Import/export HS code 90261029: Various tools for measuring liquid flow or level

Devices for checking liquid levels or flow, not including flow meters

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 50,608,070
United States 11,922,195
France 5,691,173
Czechia 3,841,145
Japan 3,740,288

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 25,980,968 24,627,102 -1,353,866
United States 6,244,205 5,677,990 -566,215
France 3,057,094 2,634,079 -423,015
Czechia 1,930,930 1,910,215 -20,715
Japan 1,674,207 2,066,081 +391,874
Viet Nam 1,739,025 1,975,049 +236,024
Italy 1,752,516 1,176,014 -576,502
Sweden 1,453,391 1,389,233 -64,158
Ireland 1,166,287 1,639,270 +472,983
Netherlands 1,451,059 1,165,532 -285,527

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 £
Germany 31,048,426
United States 19,135,953
United Kingdom 16,362,890
China 4,857,594
France 4,026,313

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 £
Germany 16,553,754 14,494,672 -2,059,082
United States 9,411,975 9,723,978 +312,003
United Kingdom 9,191,440 7,171,450 -2,019,990
China 2,463,478 2,394,116 -69,362
France 1,148,335 2,877,978 +1,729,643
Czechia 1,925,458 2,053,358 +127,900
Japan 1,684,655 2,091,974 +407,319
Viet Nam 1,679,784 1,999,510 +319,726
Canada 1,215,032 1,494,042 +279,010
Luxembourg 1,215,717 1,266,351 +50,634

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 75
Surrey, East and West Sussex 74
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 53
West Midlands 49
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 48

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 48 50 +2
Surrey, East and West Sussex 48 58 +10
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 33 40 +7
West Midlands 34 37 +3
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 35 36 +1
Inner London - West 30 32 +2
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 32 28 -4
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 30 32 +2
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 35 31 -4
Greater Manchester 29 22 -7

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 66,355,828
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 29,237,937
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 13,320,446
Other 2,537,941
Road transport 205,593

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 33,311,153 33,044,675 -266,478
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 15,458,073 13,779,864 -1,678,209
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 6,230,298 7,090,148 +859,850
Other 1,074,358 1,463,583 +389,225
Road transport 65,277 140,316 +75,039
Rail transport 7,111 8,815 +1,704

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 29,686,570
East Midlands Airport 15,148,166
Eurotunnel 13,605,204
London Stansted Airport 9,962,859
Birmingham Airport 8,006,409

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 15,555,465 14,131,105 -1,424,360
East Midlands Airport 7,866,335 7,281,831 -584,504
Eurotunnel 7,788,774 5,816,430 -1,972,344
London Stansted Airport 4,550,537 5,412,322 +861,785
Birmingham Airport 3,486,777 4,519,632 +1,032,855
Dover 2,969,076 4,102,012 +1,132,936
London 1,652,384 1,664,276 +11,892
Southampton 1,724,335 1,515,819 -208,516
Harwich 1,454,661 1,252,848 -201,813
000 1,074,358 1,463,583 +389,225

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 237
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 105
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 75
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 75
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 60

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 187
2025-10 191
2025-09 182
2025-08 179
2025-07 176

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+ 437
1m-15m 370
15m-54m 92
0-1m 74
Other 73

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 25,502,261
United States 20,251,773
South Korea 12,789,541
China 9,178,364
Spain 5,946,369

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 14,833,537 10,668,724 -4,164,813
United States 10,198,118 10,053,655 -144,463
South Korea 5,654,332 7,135,209 +1,480,877
China 3,916,302 5,262,062 +1,345,760
Spain 3,277,126 2,669,243 -607,883
Ireland 2,511,412 1,556,674 -954,738
Netherlands 1,802,970 2,086,159 +283,189
Canada 1,427,211 2,417,783 +990,572
France 1,829,372 1,765,304 -64,068
Italy 1,687,110 1,669,550 -17,560

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 25,695
France 16,622
XI 10,853
Italy 10,558
China 6,140

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 14,536 11,159 -3,377
France 9,520 7,102 -2,418
XI 7,061 3,792 -3,269
Italy 6,035 4,523 -1,512
China 4,469 1,671 -2,798
XU 3,201 2,193 -1,008
United States 3,717 1,110 -2,607
Belgium 0 4,800 +4,800
Cook Islands 3,076 0 -3,076
Ireland 2,157 0 -2,157

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 86,895,857
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 28,448,879
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 18,558,734
Road transport 274,842
Other 94,435

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 46,022,941 40,872,916 -5,150,025
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 13,651,244 14,797,635 +1,146,391
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 8,063,252 10,495,482 +2,432,230
Road transport 274,842 0 -274,842
Other 56,627 37,808 -18,819

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 35,896,264
East Midlands Airport 25,695,751
Dover / Eurotunnel 20,571,561
ZLC 14,911,228
Southampton 8,565,270

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 19,095,200 16,801,064 -2,294,136
East Midlands Airport 12,893,449 12,802,302 -91,147
Dover / Eurotunnel 8,935,301 11,636,260 +2,700,959
ZLC 8,923,695 5,987,533 -2,936,162
Southampton 2,074,160 6,491,110 +4,416,950
London Gateway Port 5,294,810 2,742,468 -2,552,342
London Stansted Airport 3,798,285 3,964,825 +166,540
Dover 2,040,518 942,282 -1,098,236
Manchester Airport 1,114,866 540,487 -574,379
Holyhead 923,382 379,856 -543,526

Quick facts

HS code: 90261029

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

Description: Devices for checking liquid levels or flow, not including flow meters