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 24,209,574
Germany 20,470,656
France 13,001,433
United States 11,526,978
Italy 4,691,519

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 12,448,756 11,760,818 -687,938
Germany 9,746,104 10,724,552 +978,448
France 6,601,496 6,399,937 -201,559
United States 5,695,204 5,831,774 +136,570
Italy 2,443,663 2,247,856 -195,807
Spain 2,106,186 1,789,307 -316,879
Ireland 2,000,616 1,303,628 -696,988
Malaysia 1,468,780 661,903 -806,877
Japan 996,448 965,395 -31,053
Netherlands 1,024,514 785,271 -239,243

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 29,821,934
Germany 18,238,375
United States 11,934,868
France 7,380,761
United Kingdom 6,813,667

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 15,325,530 14,496,404 -829,126
Germany 8,758,001 9,480,374 +722,373
United States 5,845,497 6,089,371 +243,874
France 3,152,897 4,227,864 +1,074,967
United Kingdom 3,783,704 3,029,963 -753,741
Italy 3,200,682 2,257,207 -943,475
Ireland 1,958,678 1,280,322 -678,356
Spain 1,366,570 1,474,409 +107,839
Malaysia 1,426,194 666,783 -759,411
Japan 1,006,474 709,751 -296,723

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 63
West Midlands 60
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 55
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 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 74 60 -14
Surrey, East and West Sussex 46 42 -4
West Midlands 46 37 -9
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 42 38 -4
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 47 35 -12
Greater Manchester 35 36 +1
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 36 27 -9
Inner London - West 29 31 +2
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 28 33 +5
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 29 24 -5

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 41,939,448
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 31,263,705
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 28,303,655
Other 445,702
Road transport 95,328

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 21,468,397 20,471,051 -997,346
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 16,348,379 14,915,326 -1,433,053
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 14,448,782 13,854,873 -593,909
Other 220,404 225,298 +4,894
Road transport 32,464 62,864 +30,400

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 14,744,676
London Heathrow Airport 12,663,544
Dover 11,549,649
East Midlands Airport 10,359,873
London Stansted Airport 8,266,870

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 7,334,790 7,409,886 +75,096
London Heathrow Airport 5,972,161 6,691,383 +719,222
Dover 5,445,485 6,104,164 +658,679
East Midlands Airport 5,921,745 4,438,128 -1,483,617
London Stansted Airport 4,298,786 3,968,084 -330,702
Birmingham Airport 3,560,238 3,247,101 -313,137
Thamesport 3,956,431 2,674,802 -1,281,629
Eurotunnel 3,786,169 2,830,411 -955,758
Southampton 2,809,323 2,879,675 +70,352
London 3,286,318 1,901,578 -1,384,740

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 260
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 157
Other manufacturing 88
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 73
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 69

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 185
2025-11 177
2025-10 190
2025-09 177
2025-08 176

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 443
54m+ 414
15m-54m 119
0-1m 95
Other 79

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 28,326,802
Germany 17,318,821
France 15,014,789
China 13,986,850
Turkey 11,770,687

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 14,634,917 13,691,885 -943,032
Germany 8,799,202 8,519,619 -279,583
France 7,873,697 7,141,092 -732,605
China 7,793,586 6,193,264 -1,600,322
Turkey 5,817,990 5,952,697 +134,707
India 3,779,641 5,046,417 +1,266,776
Japan 3,731,356 3,216,845 -514,511
Sweden 2,412,972 2,775,138 +362,166
Italy 2,168,545 2,162,468 -6,077
Switzerland 952,047 2,719,029 +1,766,982

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 21,718
United States 7,561
XI 5,080
Germany 4,672
Nicaragua 2,180

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 12,390 9,328 -3,062
United States 2,957 4,604 +1,647
XI 2,995 2,085 -910
Germany 2,595 2,077 -518
Nicaragua 2,180 0 -2,180
Poland 1,672 94 -1,578
Belgium 35 851 +816
Switzerland 383 354 -29
Slovakia 0 148 +148
Italy 0 136 +136

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 89,050,457
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 44,294,423
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 17,268,750
Other 45,804
Road transport 36,297

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 46,087,440 42,963,017 -3,124,423
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 21,578,435 22,715,988 +1,137,553
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 7,947,875 9,320,875 +1,373,000
Other 25,858 19,946 -5,912
Road transport 36,297 0 -36,297

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 50,952,096
Dover / Eurotunnel 39,028,852
East Midlands Airport 24,840,653
Liverpool Docks 8,410,193
London Stansted Airport 6,545,166

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 26,875,393 24,076,703 -2,798,690
Dover / Eurotunnel 18,785,915 20,242,937 +1,457,022
East Midlands Airport 12,350,308 12,490,345 +140,037
Liverpool Docks 4,540,537 3,869,656 -670,881
London Stansted Airport 3,301,045 3,244,121 -56,924
ZLC 2,907,047 2,378,826 -528,221
London Gateway Port 1,755,622 3,056,421 +1,300,799
Immingham Docks 1,264,701 1,523,571 +258,870
Southampton 569,018 1,525,624 +956,606
Felixstowe 859,433 594,548 -264,885

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