Import/export HS code 85015230: Medium-large DC motors

DC motors with a power output exceeding 7.5 kW but not exceeding 37 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 18,309,051
Brazil 10,384,745
France 5,207,513
China 5,198,421
Italy 4,693,487

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 10,393,694 7,915,357 -2,478,337
Brazil 5,698,735 4,686,010 -1,012,725
France 2,561,827 2,645,686 +83,859
China 3,775,594 1,422,827 -2,352,767
Italy 2,489,329 2,204,158 -285,171
Netherlands 2,668,253 1,706,970 -961,283
Poland 2,370,040 1,771,976 -598,064
Finland 1,318,887 1,312,195 -6,692
United States 1,509,560 587,687 -921,873
Czechia 929,197 632,056 -297,141

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 16,148,947
Brazil 10,684,819
China 8,043,061
Poland 5,543,870
Italy 5,334,298

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 9,290,284 6,858,663 -2,431,621
Brazil 5,816,976 4,867,843 -949,133
China 5,128,458 2,914,603 -2,213,855
Poland 3,656,068 1,887,802 -1,768,266
Italy 2,932,867 2,401,431 -531,436
Czechia 2,173,710 1,360,775 -812,935
United States 1,969,899 709,234 -1,260,665
Finland 1,333,162 1,331,099 -2,063
India 813,367 1,304,305 +490,938
France 1,111,410 411,251 -700,159

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 51
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 42
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 41
Shropshire and Staffordshire 41
West Midlands 38

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 42 31 -11
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 36 25 -11
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 32 22 -10
Shropshire and Staffordshire 31 29 -2
West Midlands 28 23 -5
West Yorkshire 25 25 +0
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 20 21 +1
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 24 12 -12
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 19 21 +2
Greater Manchester 18 19 +1

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) 29,681,272
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 19,989,569
Air transport 16,787,050
Other 390,760
Road transport 356,032

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) 16,561,503 13,119,769 -3,441,734
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 12,628,152 7,361,417 -5,266,735
Air transport 9,680,614 7,106,436 -2,574,178
Other 215,499 175,261 -40,238
Road transport 208,620 147,412 -61,208

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 13,672,726
London Gateway Port 7,382,363
Felixstowe 6,204,557
Birmingham Airport 6,029,067
Eurotunnel 4,729,454

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 6,928,256 6,744,470 -183,786
London Gateway Port 5,671,227 1,711,136 -3,960,091
Felixstowe 2,950,603 3,253,954 +303,351
Birmingham Airport 2,953,671 3,075,396 +121,725
Eurotunnel 2,668,315 2,061,139 -607,176
East Midlands Airport 2,156,834 1,432,113 -724,721
Thamesport 2,033,128 1,205,578 -827,550
London 1,926,679 1,053,035 -873,644
Purfleet 1,677,536 988,242 -689,294
Immingham Docks 1,496,315 931,692 -564,623

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 158
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 134
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 92
Architectural and engineering activities; technical testing and analysis 34
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 33

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 124
2025-11 140
2025-10 133
2025-09 113
2025-08 113

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+ 291
1m-15m 254
15m-54m 89
Other 48
0-1m 43

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 5,032,675
France 3,178,493
Ireland 3,088,368
United States 1,802,462
South Korea 1,331,690

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 1,532,900 3,499,775 +1,966,875
France 1,502,082 1,676,411 +174,329
Ireland 1,969,374 1,118,994 -850,380
United States 1,075,119 727,343 -347,776
South Korea 671,004 660,686 -10,318
Italy 606,928 489,247 -117,681
Netherlands 459,154 400,078 -59,076
Spain 204,992 466,340 +261,348
Saudi Arabia 473,639 63,352 -410,287
Oman 305,611 82,163 -223,448

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 285,211
XI 227,350
Germany 30,369
Brazil 19,236
Italy 5,637

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 164,033 121,178 -42,855
XI 225,342 2,008 -223,334
Germany 29,216 1,153 -28,063
Brazil 2,521 16,715 +14,194
Italy 271 5,366 +5,095
Czechia 5,599 0 -5,599
Switzerland 4,872 0 -4,872
Poland 0 1,600 +1,600

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) 11,888,197
Air transport 8,165,387
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 3,056,129
Other 1,001,742

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) 4,836,851 7,051,346 +2,214,495
Air transport 4,423,420 3,741,967 -681,453
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 2,312,762 743,367 -1,569,395
Other 677,039 324,703 -352,336

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 8,727,060
London Heathrow Airport 4,034,028
East Midlands Airport 2,240,096
London Gateway Port 1,664,291
Holyhead 1,536,604

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 3,093,409 5,633,651 +2,540,242
London Heathrow Airport 1,987,495 2,046,533 +59,038
East Midlands Airport 1,470,817 769,279 -701,538
London Gateway Port 1,469,116 195,175 -1,273,941
Holyhead 1,070,938 465,666 -605,272
000 677,039 324,703 -352,336
Liverpool Docks 234,392 444,594 +210,202
Manchester Airport 221,555 388,190 +166,635
Immingham Docks 294,136 298,028 +3,892
ZLC 293,112 269,536 -23,576

Quick facts

HS code: 85015230

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

Description: DC motors with a power output exceeding 7.5 kW but not exceeding 37 kW