Import/export HS code 90268080: Various tools for liquids or gases

Devices for measuring properties of liquids or gases, not covered in other categories

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 20,301,352
Switzerland 17,980,414
China 17,483,753
Germany 14,752,764
Japan 7,080,972

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 9,750,677 10,550,675 +799,998
Switzerland 9,718,395 8,262,019 -1,456,376
China 10,034,207 7,449,546 -2,584,661
Germany 8,451,948 6,300,816 -2,151,132
Japan 2,871,969 4,209,003 +1,337,034
Norway 2,314,520 3,664,746 +1,350,226
France 2,370,278 2,243,193 -127,085
Netherlands 2,270,709 2,325,843 +55,134
India 1,939,894 979,574 -960,320
Austria 1,082,080 765,765 -316,315

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 24,356,428
Switzerland 18,527,148
China 18,482,471
Germany 9,157,802
United Kingdom 9,079,844

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 11,612,720 12,743,708 +1,130,988
Switzerland 9,654,913 8,872,235 -782,678
China 10,603,619 7,878,852 -2,724,767
Germany 5,481,179 3,676,623 -1,804,556
United Kingdom 5,294,570 3,785,274 -1,509,296
Japan 2,936,396 4,256,805 +1,320,409
Norway 1,966,658 2,897,116 +930,458
France 2,808,512 1,665,906 -1,142,606
Netherlands 936,923 1,309,068 +372,145
India 926,489 917,002 -9,487

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 101
Surrey, East and West Sussex 71
Inner London - West 55
Greater Manchester 50
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 44

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 67 71 +4
Surrey, East and West Sussex 56 42 -14
Inner London - West 35 40 +5
Greater Manchester 39 30 -9
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 31 32 +1
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 32 26 -6
West Midlands 26 28 +2
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 32 24 -8
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 26 29 +3
Inner London - East 24 23 -1

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 64,194,311
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 21,603,989
Road transport 14,614,798
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 14,375,176
Other 793,984

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 29,868,755 34,325,556 +4,456,801
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 13,086,113 8,517,876 -4,568,237
Road transport 7,174,839 7,439,959 +265,120
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 9,341,784 5,033,392 -4,308,392
Other 531,258 262,726 -268,532

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 19,440,737
East Midlands Airport 18,235,513
499 14,472,515
London Stansted Airport 11,383,510
Felixstowe 8,231,745

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 7,524,099 11,916,638 +4,392,539
East Midlands Airport 8,933,356 9,302,157 +368,801
499 7,316,011 7,156,504 -159,507
London Stansted Airport 5,731,636 5,651,874 -79,762
Felixstowe 5,762,990 2,468,755 -3,294,235
Birmingham Airport 4,010,994 3,697,370 -313,624
Thamesport 2,313,160 1,711,257 -601,903
Dover 2,255,608 1,718,213 -537,395
Southampton 1,904,067 1,496,173 -407,894
Poole 3,106,453 0 -3,106,453

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 214
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 103
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 96
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 73
Other manufacturing 67

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 155
2025-10 168
2025-09 159
2025-08 150
2025-07 159

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 416
54m+ 399
0-1m 106
15m-54m 94
Other 89

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 40,511,917
Germany 25,985,307
United Arab Emirates 10,391,267
Netherlands 9,155,047
France 7,444,835

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 21,834,728 18,677,189 -3,157,539
Germany 8,693,941 17,291,366 +8,597,425
United Arab Emirates 5,575,751 4,815,516 -760,235
Netherlands 5,152,481 4,002,566 -1,149,915
France 3,080,050 4,364,785 +1,284,735
China 4,011,163 3,176,888 -834,275
India 2,986,284 3,331,845 +345,561
Nigeria 164,911 5,485,523 +5,320,612
Singapore 3,245,073 1,129,181 -2,115,892
Kuwait 2,610,975 1,348,083 -1,262,892

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 90,878
Sweden 35,794
China 12,664
XU 7,726
Germany 4,162

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 67,459 23,419 -44,040
Sweden 19,937 15,857 -4,080
China 7,954 4,710 -3,244
XU 3,994 3,732 -262
Germany 3,744 418 -3,326
Italy 561 545 -16
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 126,613,730
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 28,113,039
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 25,154,905
Road transport 953,903
Other 153,019

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 64,897,082 61,716,648 -3,180,434
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 16,729,279 11,383,760 -5,345,519
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 8,466,346 16,688,559 +8,222,213
Road transport 941,159 12,744 -928,415
Other 104,250 48,769 -55,481

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 41,856,851
East Midlands Airport 29,542,834
London Stansted Airport 23,687,771
Dover / Eurotunnel 16,150,118
ZLC 13,014,490

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 18,275,476 23,581,375 +5,305,899
East Midlands Airport 15,226,395 14,316,439 -909,956
London Stansted Airport 12,466,822 11,220,949 -1,245,873
Dover / Eurotunnel 3,392,352 12,757,766 +9,365,414
ZLC 6,639,525 6,374,965 -264,560
Aberdeen Airport 5,709,069 2,609,350 -3,099,719
London Gateway Port 5,394,347 2,160,433 -3,233,914
Grangemouth Docks 5,944,569 634,575 -5,309,994
Dover 3,261,928 2,697,296 -564,632
Southampton 1,419,634 4,284,354 +2,864,720

Quick facts

HS code: 90268080

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

Description: Devices for measuring properties of liquids or gases, not covered in other categories