Import/export HS code 90230080: Various demonstration 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 £
Germany 32,252,383
United States 31,082,846
Netherlands 29,938,886
China 19,344,931
Sweden 17,106,053

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 18,046,247 14,206,136 -3,840,111
United States 18,135,925 12,946,921 -5,189,004
Netherlands 9,553,078 20,385,808 +10,832,730
China 8,925,347 10,419,584 +1,494,237
Sweden 4,221,610 12,884,443 +8,662,833
France 3,371,056 4,108,051 +736,995
Italy 2,977,704 3,850,550 +872,846
Ireland 3,204,678 1,048,406 -2,156,272
United Arab Emirates 3,170,715 598,535 -2,572,180
Switzerland 1,262,706 2,310,108 +1,047,402

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 36,863,896
Sweden 25,226,314
Germany 24,258,369
China 22,318,564
United Kingdom 16,752,432

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 21,043,281 15,820,615 -5,222,666
Sweden 7,552,757 17,673,557 +10,120,800
Germany 12,853,592 11,404,777 -1,448,815
China 11,042,774 11,275,790 +233,016
United Kingdom 8,753,828 7,998,604 -755,224
Netherlands 937,174 10,226,348 +9,289,174
Italy 2,671,087 3,954,793 +1,283,706
France 3,235,633 864,985 -2,370,648
Switzerland 1,189,051 2,483,003 +1,293,952
Czechia 1,683,794 1,945,296 +261,502

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 200
Inner London - West 192
Surrey, East and West Sussex 107
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 96
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 96

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
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 130 132 +2
Inner London - West 124 118 -6
Surrey, East and West Sussex 57 73 +16
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 69 59 -10
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 55 70 +15
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 62 63 +1
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 43 51 +8
West Midlands 41 50 +9
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough 39 52 +13
Inner London - East 38 48 +10

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 92,596,361
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 61,332,116
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 36,942,451
Road transport 897,363
Other 260,306

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 46,228,491 46,367,870 +139,379
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 28,630,008 32,702,108 +4,072,100
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 14,591,812 22,350,639 +7,758,827
Road transport 234,672 662,691 +428,019
Other 214,928 45,378 -169,550

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 39,618,202
East Midlands Airport 29,294,082
Dover 24,823,388
Immingham Docks 20,673,208
London Stansted Airport 14,528,480

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 21,426,631 18,191,571 -3,235,060
East Midlands Airport 13,753,593 15,540,489 +1,786,896
Dover 11,989,471 12,833,917 +844,446
Immingham Docks 5,641,044 15,032,164 +9,391,120
London Stansted Airport 6,729,597 7,798,883 +1,069,286
Eurotunnel 5,955,411 4,807,162 -1,148,249
Harwich 614,968 7,351,803 +6,736,835
London 4,324,462 2,326,787 -1,997,675
Felixstowe 3,459,462 2,761,979 -697,483
Birmingham Airport 1,606,303 3,511,167 +1,904,864

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 368
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 182
Other manufacturing 167
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 139
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 126

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 214
2025-11 261
2025-10 247
2025-09 264
2025-08 232

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
54m+ 714
1m-15m 711
0-1m 211
15m-54m 198
Other 150

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 41,469,142
Germany 24,498,018
China 14,164,249
Netherlands 10,244,877
Italy 9,772,956

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 19,649,015 21,820,127 +2,171,112
Germany 9,901,395 14,596,623 +4,695,228
China 10,346,803 3,817,446 -6,529,357
Netherlands 3,653,749 6,591,128 +2,937,379
Italy 5,566,334 4,206,622 -1,359,712
France 2,974,824 5,134,623 +2,159,799
South Korea 531,413 4,149,664 +3,618,251
Saudi Arabia 2,816,376 1,440,167 -1,376,209
Belgium 1,658,693 2,573,744 +915,051
Sweden 1,427,891 2,616,469 +1,188,578

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 £
XI 1,632,114
Italy 25,288
China 16,673

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 £
XI 696,915 935,199 +238,284
Italy 0 25,288 +25,288
China 5,596 11,077 +5,481

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 91,311,469
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 58,350,324
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 28,384,076
Other 1,689,809
Road transport 425,402

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 46,021,624 45,289,845 -731,779
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 21,768,786 36,581,538 +14,812,752
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 16,812,175 11,571,901 -5,240,274
Other 708,878 980,931 +272,053
Road transport 398,199 27,203 -370,996

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 53,762,314
Dover / Eurotunnel 44,477,077
East Midlands Airport 12,057,625
London Gateway Port 10,671,059
Southampton 9,230,217

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 28,114,287 25,648,027 -2,466,260
Dover / Eurotunnel 17,281,842 27,195,235 +9,913,393
East Midlands Airport 5,683,614 6,374,011 +690,397
London Gateway Port 7,927,728 2,743,331 -5,184,397
Southampton 2,444,352 6,785,865 +4,341,513
ZLC 5,023,870 3,995,564 -1,028,306
London Stansted Airport 2,701,068 3,647,779 +946,711
Dover 1,661,368 2,718,308 +1,056,940
Harwich 2,333,147 1,916,209 -416,938
Immingham Docks 1,170,394 2,522,369 +1,351,975

Quick facts

HS code: 90230080

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

Description: Other tools and models used for showing or explaining things in schools or exhibits