Import/export HS code 90158020: Weather and earth measurement tools

Devices for studying weather, water, and earth movements, like seismographs or rain gauges

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 £
United States 20,736,063
Germany 13,532,721
Netherlands 11,702,132
Canada 11,098,075
France 9,388,828

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 £
United States 11,757,657 8,978,406 -2,779,251
Germany 6,717,092 6,815,629 +98,537
Netherlands 6,198,686 5,503,446 -695,240
Canada 6,043,738 5,054,337 -989,401
France 5,121,790 4,267,038 -854,752
Norway 3,593,146 3,175,192 -417,954
Finland 2,465,084 3,077,929 +612,845
Italy 2,492,724 659,857 -1,832,867
Australia 871,654 2,246,424 +1,374,770
China 1,159,050 1,899,376 +740,326

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 Kingdom 38,251,141
United States 19,952,568
Germany 11,079,556
France 8,125,187
Canada 6,740,291

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 Kingdom 17,558,134 20,693,007 +3,134,873
United States 10,732,289 9,220,279 -1,512,010
Germany 6,357,257 4,722,299 -1,634,958
France 5,149,494 2,975,693 -2,173,801
Canada 2,753,316 3,986,975 +1,233,659
Netherlands 3,613,335 2,629,080 -984,255
Finland 2,414,107 3,080,094 +665,987
China 1,340,560 1,321,740 -18,820
Norway 1,193,277 1,023,528 -169,749
Spain 886,942 1,270,953 +384,011

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 39
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 34
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 29
North Eastern Scotland 27
Surrey, East and West Sussex 26

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
Inner London - West 26 24 -2
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 23 19 -4
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 21 20 -1
North Eastern Scotland 18 22 +4
Surrey, East and West Sussex 19 21 +2
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 11 7 -4
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 13 11 -2
Gloucestershire and Wiltshire 7 9 +2
Inner London - East 8 5 -3
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough 8 5 -3

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 77,195,466
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 20,133,549
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 19,029,094
Other 309,984
Road transport 137,973

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 36,964,716 40,230,750 +3,266,034
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 10,944,796 9,188,753 -1,756,043
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 11,868,877 7,160,217 -4,708,660
Other 166,220 143,764 -22,456
Road transport 3,760 134,213 +130,453

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 25,536,543
East Midlands Airport 24,588,399
London Stansted Airport 12,366,170
Thamesport 8,288,728
Aberdeen Airport 6,919,001

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 11,092,766 14,443,777 +3,351,011
East Midlands Airport 13,057,724 11,530,675 -1,527,049
London Stansted Airport 6,391,382 5,974,788 -416,594
Thamesport 6,094,965 2,193,763 -3,901,202
Aberdeen Airport 2,715,151 4,203,850 +1,488,699
Dover 3,330,397 3,482,307 +151,910
Immingham Docks 2,613,917 2,316,802 -297,115
Birmingham Airport 1,327,057 3,059,717 +1,732,660
Aberdeen Docks 2,413,087 1,376,856 -1,036,231
Eurotunnel 1,622,721 1,808,384 +185,663

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 66
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 40
Other professional, scientific and technical activities 39
Architectural and engineering activities; technical testing and analysis 38
Specialised construction activities 31

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 67
2025-11 69
2025-10 70
2025-09 68
2025-08 71

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 160
54m+ 150
0-1m 51
Other 38
15m-54m 35

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 £
United States 58,779,807
Netherlands 28,446,304
Germany 21,947,256
Norway 20,726,224
Canada 19,123,556

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 £
United States 34,838,702 23,941,105 -10,897,597
Netherlands 17,858,868 10,587,436 -7,271,432
Germany 10,306,614 11,640,642 +1,334,028
Norway 13,693,999 7,032,225 -6,661,774
Canada 9,374,109 9,749,447 +375,338
France 8,402,790 7,721,527 -681,263
Spain 6,766,248 7,292,312 +526,064
Australia 6,642,785 7,196,578 +553,793
China 7,283,215 5,948,276 -1,334,939
Denmark 4,349,947 3,869,106 -480,841

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 £
United States 250,222
Germany 63,888
Italy 17,479
Dominica 14,720
Denmark 9,838

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 £
United States 140,676 109,546 -31,130
Germany 32,989 30,899 -2,090
Italy 0 17,479 +17,479
Dominica 6,959 7,761 +802
Denmark 9,453 385 -9,068
France 6,159 3,561 -2,598
XI 5,014 3,839 -1,175
Singapore 7,411 0 -7,411
Ireland 0 4,930 +4,930
Netherlands 1,187 380 -807

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 232,624,266
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 81,386,096
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 19,855,278
Road transport 973,095
Other 566,177

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 124,772,494 107,851,772 -16,920,722
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 44,490,682 36,895,414 -7,595,268
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 12,880,956 6,974,322 -5,906,634
Road transport 973,095 0 -973,095
Other 294,122 272,055 -22,067

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 115,172,552
East Midlands Airport 45,896,995
Dover / Eurotunnel 44,446,840
London Stansted Airport 33,640,848
ZLC 21,754,144

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 59,657,042 55,515,510 -4,141,532
East Midlands Airport 25,100,013 20,796,982 -4,303,031
Dover / Eurotunnel 27,441,521 17,005,319 -10,436,202
London Stansted Airport 18,884,547 14,756,301 -4,128,246
ZLC 11,572,179 10,181,965 -1,390,214
Dover 10,984,469 10,586,606 -397,863
Immingham Docks 6,913,411 3,140,762 -3,772,649
Manchester Airport 4,069,546 4,244,238 +174,692
Tyne 2,008,231 2,599,715 +591,484
Holyhead 2,491,091 1,408,902 -1,082,189

Quick facts

HS code: 90158020

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

Description: Devices for studying weather, water, and earth movements, like seismographs or rain gauges