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 75,530,163
China 28,613,501
Brazil 23,960,039
Netherlands 22,875,143
Italy 16,958,380

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 44,154,479 31,375,684 -12,778,795
China 19,160,831 9,452,670 -9,708,161
Brazil 13,350,496 10,609,543 -2,740,953
Netherlands 12,377,723 10,497,420 -1,880,303
Italy 8,994,026 7,964,354 -1,029,672
France 8,705,071 7,341,088 -1,363,983
United States 7,913,995 5,426,099 -2,487,896
Poland 6,393,562 3,441,663 -2,951,899
Finland 3,312,158 2,933,719 -378,439
Austria 2,768,069 1,988,665 -779,404

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 67,377,941
China 36,591,003
Brazil 24,484,850
Italy 20,592,584
Poland 18,353,136

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 40,226,405 27,151,536 -13,074,869
China 23,151,616 13,439,387 -9,712,229
Brazil 13,532,901 10,951,949 -2,580,952
Italy 11,259,548 9,333,036 -1,926,512
Poland 11,393,309 6,959,827 -4,433,482
United States 8,791,113 6,027,426 -2,763,687
Czechia 5,606,803 3,907,074 -1,699,729
France 4,322,374 3,573,086 -749,288
Finland 3,417,591 3,047,274 -370,317
Hungary 3,377,546 2,093,313 -1,284,233

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 148
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 117
West Yorkshire 109
West Midlands 106
Shropshire and Staffordshire 104

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 121 86 -35
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 97 76 -21
West Yorkshire 83 66 -17
West Midlands 80 80 +0
Shropshire and Staffordshire 82 74 -8
Inner London - West 75 62 -13
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 79 63 -16
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 67 55 -12
Surrey, East and West Sussex 63 63 +0
Greater Manchester 61 58 -3

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) 106,387,990
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 72,304,835
Air transport 72,103,042
Other 2,023,565
Road transport 1,024,804

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) 60,657,607 45,730,383 -14,927,224
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 45,420,939 26,883,896 -18,537,043
Air transport 40,881,718 31,221,324 -9,660,394
Other 1,027,409 996,156 -31,253
Road transport 449,817 574,987 +125,170
Rail transport 951 0 -951

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 50,532,616
Felixstowe 24,301,445
East Midlands Airport 21,992,026
London Gateway Port 21,984,768
Birmingham Airport 18,263,949

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 28,589,642 21,942,974 -6,646,668
Felixstowe 14,777,373 9,524,072 -5,253,301
East Midlands Airport 12,458,178 9,533,848 -2,924,330
London Gateway Port 14,424,181 7,560,587 -6,863,594
Birmingham Airport 9,577,124 8,686,825 -890,299
Eurotunnel 9,579,780 7,702,215 -1,877,565
London Heathrow Airport 8,364,608 6,800,195 -1,564,413
Thamesport 7,177,785 4,737,234 -2,440,551
London 6,241,238 5,271,833 -969,405
Southampton 6,280,401 4,003,198 -2,277,203

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 430
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 328
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 200
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 114
Manufacture of food products 112

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 406
2025-11 436
2025-10 437
2025-09 417
2025-08 418

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+ 816
1m-15m 780
15m-54m 250
0-1m 191
Other 140

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 58,078,663
Germany 45,304,021
United States 12,645,455
Italy 12,038,340
France 10,171,734

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 13,557,561 44,521,102 +30,963,541
Germany 24,334,183 20,969,838 -3,364,345
United States 6,913,468 5,731,987 -1,181,481
Italy 7,072,563 4,965,777 -2,106,786
France 6,668,841 3,502,893 -3,165,948
Ireland 5,133,670 3,582,585 -1,551,085
Spain 3,472,781 4,633,069 +1,160,288
Netherlands 3,998,491 2,904,987 -1,093,504
United Arab Emirates 1,696,112 1,662,660 -33,452
South Korea 1,840,931 1,437,764 -403,167

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 715,188
XI 368,801
Brazil 119,239
Germany 66,383
Georgia 20,421

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 419,141 296,047 -123,094
XI 301,098 67,703 -233,395
Brazil 34,208 85,031 +50,823
Germany 55,687 10,696 -44,991
Georgia 19,850 571 -19,279
Ireland 6,599 5,501 -1,098
Italy 4,974 6,268 +1,294
Poland 0 7,776 +7,776
Switzerland 5,397 562 -4,835
Czechia 5,599 0 -5,599

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) 146,911,363
Air transport 49,090,398
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 22,173,100
Other 1,778,514
Road transport 31,716

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) 61,991,265 84,920,098 +22,928,833
Air transport 25,607,445 23,482,953 -2,124,492
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 15,856,277 6,316,823 -9,539,454
Other 1,112,598 665,916 -446,682
Road transport 31,716 0 -31,716

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 67,324,519
London 58,363,514
London Heathrow Airport 26,478,044
East Midlands Airport 14,059,264
London Gateway Port 9,724,532

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 £
Dover / Eurotunnel 35,590,567 31,733,952 -3,856,615
London 13,821,209 44,542,305 +30,721,096
London Heathrow Airport 13,782,012 12,696,032 -1,085,980
East Midlands Airport 8,149,630 5,909,634 -2,239,996
London Gateway Port 7,551,770 2,172,762 -5,379,008
Southampton 4,531,940 2,208,040 -2,323,900
Portsmouth 2,904,217 3,427,047 +522,830
Holyhead 2,933,712 1,967,464 -966,248
Dover 3,926,715 552,896 -3,373,819
Immingham Docks 2,526,651 1,758,367 -768,284

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