Import/export HS code 902680: Various measuring tools for liquids or gases

Instruments for checking properties of liquids or gases, not covered in other categories

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  • 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 66,897,825
United States 40,165,124
China 24,072,708
Switzerland 20,638,383
Netherlands 15,169,365

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 35,115,045 31,782,780 -3,332,265
United States 19,441,063 20,724,061 +1,282,998
China 14,151,713 9,920,995 -4,230,718
Switzerland 11,932,833 8,705,550 -3,227,283
Netherlands 7,896,816 7,272,549 -624,267
Denmark 6,469,628 7,821,920 +1,352,292
France 6,069,749 6,481,972 +412,223
Japan 4,843,654 5,847,292 +1,003,638
Norway 3,111,276 4,450,836 +1,339,560
Romania 2,475,315 2,328,011 -147,304

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 53,894,422
Germany 50,994,366
China 30,369,037
Switzerland 22,104,799
United Kingdom 17,379,019

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 26,339,882 27,554,540 +1,214,658
Germany 28,502,518 22,491,848 -6,010,670
China 17,396,938 12,972,099 -4,424,839
Switzerland 12,341,964 9,762,835 -2,579,129
United Kingdom 9,811,395 7,567,624 -2,243,771
Japan 7,090,328 8,089,525 +999,197
Denmark 5,787,142 7,670,390 +1,883,248
France 5,355,526 4,867,087 -488,439
Norway 2,462,958 3,359,589 +896,631
Romania 2,488,734 2,443,328 -45,406

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 152
Surrey, East and West Sussex 104
Inner London - West 92
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 75
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 72

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 105 111 +6
Surrey, East and West Sussex 83 70 -13
Inner London - West 62 63 +1
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 53 56 +3
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 51 47 -4
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 54 51 -3
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 54 47 -7
West Midlands 39 49 +10
Greater Manchester 51 43 -8
Shropshire and Staffordshire 36 41 +5

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 144,204,409
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 65,523,899
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 39,009,878
Road transport 16,314,118
Other 3,000,030

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 70,358,610 73,845,799 +3,487,189
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 35,320,751 30,203,148 -5,117,603
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 22,634,970 16,374,908 -6,260,062
Road transport 9,030,341 7,283,777 -1,746,564
Other 1,941,039 1,058,991 -882,048
Rail transport 70,722 60,285 -10,437

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 41,433,469
East Midlands Airport 41,431,982
Birmingham Airport 25,870,091
London Stansted Airport 22,861,501
Dover 20,403,647

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 19,965,095 21,468,374 +1,503,279
East Midlands Airport 20,615,346 20,816,636 +201,290
Birmingham Airport 13,295,139 12,574,952 -720,187
London Stansted Airport 10,664,517 12,196,984 +1,532,467
Dover 9,937,087 10,466,560 +529,473
499 8,988,104 7,813,965 -1,174,139
Felixstowe 10,646,756 4,603,060 -6,043,696
Eurotunnel 8,004,892 5,865,670 -2,139,222
Immingham Docks 6,382,546 7,394,623 +1,012,077
London Gateway Port 4,403,066 4,431,032 +27,966

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 330
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 155
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 148
Other manufacturing 104
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 104

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 281
2025-11 299
2025-10 313
2025-09 307
2025-08 305

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+ 654
1m-15m 618
0-1m 168
15m-54m 160
Other 133

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 68,592,063
Germany 54,226,141
Netherlands 25,439,562
United Arab Emirates 20,949,408
France 19,766,517

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 37,865,360 30,726,703 -7,138,657
Germany 20,874,220 33,351,921 +12,477,701
Netherlands 12,201,707 13,237,855 +1,036,148
United Arab Emirates 11,771,952 9,177,456 -2,594,496
France 9,677,563 10,088,954 +411,391
China 7,884,917 6,557,942 -1,326,975
Spain 7,869,388 6,298,066 -1,571,322
India 6,320,868 6,162,792 -158,076
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 4,888,708 5,441,907 +553,199
Ireland 4,595,848 4,473,587 -122,261

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 144,296
Sweden 35,794
Hungary 18,059
China 13,652
Germany 11,108

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 80,919 63,377 -17,542
Sweden 19,937 15,857 -4,080
Hungary 14,785 3,274 -11,511
China 8,755 4,897 -3,858
Germany 6,464 4,644 -1,820
Italy 887 902 +15
United States 868 321 -547
Ireland 0 752 +752
Spain 258 20 -238
Taiwan 117 68 -49

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 282,909,557
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 76,170,981
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 33,641,427
Road transport 1,651,335
Other 237,201

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 147,497,527 135,412,030 -12,085,497
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 32,692,293 43,478,688 +10,786,395
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 20,152,900 13,488,527 -6,664,373
Road transport 1,605,661 45,674 -1,559,987
Other 138,010 99,191 -38,819

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 100,009,081
East Midlands Airport 67,900,158
Dover / Eurotunnel 58,628,504
London Stansted Airport 45,295,416
ZLC 34,182,284

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 47,408,280 52,600,801 +5,192,521
East Midlands Airport 35,454,581 32,445,577 -3,009,004
Dover / Eurotunnel 23,941,430 34,687,074 +10,745,644
London Stansted Airport 25,414,520 19,880,896 -5,533,624
ZLC 18,046,429 16,135,855 -1,910,574
Manchester Airport 10,930,354 7,251,861 -3,678,493
London Gateway Port 7,030,328 2,722,451 -4,307,877
Aberdeen Airport 6,187,076 2,698,457 -3,488,619
Dover 4,571,583 3,844,635 -726,948
Southampton 1,713,764 5,602,316 +3,888,552

Related HS codes

What this shows: Sibling or child HS codes in the same classification branch.

Quick facts

HS code: 902680

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

Description: Instruments for checking properties of liquids or gases, not covered in other categories