🇬🇧 United Kingdom importer · official customs records

W.F. HOWES LTD

Unit 4, Rearsby Business Park, Gaddesby Lane, Rearsby, LE7 4YH🇬🇧 United Kingdom
On record January 2016 to May 2024🔒 Compliance check
Sound recording or reproducing apparatusHeadphones and earphonesMedia in heading 8523
Product lines
133
Jan ’16 to May ’24
Products
12
HS subheadings on record
Rank · sound recording or reproducing ap…
One of 1,218
of 1,218 importers in 2025
Months active
98
of 98 on record
Latest activity
May ’24
most recent month on record

Import activity

January 2016 to May 2024
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What W.F. HOWES LTD imports

share of declarations
Sound recording or reproducing apparatus, using magnetic, optical or semiconductor media in item no 8519.20, 8519.30 or 8519.50 (HS 85198100): 23.6%Sound recording or reproducingapparatus, using magnetic, optical orsemiconductor media in item no24% HS 85198100Sound recording or reproducing apparatus, using magnetic, optical or semiconductor media in item no 8519.20, 8519.30 or 8519.50 (HS 85198195): 18.9%Sound recording or reproducingapparatus, using magnetic,optical or semiconductor media19% HS 85198195Sound recording or reproducing apparatus, using magnetic, optical or semiconductor media in item no 8519.20, 8519.30 or 8519.50 (HS 85198145): 14.2%Sound recording orreproducing apparatus,using magnetic,14% HS 85198145Headphones and earphones, whether or not combined with a microphone, and sets consisting of a microphone and one or more loudspeakers (HS 85183000): 10.4%Headphones and earphones, whetheror not combined with amicrophone, and sets consisting10% HS 85183000Headphones and earphones, whether or not combined with a microphone, and sets consisting of a microphone and one or more loudspeakers (HS 85183095): 10.4%Headphones and earphones, whetheror not combined with amicrophone, and sets consisting10% HS 85183095Sound recording or reproducing apparatus, in heading no 8519 (HS 85198900): 7.5%Sound recording orreproducing apparatus,in heading no 85197.5% HS 85198900Media in heading 8523, whether or not recorded, excluding products of Chapter 37 (HS 85238090): 3.8%Media inheading8523,3.8%T-shirts, singlets and other vests, of cotton, knitted or crocheted (HS 61091000): 2.8%T-shirts, singletsand other vests,of cotton, knitted2.8%Optical media, recorded, excluding products of Chapter 37 (HS 85234910): 2.8%Optical media,recorded,excluding products2.8%Plastics, other articles in chapter 39 (HS 39269097): 1.9%2%Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof, sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, parts and accessories of such articles (HS 85): 1.9%2%Headphones and earphones, whether or not combined with a microphone, and sets consisting of a microphone and one or more loudspeakers (HS 85183020): 1.9%Headphones and1.9%
HS codeProductShareRanked
85198100Sound recording or reproducing apparatus, using magnetic, optical or semiconductor media in item no 8519.20, 8519.30 or 8519.5022.9%#1 · 5 yrs
85198195Sound recording or reproducing apparatus, using magnetic, optical or semiconductor media in item no 8519.20, 8519.30 or 8519.5018.3%#1 · 4 yrs
85198145Sound recording or reproducing apparatus, using magnetic, optical or semiconductor media in item no 8519.20, 8519.30 or 8519.5013.8%#2 · 4 yrs
85183000Headphones and earphones, whether or not combined with a microphone, and sets consisting of a microphone and one or more loudspeakers10.1%#2 · 3 yrs
85183095Headphones and earphones, whether or not combined with a microphone, and sets consisting of a microphone and one or more loudspeakers10.1%#2 · 4 yrs
85198900Sound recording or reproducing apparatus, in heading no 85197.3%#2 · 2 yrs
85238090Media in heading 8523, whether or not recorded, excluding products of Chapter 373.7%#2 · 2022
61091000T-shirts, singlets and other vests, of cotton, knitted or crocheted2.8%#3 · 2023
85234910Optical media, recorded, excluding products of Chapter 372.8%#3 · 2017
39269097Plastics, other articles in chapter 391.8%#4 · 2019

Trade lanes

9 counterparty markets → United Kingdom imports of sound recording or reproducing apparatus
CHINAVIETNAMUNITED STATESMALAYSIASOUTH KOREACZECHIAFRANCEUNITED KINGDOM
🇨🇳 China 60%🇻🇳 Vietnam 17%🇺🇸 United States 6%

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Common questions

What does W.F. HOWES LTD import?

UK customs trader records (HMRC) and Companies House list sound recording or reproducing apparatus, headphones and earphones and media in heading 8523 as W.F. HOWES LTD's principal imports (ranked by HS subheading, 12 products on record).

Who else imports sound recording or reproducing apparatus in United Kingdom?

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS (UK) LTD, AVTRADE LIMITED and PANASONIC UK A BRANCH OF PANASONIC MARKETING EUROPE GMB rank among the largest importers of sound recording or reproducing apparatus (HS 8519) in United Kingdom, out of 1,218 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.