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 16,140,197
United States 7,747,226
France 3,619,073
China 3,550,446
Spain 3,362,991

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 9,698,602 6,441,595 -3,257,007
United States 2,862,586 4,884,640 +2,022,054
France 2,211,109 1,407,964 -803,145
China 2,017,276 1,533,170 -484,106
Spain 1,627,289 1,735,702 +108,413
Switzerland 2,368,907 963,780 -1,405,127
Japan 1,706,095 1,419,508 -286,587
Netherlands 2,005,028 985,638 -1,019,390
Italy 1,105,045 1,281,415 +176,370
Ireland 1,097,032 735,464 -361,568

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 12,452,766
United Kingdom 9,725,936
United States 8,009,242
China 5,547,714
Hungary 3,218,340

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 8,589,405 3,863,361 -4,726,044
United Kingdom 3,649,193 6,076,743 +2,427,550
United States 3,946,799 4,062,443 +115,644
China 2,923,070 2,624,644 -298,426
Hungary 1,772,449 1,445,891 -326,558
Italy 1,936,978 941,070 -995,908
Japan 1,647,874 995,627 -652,247
France 885,784 1,230,567 +344,783
Switzerland 1,195,604 522,491 -673,113
Poland 940,341 542,910 -397,431

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 45
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 41
Inner London - West 40
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 36

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 32 +0
Surrey, East and West Sussex 31 29 -2
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 23 30 +7
Inner London - West 22 26 +4
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 28 24 -4
Shropshire and Staffordshire 20 22 +2
Essex 16 16 +0
West Midlands 12 19 +7
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 17 14 -3
Greater Manchester 18 10 -8

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 29,073,298
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 17,679,044
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 9,661,454
Other 1,660,725
Road transport 909,495

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 13,101,495 15,971,803 +2,870,308
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 11,316,614 6,362,430 -4,954,184
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 5,707,692 3,953,762 -1,753,930
Other 1,174,499 486,226 -688,273
Road transport 549,532 359,963 -189,569
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 10,278,202
London Stansted Airport 8,228,470
Dover / Eurotunnel 6,152,497
East Midlands Airport 5,708,194
Dover 4,875,532

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 3,030,028 7,248,174 +4,218,146
London Stansted Airport 4,419,774 3,808,696 -611,078
Dover / Eurotunnel 4,999,554 1,152,943 -3,846,611
East Midlands Airport 3,518,296 2,189,898 -1,328,398
Dover 2,788,307 2,087,225 -701,082
Eurotunnel 2,089,974 2,190,168 +100,194
Southampton 2,406,921 1,585,381 -821,540
Thamesport 1,621,338 913,747 -707,591
Birmingham Airport 818,869 1,194,460 +375,591
Felixstowe 1,227,330 515,580 -711,750

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 135
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 74
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 50
Other manufacturing 46
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 44

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 88
2025-11 98
2025-10 101
2025-09 84
2025-08 74

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+ 275
1m-15m 220
15m-54m 67
Other 52
0-1m 36

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 6,175,729
Germany 5,553,033
Spain 3,862,563
France 3,336,631
Ireland 2,784,954

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 3,432,455 2,743,274 -689,181
Germany 2,997,570 2,555,463 -442,107
Spain 1,955,295 1,907,268 -48,027
France 1,465,032 1,871,599 +406,567
Ireland 1,595,832 1,189,122 -406,710
Italy 1,470,701 1,089,169 -381,532
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 1,372,576 459,849 -912,727
United Arab Emirates 634,073 1,173,455 +539,382
Turkey 1,598,147 88,382 -1,509,765
Netherlands 1,001,548 585,076 -416,472

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 50,554
France 10,395
Ireland 6,267
Italy 5,576
China 5,376

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 28,528 22,026 -6,502
France 0 10,395 +10,395
Ireland 3,845 2,422 -1,423
Italy 5,576 0 -5,576
China 4,127 1,249 -2,878
XI 558 4,753 +4,195
Sierra Leone 3,537 0 -3,537
Germany 2,031 161 -1,870
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 32,755,208
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 7,532,829
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 7,451,098
Other 97,474
Road transport 42,861

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 14,698,608 18,056,600 +3,357,992
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 6,623,542 909,287 -5,714,255
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 4,916,769 2,534,329 -2,382,440
Other 53,087 44,387 -8,700
Road transport 42,861 0 -42,861

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 13,751,109
East Midlands Airport 8,185,547
London Stansted Airport 7,582,765
Dover / Eurotunnel 4,970,911
ZLC 2,613,972

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 3,710,501 10,040,608 +6,330,107
East Midlands Airport 5,279,590 2,905,957 -2,373,633
London Stansted Airport 4,038,846 3,543,919 -494,927
Dover / Eurotunnel 3,347,695 1,623,216 -1,724,479
ZLC 1,263,919 1,350,053 +86,134
London Gateway Port 1,846,161 185,453 -1,660,708
Felixstowe 1,819,280 55,580 -1,763,700
London 1,332,603 28,873 -1,303,730
Harwich 1,303,618 26,901 -1,276,717
Immingham Docks 414,749 417,195 +2,446

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