Import/export HS code 85011010: Small synchronous motors

Synchronous motors with a power output of 18 watts or less

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 £
Germany 17,601,564
United States 8,363,948
Switzerland 4,989,220
China 4,006,615
Spain 3,659,579

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 £
Germany 9,688,142 7,913,422 -1,774,720
United States 4,870,332 3,493,616 -1,376,716
Switzerland 1,554,638 3,434,582 +1,879,944
China 2,086,406 1,920,209 -166,197
Spain 1,559,888 2,099,691 +539,803
France 2,142,469 1,426,899 -715,570
Japan 1,478,060 1,709,598 +231,538
Netherlands 2,135,344 797,623 -1,337,721
Italy 1,097,152 1,514,782 +417,630
Ireland 992,976 882,508 -110,468

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 £
Germany 14,968,220
United Kingdom 10,020,495
United States 8,884,024
China 6,395,714
Hungary 3,700,195

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 £
Germany 7,776,596 7,191,624 -584,972
United Kingdom 5,373,449 4,647,046 -726,403
United States 3,869,380 5,014,644 +1,145,264
China 3,137,657 3,258,057 +120,400
Hungary 1,821,189 1,879,006 +57,817
Italy 2,111,545 746,815 -1,364,730
Japan 1,307,089 1,270,072 -37,017
France 865,123 1,256,559 +391,436
Switzerland 1,019,690 653,474 -366,216
Poland 964,777 651,159 -313,618

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 46
Surrey, East and West Sussex 44
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 43
Inner London - West 41
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 33

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
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 32 30 -2
Surrey, East and West Sussex 30 31 +1
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 28 25 -3
Inner London - West 18 31 +13
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 26 22 -4
Shropshire and Staffordshire 18 26 +8
Essex 18 20 +2
West Midlands 9 23 +14
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 15 16 +1
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough 13 12 -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 31,626,938
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 18,706,753
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 10,130,103
Road transport 2,552,963
Other 1,524,325

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 14,290,272 17,336,666 +3,046,394
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 11,629,309 7,077,444 -4,551,865
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 5,529,362 4,600,741 -928,621
Road transport 527,099 2,025,864 +1,498,765
Other 1,030,512 493,813 -536,699
Rail transport 180,435 0 -180,435

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 11,369,091
London Stansted Airport 8,521,579
Dover / Eurotunnel 6,301,741
East Midlands Airport 5,380,959
Dover 5,022,230

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 5,550,864 5,818,227 +267,363
London Stansted Airport 3,721,916 4,799,663 +1,077,747
Dover / Eurotunnel 5,213,486 1,088,255 -4,125,231
East Midlands Airport 2,792,823 2,588,136 -204,687
Dover 2,803,534 2,218,696 -584,838
Eurotunnel 2,144,609 2,773,632 +629,023
Southampton 2,273,190 1,564,354 -708,836
Belfast Airport 340,623 2,658,066 +2,317,443
Thamesport 1,581,856 977,661 -604,195
Birmingham Airport 902,469 1,415,086 +512,617

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 143
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 73
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 52
Other manufacturing 45
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 45

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 86
2026-03 96
2026-02 92
2026-01 88
2025-12 81

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
54m+ 280
1m-15m 232
15m-54m 71
Other 53
0-1m 40

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 7,139,471
Germany 6,338,400
Spain 4,474,133
France 3,241,398
Italy 2,855,358

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 2,959,229 4,180,242 +1,221,013
Germany 3,196,069 3,142,331 -53,738
Spain 1,894,725 2,579,408 +684,683
France 1,203,760 2,037,638 +833,878
Italy 1,400,506 1,454,852 +54,346
Ireland 1,515,908 1,235,136 -280,772
United Arab Emirates 673,340 1,881,681 +1,208,341
Turkey 1,598,191 173,989 -1,424,202
Netherlands 861,709 699,502 -162,207
Gambia 1,245,357 0 -1,245,357

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 £
Austria 52,394
South Korea 22,565
France 10,395
China 7,054
Italy 5,576

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 £
Austria 31,287 21,107 -10,180
South Korea 0 22,565 +22,565
France 10,395 0 -10,395
China 3,291 3,763 +472
Italy 5,576 0 -5,576
XI 558 4,810 +4,252
Ireland 1,008 3,424 +2,416
Sierra Leone 3,537 0 -3,537
Germany 333 12 -321
Spain 280 0 -280

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 36,003,775
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 8,275,869
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 6,378,168
Other 121,783
Road transport 2,394

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 15,336,025 20,667,750 +5,331,725
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 4,334,988 3,940,881 -394,107
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 5,373,303 1,004,865 -4,368,438
Other 59,877 61,906 +2,029
Road transport 2,394 0 -2,394

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 17,792,983
East Midlands Airport 7,498,039
London Stansted Airport 7,328,455
Dover / Eurotunnel 5,018,960
ZLC 2,838,257

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 5,592,203 12,200,780 +6,608,577
East Midlands Airport 4,601,430 2,896,609 -1,704,821
London Stansted Airport 3,290,753 4,037,702 +746,949
Dover / Eurotunnel 2,886,459 2,132,501 -753,958
ZLC 1,473,516 1,364,741 -108,775
London Gateway Port 1,891,692 217,481 -1,674,211
London 1,332,603 28,873 -1,303,730
Harwich 1,306,918 26,351 -1,280,567
Portsmouth 400,991 894,917 +493,926
Immingham Docks 369,362 480,828 +111,466

Quick facts

HS code: 85011010

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

Description: Synchronous motors with a power output of 18 watts or less