Import/export HS code 9101: Watches with precious metal cases

Watches with cases made of precious metals like gold or silver, or metal coated with precious metals. Includes wristwatches, pocket watches, and stopwatches

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 £
Switzerland 962,754,651
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 42,336,169
Spain 30,608,865
United States 28,589,172
France 22,955,935

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 £
Switzerland 515,291,576 447,463,075 -67,828,501
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 19,068,459 23,267,710 +4,199,251
Spain 13,364,089 17,244,776 +3,880,687
United States 10,928,247 17,660,925 +6,732,678
France 12,247,684 10,708,251 -1,539,433
Germany 9,770,884 5,638,002 -4,132,882
Netherlands 3,912,501 5,589,264 +1,676,763
Ireland 4,296,589 4,259,351 -37,238
United Arab Emirates 4,479,076 3,572,608 -906,468
Italy 3,166,447 3,867,365 +700,918

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 £
Switzerland 1,058,508,992
United Kingdom 42,136,527
Germany 19,759,541
France 15,205,558
United States 10,755,076

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 £
Switzerland 559,466,022 499,042,970 -60,423,052
United Kingdom 16,904,741 25,231,786 +8,327,045
Germany 10,350,771 9,408,770 -942,001
France 5,874,528 9,331,030 +3,456,502
United States 3,268,049 7,487,027 +4,218,978
China 2,745,233 2,457,773 -287,460
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 2,608,000 1,685,963 -922,037
Thailand 4,090,505 159,065 -3,931,440
Netherlands 1,164,574 768,692 -395,882
Singapore 1,586,898 79,575 -1,507,323

Importers across UK regions

What this shows: Number of importing companies by UK ITL2 region.

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 98
Outer London - West and North West 32
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 22
Inner London - East 22
Surrey, East and West Sussex 18

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
Inner London - West 69 67 -2
Outer London - West and North West 21 20 -1
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 14 15 +1
Inner London - East 13 17 +4
Surrey, East and West Sussex 14 12 -2
Greater Manchester 13 10 -3
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 7 11 +4
West Midlands 8 6 -2
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 5 4 -1
Gloucestershire and Wiltshire 4 6 +2

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 1,150,319,963
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 8,718,975
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 6,377,336
Other 4,956,519
Road transport 1,393,328

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 604,857,190 545,462,773 -59,394,417
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 1,850,503 6,868,472 +5,017,969
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 3,925,256 2,452,080 -1,473,176
Other 2,275,693 2,680,826 +405,133
Road transport 0 1,393,328 +1,393,328

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 1,036,318,620
London Gatwick Airport 51,119,784
East Midlands Airport 28,196,791
London Stansted Airport 23,801,007
Eurotunnel 5,986,746

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 539,842,602 496,476,018 -43,366,584
London Gatwick Airport 29,338,190 21,781,594 -7,556,596
East Midlands Airport 20,559,955 7,636,836 -12,923,119
London Stansted Airport 12,000,523 11,800,484 -200,039
Eurotunnel 52,825 5,933,921 +5,881,096
499 2,098,369 3,612,927 +1,514,558
000 2,275,693 2,680,826 +405,133
Farnborough Airport 0 4,048,517 +4,048,517
Manchester Airport 584,077 779,623 +195,546
ZLC 1,305,379 55,927 -1,249,452

Importer companies by SIC division

What this shows: Industry breakdown (SIC divisions) of importing companies.

Top 5 values

SIC Companies
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 165
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 79
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 25
Other manufacturing 16
Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities 13

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 62
2025-10 60
2025-09 47
2025-08 51
2025-07 61

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 144
54m+ 94
0-1m 62
15m-54m 30
Other 27

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 £
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 395,588,994
Switzerland 247,697,706
United States 102,330,749
United Arab Emirates 64,020,627
Ireland 48,731,152

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 £
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 186,065,794 209,523,200 +23,457,406
Switzerland 125,695,185 122,002,521 -3,692,664
United States 61,016,629 41,314,120 -19,702,509
United Arab Emirates 22,135,287 41,885,340 +19,750,053
Ireland 25,201,979 23,529,173 -1,672,806
Spain 12,587,567 16,703,679 +4,116,112
France 11,496,259 14,761,229 +3,264,970
Qatar 14,217,868 6,508,093 -7,709,775
China, Macao Special Administrative Region 9,198,860 10,906,600 +1,707,740
Italy 4,050,530 10,624,572 +6,574,042

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 13,745
XU 2,332
Ireland 939
China 618

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 6,404 7,341 +937
XU 1,212 1,120 -92
Ireland 939 0 -939
China 595 23 -572

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 965,807,285
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 73,552,995
Rail transport 144,861
Road transport 117,958
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 88,129

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 464,854,493 500,952,792 +36,098,299
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 48,284,603 25,268,392 -23,016,211
Rail transport 0 144,861 +144,861
Road transport 116,318 1,640 -114,678
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 34,955 53,174 +18,219
Other 9,150 8,484 -666

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 846,551,403
London Stansted Airport 48,918,228
Eurotunnel 47,284,940
East Midlands Airport 27,252,136
ZLC 26,890,982

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 402,522,906 444,028,497 +41,505,591
London Stansted Airport 22,069,868 26,848,360 +4,778,492
Eurotunnel 25,268,926 22,016,014 -3,252,912
East Midlands Airport 16,181,389 11,070,747 -5,110,642
ZLC 17,284,318 9,606,664 -7,677,654
London 20,950,986 511,022 -20,439,964
Manchester Airport 3,461,661 2,876,944 -584,717
Dover / Eurotunnel 1,265,094 2,079,944 +814,850
Edinburgh Airport 1,420,668 1,875,038 +454,370
Farnborough Airport 10,000 2,342,866 +2,332,866

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 9101

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

Description: Watches with cases made of precious metals like gold or silver, or metal coated with precious metals. Includes wristwatches, pocket watches, and stopwatches