738,525 -17,218,975
Italy 18,572,015 10,976,054 -7,595,961
Saudi Arabia 18,405,011 3,286,483 -15,118,528
Netherlands 13,852,335 5,729,644 -8,122,691
Singapore 8,339,371 3,348,722 -4,990,649
Spain 4,466,407 6,261,039 +1,794,632
Ireland 6,690,927 3,714,975 -2,975,952
Canada 6,369,196 2,389,357 -3,979,839

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 356,046,952
France 177,962,979
United Kingdom 46,018,512
Italy 32,102,122
Germany 25,280,157

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 199,126,875 156,920,077 -42,206,798
France 100,597,474 77,365,505 -23,231,969
United Kingdom 28,841,829 17,176,683 -11,665,146
Italy 22,143,644 9,958,478 -12,185,166
Germany 12,783,517 12,496,640 -286,877
Malaysia 4,768,492 4,849,990 +81,498
Mexico 5,747,095 250,693 -5,496,402
Canada 2,288,501 1,397,826 -890,675
Spain 505,833 2,249,816 +1,743,983
Singapore 1,389,574 1,045,703 -343,871

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 30
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 27
Inner London - West 24
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 28 31 +3
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 19 26 +7
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 21 19 -2
Inner London - West 16 22 +6
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 13 13 +0
Essex 8 10 +2
North Somerset, Somerset and Dorset 10 10 +0
Gloucestershire and Wiltshire 9 9 +0
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 12 10 -2
Devon 6 4 -2

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 633,131,175
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 29,691,050
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 9,403,502
Other 1,278,905
Road transport 155,447

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 364,369,684 268,761,491 -95,608,193
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 13,018,884 16,672,166 +3,653,282
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 5,214,347 4,189,155 -1,025,192
Other 579,113 699,792 +120,679
Road transport 0 155,447 +155,447

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 364,594,459
London Stansted Airport 147,699,162
East Midlands Airport 80,418,898
Warton Aerodrome 21,042,573
Eurotunnel 13,863,563

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 200,549,488 164,044,971 -36,504,517
London Stansted Airport 84,810,438 62,888,724 -21,921,714
East Midlands Airport 48,599,707 31,819,191 -16,780,516
Warton Aerodrome 18,268,023 2,774,550 -15,493,473
Eurotunnel 6,169,215 7,694,348 +1,525,133
Dover 1,993,072 6,709,181 +4,716,109
Birmingham Airport 4,353,188 2,750,413 -1,602,775
Manchester Airport 4,098,145 2,489,882 -1,608,263
Dover / Eurotunnel 3,998,045 1,771,608 -2,226,437
Thamesport 2,686,341 2,605,027 -81,314

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 40
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
2025-11 78
2025-10 85
2025-09 80
2025-08 87
2025-07 84

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 113
54m+ 97
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 133,184,609
United States 114,930,489
France 46,937,126
Netherlands 13,202,762
United Arab Emirates 11,575,288

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 70,248,579 62,936,030 -7,312,549
United States 65,514,547 49,415,942 -16,098,605
France 26,651,010 20,286,116 -6,364,894
Netherlands 6,442,643 6,760,119 +317,476
United Arab Emirates 5,323,583 6,251,705 +928,122
Taiwan 4,323,797 6,902,880 +2,579,083
Canada 5,631,644 4,172,971 -1,458,673
Singapore 4,847,690 3,025,568 -1,822,122
South Korea 3,065,601 4,180,075 +1,114,474
India 3,897,246 2,762,835 -1,134,411

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 352,218,118
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 73,936,420
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 429,897
Road transport 134,440

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 206,084,840 146,133,278 -59,951,562
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 20,821,611 53,114,809 +32,293,198
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 254,025 175,872 -78,153
Road transport 134,440 0 -134,440

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 206,180,512
Dover / Eurotunnel 70,468,739
ZLC 56,818,417
London Stansted Airport 51,367,041
East Midlands Airport 34,813,948

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 113,222,523 92,957,989 -20,264,534
Dover / Eurotunnel 18,863,411 51,605,328 +32,741,917
ZLC 40,520,015 16,298,402 -24,221,613
London Stansted Airport 24,070,670 27,296,371 +3,225,701
East Midlands Airport 25,902,908 8,911,040 -16,991,868
Manchester Airport 1,784,129 244,151 -1,539,978
Dover 1,191,772 328,316 -863,456
Holyhead 513,907 142,557 -371,350
Harwich 0 568,116 +568,116
Hull 63,104 261,703 +198,599

Quick facts

HS code: 90142080

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

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