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 36,534,224
United States 17,191,308
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 8,759,075
Germany 4,869,912
France 4,243,899

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 21,508,742 15,025,482 -6,483,260
United States 8,342,381 8,848,927 +506,546
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 4,308,373 4,450,702 +142,329
Germany 3,598,318 1,271,594 -2,326,724
France 2,222,310 2,021,589 -200,721
South Korea 1,618,051 1,896,374 +278,323
Netherlands 1,853,581 1,638,318 -215,263
Norway 1,088,537 768,430 -320,107
Canada 720,667 889,055 +168,388
Ireland 826,083 768,888 -57,195

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 46,961,834
United States 17,263,669
France 4,359,157
South Korea 3,667,502
Germany 2,700,531

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 26,766,379 20,195,455 -6,570,924
United States 8,517,045 8,746,624 +229,579
France 2,075,507 2,283,650 +208,143
South Korea 1,683,833 1,983,669 +299,836
Germany 2,409,287 291,244 -2,118,043
Taiwan 1,288,974 1,189,534 -99,440
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 1,642,297 715,582 -926,715
Austria 1,266,905 831,029 -435,876
Japan 707,687 725,780 +18,093
United Kingdom 827,141 227,116 -600,025

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 70
Greater Manchester 45
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 45
Inner London - West 44
Surrey, East and West Sussex 42

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 43 45 +2
Greater Manchester 25 32 +7
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 31 29 -2
Inner London - West 30 31 +1
Surrey, East and West Sussex 25 32 +7
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 24 17 -7
Gloucestershire and Wiltshire 16 19 +3
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 19 15 -4
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 15 16 +1
Outer London - West and North West 17 12 -5

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) 42,975,680
Air transport 37,417,146
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 11,099,860
Other 1,020,038
Road transport 179,669

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) 25,255,995 17,719,685 -7,536,310
Air transport 19,718,671 17,698,475 -2,020,196
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 6,146,712 4,953,148 -1,193,564
Other 416,088 603,950 +187,862
Road transport 117,203 62,466 -54,737

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 27,627,875
London Stansted Airport 18,301,027
Southampton 10,331,285
London Heathrow Airport 6,932,469
Birmingham Airport 4,907,816

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 16,548,961 11,078,914 -5,470,047
London Stansted Airport 9,250,525 9,050,502 -200,023
Southampton 5,852,916 4,478,369 -1,374,547
London Heathrow Airport 3,154,845 3,777,624 +622,779
Birmingham Airport 3,284,227 1,623,589 -1,660,638
East Midlands Airport 2,034,270 2,049,071 +14,801
London Gateway Port 1,476,282 1,585,185 +108,903
Dover 1,623,810 1,304,103 -319,707
Eurotunnel 630,777 1,246,732 +615,955
Dover / Eurotunnel 1,500,372 236,062 -1,264,310

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 208
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 86
Manufacture of electrical equipment 55
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 50
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 47

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 104
2025-11 111
2025-10 139
2025-09 110
2025-08 103

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 277
54m+ 273
0-1m 79
15m-54m 79
Other 53

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 10,454,743
France 4,235,942
Germany 4,120,729
Ireland 3,348,718
Canada 3,078,722

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 5,197,326 5,257,417 +60,091
France 2,296,924 1,939,018 -357,906
Germany 2,647,210 1,473,519 -1,173,691
Ireland 1,625,499 1,723,219 +97,720
Canada 1,746,503 1,332,219 -414,284
Netherlands 1,737,421 1,179,399 -558,022
Italy 1,500,457 1,336,433 -164,024
Poland 772,459 1,893,280 +1,120,821
Norway 1,276,624 1,188,264 -88,360
Brazil 238,400 2,201,029 +1,962,629

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 342,170
China 180,336
Sweden 169,684
Ireland 85,369
Thailand 3,153

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 5,563 336,607 +331,044
China 101,569 78,767 -22,802
Sweden 0 169,684 +169,684
Ireland 383 84,986 +84,603
Thailand 3,153 0 -3,153
Poland 1,672 0 -1,672
Viet Nam 856 443 -413
Japan 877 0 -877
Italy 288 199 -89
India 0 433 +433

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 35,132,180
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 23,260,059
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 9,986,901
Other 787,662
Road transport 38,585

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 18,224,025 16,908,155 -1,315,870
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 11,739,142 11,520,917 -218,225
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 5,764,935 4,221,966 -1,542,969
Other 115,816 671,846 +556,030
Road transport 38,585 0 -38,585

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 15,539,806
London Heathrow Airport 11,777,983
London Stansted Airport 7,903,209
East Midlands Airport 6,269,784
ZLC 5,303,423

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 7,646,930 7,892,876 +245,946
London Heathrow Airport 6,754,915 5,023,068 -1,731,847
London Stansted Airport 3,965,994 3,937,215 -28,779
East Midlands Airport 3,143,773 3,126,011 -17,762
ZLC 2,738,002 2,565,421 -172,581
Liverpool Docks 1,562,976 1,211,870 -351,106
London Gateway Port 1,441,057 1,271,865 -169,192
Dover 1,699,564 772,589 -926,975
Southampton 1,199,072 612,307 -586,765
Felixstowe 1,025,523 707,997 -317,526

Quick facts

HS code: 85065090

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

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