Import/export HS code 850440: Static converters

Devices like rectifiers and inverters used to convert electrical power

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 £
China 854,437,528
Netherlands 594,209,803
Germany 493,954,723
United States 289,110,229
Italy 206,893,615

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 459,584,619 394,852,909 -64,731,710
Netherlands 315,266,913 278,942,890 -36,324,023
Germany 270,946,002 223,008,721 -47,937,281
United States 158,741,796 130,368,433 -28,373,363
Italy 132,400,415 74,493,200 -57,907,215
Spain 80,232,454 82,250,587 +2,018,133
France 67,007,250 56,737,509 -10,269,741
Poland 51,862,464 47,520,401 -4,342,063
Ireland 38,640,350 51,042,892 +12,402,542
Belgium 53,395,428 35,159,604 -18,235,824

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 1,417,745,525
United States 274,458,065
Italy 264,018,482
Germany 231,848,884
Hungary 186,450,860

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 749,166,612 668,578,913 -80,587,699
United States 148,614,717 125,843,348 -22,771,369
Italy 160,169,610 103,848,872 -56,320,738
Germany 132,745,918 99,102,966 -33,642,952
Hungary 84,579,951 101,870,909 +17,290,958
Spain 100,108,545 82,990,287 -17,118,258
Thailand 58,340,016 43,162,596 -15,177,420
Poland 47,484,770 47,762,424 +277,654
Finland 48,065,198 37,176,075 -10,889,123
United Kingdom 45,809,979 33,943,547 -11,866,432

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 588
Inner London - West 552
Surrey, East and West Sussex 386
Greater Manchester 350
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 314

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 450 446 -4
Inner London - West 390 372 -18
Surrey, East and West Sussex 285 274 -11
Greater Manchester 261 245 -16
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 248 229 -19
West Midlands 214 225 +11
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 227 223 -4
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 209 205 -4
Outer London - West and North West 188 165 -23
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 185 185 +0

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) 1,524,942,292
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,089,204,043
Air transport 964,145,476
Other 193,856,327
Road transport 21,642,541

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) 828,379,904 696,562,388 -131,817,516
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 568,953,436 520,250,607 -48,702,829
Air transport 508,556,361 455,589,115 -52,967,246
Other 140,979,692 52,876,635 -88,103,057
Road transport 10,332,552 11,309,989 +977,437
Rail transport 1,380,406 1,260,026 -120,380

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 516,723,222
Dover 478,331,320
London Heathrow Airport 386,766,956
Southampton 257,921,037
Eurotunnel 220,035,958

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 281,426,684 235,296,538 -46,130,146
Dover 264,772,690 213,558,630 -51,214,060
London Heathrow Airport 209,834,506 176,932,450 -32,902,056
Southampton 149,269,528 108,651,509 -40,618,019
Eurotunnel 118,152,945 101,883,013 -16,269,932
East Midlands Airport 105,994,494 92,216,906 -13,777,588
000 140,979,692 52,876,635 -88,103,057
London 63,582,372 88,328,730 +24,746,358
Dover / Eurotunnel 81,422,515 65,622,136 -15,800,379
Immingham Docks 78,969,906 67,935,460 -11,034,446

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 1598
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 669
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 463
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 461
Manufacture of electrical equipment 450

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 1539
2025-11 1600
2025-10 1748
2025-09 1605
2025-08 1623

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 2874
54m+ 2226
0-1m 906
15m-54m 799
Other 535

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 402,317,185
United States 216,888,205
Netherlands 119,110,825
France 81,024,455
Ireland 77,376,160

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 205,101,973 197,215,212 -7,886,761
United States 121,860,315 95,027,890 -26,832,425
Netherlands 61,435,762 57,675,063 -3,760,699
France 43,268,340 37,756,115 -5,512,225
Ireland 44,712,987 32,663,173 -12,049,814
Italy 29,780,856 27,651,846 -2,129,010
Saudi Arabia 41,129,507 12,892,992 -28,236,515
South Korea 42,561,428 5,370,859 -37,190,569
Spain 23,527,635 22,199,293 -1,328,342
Czechia 25,954,066 15,144,762 -10,809,304

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 £
Denmark 3,667,047
China 2,524,795
Austria 1,842,455
Italy 1,366,765
Germany 182,271

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 £
Denmark 2,064,572 1,602,475 -462,097
China 1,703,863 820,932 -882,931
Austria 970,165 872,290 -97,875
Italy 716,566 650,199 -66,367
Germany 33,355 148,916 +115,561
Finland 132,526 46,150 -86,376
XI 58,073 87,477 +29,404
Brazil 37,278 61,086 +23,808
Israel 81,338 0 -81,338
United States 10,195 21,860 +11,665

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) 758,405,610
Air transport 705,113,435
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 222,650,631
Other 10,359,216
Road transport 1,038,541

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) 394,038,369 364,367,241 -29,671,128
Air transport 400,276,455 304,836,980 -95,439,475
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 140,688,042 81,962,589 -58,725,453
Other 5,966,521 4,392,695 -1,573,826
Road transport 1,007,455 31,086 -976,369
Rail transport 64,578 9,495 -55,083

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 588,629,098
London Heathrow Airport 309,608,179
East Midlands Airport 137,854,858
Southampton 111,005,501
ZLC 101,270,341

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 308,503,357 280,125,741 -28,377,616
London Heathrow Airport 173,259,069 136,349,110 -36,909,959
East Midlands Airport 76,890,660 60,964,198 -15,926,462
Southampton 69,198,122 41,807,379 -27,390,743
ZLC 60,662,187 40,608,154 -20,054,033
London Stansted Airport 39,689,058 43,169,624 +3,480,566
Immingham Docks 27,038,086 35,477,149 +8,439,063
Holyhead 23,950,089 18,794,261 -5,155,828
London Gateway Port 29,645,438 12,389,551 -17,255,887
Warton Aerodrome 31,493,847 9,302,449 -22,191,398

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 850440

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

Description: Devices like rectifiers and inverters used to convert electrical power