Import/export HS code 85015220: Small-medium DC motors

DC motors with a power output exceeding 750 watts but not exceeding 7.5 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 56,909,657
Netherlands 19,093,871
China 16,663,224
Italy 13,045,545
Brazil 10,321,563

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 27,590,818 29,318,839 +1,728,021
Netherlands 8,951,496 10,142,375 +1,190,879
China 9,654,383 7,008,841 -2,645,542
Italy 5,872,373 7,173,172 +1,300,799
Brazil 5,116,282 5,205,281 +88,999
France 4,907,655 5,231,332 +323,677
Poland 1,993,375 1,731,258 -262,117
Austria 1,560,560 1,553,959 -6,601
Hungary 1,807,822 1,104,147 -703,675
United States 1,290,210 1,560,298 +270,088

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 48,120,593
China 21,327,398
Italy 15,948,335
Poland 13,416,496
Brazil 10,323,825

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 23,452,085 24,668,508 +1,216,423
China 11,785,018 9,542,380 -2,242,638
Italy 7,586,684 8,361,651 +774,967
Poland 6,944,625 6,471,871 -472,754
Brazil 5,099,881 5,223,944 +124,063
France 2,289,089 3,439,525 +1,150,436
Czechia 2,307,970 2,310,372 +2,402
Hungary 2,462,684 1,844,423 -618,261
Japan 2,155,666 1,897,133 -258,533
United States 1,701,390 2,253,935 +552,545

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 114
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 98
West Yorkshire 90
Shropshire and Staffordshire 89
West Midlands 88

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 87 78 -9
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 70 72 +2
West Yorkshire 64 56 -8
Shropshire and Staffordshire 56 65 +9
West Midlands 62 72 +10
Inner London - West 57 54 -3
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 55 60 +5
Greater Manchester 50 48 -2
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 46 43 -3
Surrey, East and West Sussex 33 48 +15

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) 71,067,151
Air transport 44,015,287
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 39,952,537
Other 1,748,534
Road transport 993,017

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) 34,532,953 36,534,198 +2,001,245
Air transport 21,383,312 22,631,975 +1,248,663
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 21,358,054 18,594,483 -2,763,571
Other 738,476 1,010,058 +271,582
Road transport 216,664 776,353 +559,689

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 33,656,180
East Midlands Airport 15,966,803
Felixstowe 13,355,321
London Gateway Port 13,206,258
Eurotunnel 12,359,944

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 16,067,101 17,589,079 +1,521,978
East Midlands Airport 7,551,186 8,415,617 +864,431
Felixstowe 7,202,623 6,152,698 -1,049,925
London Gateway Port 5,683,056 7,523,202 +1,840,146
Eurotunnel 6,230,509 6,129,435 -101,074
Birmingham Airport 5,491,895 6,625,913 +1,134,018
Thamesport 3,993,580 4,081,722 +88,142
London Heathrow Airport 4,265,359 3,790,469 -474,890
London 3,654,478 4,169,432 +514,954
Purfleet 3,103,364 2,098,638 -1,004,726

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 371
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 249
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 165
Manufacture of food products 104
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 97

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 317
2026-03 330
2026-02 319
2026-01 305
2025-12 279

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+ 671
1m-15m 644
15m-54m 208
0-1m 145
Other 111

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 £
Germany 42,222,283
Spain 8,634,816
Italy 8,286,672
United States 7,491,236
Netherlands 7,287,234

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 £
Germany 22,003,513 20,218,770 -1,784,743
Spain 3,103,341 5,531,475 +2,428,134
Italy 4,066,677 4,219,995 +153,318
United States 3,450,368 4,040,868 +590,500
Netherlands 3,383,600 3,903,634 +520,034
France 4,583,461 2,563,254 -2,020,207
Ireland 2,548,213 2,993,583 +445,370
United Arab Emirates 1,590,833 1,914,210 +323,377
Israel 1,815,679 1,531,397 -284,282
Singapore 1,634,345 1,459,154 -175,191

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 424,074
Brazil 214,549
XI 106,253
Germany 31,778
Italy 12,873

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 206,810 217,264 +10,454
Brazil 16,000 198,549 +182,549
XI 41,220 65,033 +23,813
Germany 22,235 9,543 -12,692
Italy 4,268 8,605 +4,337
Ireland 6,193 5,501 -692
Poland 0 8,408 +8,408
Austria 1,189 1,127 -62
Switzerland 525 975 +450
Malta 0 1,186 +1,186

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) 77,298,081
Air transport 45,331,071
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 17,774,990
Other 832,049
Road transport 36,750

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) 39,246,374 38,051,707 -1,194,667
Air transport 17,850,288 27,480,783 +9,630,495
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 10,709,642 7,065,348 -3,644,294
Other 306,956 525,093 +218,137
Road transport 28,804 7,946 -20,858

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 58,305,244
London Heathrow Airport 24,094,645
East Midlands Airport 13,467,834
London Gateway Port 7,956,831
Portsmouth 6,647,925

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 29,115,903 29,189,341 +73,438
London Heathrow Airport 9,563,809 14,530,836 +4,967,027
East Midlands Airport 6,008,151 7,459,683 +1,451,532
London Gateway Port 5,606,286 2,350,545 -3,255,741
Portsmouth 2,672,940 3,974,985 +1,302,045
Southampton 2,582,458 2,313,053 -269,405
Dover 3,480,835 641,677 -2,839,158
Immingham Docks 1,936,746 1,990,360 +53,614
Holyhead 1,427,246 1,863,717 +436,471
ZLC 1,074,712 1,736,098 +661,386

Quick facts

HS code: 85015220

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

Description: DC motors with a power output exceeding 750 watts but not exceeding 7.5 kW