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 965,381,793
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 42,599,085
Spain 30,127,671
United States 29,021,747
France 22,944,302

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 514,526,857 450,854,936 -63,671,921
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 20,131,012 22,468,073 +2,337,061
Spain 13,283,951 16,843,720 +3,559,769
United States 12,773,479 16,248,268 +3,474,789
France 13,116,664 9,827,638 -3,289,026
Germany 9,637,228 5,352,818 -4,284,410
Netherlands 3,718,016 5,579,283 +1,861,267
Ireland 4,170,102 4,214,855 +44,753
United Arab Emirates 4,416,090 3,575,784 -840,306
Italy 3,167,401 3,940,863 +773,462

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 1,060,796,510
United Kingdom 43,500,104
Germany 19,439,333
France 14,094,136
United States 10,949,402

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 560,378,981 500,417,529 -59,961,452
United Kingdom 19,611,448 23,888,656 +4,277,208
Germany 10,430,670 9,008,663 -1,422,007
France 4,964,391 9,129,745 +4,165,354
United States 4,042,505 6,906,897 +2,864,392
China 3,074,239 2,179,137 -895,102
Thailand 4,107,491 200,241 -3,907,250
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 2,540,190 1,644,479 -895,711
Netherlands 1,088,052 769,050 -319,002
Singapore 1,591,852 74,621 -1,517,231

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 31
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 70 69 -1
Outer London - West and North West 21 19 -2
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 14 15 +1
Inner London - East 12 16 +4
Surrey, East and West Sussex 14 11 -3
Greater Manchester 13 11 -2
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 7 11 +4
West Midlands 9 5 -4
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 6 4 -2
Gloucestershire and Wiltshire 5 4 -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 1,152,342,538
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 8,734,652
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 6,321,590
Other 4,955,412
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 607,660,111 544,682,427 -62,977,684
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 1,998,118 6,736,534 +4,738,416
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 4,434,103 1,887,487 -2,546,616
Other 2,338,277 2,617,135 +278,858
Road transport 13,205 1,380,123 +1,366,918

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 1,038,689,709
London Gatwick Airport 52,590,375
East Midlands Airport 26,498,329
London Stansted Airport 23,681,677
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 541,116,428 497,573,281 -43,543,147
London Gatwick Airport 32,413,566 20,176,809 -12,236,757
East Midlands Airport 18,550,686 7,947,643 -10,603,043
London Stansted Airport 12,421,234 11,260,443 -1,160,791
Eurotunnel 57,485 5,929,261 +5,871,776
499 2,536,375 3,336,204 +799,829
000 2,338,277 2,617,135 +278,858
Farnborough Airport 0 4,048,517 +4,048,517
ZLC 1,322,656 38,650 -1,284,006
Manchester Airport 564,212 716,865 +152,653

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 168
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 79
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 25
Other manufacturing 17
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
2026-01 56
2025-11 62
2025-10 61
2025-09 47
2025-08 51

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 143
54m+ 93
0-1m 64
15m-54m 29
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 399,872,891
Switzerland 249,897,613
United States 99,838,053
United Arab Emirates 70,244,067
Ireland 49,643,936

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 187,568,243 212,304,648 +24,736,405
Switzerland 127,151,932 122,745,681 -4,406,251
United States 64,617,130 35,220,923 -29,396,207
United Arab Emirates 24,829,983 45,414,084 +20,584,101
Ireland 24,674,728 24,969,208 +294,480
Spain 13,110,446 16,756,465 +3,646,019
France 11,507,312 14,249,355 +2,742,043
China, Macao Special Administrative Region 9,396,449 11,331,069 +1,934,620
Qatar 12,456,623 6,503,540 -5,953,083
Italy 4,945,081 11,393,035 +6,447,954

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 17,311
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 6,136 11,175 +5,039
Ireland 939 0 -939
China 618 0 -618

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 976,163,232
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 73,899,524
Rail transport 144,861
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 110,593
Road transport 94,729

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 471,011,269 505,151,963 +34,140,694
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 49,420,938 24,478,586 -24,942,352
Rail transport 0 144,861 +144,861
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 39,498 71,095 +31,597
Road transport 93,089 1,640 -91,449
Other 8,595 12,295 +3,700

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 855,981,605
London Stansted Airport 51,053,370
Eurotunnel 47,712,540
East Midlands Airport 26,615,854
ZLC 26,235,987

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 408,853,693 447,127,912 +38,274,219
London Stansted Airport 22,874,750 28,178,620 +5,303,870
Eurotunnel 26,422,510 21,290,030 -5,132,480
East Midlands Airport 16,032,557 10,583,297 -5,449,260
ZLC 15,759,213 10,476,774 -5,282,439
London 20,950,986 511,022 -20,439,964
Manchester Airport 3,842,954 2,315,307 -1,527,647
Edinburgh Airport 1,672,085 1,828,085 +156,000
Dover / Eurotunnel 1,258,491 2,070,107 +811,616
Farnborough Airport 44,000 2,308,866 +2,264,866

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