🇬🇧 United Kingdom importer · official customs records

BRITISH FILM INSTITUTE

21 Stephen Street, London, W1T 1LN🇬🇧 United Kingdom
On record January 2016 to August 2026🔒 Compliance check
Photographic or cinematographic goodsOptical mediaCinematographic film
Product lines
226
Jan ’16 to Aug ’26
Products
12
HS subheadings on record
Rank · photographic or cinematographic g…
One of 567
of 567 importers in 2025
Months active
91
of 91 on record
Latest activity
Aug ’26
most recent month on record

Import activity

January 2016 to August 2026
0214220162017201820192020202120222023202420252026 YTD
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What BRITISH FILM INSTITUTE imports

share of declarations
Photographic or cinematographic goods (HS 37): 26.2%Photographic or cinematographic goods26% HS 37Optical media, recorded, excluding products of Chapter 37 (HS 85234920): 19.2%Optical media, recorded,excluding products of Chapter3719% HS 85234920Optical media, recorded, excluding products of Chapter 37 (HS 85234910): 18.5%Optical media, recorded,excluding products of Chapter3718% HS 85234910Cinematographic film, exposed and developed, whether or not incorporating sound track or consisting only of sound track, of a width of 35cm or more (HS 37061099): 10.0%Cinematographic film,exposed and developed,whether or not10% HS 37061099Machinery, parts and accessories (other than covers, carrying cases and the like) of the machines of heading no. 8471 (HS 84733080): 4.6%Machinery, parts andaccessories (other thancovers, carrying cases4.6% HS 84733080Plastics, plates, sheets, film, foil, tape, strip, other flat shapes thereof, self-adhesive, other than in rolls of a width not exceeding 20cm (HS 39199080): 3.8%Plastics, plates,sheets, film,foil, tape,3.8%Magnetic media, other than cards incorporating a magnetic stripe, whether or not recorded, excluding products of Chapter 37 (HS 85232990): 3.8%Magnetic media,other than cardsincorporating a3.8%Photographic plates and film, exposed and developed, other than cinematographic film (HS 37050090): 3.1%Photographicplates andfilm, exposed3.1%Printed matter, trade advertising material, commercial catalogues and the like (HS 49111090): 3.1%Printed matter,tradeadvertising3.1%T-shirts, singlets and other vests, of cotton, knitted or crocheted (HS 61091000): 3.1%T-shirts, singletsand other vests, ofcotton, knitted or3.1% HS 61091000Photographic film, for colour photography (polychrome), in rolls, sensitised, unexposed, of a width exceeding 35mm (other than of paper, paperboard or textiles) (HS 37025600): 2.3%2%Printed matter, in single sheets, whether or not folded (HS 49011000): 2.3%2%
HS codeProductShareRanked
37Photographic or cinematographic goods21.7%#1 · 8 yrs
85234920Optical media, recorded, excluding products of Chapter 3715.9%#1 · 5 yrs
85234910Optical media, recorded, excluding products of Chapter 3715.3%#2 · 7 yrs
37061099Cinematographic film, exposed and developed, whether or not incorporating sound track or consisting only of sound track, of a width of 35cm or more8.3%#2 · 5 yrs
84733080Machinery, parts and accessories (other than covers, carrying cases and the like) of the machines of heading no. 84713.8%#4 · 3 yrs
39199080Plastics, plates, sheets, film, foil, tape, strip, other flat shapes thereof, self-adhesive, other than in rolls of a width not exceeding 20cm3.2%#1 · 2020
85232990Magnetic media, other than cards incorporating a magnetic stripe, whether or not recorded, excluding products of Chapter 373.2%#1 · 2019
37050090Photographic plates and film, exposed and developed, other than cinematographic film2.5%#2 · 2021
49111090Printed matter, trade advertising material, commercial catalogues and the like2.5%#2 · 2016
61091000T-shirts, singlets and other vests, of cotton, knitted or crocheted2.5%#2 · 2017

Trade lanes

9 counterparty markets → United Kingdom imports of photographic or cinematographic goods
JAPANGERMANYUNITED STATESCHINANETHERLANDSBELGIUMITALYUNITED KINGDOM
🇯🇵 Japan 64%🇩🇪 Germany 10%🇺🇸 United States 8%

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Common questions

What does BRITISH FILM INSTITUTE import?

UK customs trader records (HMRC) and Companies House list photographic or cinematographic goods, optical media and cinematographic film as BRITISH FILM INSTITUTE's principal imports (ranked by HS subheading, 12 products on record).

Who else imports photographic or cinematographic goods in United Kingdom?

RICOH UK PRODUCTS LIMITED, INABATA EUROPE GMBH and PHOTODATA TEST SERVICES LTD rank among the largest importers of photographic or cinematographic goods (HS 37) in United Kingdom, out of 567 importers on record in 2025.

Where does this data come from?

Directly from UK customs trader records (HMRC) and Companies House. Exsigo ingests the official records; nothing here is scraped from directories or estimated.