🇬🇧 United Kingdom importer · official customs records

FIRST LIGHT OPTICS LTD

7 Budlake Units, Budlake Road, Marsh Barton, Exeter, EX2 8PY🇬🇧 United Kingdom
On record January 2016 to August 2025🔒 Compliance check
BinocularsMonocularsMachinery
Product lines
993
Jan ’16 to Aug ’25
Products
12
HS subheadings on record
Rank · binoculars
One of 478
of 478 importers in 2025
Months active
116
of 116 on record
Latest activity
Aug ’25
most recent month on record

Import activity

January 2016 to August 2025
0771542016201720182019202020212022202320242025 YTD
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What FIRST LIGHT OPTICS LTD imports

share of declarations
Binoculars, monoculars, other optical telescopes, astronomical instruments (excluding those of radio-astronomy), parts and accessories (including mountings) (HS 90059000): 32.4%Binoculars, monoculars, other optical telescopes,astronomical instruments (excluding those ofradio-astronomy), parts and accessories (including32% HS 90059000Monoculars, other optical telescopes and astronomical instruments, excluding instruments for radio-astronomy (HS 90058000): 16.9%Monoculars, other opticaltelescopes and astronomicalinstruments, excluding17% HS 90058000Machinery, parts of the machinery of heading no. 8428, (other than lifts, skip hoists or escalators) (HS 84313900): 13.4%Machinery, parts ofthe machinery ofheading no. 8428,13% HS 84313900Optical elements, lenses in heading no. 9001, prisms, mirrors and other optical elements, unmounted, of any material (excluding elements of glass not optically worked) (HS 90019000): 9.9%Optical elements, lenses inheading no. 9001, prisms,mirrors and other optical9.9% HS 90019000Optical elements, in heading no. 9002 (e.g. prisms and mirrors), mounted, being parts or fittings for instruments or apparatus, of any material (excluding elements of glass not optically worked) (HS 90029000): 9.9%Optical elements, in headingno. 9002 (e.g. prisms andmirrors), mounted, being parts9.9% HS 90029000Reception and transmission apparatus, for use with the apparatus of heading no. 8524 to 8528, excluding aerials and aerial reflectors (HS 85299091): 3.5%Reception andtransmissionapparatus, for3.5%Transmission apparatus for radio-broadcasting or television, whether or not incorporating reception apparatus or sound recording or reproducing apparatus, television cameras, digital cameras and video camera recorders (HS 85258019): 2.8%Transmissionapparatusfor2.8%Transmission apparatus for radio-broadcasting or television, whether or not incorporating reception apparatus or sound recording or reproducing apparatus, television cameras, digital cameras and video camera recorders (HS 85258030): 2.8%Transmissionapparatus forradio-broadc…2.8%Television cameras, in item no 8525.8 (HS 85258900): 2.8%Televisioncameras, initem no2.8%Printed matter, books, brochures, leaflets and similar printed matter in item no. 4901.10 or 4901.91 (HS 49019900): 2.1%Printedmatter,books,2.1%Instruments and apparatus, using optical radiations (UV, visible, IR), (other than spectrometers, spectrophotometers and spectrographs) (HS 90275000): 2.1%Instrumentsandapparatus,2.1%Lifting, handling, loading or unloading machinery, in heading no. 8425, 8426, 8427 or 8428 (HS 84289090): 1.4%Lifting,1.4%
HS codeProductShareRanked
90059000Binoculars, monoculars, other optical telescopes, astronomical instruments (excluding those of radio-astronomy), parts and accessories (including mountings)30.7%#1 · 10 yrs
90058000Monoculars, other optical telescopes and astronomical instruments, excluding instruments for radio-astronomy16.0%#1 · 9 yrs
84313900Machinery, parts of the machinery of heading no. 8428, (other than lifts, skip hoists or escalators)12.7%#1 · 5 yrs
90019000Optical elements, lenses in heading no. 9001, prisms, mirrors and other optical elements, unmounted, of any material (excluding elements of glass not optically worked)9.3%#2 · 5 yrs
90029000Optical elements, in heading no. 9002 (e.g. prisms and mirrors), mounted, being parts or fittings for instruments or apparatus, of any material (excluding elements of glass not optically worked)9.3%#2 · 6 yrs
85299091Reception and transmission apparatus, for use with the apparatus of heading no. 8524 to 8528, excluding aerials and aerial reflectors3.3%#3 · 2 yrs
85258019Transmission apparatus for radio-broadcasting or television, whether or not incorporating reception apparatus or sound recording or reproducing apparatus, television cameras, digital cameras and video camera recorders2.7%#2 · 2018
85258030Transmission apparatus for radio-broadcasting or television, whether or not incorporating reception apparatus or sound recording or reproducing apparatus, television cameras, digital cameras and video camera recorders2.7%#2 · 2017
85258900Television cameras, in item no 8525.82.7%#4 · 3 yrs
49019900Printed matter, books, brochures, leaflets and similar printed matter in item no. 4901.10 or 4901.912.0%#3 · 2016

Trade lanes

9 counterparty markets → United Kingdom imports of binoculars
CHINAAUSTRIAFRANCELITHUANIAISRAELUNITED STATESNETHERLANDSUNITED KINGDOM
🇨🇳 China 34%🇦🇹 Austria 10%🇫🇷 France 9%

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Common questions

What does FIRST LIGHT OPTICS LTD import?

UK customs trader records (HMRC) and Companies House list binoculars, monoculars and machinery as FIRST LIGHT OPTICS LTD's principal imports (ranked by HS subheading, 12 products on record).

Who else imports binoculars in United Kingdom?

OPTICRON, CELESTRON GLOBAL LIMITED and ROTHER VALLEY OPTICS LTD rank among the largest importers of binoculars (HS 9005) in United Kingdom, out of 478 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.