Import/export HS code 903040: Telecommunication measuring tools

Specialized devices for testing telecommunications, like cross-talk meters or distortion analyzers

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 43,365,445
Malaysia 40,287,553
Germany 35,050,544
Belgium 10,571,817
France 10,530,534

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 18,632,355 24,733,090 +6,100,735
Malaysia 18,063,663 22,223,890 +4,160,227
Germany 19,515,335 15,535,209 -3,980,126
Belgium 6,370,824 4,200,993 -2,169,831
France 5,345,719 5,184,815 -160,904
Netherlands 4,616,053 4,545,321 -70,732
Taiwan 4,635,868 4,125,057 -510,811
China 4,927,514 2,585,429 -2,342,085
Canada 2,318,277 4,350,848 +2,032,571
Slovakia 3,896,061 2,589,586 -1,306,475

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 £
Malaysia 52,367,757
United States 48,334,917
Germany 29,584,806
Japan 19,291,655
United Kingdom 17,176,470

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 £
Malaysia 24,222,552 28,145,205 +3,922,653
United States 21,905,819 26,429,098 +4,523,279
Germany 17,446,598 12,138,208 -5,308,390
Japan 10,195,656 9,095,999 -1,099,657
United Kingdom 9,755,385 7,421,085 -2,334,300
China 6,961,796 6,945,324 -16,472
Taiwan 5,121,073 4,911,043 -210,030
Mexico 1,774,603 3,387,010 +1,612,407
Czechia 2,378,805 2,421,631 +42,826
France 2,472,473 2,187,424 -285,049

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 82
Inner London - West 68
Surrey, East and West Sussex 46
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 36
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 36

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 53 60 +7
Inner London - West 47 43 -4
Surrey, East and West Sussex 33 31 -2
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 25 29 +4
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 25 22 -3
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough 19 21 +2
Outer London - West and North West 24 20 -4
Inner London - East 15 15 +0
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 11 14 +3
Greater Manchester 10 9 -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 209,477,296
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 15,398,707
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 8,429,239
Road transport 521,113
Other 10,203

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 105,128,161 104,349,135 -779,026
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 5,826,634 9,572,073 +3,745,439
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 3,828,301 4,600,938 +772,637
Road transport 473,880 47,233 -426,647
Other 226 9,977 +9,751

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 65,704,162
London Stansted Airport 62,951,817
East Midlands Airport 62,784,739
Southampton 5,316,250
Birmingham Airport 4,855,262

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 34,543,081 31,161,081 -3,382,000
London Stansted Airport 30,072,759 32,879,058 +2,806,299
East Midlands Airport 32,142,452 30,642,287 -1,500,165
Southampton 1,253,227 4,063,023 +2,809,796
Birmingham Airport 1,955,255 2,900,007 +944,752
Dover 1,538,782 2,667,234 +1,128,452
London Gateway Port 1,502,309 2,609,049 +1,106,740
Thamesport 2,100,806 1,911,576 -189,230
Luton Airport 3,765,060 128,246 -3,636,814
Belfast Airport 39,348 2,282,527 +2,243,179

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 96
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 89
Telecommunications 79
Computer programming, consultancy and related activities 51
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 49

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 101
2025-10 111
2025-09 98
2025-08 104
2025-07 97

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+ 256
1m-15m 216
0-1m 67
Other 45
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 45,853,833
Germany 38,808,932
Finland 21,388,981
South Korea 17,441,844
Japan 14,517,969

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 24,044,913 21,808,920 -2,235,993
Germany 20,426,594 18,382,338 -2,044,256
Finland 11,785,377 9,603,604 -2,181,773
South Korea 11,083,086 6,358,758 -4,724,328
Japan 11,341,399 3,176,570 -8,164,829
India 6,695,604 7,005,269 +309,665
Netherlands 6,314,834 5,958,498 -356,336
Belgium 5,297,078 4,490,558 -806,520
Austria 4,625,666 4,462,154 -163,512
France 4,395,833 4,184,008 -211,825

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 £
Czechia 16,142
India 5,987
Malaysia 2,071
China 22

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 £
Czechia 0 16,142 +16,142
India 0 5,987 +5,987
Malaysia 0 2,071 +2,071
China 0 22 +22

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 225,630,025
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 29,327,937
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 8,639,982
Road transport 181,028
Other 24,222

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 122,156,901 103,473,124 -18,683,777
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 12,722,219 16,605,718 +3,883,499
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 8,383,260 256,722 -8,126,538
Road transport 181,028 0 -181,028
Other 0 24,222 +24,222

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 98,781,610
East Midlands Airport 52,350,090
London Stansted Airport 36,773,936
ZLC 32,276,785
Dover / Eurotunnel 14,484,753

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 57,261,115 41,520,495 -15,740,620
East Midlands Airport 26,187,970 26,162,120 -25,850
London Stansted Airport 18,122,527 18,651,409 +528,882
ZLC 17,847,717 14,429,068 -3,418,649
Dover / Eurotunnel 4,070,027 10,414,726 +6,344,699
Immingham Docks 9,196,417 187,852 -9,008,565
Harwich 3,431,692 3,852,260 +420,568
Dover 2,405,758 2,057,561 -348,197
Manchester Airport 1,494,506 1,312,117 -182,389
Edinburgh Airport 629,356 1,116,643 +487,287

Quick facts

HS code: 903040

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

Description: Specialized devices for testing telecommunications, like cross-talk meters or distortion analyzers