Import/export HS code 90318080: 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 241,250,429
United States 211,749,220
Netherlands 115,638,264
France 87,664,052
China 78,554,938

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 115,590,172 125,660,257 +10,070,085
United States 110,158,824 101,590,396 -8,568,428
Netherlands 44,474,599 71,163,665 +26,689,066
France 46,071,090 41,592,962 -4,478,128
China 32,885,436 45,669,502 +12,784,066
Italy 31,630,156 31,479,823 -150,333
Japan 30,201,861 30,160,115 -41,746
Switzerland 17,859,802 17,054,560 -805,242
Saudi Arabia 18,108,629 12,420,414 -5,688,215
Denmark 11,587,183 15,866,226 +4,279,043

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 311,730,046
Germany 160,561,945
China 122,426,625
United Kingdom 107,048,759
Japan 61,524,482

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 151,177,688 160,552,358 +9,374,670
Germany 77,670,837 82,891,108 +5,220,271
China 55,675,209 66,751,416 +11,076,207
United Kingdom 58,969,240 48,079,519 -10,889,721
Japan 30,998,074 30,526,408 -471,666
Italy 26,960,322 26,449,978 -510,344
France 23,724,779 20,558,712 -3,166,067
Switzerland 19,720,620 18,605,292 -1,115,328
Estonia 6,852,826 24,858,649 +18,005,823
Denmark 11,405,900 13,732,111 +2,326,211

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 512
Inner London - West 315
Surrey, East and West Sussex 291
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 269
Greater Manchester 232

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 361 372 +11
Inner London - West 204 211 +7
Surrey, East and West Sussex 200 215 +15
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 192 189 -3
Greater Manchester 149 168 +19
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 166 178 +12
West Midlands 148 163 +15
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 159 153 -6
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 169 153 -16
Shropshire and Staffordshire 111 130 +19

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 768,021,990
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 303,549,103
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 170,158,070
Other 10,055,884
Road transport 9,666,059

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 373,460,575 394,561,415 +21,100,840
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 147,030,593 156,518,510 +9,487,917
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 82,216,801 87,941,269 +5,724,468
Other 5,529,888 4,525,996 -1,003,892
Road transport 8,710,567 955,492 -7,755,075
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 266,557,371
East Midlands Airport 234,643,205
Dover 124,557,439
London Stansted Airport 110,448,656
Eurotunnel 64,251,851

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 136,676,381 129,880,990 -6,795,391
East Midlands Airport 110,146,487 124,496,718 +14,350,231
Dover 57,479,068 67,078,371 +9,599,303
London Stansted Airport 55,662,641 54,786,015 -876,626
Eurotunnel 31,920,388 32,331,463 +411,075
Birmingham Airport 21,109,337 28,149,753 +7,040,416
Manchester Airport 16,691,870 24,640,299 +7,948,429
Immingham Docks 15,546,902 20,619,828 +5,072,926
Felixstowe 15,527,993 17,892,318 +2,364,325
Thamesport 17,887,428 15,093,392 -2,794,036

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 999
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 461
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 440
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 315
Architectural and engineering activities; technical testing and analysis 312

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 1066
2025-10 1129
2025-09 1010
2025-08 1028
2025-07 1100

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 2209
54m+ 1838
0-1m 688
15m-54m 526
Other 393

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 335,741,221
Germany 212,369,283
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 170,931,891
China 124,467,669
France 71,155,028

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 184,483,654 151,257,567 -33,226,087
Germany 101,740,300 110,628,983 +8,888,683
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 87,680,218 83,251,673 -4,428,545
China 61,468,561 62,999,108 +1,530,547
France 33,089,203 38,065,825 +4,976,622
Netherlands 31,849,251 36,596,309 +4,747,058
Saudi Arabia 18,149,121 37,270,477 +19,121,356
Japan 26,140,783 22,836,038 -3,304,745
Italy 20,487,156 22,725,851 +2,238,695
India 18,695,391 20,087,482 +1,392,091

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 2,632,985
China 564,167
Denmark 105,211
France 80,900
XU 68,041

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 823,246 1,809,739 +986,493
China 411,062 153,105 -257,957
Denmark 105,211 0 -105,211
France 53,953 26,947 -27,006
XU 29,406 38,635 +9,229
Germany 39,255 22,426 -16,829
Poland 7,260 7,692 +432
Italy 5,219 5,696 +477
Hungary 2,083 6,108 +4,025
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 1,288,213,200
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 258,702,120
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 120,004,376
Other 3,599,059
Road transport 3,206,322

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 648,808,955 639,404,245 -9,404,710
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 116,805,689 141,896,431 +25,090,742
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 67,550,514 52,453,862 -15,096,652
Other 1,495,972 2,103,087 +607,115
Road transport 3,158,461 47,861 -3,110,600
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 764,912,891
East Midlands Airport 224,311,976
Dover / Eurotunnel 173,603,741
Manchester Airport 92,852,465
London Stansted Airport 86,261,847

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 384,796,138 380,116,753 -4,679,385
East Midlands Airport 115,333,936 108,978,040 -6,355,896
Dover / Eurotunnel 79,011,554 94,592,187 +15,580,633
Manchester Airport 49,023,673 43,828,792 -5,194,881
London Stansted Airport 41,079,000 45,182,847 +4,103,847
ZLC 33,144,589 25,341,371 -7,803,218
Southampton 32,823,047 15,029,140 -17,793,907
Dover 19,643,029 16,258,896 -3,384,133
Warton Aerodrome 11,421,428 18,978,743 +7,557,315
London Gateway Port 9,971,632 16,190,502 +6,218,870

Quick facts

HS code: 90318080

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

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