Import/export HS code 85065090: Various lithium cells

Non-standard lithium batteries, used in specialized devices

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 35,311,202
United States 17,921,252
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 9,987,783
France 4,660,834
Germany 4,028,276

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 19,068,270 16,242,932 -2,825,338
United States 9,595,567 8,325,685 -1,269,882
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 5,413,510 4,574,273 -839,237
France 2,049,257 2,611,577 +562,320
Germany 2,666,219 1,362,057 -1,304,162
Netherlands 2,035,942 1,831,920 -204,022
South Korea 1,996,195 1,729,740 -266,455
Norway 836,576 2,299,349 +1,462,773
Ireland 805,901 1,081,767 +275,866
Canada 1,167,725 701,187 -466,538

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 46,871,523
United States 18,483,520
France 4,703,277
South Korea 3,823,306
Taiwan 2,445,207

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 24,753,071 22,118,452 -2,634,619
United States 10,132,939 8,350,581 -1,782,358
France 1,995,909 2,707,368 +711,459
South Korea 2,083,577 1,739,729 -343,848
Taiwan 1,516,614 928,593 -588,021
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 1,936,323 459,009 -1,477,314
Germany 1,390,362 780,473 -609,889
Norway 272,113 1,628,054 +1,355,941
Austria 1,006,032 588,385 -417,647
Japan 608,339 855,209 +246,870

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 69
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 49
Greater Manchester 47
Surrey, East and West Sussex 47
Inner London - West 44

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 49 49 +0
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 36 33 -3
Greater Manchester 32 27 -5
Surrey, East and West Sussex 27 36 +9
Inner London - West 28 34 +6
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 23 14 -9
Gloucestershire and Wiltshire 21 19 -2
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 18 18 +0
Essex 18 15 -3
West Midlands 17 15 -2

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) 43,437,169
Air transport 38,900,022
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 11,054,497
Other 1,433,138
Road transport 116,102

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) 22,496,578 20,940,591 -1,555,987
Air transport 21,185,191 17,714,831 -3,470,360
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 6,035,590 5,018,907 -1,016,683
Other 480,240 952,898 +472,658
Road transport 110,644 5,458 -105,186

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 28,170,667
London Stansted Airport 19,043,290
Southampton 8,131,552
London Heathrow Airport 7,834,720
Birmingham Airport 4,788,826

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 15,530,407 12,640,260 -2,890,147
London Stansted Airport 9,929,109 9,114,181 -814,928
Southampton 4,264,017 3,867,535 -396,482
London Heathrow Airport 4,253,160 3,581,560 -671,600
Birmingham Airport 2,767,193 2,021,633 -745,560
East Midlands Airport 2,511,382 1,871,160 -640,222
London Gateway Port 1,776,997 1,715,965 -61,032
Dover 1,748,917 1,640,920 -107,997
Immingham Docks 565,634 1,716,965 +1,151,331
Eurotunnel 763,384 1,191,607 +428,223

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
205
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
79
Manufacture of electrical equipment
53
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities
53
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products
49

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 129
2026-04 112
2026-03 123
2026-02 121
2026-01 104

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+ 286
1m-15m 277
0-1m 78
15m-54m 75
Other 47

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 12,624,241
France 4,068,424
Germany 4,062,886
Ireland 3,613,001
Netherlands 3,135,910

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 6,089,608 6,534,633 +445,025
France 2,205,334 1,863,090 -342,244
Germany 2,589,828 1,473,058 -1,116,770
Ireland 1,348,369 2,264,632 +916,263
Netherlands 1,647,878 1,488,032 -159,846
Italy 1,540,399 1,289,180 -251,219
Canada 1,464,684 1,128,107 -336,577
Brazil 588,201 1,999,825 +1,411,624
Poland 1,978,398 422,904 -1,555,494
United Arab Emirates 894,442 1,330,026 +435,584

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 £
XI 618,832
China 216,795
Sweden 170,009
Ireland 85,364
Viet Nam 2,150

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 £
XI 5,619 613,213 +607,594
China 110,704 106,091 -4,613
Sweden 0 170,009 +170,009
Ireland 817 84,547 +83,730
Viet Nam 976 1,174 +198
Poland 1,447 378 -1,069
Japan 818 0 -818
India 262 511 +249
Italy 217 332 +115
Greece 177 228 +51

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 37,932,025
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 21,481,246
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 8,322,883
Other 1,099,662

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 18,186,627 19,745,398 +1,558,771
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 12,081,321 9,399,925 -2,681,396
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 4,157,643 4,165,240 +7,597
Other 122,606 977,056 +854,450

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 14,339,093
London Heathrow Airport 11,163,401
London Stansted Airport 10,033,467
East Midlands Airport 6,652,977
ZLC 5,765,727

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 9,072,370 5,266,723 -3,805,647
London Heathrow Airport 4,618,672 6,544,729 +1,926,057
London Stansted Airport 4,299,104 5,734,363 +1,435,259
East Midlands Airport 3,398,133 3,254,844 -143,289
ZLC 3,594,042 2,171,685 -1,422,357
Liverpool Docks 1,171,660 1,226,539 +54,879
London Gateway Port 787,827 1,608,645 +820,818
Dover 1,114,241 755,621 -358,620
Felixstowe 975,957 710,913 -265,044
Tyne 313,330 1,240,514 +927,184

Quick facts

HS code: 85065090

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

Description: Non-standard lithium batteries, used in specialized devices