Import/export HS code 90261021: Flow meters for liquids

Tools specifically designed to measure the flow rate of liquids

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 £
Norway 41,699,364
Germany 33,550,798
United States 25,035,288
France 15,360,490
Netherlands 13,662,232

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 £
Norway 27,648,941 14,050,423 -13,598,518
Germany 16,397,064 17,153,734 +756,670
United States 13,082,024 11,953,264 -1,128,760
France 7,941,201 7,419,289 -521,912
Netherlands 5,764,148 7,898,084 +2,133,936
Italy 2,714,060 1,794,148 -919,912
Denmark 1,384,925 1,752,459 +367,534
China 1,185,309 1,457,796 +272,487
Ireland 1,254,118 1,009,979 -244,139
Canada 1,248,105 969,620 -278,485

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 £
Norway 41,308,291
United States 28,388,151
Germany 27,537,608
France 16,678,429
Netherlands 7,890,972

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 £
Norway 27,257,149 14,051,142 -13,206,007
United States 13,777,608 14,610,543 +832,935
Germany 13,691,312 13,846,296 +154,984
France 8,296,953 8,381,476 +84,523
Netherlands 4,100,010 3,790,962 -309,048
United Kingdom 3,440,160 3,442,332 +2,172
China 2,146,843 2,261,022 +114,179
Mexico 2,112,223 1,705,606 -406,617
Italy 2,226,919 1,419,740 -807,179
Denmark 906,382 1,425,389 +519,007

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 74
Surrey, East and West Sussex 56
Inner London - West 52
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 45
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 40

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 63 47 -16
Surrey, East and West Sussex 45 32 -13
Inner London - West 33 31 -2
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 28 29 +1
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 20 31 +11
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 25 22 -3
West Midlands 26 22 -4
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 25 20 -5
West Yorkshire 22 16 -6
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 20 22 +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 94,746,636
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 39,092,794
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 24,998,701
Other 1,688,266
Road transport 173,565

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 50,288,023 44,458,613 -5,829,410
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 19,927,408 19,165,386 -762,022
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 17,514,505 7,484,196 -10,030,309
Other 1,014,537 673,729 -340,808
Road transport 61,049 112,516 +51,467

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Stansted Airport 23,823,037
Aberdeen Airport 22,422,868
East Midlands Airport 18,185,068
Eurotunnel 17,722,730
London Heathrow Airport 13,205,347

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 Stansted Airport 11,474,788 12,348,249 +873,461
Aberdeen Airport 11,962,788 10,460,080 -1,502,708
East Midlands Airport 11,247,795 6,937,273 -4,310,522
Eurotunnel 8,047,162 9,675,568 +1,628,406
London Heathrow Airport 7,264,494 5,940,853 -1,323,641
Aberdeen Docks 10,815,219 1,317,693 -9,497,526
Birmingham Airport 5,250,512 6,063,370 +812,858
Immingham Docks 3,407,357 3,656,181 +248,824
Dover 3,766,019 2,726,415 -1,039,604
Thamesport 3,219,021 2,538,469 -680,552

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 183
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 108
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 60
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 58
Other manufacturing 57

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 130
2025-11 137
2025-10 134
2025-09 141
2025-08 131

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+ 380
1m-15m 299
15m-54m 82
Other 74
0-1m 66

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 £
Germany 32,203,623
United States 30,910,805
China 25,043,217
France 14,832,971
Italy 14,293,630

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 £
Germany 16,195,179 16,008,444 -186,735
United States 17,254,109 13,656,696 -3,597,413
China 12,659,926 12,383,291 -276,635
France 7,999,569 6,833,402 -1,166,167
Italy 7,474,511 6,819,119 -655,392
Netherlands 7,082,019 5,525,581 -1,556,438
Brazil 2,954,987 5,825,021 +2,870,034
Ireland 3,197,917 3,308,628 +110,711
Turkey 2,225,074 3,818,367 +1,593,293
Norway 2,789,294 2,650,197 -139,097

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 £
Germany 92,999
Switzerland 51,468
XI 30,720
United States 11,423
France 11,013

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 £
Germany 14,769 78,230 +63,461
Switzerland 12,744 38,724 +25,980
XI 25,424 5,296 -20,128
United States 5,810 5,613 -197
France 11,013 0 -11,013
Italy 2,173 1,874 -299
Ireland 1,492 1,217 -275
China 844 0 -844

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 182,126,752
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 44,753,681
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 20,726,085
Road transport 499,177
Other 285,870

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 95,575,699 86,551,053 -9,024,646
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 22,251,292 22,502,389 +251,097
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 11,869,698 8,856,387 -3,013,311
Road transport 499,177 0 -499,177
Other 110,689 175,181 +64,492

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 74,952,562
East Midlands Airport 55,966,515
Dover / Eurotunnel 34,914,346
London Stansted Airport 28,105,293
ZLC 11,452,351

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 39,889,751 35,062,811 -4,826,940
East Midlands Airport 30,292,266 25,674,249 -4,618,017
Dover / Eurotunnel 17,743,702 17,170,644 -573,058
London Stansted Airport 13,802,660 14,302,633 +499,973
ZLC 6,283,783 5,168,568 -1,115,215
London Gateway Port 3,743,444 2,878,617 -864,827
Manchester Airport 3,953,544 1,722,964 -2,230,580
Dover 2,422,806 2,499,163 +76,357
Glasgow Airport 1,348,040 3,347,249 +1,999,209
Aberdeen Docks 2,633,194 1,777,668 -855,526

Quick facts

HS code: 90261021

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

Description: Tools specifically designed to measure the flow rate of liquids