Import/export HS code 903031: Basic multimeters

Multimeters without recording features, used for measuring electrical values

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 8,466,095
China 5,860,107
Germany 5,115,539
Netherlands 4,125,878
France 3,507,030

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 2,900,564 5,565,531 +2,664,967
China 3,048,091 2,812,016 -236,075
Germany 2,926,373 2,189,166 -737,207
Netherlands 2,146,518 1,979,360 -167,158
France 1,609,229 1,897,801 +288,572
Belgium 1,207,501 1,554,594 +347,093
Hungary 820,647 1,117,755 +297,108
Sweden 190,073 1,318,198 +1,128,125
Italy 512,640 940,489 +427,849
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 656,183 619,505 -36,678

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 9,168,664
China 8,584,898
Germany 3,707,481
Hungary 2,218,509
Belgium 2,178,033

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 3,118,777 6,049,887 +2,931,110
China 4,616,472 3,968,426 -648,046
Germany 2,209,242 1,498,239 -711,003
Hungary 827,450 1,391,059 +563,609
Belgium 762,162 1,415,871 +653,709
Taiwan 890,849 816,022 -74,827
United Kingdom 615,492 986,066 +370,574
Austria 955,104 591,035 -364,069
France 649,865 832,238 +182,373
South Korea 900,283 564,906 -335,377

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 55
Surrey, East and West Sussex 37
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 36
Inner London - West 32
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 31

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 43 32 -11
Surrey, East and West Sussex 29 19 -10
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 24 22 -2
Inner London - West 22 18 -4
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 21 21 +0
Greater Manchester 17 18 +1
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 15 17 +2
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 18 15 -3
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough 16 9 -7
Shropshire and Staffordshire 10 14 +4

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 21,385,606
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 11,874,592
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 9,585,698
Other 324,527
Road transport 15,218

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 9,168,004 12,217,602 +3,049,598
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 5,527,450 6,347,142 +819,692
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 5,010,604 4,575,094 -435,510
Other 207,629 116,898 -90,731
Road transport 0 15,218 +15,218
Rail transport 2,358 0 -2,358

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 6,507,087
East Midlands Airport 6,213,671
London Heathrow Airport 4,993,384
London Stansted Airport 4,456,217
Felixstowe 3,803,435

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 £
Dover 3,213,639 3,293,448 +79,809
East Midlands Airport 2,973,038 3,240,633 +267,595
London Heathrow Airport 2,706,422 2,286,962 -419,460
London Stansted Airport 1,543,451 2,912,766 +1,369,315
Felixstowe 1,986,057 1,817,378 -168,679
Birmingham Airport 1,187,600 1,193,326 +5,726
London Gatwick Airport 0 2,151,538 +2,151,538
Southampton 1,332,561 762,773 -569,788
Thamesport 1,137,077 835,508 -301,569
Immingham Docks 307,364 1,236,269 +928,905

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 111
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 61
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 38
Manufacture of electrical equipment 35
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 34

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 77
2025-11 83
2025-10 76
2025-09 81
2025-08 83

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+ 232
1m-15m 185
Other 71
0-1m 40
15m-54m 40

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 6,772,496
Germany 6,388,332
Netherlands 4,454,538
Singapore 2,502,485
France 2,367,893

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 3,832,948 2,939,548 -893,400
Germany 3,062,540 3,325,792 +263,252
Netherlands 2,134,018 2,320,520 +186,502
Singapore 992,513 1,509,972 +517,459
France 1,228,945 1,138,948 -89,997
Sweden 874,489 1,251,607 +377,118
Romania 1,179,648 756,181 -423,467
Italy 408,839 1,323,871 +915,032
Ireland 952,914 736,305 -216,609
China 481,781 670,007 +188,226

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 60,781
France 26,985
United States 10,789
Germany 8,301
Taiwan 5,822

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 30,202 30,579 +377
France 24 26,961 +26,937
United States 1,132 9,657 +8,525
Germany 5,148 3,153 -1,995
Taiwan 3,076 2,746 -330
Ireland 0 3,940 +3,940
XI 128 0 -128
India 39 0 -39
Italy 0 11 +11

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 27,889,922
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 11,213,910
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 2,455,494
Road transport 211,185
Other 119,152

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 14,762,103 13,127,819 -1,634,284
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 4,542,527 6,671,383 +2,128,856
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,912,361 543,133 -1,369,228
Road transport 211,185 0 -211,185
Other 41,656 77,496 +35,840

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 9,563,114
Dover / Eurotunnel 7,219,078
London Heathrow Airport 6,645,073
London Stansted Airport 5,949,281
ZLC 5,101,839

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 5,419,922 4,143,192 -1,276,730
Dover / Eurotunnel 2,937,546 4,281,532 +1,343,986
London Heathrow Airport 3,312,191 3,332,882 +20,691
London Stansted Airport 3,042,071 2,907,210 -134,861
ZLC 2,867,387 2,234,452 -632,935
Immingham Docks 787,660 795,947 +8,287
Dover 417,291 828,860 +411,569
Holyhead 490,972 464,683 -26,289
Aberdeen Docks 580,974 74,403 -506,571
London Gateway Port 470,870 128,205 -342,665

Quick facts

HS code: 903031

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

Description: Multimeters without recording features, used for measuring electrical values