Import/export HS code 850710: Lead-acid starter batteries

Rechargeable lead-acid batteries used to start engines in vehicles

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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 £
South Korea 165,895,487
Spain 114,800,911
Germany 76,480,421
Belgium 74,644,966
Turkey 57,379,713

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 £
South Korea 72,264,134 93,631,353 +21,367,219
Spain 58,919,934 55,880,977 -3,038,957
Germany 42,237,631 34,242,790 -7,994,841
Belgium 34,016,469 40,628,497 +6,612,028
Turkey 27,986,590 29,393,123 +1,406,533
China 21,693,514 16,767,818 -4,925,696
France 22,309,370 13,755,174 -8,554,196
Netherlands 14,162,403 17,030,717 +2,868,314
Italy 18,825,609 6,462,543 -12,363,066
Indonesia 14,493,678 6,743,839 -7,749,839

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 £
South Korea 175,613,448
Germany 131,494,540
Spain 113,029,336
Turkey 59,602,363
China 49,156,227

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 £
South Korea 79,883,966 95,729,482 +15,845,516
Germany 65,547,439 65,947,101 +399,662
Spain 62,569,986 50,459,350 -12,110,636
Turkey 28,954,169 30,648,194 +1,694,025
China 28,176,843 20,979,384 -7,197,459
Czechia 18,061,297 27,026,554 +8,965,257
Poland 19,780,504 14,078,016 -5,702,488
Italy 23,452,773 8,760,276 -14,692,497
Indonesia 13,109,951 8,271,136 -4,838,815
Austria 9,984,045 9,799,632 -184,413

Importers across UK regions

What this shows: Number of importing companies by UK ITL2 region.

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 25
West Midlands 23
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 22
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 19
Essex 18

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
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 21 20 -1
West Midlands 19 15 -4
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 18 18 +0
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 13 13 +0
Essex 15 14 -1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 10 10 +0
Greater Manchester 8 9 +1
Inner London - West 12 7 -5
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 9 9 +0
Shropshire and Staffordshire 9 10 +1

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) 405,709,459
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 352,764,012
Air transport 19,806,534
Other 12,396,202
Road transport 294,222

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) 192,551,575 213,157,884 +20,606,309
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 199,987,097 152,776,915 -47,210,182
Air transport 10,058,246 9,748,288 -309,958
Other 10,782,927 1,613,275 -9,169,652
Road transport 117,342 176,880 +59,538
Rail transport 51,311 107,382 +56,071

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Southampton 184,260,286
Felixstowe 128,289,513
London 92,344,310
Dover 80,176,231
Dover / Eurotunnel 39,202,193

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 £
Southampton 87,282,471 96,977,815 +9,695,344
Felixstowe 72,269,696 56,019,817 -16,249,879
London 41,209,967 51,134,343 +9,924,376
Dover 48,841,412 31,334,819 -17,506,593
Dover / Eurotunnel 23,403,872 15,798,321 -7,605,551
Liverpool Docks 22,424,907 15,931,832 -6,493,075
London Gateway Port 13,096,720 23,404,865 +10,308,145
Eurotunnel 16,061,928 15,429,379 -632,549
Harwich 13,728,948 13,988,296 +259,348
Immingham Docks 11,273,306 11,791,205 +517,899

Importer companies by SIC division

What this shows: Industry breakdown (SIC divisions) of importing companies.

Top 5 values

SIC Companies
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles
93
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
77
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment
18
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.
17
Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers
16

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 100
2026-04 101
2026-03 103
2026-02 98
2026-01 91

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+ 151
1m-15m 103
15m-54m 31
Other 31
0-1m 15

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 £
Ireland 25,719,643
France 13,711,845
Germany 7,983,995
Netherlands 6,557,543
United States 6,049,185

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 £
Ireland 12,847,777 12,871,866 +24,089
France 6,548,897 7,162,948 +614,051
Germany 3,953,419 4,030,576 +77,157
Netherlands 3,705,182 2,852,361 -852,821
United States 3,410,569 2,638,616 -771,953
Belgium 2,936,016 2,376,911 -559,105
India 2,154,377 1,871,379 -282,998
Sweden 1,386,194 2,090,885 +704,691
Italy 922,627 2,085,918 +1,163,291
United Arab Emirates 1,551,469 1,065,620 -485,849

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 £
South Korea 216,474
Germany 205,640
China 148,158
XI 111,458
Italy 92,089

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 £
South Korea 100,640 115,834 +15,194
Germany 106,363 99,277 -7,086
China 45,673 102,485 +56,812
XI 11,745 99,713 +87,968
Italy 70,401 21,688 -48,713
Indonesia 48,837 35,938 -12,899
Spain 60,829 19,862 -40,967
Poland 15,137 18,178 +3,041
Taiwan 20,705 12,316 -8,389
Slovenia 15,933 15,759 -174

Export volume by transport

What this shows: Export value by transport mode used to ship goods from the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 65,869,228
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 23,508,841
Air transport 9,691,173
Other 1,242,098
Rail transport 13,815

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 £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 32,995,639 32,873,589 -122,050
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 11,430,497 12,078,344 +647,847
Air transport 4,584,103 5,107,070 +522,967
Other 578,816 663,282 +84,466
Rail transport 13,815 0 -13,815
Road transport 2,805 946 -1,859

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 17,422,144
Holyhead 13,256,343
Dover 12,586,767
London Gateway Port 9,645,897
Southampton 8,080,511

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 8,118,894 9,303,250 +1,184,356
Holyhead 6,517,427 6,738,916 +221,489
Dover 6,666,628 5,920,139 -746,489
London Gateway Port 5,402,258 4,243,639 -1,158,619
Southampton 4,402,316 3,678,195 -724,121
London Heathrow Airport 2,715,586 3,397,165 +681,579
Immingham Docks 2,683,440 3,217,346 +533,906
Liverpool Docks 2,462,282 3,424,857 +962,575
Felixstowe 2,028,783 2,111,116 +82,333
Milford 1,345,640 1,780,522 +434,882

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 850710

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

Description: Rechargeable lead-acid batteries used to start engines in vehicles