Import/export HS code 85011091: Universal AC/DC motors

Motors that can operate on both AC and DC power, with a power output of 37.5 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 £
China 8,526,326
Germany 6,777,185
United States 5,139,813
France 2,941,420
Italy 2,391,459

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 £
China 4,111,013 4,415,313 +304,300
Germany 3,028,729 3,748,456 +719,727
United States 3,097,431 2,042,382 -1,055,049
France 1,941,614 999,806 -941,808
Italy 1,035,775 1,355,684 +319,909
Netherlands 334,204 1,696,973 +1,362,769
Sweden 1,138,747 824,925 -313,822
Ireland 1,161,393 659,659 -501,734
Switzerland 33,696 1,424,292 +1,390,596
Denmark 655,150 672,215 +17,065

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 £
China 10,226,264
United States 6,076,537
Italy 3,803,438
Germany 3,180,087
France 3,057,879

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 £
China 5,022,210 5,204,054 +181,844
United States 3,357,100 2,719,437 -637,663
Italy 1,080,201 2,723,237 +1,643,036
Germany 1,806,457 1,373,630 -432,827
France 1,999,026 1,058,853 -940,173
Sweden 959,210 714,328 -244,882
Switzerland 90,722 1,550,382 +1,459,660
United Kingdom 847,967 381,294 -466,673
Slovenia 280,275 553,125 +272,850
United Arab Emirates 336,130 461,008 +124,878

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 36
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 26
Shropshire and Staffordshire 26
Surrey, East and West Sussex 26
Greater Manchester 25

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 24 22 -2
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 18 15 -3
Shropshire and Staffordshire 21 17 -4
Surrey, East and West Sussex 17 19 +2
Greater Manchester 19 11 -8
West Midlands 16 20 +4
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 17 14 -3
Inner London - West 16 14 -2
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 12 13 +1
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 12 14 +2

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 17,494,948
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 11,859,768
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 6,383,260
Other 3,135,507
Road transport 1,416,357

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 9,036,934 8,458,014 -578,920
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 5,804,762 6,055,006 +250,244
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 3,391,815 2,991,445 -400,370
Other 1,861,716 1,273,791 -587,925
Road transport 98,858 1,317,499 +1,218,641
Rail transport 0 1,181 +1,181

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 5,729,537
East Midlands Airport 4,576,652
London Stansted Airport 3,597,241
Felixstowe 3,330,431
000 3,135,507

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 2,879,857 2,849,680 -30,177
East Midlands Airport 2,314,949 2,261,703 -53,246
London Stansted Airport 1,983,848 1,613,393 -370,455
Felixstowe 2,256,082 1,074,349 -1,181,733
000 1,861,716 1,273,791 -587,925
Dover 1,622,432 1,503,935 -118,497
London Gateway Port 894,418 1,993,753 +1,099,335
Birmingham Airport 603,391 1,374,852 +771,461
Thamesport 447,816 1,208,986 +761,170
Eurotunnel 732,485 850,918 +118,433

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 118
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 50
Other manufacturing 40
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 35
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 30

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 71
2026-03 89
2026-02 73
2026-01 70
2025-12 61

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+ 197
1m-15m 172
Other 47
15m-54m 46
0-1m 34

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 2,307,396
Ireland 1,218,478
Saudi Arabia 1,217,211
France 1,118,071
United Arab Emirates 873,754

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 1,526,380 781,016 -745,364
Ireland 555,825 662,653 +106,828
Saudi Arabia 1,142,068 75,143 -1,066,925
France 902,578 215,493 -687,085
United Arab Emirates 752,803 120,951 -631,852
India 497,838 221,996 -275,842
Netherlands 237,654 450,411 +212,757
Germany 329,614 350,084 +20,470
Italy 158,591 154,819 -3,772
Spain 203,001 98,030 -104,971

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 £
China 186,923
XI 1,938
Ireland 1,137
Switzerland 894
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 581

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 £
China 115,757 71,166 -44,591
XI 0 1,938 +1,938
Ireland 258 879 +621
Switzerland 0 894 +894
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 469 112 -357
United States 403 0 -403
Turkey 311 74 -237
Sweden 194 0 -194
France 0 160 +160
Taiwan 0 127 +127

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 7,872,423
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 3,171,512
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 2,408,887
Other 194,762
Road transport 4,332

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 4,728,183 3,144,240 -1,583,943
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 1,882,172 1,289,340 -592,832
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,751,110 657,777 -1,093,333
Other 118,036 76,726 -41,310
Road transport 4,332 0 -4,332

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 3,409,515
Dover / Eurotunnel 1,707,892
East Midlands Airport 1,455,716
London Gateway Port 1,264,671
ZLC 1,208,234

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 1,992,532 1,416,983 -575,549
Dover / Eurotunnel 1,171,769 536,123 -635,646
East Midlands Airport 887,870 567,846 -320,024
London Gateway Port 1,109,182 155,489 -953,693
ZLC 521,427 686,807 +165,380
Warton Aerodrome 838,076 69,425 -768,651
London Stansted Airport 238,452 303,225 +64,773
Southampton 294,385 182,658 -111,727
Immingham Docks 149,518 236,497 +86,979
Milford 102,020 258,569 +156,549

Quick facts

HS code: 85011091

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

Description: Motors that can operate on both AC and DC power, with a power output of 37.5 watts or less