Import/export HS code 902580: Various measuring instruments

Various tools for measuring temperature, pressure, or humidity, not covered in other categories

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 £
Ireland 9,359,150
United States 8,681,966
China 7,449,377
Germany 7,407,274
Netherlands 5,484,485

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 £
Ireland 4,937,079 4,422,071 -515,008
United States 4,537,168 4,144,798 -392,370
China 3,343,333 4,106,044 +762,711
Germany 3,375,632 4,031,642 +656,010
Netherlands 2,930,330 2,554,155 -376,175
Finland 2,629,509 2,509,557 -119,952
Italy 1,623,869 1,900,362 +276,493
France 1,504,555 1,781,900 +277,345
Switzerland 1,690,790 1,468,437 -222,353
Japan 1,925,457 309,784 -1,615,673

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 £
China 12,154,610
United States 11,078,958
Ireland 7,163,827
Finland 5,406,906
United Kingdom 5,353,193

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 £
China 5,999,217 6,155,393 +156,176
United States 6,006,452 5,072,506 -933,946
Ireland 3,963,286 3,200,541 -762,745
Finland 2,677,718 2,729,188 +51,470
United Kingdom 2,568,816 2,784,377 +215,561
Germany 2,337,883 2,773,914 +436,031
Switzerland 1,466,563 1,592,868 +126,305
Italy 1,113,700 1,467,152 +353,452
Denmark 1,037,141 1,167,871 +130,730
Japan 1,840,833 271,608 -1,569,225

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 85
Inner London - West 78
Surrey, East and West Sussex 69
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 66
Greater Manchester 57

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 62 47 -15
Inner London - West 53 46 -7
Surrey, East and West Sussex 48 52 +4
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 45 46 +1
Greater Manchester 45 34 -11
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 40 35 -5
West Midlands 31 27 -4
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 30 29 -1
Essex 27 25 -2
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 24 26 +2

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 42,504,874
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 16,780,206
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 9,377,492
Other 359,434
Road transport 158,321

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 22,368,368 20,136,506 -2,231,862
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 7,907,514 8,872,692 +965,178
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 4,681,107 4,696,385 +15,278
Other 255,761 103,673 -152,088
Road transport 58,285 100,036 +41,751

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 18,907,908
London Heathrow Airport 8,641,537
London Stansted Airport 8,237,760
London 4,637,142
Liverpool Docks 4,434,231

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 9,139,557 9,768,351 +628,794
London Heathrow Airport 5,238,046 3,403,491 -1,834,555
London Stansted Airport 4,450,606 3,787,154 -663,452
London 2,348,371 2,288,771 -59,600
Liverpool Docks 2,346,229 2,088,002 -258,227
Felixstowe 1,211,401 2,465,427 +1,254,026
Birmingham Airport 1,625,392 1,676,414 +51,022
Thamesport 1,688,066 973,433 -714,633
Dover 1,080,203 1,347,947 +267,744
Holyhead 1,097,730 1,081,066 -16,664

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 252
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 86
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 76
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 71
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 63

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 165
2025-10 181
2025-09 186
2025-08 163
2025-07 172

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+ 474
1m-15m 402
0-1m 102
Other 99
15m-54m 95

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 25,455,278
China 8,200,329
Germany 7,680,879
Saudi Arabia 5,639,035
Japan 5,369,971

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 20,725,715 4,729,563 -15,996,152
China 4,813,479 3,386,850 -1,426,629
Germany 4,200,402 3,480,477 -719,925
Saudi Arabia 1,094,722 4,544,313 +3,449,591
Japan 1,218,258 4,151,713 +2,933,455
France 2,130,232 2,144,357 +14,125
Netherlands 1,924,398 1,591,377 -333,021
Ireland 1,959,527 1,550,119 -409,408
South Korea 1,790,338 1,308,199 -482,139
Canada 2,324,539 715,972 -1,608,567

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 £
China 5,630
United States 4,370
XU 1,070
Taiwan 949
Germany 747

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 £
China 2,863 2,767 -96
United States 4,370 0 -4,370
XU 654 416 -238
Taiwan 108 841 +733
Germany 0 747 +747
XI 642 0 -642
Ireland 439 0 -439
Lithuania 16 70 +54
France 0 63 +63
Italy 27 28 +1

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 72,311,343
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 19,566,136
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 10,721,208
Road transport 133,123
Other 14,064

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 34,648,049 37,663,294 +3,015,245
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 18,949,575 616,561 -18,333,014
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 5,705,646 5,015,562 -690,084
Road transport 133,123 0 -133,123
Other 9,132 4,932 -4,200

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 25,513,741
London Heathrow Airport 23,988,163
Liverpool Docks 16,820,123
London Stansted Airport 9,643,865
Dover / Eurotunnel 7,174,675

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 £
East Midlands Airport 13,534,778 11,978,963 -1,555,815
London Heathrow Airport 11,126,412 12,861,751 +1,735,339
Liverpool Docks 16,817,802 2,321 -16,815,481
London Stansted Airport 5,144,216 4,499,649 -644,567
Dover / Eurotunnel 3,688,817 3,485,858 -202,959
ZLC 2,481,494 4,674,882 +2,193,388
Manchester Airport 1,730,540 1,491,380 -239,160
Dover 1,014,618 1,125,067 +110,449
Warton Aerodrome 258,856 1,445,627 +1,186,771
London Gateway Port 944,908 328,834 -616,074

Related HS codes

What this shows: Sibling or child HS codes in the same classification branch.

Quick facts

HS code: 902580

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

Description: Various tools for measuring temperature, pressure, or humidity, not covered in other categories