Import/export HS code 90158080: Various specialized tools

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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 44,001,829
Norway 29,829,848
Netherlands 18,455,850
France 13,909,999
Canada 11,898,070

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 24,767,434 19,234,395 -5,533,039
Norway 12,606,732 17,223,116 +4,616,384
Netherlands 9,629,185 8,826,665 -802,520
France 5,302,798 8,607,201 +3,304,403
Canada 5,991,863 5,906,207 -85,656
Romania 864,305 6,785,374 +5,921,069
Denmark 1,569,848 3,295,933 +1,726,085
Germany 1,902,037 2,315,444 +413,407
Iceland 194,506 3,799,454 +3,604,948
Antarctica 0 3,945,013 +3,945,013

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 55,343,457
United Kingdom 34,724,214
Norway 17,347,138
Canada 13,076,196
Singapore 11,546,089

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 30,317,693 25,025,764 -5,291,929
United Kingdom 15,260,931 19,463,283 +4,202,352
Norway 6,735,894 10,611,244 +3,875,350
Canada 6,768,137 6,308,059 -460,078
Singapore 3,086,667 8,459,422 +5,372,755
France 3,914,058 5,867,182 +1,953,124
Germany 2,649,409 5,086,571 +2,437,162
Denmark 1,475,535 3,658,756 +2,183,221
Sweden 2,818,204 1,878,194 -940,010
China 1,549,474 2,581,451 +1,031,977

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
North Eastern Scotland 54
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 46
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 45
Surrey, East and West Sussex 45
Inner London - West 41

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
North Eastern Scotland 42 36 -6
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 37 26 -11
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 28 32 +4
Surrey, East and West Sussex 28 36 +8
Inner London - West 22 26 +4
Greater Manchester 22 14 -8
Inner London - East 14 12 -2
North Somerset, Somerset and Dorset 14 15 +1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 12 12 +0
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 13 14 +1

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 117,855,775
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 39,087,276
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 27,888,047
Road transport 1,387,825
Other 1,147,438

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 58,108,310 59,747,465 +1,639,155
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 15,672,488 23,414,788 +7,742,300
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 9,764,118 18,123,929 +8,359,811
Road transport 1,122,683 265,142 -857,541
Other 748,930 398,508 -350,422

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 33,995,282
East Midlands Airport 33,290,527
Aberdeen Docks 23,740,218
London Stansted Airport 20,562,835
Aberdeen Airport 19,073,785

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 15,478,775 18,516,507 +3,037,732
East Midlands Airport 14,604,984 18,685,543 +4,080,559
Aberdeen Docks 10,950,600 12,789,618 +1,839,018
London Stansted Airport 11,319,039 9,243,796 -2,075,243
Aberdeen Airport 10,184,669 8,889,116 -1,295,553
Dover 2,071,488 3,913,912 +1,842,424
Harwich 981,418 4,740,112 +3,758,694
Tyne 3,045,559 2,501,828 -543,731
Immingham Docks 1,495,916 2,977,218 +1,481,302
Birmingham Airport 1,662,684 1,478,062 -184,622

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 92
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 67
Other professional, scientific and technical activities 57
Architectural and engineering activities; technical testing and analysis 55
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 49

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 116
2025-10 112
2025-09 96
2025-08 107
2025-07 105

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 261
54m+ 217
0-1m 92
15m-54m 56
Other 44

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 32,956,153
Norway 25,294,033
Netherlands 18,640,383
France 15,842,922
Romania 11,148,817

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 15,435,411 17,520,742 +2,085,331
Norway 11,106,353 14,187,680 +3,081,327
Netherlands 8,199,848 10,440,535 +2,240,687
France 9,298,712 6,544,210 -2,754,502
Romania 1,210,852 9,937,965 +8,727,113
Antarctica 8,382,052 985,166 -7,396,886
United Arab Emirates 3,069,854 5,020,322 +1,950,468
Germany 3,468,829 4,324,868 +856,039
Brazil 2,900,588 4,454,480 +1,553,892
Canada 2,831,682 2,559,414 -272,268

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 72,140
XU 23,247
China 426

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 0 72,140 +72,140
XU 6,807 16,440 +9,633
China 272 154 -118

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 110,350,582
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 58,793,159
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 44,740,649
Road transport 328,344
Other 95,813

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 56,010,207 54,340,375 -1,669,832
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 23,371,846 35,421,313 +12,049,467
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 26,918,148 17,822,501 -9,095,647
Road transport 302,926 25,418 -277,508
Other 7,079 88,734 +81,655
Rail transport 0 7,400 +7,400

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 53,317,864
Dover / Eurotunnel 23,269,196
East Midlands Airport 21,152,396
Tyne 19,629,774
Immingham Docks 13,150,374

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 26,615,596 26,702,268 +86,672
Dover / Eurotunnel 12,587,598 10,681,598 -1,906,000
East Midlands Airport 10,917,031 10,235,365 -681,666
Tyne 6,649,206 12,980,568 +6,331,362
Immingham Docks 2,827,348 10,323,026 +7,495,678
ZLC 5,323,379 5,945,166 +621,787
Harwich 7,021,350 3,066,816 -3,954,534
Aberdeen Docks 6,891,223 3,043,963 -3,847,260
Aberdeen Airport 4,588,653 4,842,420 +253,767
Southampton 1,413,020 4,744,066 +3,331,046

Quick facts

HS code: 90158080

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

Description: Other unique instruments for specific measuring tasks