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 50,386,919
United States 11,954,286
France 5,492,277
Czechia 3,903,655
Japan 3,884,825

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 25,549,451 24,837,468 -711,983
United States 6,249,490 5,704,796 -544,694
France 2,924,196 2,568,081 -356,115
Czechia 1,894,207 2,009,448 +115,241
Japan 1,772,750 2,112,075 +339,325
Viet Nam 1,925,753 1,918,820 -6,933
Ireland 1,270,281 1,717,955 +447,674
Italy 1,664,818 1,220,879 -443,939
Sweden 1,437,001 1,333,492 -103,509
Netherlands 1,467,257 1,217,662 -249,595

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 31,023,936
United States 19,601,543
United Kingdom 16,438,699
China 4,679,569
Czechia 4,048,765

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 16,523,284 14,500,652 -2,022,632
United States 9,031,941 10,569,602 +1,537,661
United Kingdom 8,975,738 7,462,961 -1,512,777
China 2,389,073 2,290,496 -98,577
Czechia 1,921,591 2,127,174 +205,583
Japan 1,781,009 2,114,651 +333,642
Viet Nam 1,866,512 1,943,281 +76,769
France 928,614 2,796,016 +1,867,402
Canada 1,265,815 1,453,450 +187,635
Luxembourg 1,225,997 1,235,551 +9,554

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 77
Surrey, East and West Sussex 74
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 56
Inner London - West 49
West Midlands 49

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 49 52 +3
Surrey, East and West Sussex 48 55 +7
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 35 41 +6
Inner London - West 30 34 +4
West Midlands 35 36 +1
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 33 36 +3
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 31 35 +4
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 31 28 -3
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 36 32 -4
Greater Manchester 31 20 -11

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 67,040,394
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 28,649,346
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 13,631,292
Other 2,484,501
Road transport 253,386

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 32,967,678 34,072,716 +1,105,038
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 15,244,144 13,405,202 -1,838,942
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 6,501,930 7,129,362 +627,432
Other 1,071,417 1,413,084 +341,667
Road transport 65,277 188,109 +122,832
Rail transport 7,111 14,630 +7,519

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 30,095,938
East Midlands Airport 15,207,314
Eurotunnel 13,400,114
London Stansted Airport 9,988,943
Birmingham Airport 8,221,099

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 14,779,142 15,316,796 +537,654
East Midlands Airport 7,898,404 7,308,910 -589,494
Eurotunnel 7,691,518 5,708,596 -1,982,922
London Stansted Airport 4,752,846 5,236,097 +483,251
Birmingham Airport 3,620,938 4,600,161 +979,223
Dover 3,047,002 3,881,787 +834,785
Southampton 1,910,392 1,404,642 -505,750
London 1,700,492 1,588,243 -112,249
Harwich 1,396,668 1,252,535 -144,133
000 1,071,417 1,413,084 +341,667

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 243
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 106
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 75
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 74
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 59

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 152
2025-11 187
2025-10 190
2025-09 181
2025-08 179

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+ 438
1m-15m 374
15m-54m 92
0-1m 71
Other 70

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 25,502,444
United States 20,429,396
South Korea 12,653,334
China 8,966,078
Spain 5,933,978

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 14,828,828 10,673,616 -4,155,212
United States 10,466,923 9,962,473 -504,450
South Korea 6,173,416 6,479,918 +306,502
China 3,578,796 5,387,282 +1,808,486
Spain 3,375,549 2,558,429 -817,120
Canada 1,482,676 2,787,187 +1,304,511
Ireland 2,458,277 1,532,667 -925,610
Netherlands 1,861,262 2,059,291 +198,029
France 1,917,326 1,631,129 -286,197
Italy 1,730,875 1,713,947 -16,928

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 25,468
France 16,497
XI 10,822
Italy 10,395
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 15,171 10,297 -4,874
France 9,395 7,102 -2,293
XI 6,228 4,594 -1,634
Italy 5,872 4,523 -1,349
China 4,622 1,518 -3,104
Belgium 0 4,800 +4,800
United States 2,801 1,070 -1,731
Cook Islands 3,076 0 -3,076
Ireland 2,157 0 -2,157
Singapore 1,911 0 -1,911

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 87,115,555
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 29,114,368
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 18,530,078
Road transport 218,114
Other 92,392

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 47,482,217 39,633,338 -7,848,879
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 14,413,666 14,700,702 +287,036
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 8,344,751 10,185,327 +1,840,576
Road transport 218,114 0 -218,114
Other 55,084 37,308 -17,776

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 36,248,748
East Midlands Airport 25,886,935
Dover / Eurotunnel 21,169,703
ZLC 14,551,756
Southampton 8,538,029

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 20,291,999 15,956,749 -4,335,250
East Midlands Airport 13,149,377 12,737,558 -411,819
Dover / Eurotunnel 9,632,162 11,537,541 +1,905,379
ZLC 8,916,314 5,635,442 -3,280,872
Southampton 1,767,020 6,771,009 +5,003,989
London Gateway Port 5,933,393 2,090,537 -3,842,856
London Stansted Airport 3,710,812 4,014,312 +303,500
Dover 2,081,523 978,571 -1,102,952
Manchester Airport 1,158,832 477,278 -681,554
Holyhead 894,656 338,006 -556,650

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