Import/export HS code 940599: Lighting parts made of other materials

Parts for lighting fixtures made from materials other than glass or plastic, such as metal or wood

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 £
China 102,487,801
Italy 11,130,474
Germany 10,683,746
United States 10,552,208
India 10,068,975

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 £
China 52,819,577 49,668,224 -3,151,353
Italy 4,984,341 6,146,133 +1,161,792
Germany 5,267,906 5,415,840 +147,934
United States 5,518,664 5,033,544 -485,120
India 4,992,969 5,076,006 +83,037
Austria 3,145,181 3,613,094 +467,913
France 3,785,883 2,298,821 -1,487,062
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 3,069,141 2,382,255 -686,886
Spain 2,252,450 2,653,054 +400,604
Netherlands 2,028,038 2,190,783 +162,745

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 £
China 114,326,826
Italy 10,942,951
United States 10,756,985
India 10,320,172
Germany 8,459,398

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 £
China 58,858,504 55,468,322 -3,390,182
Italy 5,112,801 5,830,150 +717,349
United States 6,088,126 4,668,859 -1,419,267
India 5,106,968 5,213,204 +106,236
Germany 4,283,379 4,176,019 -107,360
Spain 3,492,057 3,106,063 -385,994
Austria 2,532,238 2,010,135 -522,103
France 1,330,662 1,520,568 +189,906
Poland 1,370,518 1,158,021 -212,497
Portugal 971,043 1,144,752 +173,709

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 320
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 157
Surrey, East and West Sussex 151
Outer London - West and North West 118
Inner London - East 113

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 225 195 -30
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 121 91 -30
Surrey, East and West Sussex 102 101 -1
Outer London - West and North West 81 71 -10
Inner London - East 76 67 -9
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 81 77 -4
Greater Manchester 82 69 -13
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 78 58 -20
West Yorkshire 62 59 -3
West Midlands 58 51 -7

Import volume by transport

What this shows: Import value by transport mode used to bring goods into the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 86,761,388
Air transport 63,240,473
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 43,083,644
Other 8,307,843
Road transport 696,203

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 £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 44,471,342 42,290,046 -2,181,296
Air transport 33,036,824 30,203,649 -2,833,175
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 21,838,146 21,245,498 -592,648
Other 4,864,352 3,443,491 -1,420,861
Road transport 348,241 347,962 -279

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 41,157,078
London Heathrow Airport 29,813,829
Southampton 27,868,537
East Midlands Airport 17,218,613
Dover 16,338,588

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 £
Felixstowe 23,685,602 17,471,476 -6,214,126
London Heathrow Airport 15,470,498 14,343,331 -1,127,167
Southampton 14,179,572 13,688,965 -490,607
East Midlands Airport 9,205,718 8,012,895 -1,192,823
Dover 7,598,035 8,740,553 +1,142,518
Eurotunnel 6,623,114 7,676,359 +1,053,245
London Gateway Port 3,161,919 7,065,232 +3,903,313
000 4,864,352 3,443,491 -1,420,861
Thamesport 3,393,982 2,694,244 -699,738
London Stansted Airport 3,218,898 2,869,015 -349,883

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 552
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 471
Manufacture of electrical equipment 265
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 148
Other professional, scientific and technical activities 134

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 403
2025-10 396
2025-09 353
2025-08 368
2025-07 410

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 1020
0-1m 582
54m+ 462
15m-54m 193
Other 177

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 6,495,733
Saudi Arabia 6,445,632
France 5,981,233
United Arab Emirates 5,188,726
Netherlands 4,939,027

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 3,717,625 2,778,108 -939,517
Saudi Arabia 3,143,777 3,301,855 +158,078
France 3,881,842 2,099,391 -1,782,451
United Arab Emirates 2,998,246 2,190,480 -807,766
Netherlands 2,654,562 2,284,465 -370,097
Germany 2,614,775 2,259,583 -355,192
Ireland 1,695,362 1,860,725 +165,363
Austria 1,918,727 1,245,620 -673,107
India 1,839,191 1,168,242 -670,949
Sweden 930,183 1,376,577 +446,394

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 £
China 577,308
XU 125,515
Viet Nam 7,521
Germany 6,108
XI 3,401

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 £
China 246,458 330,850 +84,392
XU 42,540 82,975 +40,435
Viet Nam 971 6,550 +5,579
Germany 235 5,873 +5,638
XI 155 3,246 +3,091
Norway 0 1,555 +1,555
Ireland 280 735 +455
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 0 35 +35

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 39,683,490
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 24,185,921
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 8,496,974
Other 722,458
Road transport 404,748

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 21,426,432 18,257,058 -3,169,374
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 13,569,028 10,616,893 -2,952,135
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 4,610,136 3,886,838 -723,298
Other 290,639 431,819 +141,180
Road transport 403,832 916 -402,916

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 16,379,638
London Heathrow Airport 13,458,256
East Midlands Airport 11,289,325
ZLC 7,729,619
London Stansted Airport 4,464,945

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 £
Dover / Eurotunnel 9,297,340 7,082,298 -2,215,042
London Heathrow Airport 6,760,213 6,698,043 -62,170
East Midlands Airport 6,334,803 4,954,522 -1,380,281
ZLC 4,448,934 3,280,685 -1,168,249
London Stansted Airport 2,256,895 2,208,050 -48,845
London Gateway Port 2,441,423 1,561,125 -880,298
Immingham Docks 2,005,023 1,070,071 -934,952
Southampton 726,527 1,270,715 +544,188
Holyhead 816,531 733,433 -83,098
Manchester Airport 1,007,529 509,716 -497,813

Quick facts

HS code: 940599

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

Description: Parts for lighting fixtures made from materials other than glass or plastic, such as metal or wood