Import/export HS code 850152: Medium DC motors

DC motors with a power output exceeding 750 watts but not exceeding 75 kW

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 81,846,208
China 31,071,901
Brazil 27,074,317
Netherlands 24,597,822
Italy 19,685,069

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 41,395,970 40,450,238 -945,732
China 18,624,043 12,447,858 -6,176,185
Brazil 14,318,478 12,755,839 -1,562,639
Netherlands 12,344,737 12,253,085 -91,652
Italy 9,494,490 10,190,579 +696,089
France 8,395,789 9,020,725 +624,936
United States 7,682,002 6,305,482 -1,376,520
Poland 6,948,657 3,124,364 -3,824,293
Finland 3,641,787 3,260,635 -381,152
Austria 2,443,431 2,672,764 +229,333

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 73,145,762
China 40,237,871
Brazil 27,671,885
Italy 23,506,677
Poland 18,672,807

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 38,905,977 34,239,785 -4,666,192
China 22,822,235 17,415,636 -5,406,599
Brazil 14,537,843 13,134,042 -1,403,801
Italy 11,531,561 11,975,116 +443,555
Poland 10,555,914 8,116,893 -2,439,021
United States 8,507,365 6,986,113 -1,521,252
Czechia 5,016,948 5,102,027 +85,079
France 3,950,629 4,623,096 +672,467
Finland 3,653,522 3,560,077 -93,445
Hungary 2,936,607 2,206,270 -730,337

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 149
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 130
West Midlands 116
West Yorkshire 113
Shropshire and Staffordshire 110

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 114 101 -13
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 95 96 +1
West Midlands 82 85 +3
West Yorkshire 84 76 -8
Shropshire and Staffordshire 82 81 -1
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 76 71 -5
Inner London - West 71 63 -8
Greater Manchester 63 68 +5
Surrey, East and West Sussex 64 65 +1
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 65 59 -6

Import volume by transport

What this shows: Import value by transport mode used to bring goods into the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 114,364,665
Air transport 78,997,742
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 78,638,581
Other 2,303,217
Road transport 1,626,210

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 £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 59,238,368 55,126,297 -4,112,071
Air transport 40,378,481 38,619,261 -1,759,220
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 44,629,803 34,008,778 -10,621,025
Other 1,095,227 1,207,990 +112,763
Road transport 426,156 1,200,054 +773,898

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 54,032,235
London Gateway Port 26,838,144
Felixstowe 25,278,542
East Midlands Airport 24,425,609
Birmingham Airport 21,885,354

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 £
Dover 28,154,513 25,877,722 -2,276,791
London Gateway Port 12,581,564 14,256,580 +1,675,016
Felixstowe 15,774,220 9,504,322 -6,269,898
East Midlands Airport 11,715,428 12,710,181 +994,753
Birmingham Airport 10,641,897 11,243,457 +601,560
Eurotunnel 9,115,404 9,650,031 +534,627
London Heathrow Airport 8,358,092 7,397,318 -960,774
Thamesport 6,551,178 6,339,261 -211,917
London 6,506,399 5,020,229 -1,486,170
Southampton 7,520,075 3,112,309 -4,407,766

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
458
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.
332
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment
216
Manufacture of food products
121
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment
119

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 424
2026-04 427
2026-03 447
2026-02 439
2026-01 406

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+ 852
1m-15m 834
15m-54m 269
0-1m 196
Other 159

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 £
Romania 77,386,650
Germany 49,418,358
United States 13,755,444
Italy 12,504,007
France 10,290,630

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 £
Romania 31,090,789 46,295,861 +15,205,072
Germany 25,487,243 23,931,115 -1,556,128
United States 6,642,302 7,113,142 +470,840
Italy 7,481,823 5,022,184 -2,459,639
France 6,034,106 4,256,524 -1,777,582
Ireland 5,016,475 4,668,979 -347,496
Spain 3,599,120 5,247,715 +1,648,595
Netherlands 3,944,578 4,145,689 +201,111
United Arab Emirates 2,311,721 1,710,960 -600,761
South Korea 2,397,925 1,620,462 -777,463

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 857,123
XI 302,970
Brazil 300,599
Germany 54,639
Italy 33,886

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 405,951 451,172 +45,221
XI 206,691 96,279 -110,412
Brazil 29,139 271,460 +242,321
Germany 50,524 4,115 -46,409
Italy 5,209 28,677 +23,468
Ireland 6,193 5,501 -692
Poland 5,353 4,655 -698
Czechia 5,599 0 -5,599
Austria 2,003 313 -1,690
Switzerland 900 600 -300

Export volume by transport

What this shows: Export value by transport mode used to ship goods from the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 173,147,898
Air transport 59,274,092
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 23,569,603
Other 2,101,317
Road transport 18,263

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 £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 81,416,058 91,731,840 +10,315,782
Air transport 26,226,417 33,047,675 +6,821,258
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 14,275,376 9,294,227 -4,981,149
Other 1,011,494 1,089,823 +78,329
Road transport 10,317 7,946 -2,371

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London 77,953,695
Dover / Eurotunnel 73,290,374
London Heathrow Airport 33,154,891
East Midlands Airport 15,584,176
London Gateway Port 9,741,688

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 31,294,244 46,659,451 +15,365,207
Dover / Eurotunnel 37,407,822 35,882,552 -1,525,270
London Heathrow Airport 14,761,302 18,393,589 +3,632,287
East Midlands Airport 7,252,589 8,331,587 +1,078,998
London Gateway Port 6,176,799 3,564,889 -2,611,910
Southampton 4,809,033 2,260,527 -2,548,506
Portsmouth 3,049,614 3,464,195 +414,581
Holyhead 2,795,797 2,689,108 -106,689
Immingham Docks 2,686,067 1,954,299 -731,768
Dover 3,245,267 774,742 -2,470,525

Related HS codes

What this shows: Sibling or child HS codes in the same classification branch.

Quick facts

HS code: 850152

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

Description: DC motors with a power output exceeding 750 watts but not exceeding 75 kW