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 9,859,475
United States 7,939,225
Germany 7,504,155
China 7,315,094
Netherlands 5,548,236

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 5,529,508 4,329,967 -1,199,541
United States 3,861,855 4,077,370 +215,515
Germany 3,453,274 4,050,881 +597,607
China 3,211,881 4,103,213 +891,332
Netherlands 2,974,304 2,573,932 -400,372
Finland 2,656,345 2,479,808 -176,537
Italy 1,735,658 1,811,312 +75,654
France 1,509,816 1,812,774 +302,958
Switzerland 1,763,154 1,544,882 -218,272
Japan 1,922,009 316,375 -1,605,634

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 12,045,224
United States 10,479,726
Ireland 7,635,703
Finland 5,421,431
United Kingdom 5,361,723

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 5,941,280 6,103,944 +162,664
United States 5,405,209 5,074,517 -330,692
Ireland 4,360,720 3,274,983 -1,085,737
Finland 2,695,093 2,726,338 +31,245
United Kingdom 2,549,274 2,812,449 +263,175
Germany 2,309,557 2,940,193 +630,636
Switzerland 1,539,968 1,744,158 +204,190
Italy 1,239,554 1,378,239 +138,685
Denmark 1,241,341 965,182 -276,159
Japan 1,835,018 271,608 -1,563,410

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 84
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 78
Surrey, East and West Sussex 70
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 65
Greater Manchester 60

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
Inner London - West 54 50 -4
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 56 50 -6
Surrey, East and West Sussex 49 51 +2
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 44 46 +2
Greater Manchester 46 35 -11
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 40 35 -5
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 29 31 +2
West Midlands 30 27 -3
Essex 27 26 -1
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 23 26 +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 42,073,549
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 17,568,299
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 9,299,862
Other 363,705
Road transport 161,590

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 22,017,600 20,055,949 -1,961,651
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 8,510,119 9,058,180 +548,061
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 4,550,101 4,749,761 +199,660
Other 253,508 110,197 -143,311
Road transport 60,195 101,395 +41,200

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 19,009,584
London Heathrow Airport 8,733,140
London Stansted Airport 7,811,852
Liverpool Docks 4,930,042
London 4,675,296

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 9,358,210 9,651,374 +293,164
London Heathrow Airport 5,287,609 3,445,531 -1,842,078
London Stansted Airport 4,044,725 3,767,127 -277,598
Liverpool Docks 2,644,202 2,285,840 -358,362
London 2,411,645 2,263,651 -147,994
Felixstowe 1,135,238 2,478,855 +1,343,617
Birmingham Airport 1,715,719 1,699,071 -16,648
Thamesport 1,668,411 1,006,789 -661,622
Dover 1,157,862 1,388,708 +230,846
Holyhead 1,097,730 1,141,338 +43,608

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 87
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 77
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 72
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 65

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 173
2025-11 164
2025-10 181
2025-09 186
2025-08 162

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+ 479
1m-15m 395
0-1m 101
15m-54m 99
Other 98

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 21,637,389
China 8,032,722
Germany 7,786,157
Saudi Arabia 5,432,781
Japan 5,264,388

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 16,912,213 4,725,176 -12,187,037
China 4,956,847 3,075,875 -1,880,972
Germany 4,194,017 3,592,140 -601,877
Saudi Arabia 996,446 4,436,335 +3,439,889
Japan 1,128,251 4,136,137 +3,007,886
France 2,090,181 2,157,249 +67,068
Ireland 1,958,623 1,608,726 -349,897
Netherlands 1,911,209 1,615,790 -295,419
Italy 1,660,485 1,408,464 -252,021
South Korea 1,605,043 1,342,421 -262,622

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 5,638
United States 4,370
Taiwan 942
Germany 747
XI 642

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 2,915 2,723 -192
United States 4,370 0 -4,370
Taiwan 101 841 +740
Germany 0 747 +747
XI 642 0 -642
Ireland 439 0 -439
Lithuania 16 70 +54
France 0 63 +63
Italy 27 28 +1
India 13 0 -13

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 71,779,435
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 15,413,890
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 10,860,419
Road transport 103,332
Other 13,896

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 34,925,021 36,854,414 +1,929,393
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 14,737,531 676,359 -14,061,172
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 6,178,238 4,682,181 -1,496,057
Road transport 103,332 0 -103,332
Other 9,008 4,888 -4,120

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 25,243,770
London Heathrow Airport 23,860,468
Liverpool Docks 13,299,026
London Stansted Airport 9,623,425
Dover / Eurotunnel 7,246,968

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 13,691,368 11,552,402 -2,138,966
London Heathrow Airport 11,400,379 12,460,089 +1,059,710
Liverpool Docks 13,296,574 2,452 -13,294,122
London Stansted Airport 5,090,680 4,532,745 -557,935
Dover / Eurotunnel 4,096,806 3,150,162 -946,644
ZLC 2,535,368 4,702,899 +2,167,531
Manchester Airport 1,778,357 1,460,246 -318,111
Dover 1,039,048 1,147,788 +108,740
Warton Aerodrome 42,154 1,445,627 +1,403,473
London Gateway Port 943,997 332,247 -611,750

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