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 53,591,837
Netherlands 18,215,131
China 15,343,326
Italy 12,692,849
Brazil 10,190,139

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 26,524,545 27,067,292 +542,747
Netherlands 8,969,376 9,245,755 +276,379
China 9,277,827 6,065,499 -3,212,328
Italy 6,436,283 6,256,566 -179,717
Brazil 5,352,634 4,837,505 -515,129
France 4,677,895 4,818,950 +141,055
Poland 2,237,351 1,284,836 -952,515
Austria 1,367,577 1,495,452 +127,875
United States 1,252,206 1,567,220 +315,014
Belgium 1,567,572 1,003,217 -564,355

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 45,198,275
China 19,799,327
Italy 15,626,572
Poland 12,706,809
Brazil 10,199,000

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 22,621,802 22,576,473 -45,329
China 11,527,758 8,271,569 -3,256,189
Italy 8,105,343 7,521,229 -584,114
Poland 6,756,180 5,950,629 -805,551
Brazil 5,338,371 4,860,629 -477,742
France 2,374,688 3,153,933 +779,245
Czechia 2,182,735 2,235,397 +52,662
Japan 2,100,943 1,786,660 -314,283
Hungary 2,204,085 1,620,403 -583,682
United States 1,499,116 2,238,427 +739,311

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 110
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 96
West Midlands 92
West Yorkshire 88
Shropshire and Staffordshire 85

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 82 76 -6
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 74 69 -5
West Midlands 66 67 +1
West Yorkshire 63 58 -5
Shropshire and Staffordshire 60 62 +2
Inner London - West 55 48 -7
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 56 59 +3
Greater Manchester 51 48 -3
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 44 41 -3
Surrey, East and West Sussex 33 44 +11

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) 67,027,964
Air transport 42,297,464
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 37,653,577
Other 1,707,739
Road transport 926,590

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) 34,095,134 32,932,830 -1,162,304
Air transport 21,273,095 21,024,369 -248,726
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 20,953,979 16,699,598 -4,254,381
Other 782,097 925,642 +143,545
Road transport 152,813 773,777 +620,964

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 31,381,949
East Midlands Airport 15,208,030
London Gateway Port 12,939,488
Felixstowe 12,401,012
Birmingham Airport 11,754,241

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 15,901,905 15,480,044 -421,861
East Midlands Airport 7,276,551 7,931,479 +654,928
London Gateway Port 5,303,865 7,635,623 +2,331,758
Felixstowe 7,390,407 5,010,605 -2,379,802
Birmingham Airport 5,791,311 5,962,930 +171,619
Eurotunnel 5,846,578 5,675,067 -171,511
London Heathrow Airport 4,370,679 3,492,599 -878,080
Thamesport 3,836,952 3,810,460 -26,492
London 4,013,293 3,426,362 -586,931
Immingham Docks 2,215,719 2,784,892 +569,173

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
367
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.
245
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment
165
Manufacture of food products
101
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment
91

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 315
2026-04 317
2026-03 330
2026-02 319
2026-01 305

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+ 666
1m-15m 627
15m-54m 204
0-1m 139
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 40,952,637
Spain 8,014,438
Italy 7,765,543
United States 7,315,696
Netherlands 6,912,895

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 21,588,293 19,364,344 -2,223,949
Spain 3,219,477 4,794,961 +1,575,484
Italy 3,974,089 3,791,454 -182,635
United States 3,536,083 3,779,613 +243,530
Netherlands 3,224,928 3,687,967 +463,039
France 3,928,187 2,437,271 -1,490,916
Ireland 2,612,504 2,718,399 +105,895
United Arab Emirates 1,969,273 1,534,580 -434,693
Israel 1,770,815 1,655,802 -115,013
Canada 300,826 2,735,857 +2,435,031

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 395,125
Brazil 212,417
XI 108,706
Germany 30,552
Italy 11,886

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 201,908 193,217 -8,691
Brazil 16,305 196,112 +179,807
XI 49,536 59,170 +9,634
Germany 26,437 4,115 -22,322
Italy 3,472 8,414 +4,942
Ireland 6,193 5,501 -692
Poland 3,753 4,655 +902
Austria 2,003 313 -1,690
Switzerland 900 600 -300
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) 73,592,303
Air transport 44,019,126
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 17,212,842
Other 801,517
Road transport 16,901

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) 38,453,597 35,138,706 -3,314,891
Air transport 17,868,382 26,150,744 +8,282,362
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 9,836,517 7,376,325 -2,460,192
Other 320,100 481,417 +161,317
Road transport 8,955 7,946 -1,009

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 55,841,360
London Heathrow Airport 23,515,967
East Midlands Airport 12,854,756
London Gateway Port 7,947,068
Portsmouth 6,093,202

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 28,244,152 27,597,208 -646,944
London Heathrow Airport 9,526,640 13,989,327 +4,462,687
East Midlands Airport 5,678,849 7,175,907 +1,497,058
London Gateway Port 5,013,848 2,933,220 -2,080,628
Portsmouth 2,845,544 3,247,658 +402,114
Southampton 2,456,160 1,943,432 -512,728
Immingham Docks 2,123,559 1,671,445 -452,114
Dover 3,022,284 601,889 -2,420,395
Holyhead 1,436,969 1,771,215 +334,246
Felixstowe 1,333,023 1,482,554 +149,531

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