Import/export HS code 850590: Various electromagnetic devices

Various electromagnetic devices, including lifting heads and parts

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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 25,788,490
Germany 22,373,126
France 14,827,458
United States 14,757,079
Italy 5,171,127

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 12,962,793 12,825,697 -137,096
Germany 10,824,065 11,549,061 +724,996
France 6,408,501 8,418,957 +2,010,456
United States 6,248,880 8,508,199 +2,259,319
Italy 2,489,572 2,681,555 +191,983
Spain 2,028,255 2,298,302 +270,047
Ireland 1,901,755 1,311,434 -590,321
Netherlands 981,457 1,288,556 +307,099
Malaysia 1,373,310 882,145 -491,165
Japan 1,091,838 886,907 -204,931

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 31,747,987
Germany 20,297,843
United States 14,524,433
United Kingdom 8,631,864
France 8,407,137

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 15,839,863 15,908,124 +68,261
Germany 9,690,607 10,607,236 +916,629
United States 6,640,262 7,884,171 +1,243,909
United Kingdom 4,040,434 4,591,430 +550,996
France 3,125,193 5,281,944 +2,156,751
Italy 3,021,637 2,724,783 -296,854
Spain 1,222,205 1,990,528 +768,323
Ireland 1,850,545 1,294,086 -556,459
Malaysia 1,320,494 893,400 -427,094
Japan 878,775 852,584 -26,191

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 93
Surrey, East and West Sussex 64
West Midlands 63
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 60
Inner London - West 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 68 62 -6
Surrey, East and West Sussex 46 40 -6
West Midlands 46 43 -3
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 42 40 -2
Inner London - West 33 34 +1
Greater Manchester 36 41 +5
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 44 35 -9
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 29 35 +6
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 32 29 -3
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 29 28 -1

Import volume by transport

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

Top 5 values

Transport £
Air transport 47,080,025
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 34,287,986
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 31,235,224
Other 438,697
Road transport 117,399

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 £
Air transport 22,617,381 24,462,644 +1,845,263
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 17,426,154 16,861,832 -564,322
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 14,202,229 17,032,995 +2,830,766
Other 319,600 119,097 -200,503
Road transport 24,158 93,241 +69,083

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 15,890,590
London Heathrow Airport 14,490,154
Dover 13,084,397
East Midlands Airport 11,358,036
London Stansted Airport 9,641,989

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 7,162,020 8,728,570 +1,566,550
London Heathrow Airport 6,425,431 8,064,723 +1,639,292
Dover 5,914,907 7,169,490 +1,254,583
East Midlands Airport 5,665,567 5,692,469 +26,902
London Stansted Airport 4,694,810 4,947,179 +252,369
Birmingham Airport 4,075,386 3,437,830 -637,556
Eurotunnel 3,366,827 3,847,827 +481,000
Thamesport 3,984,100 3,038,237 -945,863
Southampton 3,541,555 3,388,879 -152,676
London 2,972,239 1,845,509 -1,126,730

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
274
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.
166
Other manufacturing
87
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment
72
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment
71

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 159
2026-04 192
2026-03 177
2026-02 189
2026-01 185

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 449
54m+ 432
15m-54m 121
0-1m 103
Other 81

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 30,897,702
Germany 19,804,042
France 16,644,302
China 14,875,600
Turkey 13,527,958

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 15,805,902 15,091,800 -714,102
Germany 9,025,600 10,778,442 +1,752,842
France 7,533,569 9,110,733 +1,577,164
China 9,283,773 5,591,827 -3,691,946
Turkey 6,676,287 6,851,671 +175,384
India 4,551,842 8,792,072 +4,240,230
Japan 3,922,429 2,712,648 -1,209,781
Sweden 2,791,089 2,648,433 -142,656
Italy 2,523,137 2,300,173 -222,964
Switzerland 1,580,518 2,712,167 +1,131,649

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 25,434
XI 8,884
United States 8,334
Germany 4,906
Poland 1,405

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 11,970 13,464 +1,494
XI 3,869 5,015 +1,146
United States 4,985 3,349 -1,636
Germany 3,663 1,243 -2,420
Poland 1,311 94 -1,217
Switzerland 472 492 +20
Belgium 418 468 +50
Czechia 16 629 +613
Slovakia 0 591 +591
Italy 0 278 +278

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 99,672,966
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 48,817,516
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 21,198,874
Other 54,615
Road transport 3,639

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 48,853,039 50,819,927 +1,966,888
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 23,303,588 25,513,928 +2,210,340
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 10,663,026 10,535,848 -127,178
Other 27,274 27,341 +67
Road transport 2,602 1,037 -1,565

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 57,114,192
Dover / Eurotunnel 42,891,191
East Midlands Airport 27,511,881
Liverpool Docks 9,007,857
London Stansted Airport 7,230,725

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 28,058,127 29,056,065 +997,938
Dover / Eurotunnel 20,379,855 22,511,336 +2,131,481
East Midlands Airport 13,516,475 13,995,406 +478,931
Liverpool Docks 5,400,121 3,607,736 -1,792,385
London Stansted Airport 3,654,641 3,576,084 -78,557
ZLC 2,867,153 3,009,439 +142,286
London Gateway Port 3,510,471 1,641,844 -1,868,627
Southampton 714,936 3,820,370 +3,105,434
Immingham Docks 1,448,652 1,283,936 -164,716
Felixstowe 735,142 941,412 +206,270

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 850590

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

Description: Various electromagnetic devices, including lifting heads and parts