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 44,221,871
Norway 29,493,727
Netherlands 18,382,655
France 14,942,419
Canada 11,686,622

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 25,258,039 18,963,832 -6,294,207
Norway 11,918,542 17,575,185 +5,656,643
Netherlands 9,767,284 8,615,371 -1,151,913
France 4,884,494 10,057,925 +5,173,431
Canada 5,938,113 5,748,509 -189,604
Romania 864,305 7,320,190 +6,455,885
Denmark 1,559,579 3,309,004 +1,749,425
Germany 1,757,814 2,464,934 +707,120
Iceland 192,985 3,799,454 +3,606,469
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 55,431,157
United Kingdom 34,611,743
Norway 17,362,778
Canada 12,693,947
Singapore 12,024,311

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 30,023,918 25,407,239 -4,616,679
United Kingdom 15,490,066 19,121,677 +3,631,611
Norway 6,272,050 11,090,728 +4,818,678
Canada 6,420,547 6,273,400 -147,147
Singapore 3,647,457 8,376,854 +4,729,397
France 3,739,660 7,294,057 +3,554,397
Germany 2,696,133 5,300,718 +2,604,585
Denmark 1,463,711 3,680,627 +2,216,916
Sweden 2,864,516 1,914,426 -950,090
China 1,690,647 2,492,405 +801,758

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 49
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 46
Surrey, East and West Sussex 44
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 30 -7
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 26 34 +8
Surrey, East and West Sussex 27 36 +9
Inner London - West 24 25 +1
Greater Manchester 19 15 -4
Inner London - East 14 13 -1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 11 14 +3
North Somerset, Somerset and Dorset 15 14 -1
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough 14 10 -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 117,159,924
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 39,177,437
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 30,268,207
Road transport 1,255,002
Other 1,123,253

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 58,089,394 59,070,530 +981,136
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 15,593,601 23,583,836 +7,990,235
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 9,666,407 20,601,800 +10,935,393
Road transport 979,550 275,452 -704,098
Other 828,020 295,233 -532,787

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 33,808,103
East Midlands Airport 33,126,225
Aberdeen Docks 23,571,179
London Stansted Airport 20,527,010
Aberdeen Airport 18,742,457

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 15,913,195 17,894,908 +1,981,713
East Midlands Airport 14,071,140 19,055,085 +4,983,945
Aberdeen Docks 10,915,144 12,656,035 +1,740,891
London Stansted Airport 11,694,201 8,832,809 -2,861,392
Aberdeen Airport 9,935,274 8,807,183 -1,128,091
Dover 1,985,873 6,102,329 +4,116,456
Harwich 983,407 4,738,123 +3,754,716
Tyne 3,047,637 2,499,750 -547,887
Immingham Docks 1,500,135 3,123,782 +1,623,647
Birmingham Airport 1,638,112 1,556,348 -81,764

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 99
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 69
Architectural and engineering activities; technical testing and analysis 59
Other professional, scientific and technical activities 58
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 48

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 114
2025-11 116
2025-10 112
2025-09 96
2025-08 107

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 263
54m+ 216
0-1m 94
15m-54m 61
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 33,316,866
Norway 24,822,599
Netherlands 18,527,999
France 15,746,191
Romania 11,271,891

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 16,420,057 16,896,809 +476,752
Norway 11,055,870 13,766,729 +2,710,859
Netherlands 8,787,885 9,740,114 +952,229
France 8,850,485 6,895,706 -1,954,779
Romania 1,210,852 10,061,039 +8,850,187
Antarctica 8,382,052 985,166 -7,396,886
United Arab Emirates 2,940,556 5,458,036 +2,517,480
Germany 3,386,137 4,557,570 +1,171,433
Brazil 4,084,317 3,256,943 -827,374
Canada 2,819,399 2,595,529 -223,870

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
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
China 426 0 -426

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 112,889,519
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 58,985,304
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 44,630,531
Road transport 213,912
Other 96,202

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 57,396,981 55,492,538 -1,904,443
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 24,204,017 34,781,287 +10,577,270
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 26,252,413 18,378,118 -7,874,295
Road transport 168,494 45,418 -123,076
Other 7,756 88,446 +80,690
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 54,397,640
Dover / Eurotunnel 22,904,705
East Midlands Airport 20,568,205
Tyne 19,500,719
Immingham Docks 12,897,446

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 29,110,192 25,287,448 -3,822,744
Dover / Eurotunnel 12,399,702 10,505,003 -1,894,699
East Midlands Airport 10,454,215 10,113,990 -340,225
Tyne 6,497,667 13,003,052 +6,505,385
Immingham Docks 2,895,022 10,002,424 +7,107,402
ZLC 5,320,980 6,332,777 +1,011,797
Harwich 7,021,350 3,149,381 -3,871,969
Aberdeen Docks 6,628,791 3,262,078 -3,366,713
Aberdeen Airport 4,662,228 4,943,825 +281,597
London Stansted Airport 3,148,764 3,974,919 +826,155

Quick facts

HS code: 90158080

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

Description: Other unique instruments for specific measuring tasks