Import/export HS code 85043180: Various transformers up to 1 kVA

Various small transformers with a power capacity of 1 kVA or less

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  • 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 £
China 38,846,166
United States 11,326,923
Italy 9,990,661
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 8,227,850
Germany 8,162,924

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 £
China 19,678,476 19,167,690 -510,786
United States 6,301,457 5,025,466 -1,275,991
Italy 8,903,399 1,087,262 -7,816,137
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 3,373,081 4,854,769 +1,481,688
Germany 3,718,684 4,444,240 +725,556
Switzerland 4,342,255 1,282,143 -3,060,112
France 2,556,288 2,479,487 -76,801
Sri Lanka 1,814,306 1,993,223 +178,917
Netherlands 1,455,741 1,988,102 +532,361
India 1,133,447 1,474,694 +341,247

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 £
China 51,964,112
United States 10,618,710
Italy 9,479,515
Germany 5,890,075
Switzerland 5,510,945

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 £
China 24,984,536 26,979,576 +1,995,040
United States 5,460,783 5,157,927 -302,856
Italy 8,401,897 1,077,618 -7,324,279
Germany 3,367,735 2,522,340 -845,395
Switzerland 4,195,741 1,315,204 -2,880,537
Sri Lanka 2,172,365 2,027,215 -145,150
India 1,249,266 1,716,300 +467,034
Malaysia 1,460,977 1,214,371 -246,606
France 1,283,874 1,302,354 +18,480
Viet Nam 458,638 1,897,263 +1,438,625

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 96
Surrey, East and West Sussex 88
Greater Manchester 66
Inner London - West 60
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 54

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 66 66 +0
Surrey, East and West Sussex 60 66 +6
Greater Manchester 48 38 -10
Inner London - West 38 43 +5
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 35 42 +7
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 29 37 +8
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 32 36 +4
West Midlands 37 32 -5
Outer London - West and North West 23 26 +3
Essex 29 31 +2

Import volume by transport

What this shows: Import value by transport mode used to bring goods into the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 47,732,378
Air transport 47,117,239
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 24,821,642
Other 824,536
Road transport 751,707

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 £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 27,745,464 19,986,914 -7,758,550
Air transport 21,474,619 25,642,620 +4,168,001
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 15,033,462 9,788,180 -5,245,282
Other 603,703 220,833 -382,870
Road transport 116,791 634,916 +518,125

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 19,101,447
Southampton 11,797,895
London Heathrow Airport 11,588,961
East Midlands Airport 11,444,676
London Stansted Airport 8,800,524

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 £
Felixstowe 10,065,452 9,035,995 -1,029,457
Southampton 7,411,148 4,386,747 -3,024,401
London Heathrow Airport 5,263,675 6,325,286 +1,061,611
East Midlands Airport 5,629,977 5,814,699 +184,722
London Stansted Airport 4,840,007 3,960,517 -879,490
London 2,996,674 3,497,843 +501,169
Eurotunnel 3,227,279 3,084,282 -142,997
Dover 3,170,380 2,361,989 -808,391
Birmingham Airport 2,239,675 3,262,441 +1,022,766
Invergordon 5,376,988 0 -5,376,988

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
294
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products
146
Manufacture of electrical equipment
144
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
114
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.
70

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 193
2026-04 191
2026-03 186
2026-02 200
2026-01 174

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 447
54m+ 415
15m-54m 155
0-1m 96
Other 73

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 £
United States 8,941,029
Germany 5,265,892
Netherlands 4,133,272
Singapore 4,000,897
France 3,449,399

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 £
United States 5,098,021 3,843,008 -1,255,013
Germany 2,385,038 2,880,854 +495,816
Netherlands 1,726,947 2,406,325 +679,378
Singapore 1,394,079 2,606,818 +1,212,739
France 1,621,119 1,828,280 +207,161
Ireland 1,339,651 1,568,629 +228,978
Romania 1,223,680 1,041,348 -182,332
United Arab Emirates 1,379,804 668,244 -711,560
Denmark 939,332 1,091,461 +152,129
Italy 919,654 947,360 +27,706

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 343,480
XI 231,285
Ireland 121,121
Germany 2,475
Nicaragua 1,427

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 60,766 282,714 +221,948
XI 635 230,650 +230,015
Ireland 1,638 119,483 +117,845
Germany 1,046 1,429 +383
Nicaragua 829 598 -231
Italy 634 79 -555
Malaysia 0 544 +544
South Korea 0 480 +480
New Zealand 202 123 -79
Netherlands 98 123 +25

Export volume by transport

What this shows: Export value by transport mode used to ship goods from the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Air transport 34,939,498
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 19,237,645
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 8,898,155
Other 736,423
Road transport 20,374

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 £
Air transport 17,267,006 17,672,492 +405,486
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 10,165,463 9,072,182 -1,093,281
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 3,939,802 4,958,353 +1,018,551
Other 99,874 636,549 +536,675
Road transport 15,199 5,175 -10,024

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 13,047,562
London Heathrow Airport 10,775,852
East Midlands Airport 9,478,691
ZLC 5,641,307
London Stansted Airport 5,258,688

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 7,295,264 5,752,298 -1,542,966
London Heathrow Airport 4,598,274 6,177,578 +1,579,304
East Midlands Airport 4,832,652 4,646,039 -186,613
ZLC 2,485,780 3,155,527 +669,747
London Stansted Airport 3,193,837 2,064,851 -1,128,986
Felixstowe 1,203,723 2,455,705 +1,251,982
London Gateway Port 1,664,927 915,821 -749,106
Immingham Docks 987,230 1,484,170 +496,940
Dover 975,698 1,086,131 +110,433
Manchester Airport 856,694 850,822 -5,872

Quick facts

HS code: 85043180

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

Description: Various small transformers with a power capacity of 1 kVA or less