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 20,763,521
Germany 14,127,620
Canada 11,351,183
Netherlands 11,020,131
France 9,767,253

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 12,176,702 8,586,819 -3,589,883
Germany 7,447,922 6,679,698 -768,224
Canada 5,977,354 5,373,829 -603,525
Netherlands 6,313,719 4,706,412 -1,607,307
France 5,584,471 4,182,782 -1,401,689
Norway 3,884,548 3,229,252 -655,296
Finland 2,357,862 2,984,581 +626,719
Italy 2,579,651 616,640 -1,963,011
Australia 687,612 2,387,102 +1,699,490
Japan 1,531,981 1,158,735 -373,246

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 35,752,382
United States 19,694,378
Germany 11,645,172
France 8,565,061
Canada 6,885,074

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 17,800,751 17,951,631 +150,880
United States 11,208,410 8,485,968 -2,722,442
Germany 7,082,811 4,562,361 -2,520,450
France 5,714,724 2,850,337 -2,864,387
Canada 2,858,499 4,026,575 +1,168,076
Netherlands 3,548,291 2,586,307 -961,984
Finland 2,571,808 2,976,250 +404,442
China 1,159,561 1,443,090 +283,529
Norway 1,190,929 1,040,567 -150,362
Spain 917,058 1,231,693 +314,635

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 36
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 34
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 29
North Eastern Scotland 28
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 22 24 +2
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 22 20 -2
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 19 22 +3
North Eastern Scotland 21 22 +1
Surrey, East and West Sussex 18 21 +3
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 11 7 -4
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 13 12 -1
Inner London - East 10 5 -5
Gloucestershire and Wiltshire 7 9 +2
North Somerset, Somerset and Dorset 7 7 +0

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 75,638,775
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 19,929,729
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 19,001,144
Other 302,480
Road transport 48,560

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 38,126,542 37,512,233 -614,309
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 11,087,786 8,841,943 -2,245,843
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 12,437,717 6,563,427 -5,874,290
Other 176,180 126,300 -49,880
Road transport 3,760 44,800 +41,040

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 24,960,778
London Heathrow Airport 23,411,063
London Stansted Airport 12,832,278
Thamesport 8,145,542
Aberdeen Airport 6,971,590

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 £
East Midlands Airport 13,494,873 11,465,905 -2,028,968
London Heathrow Airport 11,153,752 12,257,311 +1,103,559
London Stansted Airport 6,938,904 5,893,374 -1,045,530
Thamesport 6,201,001 1,944,541 -4,256,460
Aberdeen Airport 2,712,525 4,259,065 +1,546,540
Dover 3,623,803 3,293,120 -330,683
Immingham Docks 2,361,611 2,482,460 +120,849
Birmingham Airport 1,325,677 2,603,454 +1,277,777
Aberdeen Docks 2,646,147 1,093,589 -1,552,558
Eurotunnel 1,339,591 1,878,534 +538,943

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

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 69
2025-10 70
2025-09 68
2025-08 71
2025-07 81

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 165
54m+ 150
0-1m 50
Other 39
15m-54m 31

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 60,088,537
Netherlands 29,713,989
Germany 21,651,512
Norway 20,518,427
Canada 19,536,022

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 34,783,424 25,305,113 -9,478,311
Netherlands 18,800,482 10,913,507 -7,886,975
Germany 9,942,677 11,708,835 +1,766,158
Norway 13,735,965 6,782,462 -6,953,503
Canada 10,110,950 9,425,072 -685,878
France 8,909,227 7,618,724 -1,290,503
Spain 6,965,565 7,168,120 +202,555
Australia 6,818,589 6,959,670 +141,081
China 7,436,918 6,165,179 -1,271,739
Denmark 5,172,606 3,481,313 -1,691,293

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 244,625
XU 174,597
Germany 63,888
Dominica 21,679
Italy 17,479

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 112,578 132,047 +19,469
XU 66,271 108,326 +42,055
Germany 32,989 30,899 -2,090
Dominica 13,918 7,761 -6,157
Italy 0 17,479 +17,479
France 9,198 3,561 -5,637
Denmark 9,453 385 -9,068
Singapore 7,411 0 -7,411
XI 5,014 1,636 -3,378
Ireland 0 4,930 +4,930

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 235,985,036
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 83,097,914
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 19,996,826
Road transport 1,482,722
Other 567,184

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 127,533,314 108,451,722 -19,081,592
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 45,632,396 37,465,518 -8,166,878
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 13,800,240 6,196,586 -7,603,654
Road transport 1,482,722 0 -1,482,722
Other 258,711 308,473 +49,762

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 117,389,240
Dover / Eurotunnel 47,074,422
East Midlands Airport 45,987,490
London Stansted Airport 34,627,241
ZLC 22,033,771

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 62,058,506 55,330,734 -6,727,772
Dover / Eurotunnel 29,576,300 17,498,122 -12,078,178
East Midlands Airport 24,606,542 21,380,948 -3,225,594
London Stansted Airport 19,743,408 14,883,833 -4,859,575
ZLC 11,961,397 10,072,374 -1,889,023
Dover 10,354,327 10,893,402 +539,075
Immingham Docks 7,069,039 3,158,391 -3,910,648
Manchester Airport 4,099,426 4,285,294 +185,868
Tyne 2,245,161 2,497,171 +252,010
Holyhead 2,628,928 1,366,347 -1,262,581

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