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 17,675,531
United States 8,695,595
Switzerland 5,196,009
China 3,629,141
France 3,559,020

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 10,568,477 7,107,054 -3,461,423
United States 4,788,931 3,906,664 -882,267
Switzerland 1,291,176 3,904,833 +2,613,657
China 1,648,763 1,980,378 +331,615
France 2,136,626 1,422,394 -714,232
Spain 1,290,241 2,021,222 +730,981
Japan 1,577,148 1,544,937 -32,211
Netherlands 2,085,690 756,354 -1,329,336
Italy 1,065,337 1,625,306 +559,969
Ireland 981,623 895,136 -86,487

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 15,414,462
United Kingdom 10,290,692
United States 9,036,880
China 6,007,992
Hungary 3,682,253

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 8,494,975 6,919,487 -1,575,488
United Kingdom 5,322,692 4,968,000 -354,692
United States 3,746,761 5,290,119 +1,543,358
China 2,772,772 3,235,220 +462,448
Hungary 1,875,935 1,806,318 -69,617
Italy 2,065,310 737,544 -1,327,766
Japan 1,353,644 1,147,138 -206,506
France 865,051 1,258,874 +393,823
Taiwan 310,158 1,443,217 +1,133,059
Switzerland 806,765 788,096 -18,669

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Surrey, East and West Sussex 45
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 44
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 41
Inner London - West 41
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 35

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
Surrey, East and West Sussex 31 32 +1
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 31 29 -2
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 27 24 -3
Inner London - West 21 29 +8
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 28 21 -7
Shropshire and Staffordshire 18 25 +7
Essex 16 21 +5
West Midlands 9 23 +14
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 15 16 +1
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough 12 13 +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 32,821,827
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 17,908,079
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 9,975,889
Road transport 2,783,145
Other 1,470,118

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 14,830,524 17,991,303 +3,160,779
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 11,353,038 6,555,041 -4,797,997
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 5,424,389 4,551,500 -872,889
Road transport 439,156 2,343,989 +1,904,833
Other 1,024,518 445,600 -578,918
Rail transport 176,012 0 -176,012

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 12,006,739
London Stansted Airport 8,749,109
Dover / Eurotunnel 6,309,366
East Midlands Airport 5,397,856
Eurotunnel 4,853,752

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 5,765,646 6,241,093 +475,447
London Stansted Airport 3,847,918 4,901,191 +1,053,273
Dover / Eurotunnel 5,748,645 560,721 -5,187,924
East Midlands Airport 2,836,707 2,561,149 -275,558
Eurotunnel 2,072,978 2,780,774 +707,796
Dover 2,535,449 2,125,774 -409,675
Southampton 2,227,954 1,351,470 -876,484
Belfast Airport 340,623 3,011,408 +2,670,785
Thamesport 1,507,174 915,818 -591,356
Birmingham Airport 1,088,462 1,241,251 +152,789

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
139
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.
76
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products
54
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment
45
Other manufacturing
44

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 84
2026-04 87
2026-03 96
2026-02 93
2026-01 88

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+ 279
1m-15m 228
15m-54m 68
Other 54
0-1m 38

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 8,028,428
Germany 6,234,483
Spain 4,901,381
France 3,264,805
Italy 2,697,051

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 2,883,942 5,144,486 +2,260,544
Germany 3,278,213 2,956,270 -321,943
Spain 2,055,851 2,845,530 +789,679
France 1,173,181 2,091,624 +918,443
Italy 1,272,148 1,424,903 +152,755
United Arab Emirates 659,205 2,014,597 +1,355,392
Ireland 1,369,054 1,266,595 -102,459
Turkey 1,578,059 207,828 -1,370,231
Netherlands 759,384 700,760 -58,624
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 45,573
South Korea 30,801
France 10,395
China 6,675
Ireland 6,080

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 28,708 16,865 -11,843
South Korea 0 30,801 +30,801
France 10,395 0 -10,395
China 2,912 3,763 +851
Ireland 605 5,475 +4,870
Italy 5,576 0 -5,576
XI 558 4,810 +4,252
Sierra Leone 3,537 0 -3,537
Germany 333 30 -303
Spain 135 0 -135

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 37,077,775
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 8,525,324
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 6,133,220
Other 124,583
Road transport 9,452

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 15,071,798 22,005,977 +6,934,179
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 4,241,541 4,283,783 +42,242
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 5,182,574 950,646 -4,231,928
Other 56,371 68,212 +11,841
Road transport 0 9,452 +9,452

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 19,093,204
East Midlands Airport 7,486,618
London Stansted Airport 7,218,619
Dover / Eurotunnel 5,005,697
ZLC 2,846,538

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 5,980,607 13,112,597 +7,131,990
East Midlands Airport 4,269,686 3,216,932 -1,052,754
London Stansted Airport 3,068,422 4,150,197 +1,081,775
Dover / Eurotunnel 2,774,349 2,231,348 -543,001
ZLC 1,467,214 1,379,324 -87,890
London Gateway Port 1,819,431 192,520 -1,626,911
Portsmouth 423,475 1,137,759 +714,284
London 1,358,469 3,007 -1,355,462
Harwich 1,306,918 26,351 -1,280,567
Immingham Docks 368,415 487,120 +118,705

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