Import/export HS code 90271090: Non-electronic gas or smoke analyzers

Traditional tools for testing gas or smoke without electronic components

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 37,802,665
United States 28,965,720
Thailand 13,590,054
China 9,322,156
Netherlands 8,795,575

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 18,870,859 18,931,806 +60,947
United States 15,506,518 13,459,202 -2,047,316
Thailand 6,426,079 7,163,975 +737,896
China 4,923,199 4,398,957 -524,242
Netherlands 4,470,357 4,325,218 -145,139
Italy 1,968,561 4,786,878 +2,818,317
Canada 2,042,162 1,645,249 -396,913
France 1,884,022 1,735,867 -148,155
Belgium 1,102,703 1,442,627 +339,924
Ireland 1,483,690 887,655 -596,035

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 28,818,417
Germany 17,098,886
Japan 16,633,006
Thailand 13,820,644
China 13,131,933

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 15,500,375 13,318,042 -2,182,333
Germany 8,397,403 8,701,483 +304,080
Japan 8,408,433 8,224,573 -183,860
Thailand 6,555,634 7,265,010 +709,376
China 6,716,767 6,415,166 -301,601
United Kingdom 3,786,167 3,902,843 +116,676
Czechia 3,269,349 2,667,036 -602,313
Italy 1,557,366 3,933,352 +2,375,986
Romania 1,880,129 2,339,796 +459,667
Canada 2,029,060 1,663,300 -365,760

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 86
Inner London - West 79
Surrey, East and West Sussex 61
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 49
Greater Manchester 47

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 58 58 +0
Inner London - West 50 45 -5
Surrey, East and West Sussex 43 35 -8
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 26 39 +13
Greater Manchester 32 35 +3
West Midlands 34 33 -1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 26 35 +9
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 29 29 +0
Essex 32 27 -5
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough 23 24 +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 76,605,715
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 35,995,874
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 26,992,061
Road transport 2,182,186
Other 446,390

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 40,825,498 35,780,217 -5,045,281
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 16,378,407 19,617,467 +3,239,060
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 14,021,929 12,970,132 -1,051,797
Road transport 846,960 1,335,226 +488,266
Other 268,808 177,582 -91,226
Rail transport 37,521 38,110 +589

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 25,113,134
London Heathrow Airport 15,503,529
London Stansted Airport 14,811,019
Southampton 14,571,913
Birmingham Airport 12,620,067

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 12,962,824 12,150,310 -812,514
London Heathrow Airport 8,529,620 6,973,909 -1,555,711
London Stansted Airport 8,692,906 6,118,113 -2,574,793
Southampton 6,736,809 7,835,104 +1,098,295
Birmingham Airport 6,032,722 6,587,345 +554,623
Dover 4,621,957 4,644,014 +22,057
Harwich 3,817,441 3,568,946 -248,495
Eurotunnel 2,234,150 2,957,408 +723,258
Oxford Airport 2,111,390 2,333,698 +222,308
Felixstowe 2,953,444 1,317,552 -1,635,892

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 178
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 123
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 89
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 72
Other manufacturing 70

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 202
2025-11 197
2025-10 209
2025-09 167
2025-08 168

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 425
54m+ 392
15m-54m 102
0-1m 100
Other 87

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 19,813,085
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 12,027,660
Germany 9,825,188
China 8,825,398
Italy 5,212,457

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 10,851,804 8,961,281 -1,890,523
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 8,415,165 3,612,495 -4,802,670
Germany 5,454,481 4,370,707 -1,083,774
China 4,369,610 4,455,788 +86,178
Italy 2,827,510 2,384,947 -442,563
Saudi Arabia 3,290,493 1,233,964 -2,056,529
Netherlands 2,357,889 2,102,159 -255,730
Ireland 2,467,596 1,931,644 -535,952
France 2,081,255 2,236,934 +155,679
Japan 444,215 2,704,944 +2,260,729

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 £
China 6,017
Germany 4,938
Romania 1,919
XI 1,610
Japan 1,232

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 £
China 1,071 4,946 +3,875
Germany 4,759 179 -4,580
Romania 1,145 774 -371
XI 635 975 +340
Japan 552 680 +128
Austria 602 0 -602
Spain 259 0 -259
United States 106 93 -13
Italy 89 43 -46
Brazil 0 54 +54

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 82,442,336
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 18,218,624
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 8,411,924
Road transport 334,545
Other 121,128

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 44,169,980 38,272,356 -5,897,624
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 9,473,006 8,745,618 -727,388
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 5,942,728 2,469,196 -3,473,532
Road transport 323,495 11,050 -312,445
Other 99,794 21,334 -78,460

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 25,379,269
London Heathrow Airport 24,352,708
ZLC 16,099,688
London Stansted Airport 14,371,086
Dover / Eurotunnel 11,734,191

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 £
East Midlands Airport 13,269,770 12,109,499 -1,160,271
London Heathrow Airport 11,330,974 13,021,734 +1,690,760
ZLC 10,868,412 5,231,276 -5,637,136
London Stansted Airport 7,518,093 6,852,993 -665,100
Dover / Eurotunnel 6,319,100 5,415,091 -904,009
London Gateway Port 2,643,052 433,279 -2,209,773
Dover 1,166,188 997,495 -168,693
Felixstowe 1,525,558 604,302 -921,256
Southampton 884,829 894,132 +9,303
Holyhead 849,873 834,681 -15,192

Quick facts

HS code: 90271090

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

Description: Traditional tools for testing gas or smoke without electronic components