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 21,693,800
China 16,985,627
Spain 15,371,978
India 10,552,124
United States 10,395,308

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 10,838,093 10,855,707 +17,614
China 7,667,584 9,318,043 +1,650,459
Spain 5,813,396 9,558,582 +3,745,186
India 7,557,522 2,994,602 -4,562,920
United States 8,734,620 1,660,688 -7,073,932
Germany 3,622,793 3,730,722 +107,929
Netherlands 3,875,497 1,411,670 -2,463,827
Belgium 4,006,748 1,264,065 -2,742,683
France 1,976,201 3,017,775 +1,041,574
Ireland 1,760,974 1,622,415 -138,559

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 22,002,342
China 19,754,056
Spain 15,863,350
India 11,348,225
United States 11,250,362

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 10,869,999 11,132,343 +262,344
China 8,329,532 11,424,524 +3,094,992
Spain 5,546,916 10,316,434 +4,769,518
India 7,867,610 3,480,615 -4,386,995
United States 9,002,604 2,247,758 -6,754,846
Germany 2,751,737 2,781,454 +29,717
Netherlands 3,229,365 1,643,252 -1,586,113
Belgium 3,760,934 1,028,671 -2,732,263
France 1,505,674 646,632 -859,042
Denmark 1,562,287 575,979 -986,308

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Northern Ireland 11
Essex 10
Shropshire and Staffordshire 10
Inner London - West 9
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 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
Northern Ireland 6 10 +4
Essex 3 8 +5
Shropshire and Staffordshire 6 6 +0
Inner London - West 5 7 +2
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 8 4 -4
Surrey, East and West Sussex 6 5 -1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 6 5 -1
Mid and South West Wales 6 4 -2
Gloucestershire and Wiltshire 4 3 -1
Greater Manchester 5 3 -2

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) 57,959,836
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 43,927,798
Air transport 3,889,656
Other 2,551,906
Road transport 700,009

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) 27,963,733 29,996,103 +2,032,370
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 27,455,737 16,472,061 -10,983,676
Air transport 2,896,628 993,028 -1,903,600
Other 1,491,231 1,060,675 -430,556
Road transport 228,922 471,087 +242,165

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 26,347,355
Felixstowe 11,918,937
Southampton 10,854,164
Liverpool Docks 8,998,356
Portsmouth 6,366,369

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 12,270,601 14,076,754 +1,806,153
Felixstowe 7,837,935 4,081,002 -3,756,933
Southampton 6,796,830 4,057,334 -2,739,496
Liverpool Docks 7,885,019 1,113,337 -6,771,682
Portsmouth 2,316,329 4,050,040 +1,733,711
Eurotunnel 2,918,762 2,895,885 -22,877
London Gateway Port 1,354,136 3,994,231 +2,640,095
Newhaven 1,469,031 2,536,734 +1,067,703
Immingham Docks 2,600,180 1,001,406 -1,598,774
Belfast Port 926,700 2,285,311 +1,358,611

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
49
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
15
Manufacture of electrical equipment
11
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities
11
Specialised construction activities
11

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 37
2026-04 29
2026-03 31
2026-02 30
2026-01 27

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 61
54m+ 50
15m-54m 27
0-1m 25
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 15,127,652
Netherlands 4,654,266
Ukraine 3,906,779
United States 3,774,689
Israel 3,310,162

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 6,057,648 9,070,004 +3,012,356
Netherlands 1,745,395 2,908,871 +1,163,476
Ukraine 1,896,613 2,010,166 +113,553
United States 1,264,526 2,510,163 +1,245,637
Israel 2,931,872 378,290 -2,553,582
France 1,808,244 804,814 -1,003,430
Egypt 2,012,606 536,360 -1,476,246
Italy 981,879 1,059,896 +78,017
Turkey 1,478,340 418,551 -1,059,789
Poland 1,021,595 683,337 -338,258

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 5,069,764
China 864,387
Italy 457,571
Nicaragua 217,767
Ireland 82,278

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 2,069,167 3,000,597 +931,430
China 360,614 503,773 +143,159
Italy 259,900 197,671 -62,229
Nicaragua 120,704 97,063 -23,641
Ireland 41,963 40,315 -1,648
Spain 28,200 17,120 -11,080
Sweden 0 14,754 +14,754
Austria 13,552 0 -13,552
Bulgaria 12,048 0 -12,048
Germany 0 11,785 +11,785

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) 31,370,152
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 20,502,850
Other 7,040,610
Air transport 3,313,907
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) 14,795,734 16,574,418 +1,778,684
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 12,578,749 7,924,101 -4,654,648
Other 3,023,237 4,017,373 +994,136
Air transport 2,575,426 738,481 -1,836,945
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 15,209,069
London Gateway Port 7,695,856
000 7,040,610
Holyhead 5,345,420
Immingham Docks 4,526,824

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 7,789,262 7,419,807 -369,455
London Gateway Port 5,416,931 2,278,925 -3,138,006
000 3,023,237 4,017,373 +994,136
Holyhead 2,123,989 3,221,431 +1,097,442
Immingham Docks 1,613,313 2,913,511 +1,300,198
Felixstowe 3,249,837 1,086,718 -2,163,119
Southampton 1,024,348 2,714,751 +1,690,403
Liverpool Docks 1,029,586 1,772,759 +743,173
Belfast Port 1,662,604 527,694 -1,134,910
London Heathrow Airport 1,372,335 435,239 -937,096

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