Import/export HS code 850211: Small electric generators (up to 75 kVA)

Electric generators with a power output of 75 kVA or less. Ideal for small-scale power needs

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* 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 £
Italy 20,252,159
Spain 12,954,542
China 12,829,648
United States 11,823,597
India 11,057,527

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 £
Italy 9,622,379 10,629,780 +1,007,401
Spain 5,522,257 7,432,285 +1,910,028
China 6,192,880 6,636,768 +443,888
United States 9,804,977 2,018,620 -7,786,357
India 7,393,086 3,664,441 -3,728,645
Germany 3,785,304 2,545,598 -1,239,706
Netherlands 3,665,750 1,886,197 -1,779,553
Belgium 1,190,714 3,708,173 +2,517,459
France 3,016,280 1,597,244 -1,419,036
Ireland 1,206,648 1,608,947 +402,299

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 £
Italy 19,836,666
China 14,556,993
Spain 13,194,791
United States 12,604,203
India 11,637,907

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 £
Italy 9,454,932 10,381,734 +926,802
China 6,863,634 7,693,359 +829,725
Spain 5,355,939 7,838,852 +2,482,913
United States 10,076,500 2,527,703 -7,548,797
India 7,620,990 4,016,917 -3,604,073
Netherlands 3,158,830 1,557,938 -1,600,892
Germany 2,644,460 1,971,504 -672,956
Belgium 1,014,514 3,467,325 +2,452,811
France 2,888,151 698,751 -2,189,400
Denmark 1,419,392 614,113 -805,279

Importers across UK regions

What this shows: Number of importing companies by UK ITL2 region.

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 10
Northern Ireland 10
Surrey, East and West Sussex 9
Essex 8
Inner London - West 8

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
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 10 4 -6
Northern Ireland 4 10 +6
Surrey, East and West Sussex 8 4 -4
Essex 3 6 +3
Inner London - West 6 3 -3
Mid and South West Wales 6 5 -1
Shropshire and Staffordshire 6 5 -1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 6 4 -2
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 6 2 -4
Gloucestershire and Wiltshire 4 3 -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) 51,444,117
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 41,858,980
Air transport 4,367,796
Other 2,718,263
Road transport 413,943

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) 23,441,018 28,003,099 +4,562,081
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 27,225,789 14,633,191 -12,592,598
Air transport 3,975,715 392,081 -3,583,634
Other 1,840,665 877,598 -963,067
Road transport 250,005 163,938 -86,067

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 24,189,355
Southampton 11,590,489
Felixstowe 10,404,317
Liverpool Docks 9,965,311
Portsmouth 4,739,345

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 10,796,468 13,392,887 +2,596,419
Southampton 8,028,766 3,561,723 -4,467,043
Felixstowe 6,982,427 3,421,890 -3,560,537
Liverpool Docks 8,248,808 1,716,503 -6,532,305
Portsmouth 2,488,127 2,251,218 -236,909
Eurotunnel 2,643,790 1,991,932 -651,858
Newhaven 921,536 3,098,013 +2,176,477
London Gateway Port 62,117 3,651,536 +3,589,419
Immingham Docks 2,371,795 1,031,238 -1,340,557
000 1,840,665 877,598 -963,067

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 48
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 15
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 12
Specialised construction activities 11
Manufacture of electrical equipment 10

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 27
2025-11 27
2025-10 27
2025-09 42
2025-08 29

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
1m-15m 66
54m+ 51
15m-54m 25
0-1m 18
Other 8

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 £
Ireland 13,456,462
France 3,922,585
Netherlands 3,645,372
Israel 3,568,478
United States 3,314,311

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 £
Ireland 6,095,411 7,361,051 +1,265,640
France 3,299,393 623,192 -2,676,201
Netherlands 1,800,496 1,844,876 +44,380
Israel 2,088,674 1,479,804 -608,870
United States 2,413,088 901,223 -1,511,865
Ukraine 2,048,908 595,932 -1,452,976
Egypt 1,954,459 668,558 -1,285,901
Turkey 699,029 1,100,087 +401,058
Italy 1,070,147 662,738 -407,409
Bangladesh 866,893 405,484 -461,409

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 £
XI 4,396,647
China 599,487
Italy 382,799
Nicaragua 236,566
Ireland 73,231

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 £
XI 1,617,368 2,779,279 +1,161,911
China 357,345 242,142 -115,203
Italy 262,850 119,949 -142,901
Nicaragua 100,361 136,205 +35,844
Ireland 8,487 64,744 +56,257
Spain 33,388 11,346 -22,042
Sweden 0 14,754 +14,754
Austria 0 13,552 +13,552
Bulgaria 12,048 0 -12,048
France 2,551 2,048 -503

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) 26,812,590
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 20,643,974
Other 5,980,333
Air transport 3,649,393
Road transport 10,498

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) 15,036,379 11,776,211 -3,260,168
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 13,298,977 7,344,997 -5,953,980
Other 2,510,629 3,469,704 +959,075
Air transport 2,162,396 1,486,997 -675,399
Road transport 10,498 0 -10,498

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 13,310,727
London Gateway Port 8,057,592
000 5,980,333
Holyhead 4,542,091
Felixstowe 4,521,869

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 8,119,297 5,191,430 -2,927,867
London Gateway Port 5,679,685 2,377,907 -3,301,778
000 2,510,629 3,469,704 +959,075
Holyhead 2,224,815 2,317,276 +92,461
Felixstowe 3,056,465 1,465,404 -1,591,061
Southampton 1,618,211 1,491,639 -126,572
Liverpool Docks 1,239,567 1,762,269 +522,702
Immingham Docks 1,501,951 1,420,033 -81,918
Belfast Port 1,199,415 1,154,447 -44,968
London Heathrow Airport 1,518,715 572,817 -945,898

Related HS codes

What this shows: Sibling or child HS codes in the same classification branch.

Quick facts

HS code: 850211

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

Description: Electric generators with a power output of 75 kVA or less. Ideal for small-scale power needs