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 49,813,329
Netherlands 16,471,893
China 14,479,105
Italy 11,301,813
Brazil 9,160,419

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 28,410,233 21,403,096 -7,007,137
Netherlands 8,826,287 7,645,606 -1,180,681
China 9,581,469 4,897,636 -4,683,833
Italy 5,916,663 5,385,150 -531,513
Brazil 5,138,931 4,021,488 -1,117,443
France 5,012,458 3,866,951 -1,145,507
Poland 1,926,535 1,407,929 -518,606
Hungary 1,822,175 981,103 -841,072
Austria 1,572,398 1,224,981 -347,417
Belgium 1,435,203 1,071,053 -364,150

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 41,832,741
China 18,630,695
Italy 13,964,397
Poland 11,652,241
Brazil 9,156,472

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 24,010,184 17,822,557 -6,187,627
China 11,795,914 6,834,781 -4,961,133
Italy 7,649,246 6,315,151 -1,334,095
Poland 6,821,302 4,830,939 -1,990,363
Brazil 5,122,248 4,034,224 -1,088,024
France 2,379,800 2,555,102 +175,302
Hungary 2,480,559 1,568,112 -912,447
Czechia 2,350,771 1,646,368 -704,403
Japan 2,134,967 1,494,449 -640,518
United States 1,741,832 1,466,703 -275,129

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 112
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 88
West Midlands 87
West Yorkshire 81
Shropshire and Staffordshire 80

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 90 66 -24
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 72 58 -14
West Midlands 64 67 +3
West Yorkshire 62 47 -15
Shropshire and Staffordshire 58 57 -1
Inner London - West 56 46 -10
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 55 50 -5
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 47 38 -9
Greater Manchester 50 40 -10
Surrey, East and West Sussex 37 42 +5

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) 62,498,805
Air transport 38,080,350
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 35,041,247
Other 1,484,287
Road transport 595,399

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) 35,109,138 27,389,667 -7,719,471
Air transport 21,485,882 16,594,468 -4,891,414
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 21,262,218 13,779,029 -7,483,189
Other 689,544 794,743 +105,199
Road transport 219,663 375,736 +156,073
Rail transport 951 0 -951

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 29,996,424
East Midlands Airport 13,623,760
Felixstowe 11,829,114
Eurotunnel 10,806,047
London Gateway Port 10,577,313

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 16,658,848 13,337,576 -3,321,272
East Midlands Airport 7,450,802 6,172,958 -1,277,844
Felixstowe 7,122,481 4,706,633 -2,415,848
Eurotunnel 6,220,738 4,585,309 -1,635,429
London Gateway Port 6,027,719 4,549,594 -1,478,125
Birmingham Airport 5,459,372 4,597,791 -861,581
London 3,557,437 3,760,178 +202,741
London Heathrow Airport 4,224,591 3,064,912 -1,159,679
Thamesport 4,124,930 2,986,712 -1,138,218
Purfleet 2,962,962 2,074,710 -888,252

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 349
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 239
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 153
Manufacture of food products 95
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 88

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 304
2025-11 313
2025-10 320
2025-09 309
2025-08 310

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+ 637
1m-15m 598
15m-54m 187
0-1m 135
Other 91

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 38,189,849
Italy 7,532,558
Spain 7,394,452
France 6,471,036
United States 6,433,498

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 21,933,090 16,256,759 -5,676,331
Italy 4,312,353 3,220,205 -1,092,148
Spain 3,253,548 4,140,904 +887,356
France 4,823,933 1,647,103 -3,176,830
United States 3,691,405 2,742,093 -949,312
Netherlands 3,463,173 2,333,560 -1,129,613
Ireland 2,506,181 2,186,056 -320,125
United Arab Emirates 1,430,892 1,435,602 +4,710
Israel 1,774,355 1,038,819 -735,536
Singapore 1,564,936 1,043,411 -521,525

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 362,076
Brazil 84,143
XI 79,957
Germany 31,778
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 215,289 146,787 -68,502
Brazil 19,414 64,729 +45,315
XI 39,392 40,565 +1,173
Germany 22,235 9,543 -12,692
Georgia 19,850 571 -19,279
Ireland 6,599 5,501 -1,098
Poland 0 6,176 +6,176
Italy 4,703 902 -3,801
Austria 1,189 1,127 -62
Switzerland 525 562 +37

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) 69,307,546
Air transport 35,003,749
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 15,707,815
Other 619,877
Road transport 30,354

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) 39,530,011 29,777,535 -9,752,476
Air transport 18,172,396 16,831,353 -1,341,043
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 10,579,475 5,128,340 -5,451,135
Other 336,841 283,036 -53,805
Road transport 30,354 0 -30,354

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 51,990,733
London Heathrow Airport 17,972,983
East Midlands Airport 11,274,982
London Gateway Port 7,484,109
Portsmouth 6,019,063

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 29,092,552 22,898,181 -6,194,371
London Heathrow Airport 9,562,082 8,410,901 -1,151,181
East Midlands Airport 6,374,011 4,900,971 -1,473,040
London Gateway Port 5,681,238 1,802,871 -3,878,367
Portsmouth 2,814,879 3,204,184 +389,305
Southampton 2,241,082 2,006,368 -234,714
Dover 3,782,928 322,293 -3,460,635
Immingham Docks 2,110,740 1,427,554 -683,186
Holyhead 1,401,077 1,323,250 -77,827
ZLC 1,073,737 1,118,210 +44,473

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