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 31,594,452
United States 31,552,707
Netherlands 30,563,865
China 19,311,886
Sweden 17,287,629

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 16,866,232 14,728,220 -2,138,012
United States 17,725,140 13,827,567 -3,897,573
Netherlands 9,588,686 20,975,179 +11,386,493
China 8,875,531 10,436,355 +1,560,824
Sweden 4,356,855 12,930,774 +8,573,919
France 4,933,942 4,169,344 -764,598
Italy 2,714,500 4,016,720 +1,302,220
Ireland 3,237,021 802,237 -2,434,784
United Arab Emirates 3,174,250 692,609 -2,481,641
Switzerland 1,261,795 2,301,452 +1,039,657

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 37,069,946
Sweden 26,450,383
Germany 23,994,656
China 22,146,813
United Kingdom 16,713,341

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 20,410,727 16,659,219 -3,751,508
Sweden 7,954,660 18,495,723 +10,541,063
Germany 12,997,979 10,996,677 -2,001,302
China 11,025,547 11,121,266 +95,719
United Kingdom 8,391,934 8,321,407 -70,527
Netherlands 874,272 10,356,705 +9,482,433
France 4,811,485 1,923,432 -2,888,053
Italy 2,682,811 3,842,475 +1,159,664
Switzerland 1,246,370 2,338,815 +1,092,445
Czechia 1,604,240 1,937,562 +333,322

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 199
Inner London - West 194
Surrey, East and West Sussex 109
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 96
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 95

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 130 128 -2
Inner London - West 121 118 -3
Surrey, East and West Sussex 60 71 +11
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 72 58 -14
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 53 69 +16
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 61 54 -7
West Midlands 44 52 +8
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 42 51 +9
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough 40 51 +11
Inner London - East 40 43 +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 93,053,733
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 62,099,610
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 38,314,399
Road transport 893,230
Other 264,617

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 45,468,876 47,584,857 +2,115,981
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 29,882,800 32,216,810 +2,334,010
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 14,917,133 23,397,266 +8,480,133
Road transport 241,045 652,185 +411,140
Other 215,942 48,675 -167,267

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 39,983,263
East Midlands Airport 29,313,363
Dover 27,041,878
Immingham Docks 21,860,357
London Stansted Airport 14,818,097

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 20,778,773 19,204,490 -1,574,283
East Midlands Airport 13,837,385 15,475,978 +1,638,593
Dover 13,105,708 13,936,170 +830,462
Immingham Docks 5,743,227 16,117,130 +10,373,903
London Stansted Airport 6,761,319 8,056,778 +1,295,459
Eurotunnel 6,058,298 3,957,325 -2,100,973
Harwich 609,376 7,363,471 +6,754,095
London 4,391,241 2,047,778 -2,343,463
Felixstowe 3,545,101 2,743,850 -801,251
Birmingham Airport 1,533,264 3,352,289 +1,819,025

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 372
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 182
Other manufacturing 164
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 136
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 127

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 261
2025-10 247
2025-09 264
2025-08 232
2025-07 215

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+ 712
1m-15m 708
0-1m 210
15m-54m 192
Other 161

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 40,813,823
Germany 23,897,708
China 14,543,516
Netherlands 10,118,393
Italy 9,810,224

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 18,851,906 21,961,917 +3,110,011
Germany 9,885,852 14,011,856 +4,126,004
China 10,723,436 3,820,080 -6,903,356
Netherlands 4,132,345 5,986,048 +1,853,703
Italy 4,853,951 4,956,273 +102,322
France 3,053,336 5,051,365 +1,998,029
South Korea 537,195 4,150,397 +3,613,202
Sweden 1,400,573 2,733,910 +1,333,337
Belgium 1,651,961 2,469,094 +817,133
Saudi Arabia 2,318,738 1,598,039 -720,699

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 1,621,913
Italy 25,288
XU 19,110
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 729,958 891,955 +161,997
Italy 0 25,288 +25,288
XU 9,743 9,367 -376
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 89,464,145
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 57,200,922
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 28,569,698
Other 1,682,984
Road transport 630,138

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 45,350,335 44,113,810 -1,236,525
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 20,545,005 36,655,917 +16,110,912
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 17,184,127 11,385,571 -5,798,556
Other 745,297 937,687 +192,390
Road transport 602,935 27,203 -575,732

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 51,611,159
Dover / Eurotunnel 44,554,342
East Midlands Airport 12,151,146
London Gateway Port 10,893,267
ZLC 9,254,727

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 27,458,070 24,153,089 -3,304,981
Dover / Eurotunnel 16,148,984 28,405,358 +12,256,374
East Midlands Airport 5,597,292 6,553,854 +956,562
London Gateway Port 7,783,044 3,110,223 -4,672,821
ZLC 5,310,610 3,944,117 -1,366,493
Southampton 2,903,327 6,079,055 +3,175,728
London Stansted Airport 2,675,782 3,666,062 +990,280
Harwich 2,338,383 1,586,912 -751,471
Dover 1,686,089 1,980,030 +293,941
Immingham Docks 1,299,002 2,142,923 +843,921

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