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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* 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 39,996,894
United States 11,329,761
Italy 10,065,926
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 8,632,500
Germany 8,425,935

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 19,218,610 20,778,284 +1,559,674
United States 6,031,955 5,297,806 -734,149
Italy 8,803,181 1,262,745 -7,540,436
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 3,625,605 5,006,895 +1,381,290
Germany 3,673,963 4,751,972 +1,078,009
Switzerland 4,338,387 1,380,245 -2,958,142
France 2,399,640 2,761,533 +361,893
Sri Lanka 1,802,194 2,211,721 +409,527
Netherlands 1,360,362 2,150,272 +789,910
Malaysia 1,497,779 1,245,104 -252,675

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 53,705,032
United States 10,506,058
Italy 9,593,736
Germany 6,076,641
Switzerland 5,594,494

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 24,709,721 28,995,311 +4,285,590
United States 5,083,666 5,422,392 +338,726
Italy 8,467,268 1,126,468 -7,340,800
Germany 3,156,082 2,920,559 -235,523
Switzerland 4,160,037 1,434,457 -2,725,580
Sri Lanka 2,146,663 2,265,833 +119,170
India 1,095,907 1,962,519 +866,612
Malaysia 1,472,523 1,276,587 -195,936
France 1,169,067 1,486,130 +317,063
Austria 1,128,773 986,185 -142,588

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 99
Surrey, East and West Sussex 87
Greater Manchester 64
Inner London - West 62
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 55

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 67 +1
Surrey, East and West Sussex 57 69 +12
Greater Manchester 46 37 -9
Inner London - West 37 42 +5
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 36 41 +5
West Midlands 36 34 -2
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 32 39 +7
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 29 31 +2
Essex 31 32 +1
Outer London - West and North West 24 24 +0

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) 49,210,989
Air transport 47,696,576
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 25,843,680
Other 924,792
Road transport 714,665

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) 27,908,704 21,302,285 -6,606,419
Air transport 20,313,171 27,383,405 +7,070,234
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 15,268,797 10,574,883 -4,693,914
Other 604,315 320,477 -283,838
Road transport 83,949 630,716 +546,767

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 19,895,595
Southampton 12,817,815
London Heathrow Airport 12,253,619
East Midlands Airport 11,633,766
London Stansted Airport 8,930,956

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 10,087,953 9,807,642 -280,311
Southampton 7,863,789 4,954,026 -2,909,763
London Heathrow Airport 5,303,195 6,950,424 +1,647,229
East Midlands Airport 5,702,360 5,931,406 +229,046
London Stansted Airport 4,601,370 4,329,586 -271,784
London 3,155,930 3,561,869 +405,939
Eurotunnel 3,314,195 3,265,147 -49,048
Dover 3,031,442 2,569,611 -461,831
Birmingham Airport 1,955,749 3,626,462 +1,670,713
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 298
Manufacture of electrical equipment 148
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 143
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 117
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 71

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 191
2026-03 186
2026-02 200
2026-01 174
2025-12 178

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 457
54m+ 417
15m-54m 154
0-1m 105
Other 76

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 9,688,728
Germany 5,318,078
Netherlands 4,124,570
Singapore 3,978,378
France 3,312,194

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 5,067,466 4,621,262 -446,204
Germany 2,251,796 3,066,282 +814,486
Netherlands 1,786,239 2,338,331 +552,092
Singapore 1,340,702 2,637,676 +1,296,974
France 1,458,319 1,853,875 +395,556
Ireland 1,381,355 1,415,785 +34,430
Romania 1,202,511 1,044,731 -157,780
Italy 990,008 997,639 +7,631
United Arab Emirates 1,310,948 674,928 -636,020
Denmark 735,067 1,224,716 +489,649

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 347,214
XI 128,663
Ireland 121,722
Germany 2,599
Nicaragua 1,730

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 64,582 282,632 +218,050
XI 49 128,614 +128,565
Ireland 2,493 119,229 +116,736
Germany 1,067 1,532 +465
Nicaragua 1,132 598 -534
Italy 257 456 +199
New Zealand 512 123 -389
Malaysia 0 544 +544
South Korea 0 480 +480
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 37,042,134
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 18,972,581
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 8,822,257
Other 642,020
Road transport 21,911

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 17,412,006 19,630,128 +2,218,122
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 9,622,301 9,350,280 -272,021
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 3,930,522 4,891,735 +961,213
Other 106,683 535,337 +428,654
Road transport 16,736 5,175 -11,561

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 12,941,186
London Heathrow Airport 11,687,367
East Midlands Airport 9,742,255
ZLC 5,765,331
London Stansted Airport 5,521,577

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 6,899,065 6,042,121 -856,944
London Heathrow Airport 5,049,026 6,638,341 +1,589,315
East Midlands Airport 4,509,723 5,232,532 +722,809
ZLC 2,414,863 3,350,468 +935,605
London Stansted Airport 2,867,689 2,653,888 -213,801
Felixstowe 1,113,640 2,423,984 +1,310,344
London Gateway Port 1,718,545 905,765 -812,780
Immingham Docks 885,859 1,600,290 +714,431
Manchester Airport 1,499,141 798,482 -700,659
Dover 882,741 1,105,546 +222,805

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