Import/export HS code 903180: Various measuring tools

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* 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 338,060,138
United States 226,683,121
Netherlands 130,038,088
France 106,506,158
China 89,325,118

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 165,362,846 172,697,292 +7,334,446
United States 119,471,159 107,211,962 -12,259,197
Netherlands 51,600,305 78,437,783 +26,837,478
France 56,305,786 50,200,372 -6,105,414
China 38,316,657 51,008,461 +12,691,804
Italy 42,212,536 39,921,025 -2,291,511
Japan 34,203,291 31,717,454 -2,485,837
Switzerland 18,698,313 18,173,602 -524,711
Saudi Arabia 18,279,293 12,583,719 -5,695,574
Spain 13,817,397 16,949,921 +3,132,524

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 360,423,942
Germany 231,265,002
China 136,974,055
United Kingdom 113,642,016
Japan 79,414,119

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 178,111,801 182,312,141 +4,200,340
Germany 115,721,022 115,543,980 -177,042
China 62,939,816 74,034,239 +11,094,423
United Kingdom 62,184,355 51,457,661 -10,726,694
Japan 40,688,036 38,726,083 -1,961,953
Italy 33,255,956 30,939,915 -2,316,041
France 29,853,169 25,689,028 -4,164,141
Mexico 26,819,916 18,323,419 -8,496,497
Switzerland 21,793,677 20,098,762 -1,694,915
Estonia 6,854,973 24,861,937 +18,006,964

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 537
Inner London - West 348
Surrey, East and West Sussex 310
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 276
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 265

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 389 394 +5
Inner London - West 227 234 +7
Surrey, East and West Sussex 215 229 +14
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 195 198 +3
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 198 211 +13
West Midlands 186 191 +5
Greater Manchester 162 186 +24
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 193 178 -15
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 175 170 -5
Shropshire and Staffordshire 124 145 +21

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 885,326,178
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 407,324,963
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 211,576,420
Other 27,926,364
Road transport 10,776,868

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 435,756,611 449,569,567 +13,812,956
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 197,385,281 209,939,682 +12,554,401
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 103,714,574 107,861,846 +4,147,272
Other 17,167,879 10,758,485 -6,409,394
Road transport 9,433,409 1,343,459 -8,089,950
Rail transport 505,164 1,836,111 +1,330,947

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 300,126,056
East Midlands Airport 269,789,382
Dover 177,801,546
London Stansted Airport 126,039,594
Eurotunnel 82,942,341

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 153,531,265 146,594,791 -6,936,474
East Midlands Airport 129,151,293 140,638,089 +11,486,796
Dover 82,826,357 94,975,189 +12,148,832
London Stansted Airport 63,946,301 62,093,293 -1,853,008
Eurotunnel 39,869,771 43,072,570 +3,202,799
Birmingham Airport 26,810,921 33,254,003 +6,443,082
Manchester Airport 21,233,782 26,340,447 +5,106,665
London Gateway Port 22,254,081 19,701,670 -2,552,411
Felixstowe 20,488,214 21,118,593 +630,379
Thamesport 22,747,094 17,875,220 -4,871,874

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 1102
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 511
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 459
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 353
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 350

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 1238
2025-10 1312
2025-09 1198
2025-08 1198
2025-07 1266

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 2451
54m+ 2007
0-1m 754
15m-54m 589
Other 442

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 390,430,014
Germany 261,383,315
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 181,932,592
China 155,058,575
France 93,226,387

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 215,340,662 175,089,352 -40,251,310
Germany 127,275,237 134,108,078 +6,832,841
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 92,761,895 89,170,697 -3,591,198
China 78,250,447 76,808,128 -1,442,319
France 44,227,465 48,998,922 +4,771,457
Netherlands 45,062,659 47,540,219 +2,477,560
Saudi Arabia 19,757,131 38,845,343 +19,088,212
Italy 27,991,398 28,477,376 +485,978
Japan 28,432,227 24,598,570 -3,833,657
India 22,813,658 26,857,526 +4,043,868

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 3,777,216
China 570,398
Italy 111,205
Denmark 105,211
France 81,748

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 1,237,887 2,539,329 +1,301,442
China 414,185 156,213 -257,972
Italy 26,337 84,868 +58,531
Denmark 105,211 0 -105,211
France 54,114 27,634 -26,480
Germany 48,758 26,993 -21,765
XU 30,704 40,616 +9,912
Poland 7,260 7,692 +432
Hungary 2,314 6,108 +3,794
United States 1,944 5,998 +4,054

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 1,519,260,451
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 338,245,539
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 170,933,204
Other 4,872,495
Road transport 3,777,018

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 769,734,660 749,525,791 -20,208,869
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 159,120,308 179,125,231 +20,004,923
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 91,038,322 79,894,882 -11,143,440
Other 1,948,397 2,924,098 +975,701
Road transport 3,710,184 66,834 -3,643,350
Rail transport 2,361 17,261 +14,900

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 820,691,102
East Midlands Airport 289,524,008
Dover / Eurotunnel 236,732,525
London Stansted Airport 142,839,079
Manchester Airport 97,455,678

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 414,083,139 406,607,963 -7,475,176
East Midlands Airport 151,579,664 137,944,344 -13,635,320
Dover / Eurotunnel 113,151,469 123,581,056 +10,429,587
London Stansted Airport 71,317,564 71,521,515 +203,951
Manchester Airport 50,985,109 46,470,569 -4,514,540
ZLC 47,732,386 39,441,983 -8,290,403
Southampton 41,379,043 21,617,410 -19,761,633
Dover 24,673,465 20,929,919 -3,743,546
London Gateway Port 12,745,559 23,094,143 +10,348,584
Warton Aerodrome 11,423,428 18,991,743 +7,568,315

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 903180

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

Description: Other tools and machines for measuring or checking things, not listed elsewhere