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 8,734,643
Germany 6,831,382
United States 5,208,435
France 2,978,175
Italy 2,399,548

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 4,200,207 4,534,436 +334,229
Germany 3,124,104 3,707,278 +583,174
United States 3,136,980 2,071,455 -1,065,525
France 2,001,699 976,476 -1,025,223
Italy 1,061,693 1,337,855 +276,162
Netherlands 343,730 1,835,441 +1,491,711
Switzerland 69,157 1,983,116 +1,913,959
Sweden 1,074,590 890,045 -184,545
Ireland 1,139,487 688,438 -451,049
Denmark 696,671 666,431 -30,240

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 10,438,864
United States 6,136,243
Italy 3,918,777
Germany 3,226,885
France 3,136,738

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 5,186,406 5,252,458 +66,052
United States 3,471,122 2,665,121 -806,001
Italy 1,094,268 2,824,509 +1,730,241
Germany 1,767,746 1,459,139 -308,607
France 2,100,608 1,036,130 -1,064,478
Switzerland 136,209 2,101,313 +1,965,104
Sweden 908,113 784,167 -123,946
United Kingdom 859,823 390,215 -469,608
Slovenia 329,829 538,267 +208,438
United Arab Emirates 406,913 389,099 -17,814

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
Surrey, East and West Sussex 27
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 25
Shropshire and Staffordshire 25
West Midlands 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
Surrey, East and West Sussex 17 20 +3
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 19 14 -5
Shropshire and Staffordshire 20 16 -4
West Midlands 19 19 +0
Greater Manchester 18 11 -7
Inner London - West 17 13 -4
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 16 15 -1
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 13 12 -1
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 13 13 +0

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 17,920,581
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 11,847,320
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 6,454,435
Other 3,087,063
Road transport 2,090,883

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 9,276,645 8,643,936 -632,709
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 5,808,773 6,038,547 +229,774
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 3,466,567 2,987,868 -478,699
Other 1,886,627 1,200,436 -686,191
Road transport 147,284 1,943,599 +1,796,315
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 5,719,379
East Midlands Airport 4,849,264
London Stansted Airport 3,657,021
Felixstowe 3,314,699
000 3,087,063

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 3,025,760 2,693,619 -332,141
East Midlands Airport 2,362,396 2,486,868 +124,472
London Stansted Airport 2,040,879 1,616,142 -424,737
Felixstowe 2,276,508 1,038,191 -1,238,317
000 1,886,627 1,200,436 -686,191
Dover 1,581,801 1,489,503 -92,298
London Gateway Port 876,682 1,959,403 +1,082,721
Birmingham Airport 610,800 1,437,863 +827,063
ZLC 36,632 1,861,982 +1,825,350
Eurotunnel 877,065 878,992 +1,927

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
119
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.
50
Other manufacturing
40
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment
34
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products
29

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 60
2026-04 71
2026-03 89
2026-02 73
2026-01 70

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+ 195
1m-15m 173
15m-54m 46
Other 46
0-1m 32

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 2,160,886
Saudi Arabia 1,242,856
Ireland 1,223,337
France 1,012,680
United Arab Emirates 871,661

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 1,478,749 682,137 -796,612
Saudi Arabia 1,125,698 117,158 -1,008,540
Ireland 563,697 659,640 +95,943
France 800,815 211,865 -588,950
United Arab Emirates 753,569 118,092 -635,477
India 526,738 204,491 -322,247
Netherlands 216,401 468,889 +252,488
Germany 348,000 319,959 -28,041
Spain 206,161 91,316 -114,845
Italy 118,028 166,020 +47,992

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 198,106
XI 1,938
Ireland 1,272
Switzerland 894
Sweden 194

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 119,408 78,698 -40,710
XI 75 1,863 +1,788
Ireland 328 944 +616
Switzerland 0 894 +894
Sweden 194 0 -194
France 0 160 +160
Taiwan 0 127 +127
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 0 112 +112
Turkey 0 74 +74
Tunisia 0 47 +47

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 7,862,956
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 3,091,548
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 2,247,134
Other 204,425
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 4,739,943 3,123,013 -1,616,930
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 1,850,709 1,240,839 -609,870
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,581,113 666,021 -915,092
Other 120,177 84,248 -35,929
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 3,401,049
Dover / Eurotunnel 1,643,286
East Midlands Airport 1,434,012
London Gateway Port 1,259,502
ZLC 1,205,975

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 1,920,412 1,480,637 -439,775
Dover / Eurotunnel 1,155,707 487,579 -668,128
East Midlands Airport 932,012 502,000 -430,012
London Gateway Port 1,108,804 150,698 -958,106
ZLC 510,553 695,422 +184,869
Warton Aerodrome 819,954 113,192 -706,762
London Stansted Airport 319,315 235,332 -83,983
Southampton 265,294 181,430 -83,864
Immingham Docks 119,975 253,471 +133,496
Milford 102,020 264,983 +162,963

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