Import/export HS code 85044083: Rectifiers

Devices that convert alternating current (AC) to direct current (DC)

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 £
Netherlands 107,222,667
Germany 97,041,353
China 93,876,459
Ireland 86,523,926
Belgium 53,664,801

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 £
Netherlands 58,553,822 48,668,845 -9,884,977
Germany 44,521,908 52,519,445 +7,997,537
China 45,414,287 48,462,172 +3,047,885
Ireland 29,329,444 57,194,482 +27,865,038
Belgium 28,169,239 25,495,562 -2,673,677
Sweden 12,440,641 29,759,891 +17,319,250
United States 15,524,942 19,638,668 +4,113,726
Viet Nam 14,791,532 16,708,789 +1,917,257
Spain 5,759,232 18,302,336 +12,543,104
Italy 9,453,713 4,995,553 -4,458,160

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 270,103,596
United States 43,998,000
Sweden 36,383,726
France 33,607,092
Viet Nam 31,314,817

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 125,416,452 144,687,144 +19,270,692
United States 20,677,839 23,320,161 +2,642,322
Sweden 10,926,841 25,456,885 +14,530,044
France 29,094,967 4,512,125 -24,582,842
Viet Nam 16,165,711 15,149,106 -1,016,605
Thailand 11,028,153 19,715,485 +8,687,332
Germany 12,547,805 11,958,791 -589,014
Spain 5,605,091 18,094,035 +12,488,944
Italy 14,637,424 8,854,036 -5,783,388
Taiwan 10,389,873 12,698,959 +2,309,086

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 170
Inner London - West 140
Surrey, East and West Sussex 103
Greater Manchester 81
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 81

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 127 131 +4
Inner London - West 86 101 +15
Surrey, East and West Sussex 72 71 -1
Greater Manchester 61 56 -5
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 59 58 -1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 50 59 +9
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 42 49 +7
West Midlands 46 44 -2
Inner London - East 34 45 +11
Shropshire and Staffordshire 38 48 +10

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) 284,701,715
Air transport 201,712,827
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 118,371,810
Other 55,205,067
Road transport 12,430,484

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) 119,483,298 165,218,417 +45,735,119
Air transport 87,381,010 114,331,817 +26,950,807
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 50,779,602 67,592,208 +16,812,606
Other 44,726,917 10,478,150 -34,248,767
Road transport 5,546,333 6,884,151 +1,337,818
Rail transport 25,509 4,110 -21,399

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 87,027,420
Holyhead 72,713,299
Eurotunnel 56,095,447
000 55,205,067
Dover / Eurotunnel 49,468,176

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 £
London Heathrow Airport 47,318,705 39,708,715 -7,609,990
Holyhead 22,373,074 50,340,225 +27,967,151
Eurotunnel 30,728,221 25,367,226 -5,360,995
000 44,726,917 10,478,150 -34,248,767
Dover / Eurotunnel 20,885,915 28,582,261 +7,696,346
499 106,734 49,116,197 +49,009,463
Immingham Docks 12,654,547 29,477,113 +16,822,566
Felixstowe 22,542,645 12,446,702 -10,095,943
Dover 13,235,199 19,966,032 +6,730,833
East Midlands Airport 11,952,130 16,235,852 +4,283,722

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
426
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products
138
Manufacture of electrical equipment
138
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
129
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.
109

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 375
2026-04 366
2026-03 361
2026-02 383
2026-01 335

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
54m+ 743
1m-15m 572
15m-54m 188
Other 135
0-1m 107

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 53,777,132
United States 34,934,824
Netherlands 21,243,150
Ireland 12,947,859
France 10,967,747

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 26,378,192 27,398,940 +1,020,748
United States 16,881,218 18,053,606 +1,172,388
Netherlands 8,956,769 12,286,381 +3,329,612
Ireland 6,444,900 6,502,959 +58,059
France 5,453,219 5,514,528 +61,309
Austria 5,969,660 4,949,671 -1,019,989
Israel 5,305,324 5,021,875 -283,449
India 3,108,557 5,834,400 +2,725,843
Singapore 4,053,661 4,461,883 +408,222
United Arab Emirates 2,616,928 4,586,696 +1,969,768

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 341,425
Germany 24,466
Malaysia 17,327
XI 13,722
Austria 9,448

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 171,004 170,421 -583
Germany 5,602 18,864 +13,262
Malaysia 9,542 7,785 -1,757
XI 3,700 10,022 +6,322
Austria 2,190 7,258 +5,068
Belgium 83 8,161 +8,078
Japan 8,032 0 -8,032
Poland 4,500 406 -4,094
Bulgaria 763 248 -515
Ireland 815 0 -815

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 145,419,893
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 90,116,104
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 9,857,792
Other 477,003
Road transport 49,136

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 69,096,254 76,323,639 +7,227,385
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 42,544,798 47,571,306 +5,026,508
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 5,421,708 4,436,084 -985,624
Other 245,847 231,156 -14,691
Road transport 43,172 5,964 -37,208
Rail transport 0 9,495 +9,495

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 84,941,999
Dover / Eurotunnel 73,911,870
East Midlands Airport 31,971,156
London Stansted Airport 14,208,687
ZLC 12,247,891

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 £
London Heathrow Airport 39,161,600 45,780,399 +6,618,799
Dover / Eurotunnel 34,558,144 39,353,726 +4,795,582
East Midlands Airport 16,003,446 15,967,710 -35,736
London Stansted Airport 7,373,212 6,835,475 -537,737
ZLC 5,515,090 6,732,801 +1,217,711
Holyhead 3,427,454 3,618,258 +190,804
London Gateway Port 3,376,289 1,755,231 -1,621,058
Dover 1,419,690 1,312,515 -107,175
Immingham Docks 882,621 1,681,641 +799,020
Southampton 720,373 1,591,352 +870,979

Quick facts

HS code: 85044083

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

Description: Devices that convert alternating current (AC) to direct current (DC)