Import/export HS code 85065090: Various lithium cells

Non-standard lithium batteries, used in specialized devices

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  • 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 37,785,271
United States 19,151,412
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 9,877,014
Germany 5,010,994
France 4,882,470

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 19,837,793 17,947,478 -1,890,315
United States 9,600,717 9,550,695 -50,022
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 4,856,829 5,020,185 +163,356
Germany 3,555,516 1,455,478 -2,100,038
France 2,052,195 2,830,275 +778,080
Netherlands 1,838,384 2,158,756 +320,372
South Korea 2,231,149 1,652,395 -578,754
Norway 930,768 2,207,494 +1,276,726
Canada 802,093 1,193,308 +391,215
Ireland 859,510 1,112,456 +252,946

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 49,488,537
United States 19,579,154
France 4,686,324
South Korea 3,992,184
Germany 3,074,605

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 25,240,819 24,247,718 -993,101
United States 9,897,800 9,681,354 -216,446
France 1,874,097 2,812,227 +938,130
South Korea 2,266,454 1,725,730 -540,724
Germany 2,325,261 749,344 -1,575,917
Taiwan 1,359,211 1,301,699 -57,512
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 1,812,952 533,514 -1,279,438
Austria 1,413,794 676,054 -737,740
Norway 261,580 1,658,232 +1,396,652
Japan 550,494 884,020 +333,526

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 74
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 50
Greater Manchester 48
Surrey, East and West Sussex 48
Inner London - West 46

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 47 50 +3
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 31 36 +5
Greater Manchester 28 31 +3
Surrey, East and West Sussex 28 35 +7
Inner London - West 28 38 +10
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 25 15 -10
Gloucestershire and Wiltshire 18 21 +3
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 20 17 -3
Essex 18 17 -1
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 16 13 -3

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) 46,090,879
Air transport 41,572,512
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 11,807,029
Other 1,477,752
Road transport 128,436

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) 23,585,593 22,505,286 -1,080,307
Air transport 21,417,513 20,154,999 -1,262,514
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 6,320,869 5,486,160 -834,709
Other 408,185 1,069,567 +661,382
Road transport 117,840 10,596 -107,244

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 28,956,894
London Stansted Airport 20,667,533
Southampton 10,095,717
London Heathrow Airport 7,855,910
Birmingham Airport 5,239,443

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 15,957,703 12,999,191 -2,958,512
London Stansted Airport 9,879,969 10,787,564 +907,595
Southampton 5,251,657 4,844,060 -407,597
London Heathrow Airport 4,124,816 3,731,094 -393,722
Birmingham Airport 3,295,332 1,944,111 -1,351,221
East Midlands Airport 2,125,563 2,297,886 +172,323
Dover 1,815,761 1,635,252 -180,509
London Gateway Port 1,501,196 1,946,533 +445,337
Immingham Docks 523,062 1,716,915 +1,193,853
Eurotunnel 738,968 1,325,224 +586,256

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 212
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 86
Manufacture of electrical equipment 54
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 52
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 51

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 112
2026-03 123
2026-02 121
2026-01 104
2025-12 103

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 286
54m+ 286
0-1m 83
15m-54m 81
Other 59

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 12,468,982
France 4,458,614
Germany 4,309,787
Ireland 4,060,382
Netherlands 3,162,673

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 5,902,278 6,566,704 +664,426
France 2,329,462 2,129,152 -200,310
Germany 2,726,743 1,583,044 -1,143,699
Ireland 1,661,847 2,398,535 +736,688
Netherlands 1,686,708 1,475,965 -210,743
Canada 1,848,786 1,254,372 -594,414
Italy 1,327,458 1,552,808 +225,350
Brazil 543,581 2,131,450 +1,587,869
Poland 1,416,247 1,058,535 -357,712
Norway 1,135,035 1,251,969 +116,934

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 573,888
China 221,813
Sweden 170,009
Ireland 85,369
Viet Nam 2,012

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 5,700 568,188 +562,488
China 108,746 113,067 +4,321
Sweden 0 170,009 +170,009
Ireland 417 84,952 +84,535
Viet Nam 916 1,096 +180
Poland 1,586 341 -1,245
Thailand 1,452 0 -1,452
Japan 877 0 -877
India 0 707 +707
Italy 265 344 +79

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 40,125,094
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 23,192,048
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 8,974,197
Other 1,060,813

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 19,753,823 20,371,271 +617,448
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 11,670,361 11,521,687 -148,674
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 4,708,008 4,266,189 -441,819
Other 121,194 939,619 +818,425

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 15,401,806
London Heathrow Airport 13,192,898
London Stansted Airport 10,459,611
East Midlands Airport 6,823,393
ZLC 5,578,715

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 8,304,845 7,096,961 -1,207,884
London Heathrow Airport 6,478,587 6,714,311 +235,724
London Stansted Airport 4,278,839 6,180,772 +1,901,933
East Midlands Airport 3,445,174 3,378,219 -66,955
ZLC 3,336,444 2,242,271 -1,094,173
Liverpool Docks 1,522,615 1,341,104 -181,511
Dover 1,003,547 1,103,603 +100,056
London Gateway Port 712,261 1,371,994 +659,733
Felixstowe 960,608 809,825 -150,783
Southampton 1,075,945 646,805 -429,140

Quick facts

HS code: 85065090

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

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