Import/export HS code 90261089: Various tools for measuring liquids

Devices for checking liquid levels or flow, excluding 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 £
United States 28,224,391
Germany 13,538,002
China 10,270,857
France 7,438,980
Norway 5,533,143

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 £
United States 14,633,025 13,591,366 -1,041,659
Germany 6,479,027 7,058,975 +579,948
China 5,798,848 4,472,009 -1,326,839
France 3,769,875 3,669,105 -100,770
Norway 3,172,478 2,360,665 -811,813
Italy 1,411,170 1,966,464 +555,294
Romania 1,891,223 1,467,281 -423,942
Netherlands 1,609,943 1,588,128 -21,815
India 1,468,143 1,402,559 -65,584
Switzerland 1,016,601 1,276,913 +260,312

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 £
United States 31,204,064
China 12,576,130
Germany 10,460,208
United Kingdom 6,286,547
France 5,879,032

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 £
United States 15,650,677 15,553,387 -97,290
China 7,075,133 5,500,997 -1,574,136
Germany 5,075,910 5,384,298 +308,388
United Kingdom 3,381,436 2,905,111 -476,325
France 2,982,073 2,896,959 -85,114
Norway 3,006,774 2,208,184 -798,590
Romania 1,968,725 1,556,700 -412,025
Italy 1,380,259 1,805,387 +425,128
India 1,622,856 1,510,526 -112,330
Switzerland 920,928 1,051,188 +130,260

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 114
Surrey, East and West Sussex 86
Inner London - West 70
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 70
West Midlands 67

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 78 76 -2
Surrey, East and West Sussex 62 61 -1
Inner London - West 40 53 +13
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 42 49 +7
West Midlands 49 43 -6
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 46 38 -8
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 48 37 -11
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 43 36 -7
Greater Manchester 33 34 +1
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 36 34 -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 58,998,254
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 18,069,793
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 17,721,024
Other 1,739,299
Road transport 1,374,403

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 29,136,105 29,862,149 +726,044
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 11,020,733 7,049,060 -3,971,673
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 8,244,399 9,476,625 +1,232,226
Other 969,853 769,446 -200,407
Road transport 1,009,564 364,839 -644,725
Rail transport 155,772 151,918 -3,854

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 17,437,574
London Heathrow Airport 15,006,097
London Stansted Airport 12,765,719
Dover 9,333,086
Birmingham Airport 5,983,047

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 8,511,138 8,926,436 +415,298
London Heathrow Airport 7,928,226 7,077,871 -850,355
London Stansted Airport 6,525,619 6,240,100 -285,519
Dover 4,070,082 5,263,004 +1,192,922
Birmingham Airport 2,564,479 3,418,568 +854,089
Southampton 3,083,911 1,269,375 -1,814,536
Felixstowe 1,605,131 2,198,071 +592,940
London 1,743,495 1,560,380 -183,115
Aberdeen Airport 1,087,670 2,006,647 +918,977
Thamesport 1,848,878 1,131,804 -717,074

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 306
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 173
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 121
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 92
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 88

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 240
2025-10 260
2025-09 226
2025-08 217
2025-07 251

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
1m-15m 585
54m+ 556
0-1m 145
15m-54m 125
Other 104

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 11,755,304
Germany 7,756,568
Saudi Arabia 4,994,224
China 4,799,004
Brazil 3,894,115

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 6,941,775 4,813,529 -2,128,246
Germany 4,522,802 3,233,766 -1,289,036
Saudi Arabia 1,857,759 3,136,465 +1,278,706
China 2,471,397 2,327,607 -143,790
Brazil 1,789,986 2,104,129 +314,143
France 1,805,126 1,712,801 -92,325
Netherlands 1,527,317 1,437,246 -90,071
Belgium 1,638,577 1,222,903 -415,674
Australia 1,296,107 1,505,771 +209,664
Norway 926,104 1,777,036 +850,932

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 £
XI 344,344
XU 57,232
Germany 57,174
Italy 14,198
Sweden 13,784

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 £
XI 183,535 160,809 -22,726
XU 49,930 7,302 -42,628
Germany 35,054 22,120 -12,934
Italy 7,747 6,451 -1,296
Sweden 4,720 9,064 +4,344
Poland 76 10,721 +10,645
Slovenia 0 8,952 +8,952
China 2,819 2,520 -299
United States 832 1,338 +506
Indonesia 703 410 -293

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 60,101,104
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 15,826,294
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 8,922,531
Other 519,218
Road transport 405,684

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 32,403,791 27,697,313 -4,706,478
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 7,593,541 8,232,753 +639,212
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 4,932,755 3,989,776 -942,979
Other 287,716 231,502 -56,214
Road transport 363,753 41,931 -321,822

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 20,508,105
East Midlands Airport 14,826,343
Dover / Eurotunnel 8,057,528
ZLC 7,017,266
London Stansted Airport 7,015,134

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 11,014,340 9,493,765 -1,520,575
East Midlands Airport 8,068,471 6,757,872 -1,310,599
Dover / Eurotunnel 4,141,622 3,915,906 -225,716
ZLC 3,838,845 3,178,421 -660,424
London Stansted Airport 3,795,642 3,219,492 -576,150
Manchester Airport 3,928,648 1,721,421 -2,207,227
London Gateway Port 3,115,175 2,420,431 -694,744
Immingham Docks 2,157,315 2,228,744 +71,429
Warton Aerodrome 1,032,026 2,379,811 +1,347,785
Dover 1,017,528 879,672 -137,856

Quick facts

HS code: 90261089

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

Description: Devices for checking liquid levels or flow, excluding flow meters