Import/export HS code 850980: Various electric appliances

Other small electric appliances with motors, not listed in specific categories, such as electric knives or can openers

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 265,809,733
Hungary 141,388,613
Netherlands 36,266,234
Germany 22,023,161
France 21,144,754

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 149,688,697 116,121,036 -33,567,661
Hungary 75,724,201 65,664,412 -10,059,789
Netherlands 18,934,241 17,331,993 -1,602,248
Germany 12,077,219 9,945,942 -2,131,277
France 13,625,501 7,519,253 -6,106,248
United States 7,028,022 4,451,460 -2,576,562
Ireland 6,697,495 4,756,131 -1,941,364
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 5,902,271 4,774,193 -1,128,078
Italy 4,668,574 4,545,264 -123,310
Poland 3,170,594 2,337,594 -833,000

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 327,049,538
Germany 105,108,647
Hungary 41,469,724
France 20,522,622
Italy 18,826,398

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 183,799,956 143,249,582 -40,550,374
Germany 63,112,332 41,996,315 -21,116,017
Hungary 15,434,579 26,035,145 +10,600,566
France 13,446,196 7,076,426 -6,369,770
Italy 9,424,689 9,401,709 -22,980
United States 7,084,623 4,521,983 -2,562,640
Ireland 5,169,339 2,974,636 -2,194,703
Viet Nam 3,699,859 1,626,798 -2,073,061
Netherlands 1,469,040 3,518,108 +2,049,068
Philippines 3,966,085 296,305 -3,669,780

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Greater Manchester 65
Inner London - West 61
Surrey, East and West Sussex 48
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 47
Outer London - West and North West 45

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
Greater Manchester 54 32 -22
Inner London - West 47 34 -13
Surrey, East and West Sussex 33 29 -4
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 32 32 +0
Outer London - West and North West 26 31 +5
Inner London - East 28 25 -3
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 25 24 -1
West Midlands 21 20 -1
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 18 21 +3
West Yorkshire 17 19 +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) 259,190,046
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 248,585,173
Air transport 48,354,440
Other 3,053,449
Road transport 520,149

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) 147,821,851 111,368,195 -36,453,656
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 136,352,413 112,232,760 -24,119,653
Air transport 27,369,110 20,985,330 -6,383,780
Other 2,053,811 999,638 -1,054,173
Road transport 95,459 424,690 +329,231

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 149,841,705
Purfleet 75,301,370
Southampton 67,306,924
Dover 58,539,369
London 55,489,966

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 90,054,758 59,786,947 -30,267,811
Purfleet 49,323,685 25,977,685 -23,346,000
Southampton 38,076,802 29,230,122 -8,846,680
Dover 39,880,649 18,658,720 -21,221,929
London 13,157,515 42,332,451 +29,174,936
London Gateway Port 6,887,901 16,908,417 +10,020,516
London Heathrow Airport 12,629,068 10,654,310 -1,974,758
Harwich 15,417,884 7,461,120 -7,956,764
Dover / Eurotunnel 7,532,352 6,390,091 -1,142,261
Liverpool Docks 7,316,103 6,555,540 -760,563

Importer companies by SIC division

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

Top 5 values

SIC Companies
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 314
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 307
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 44
Other manufacturing 31
Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities 25

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 133
2025-11 163
2025-10 169
2025-09 141
2025-08 134

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 295
0-1m 164
54m+ 148
15m-54m 94
Other 80

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 22,229,501
United Republic of Tanzania 3,650,163
Germany 2,896,172
Netherlands 2,522,173
United States 1,835,445

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 10,907,663 11,321,838 +414,175
United Republic of Tanzania 2,599,331 1,050,832 -1,548,499
Germany 1,555,111 1,341,061 -214,050
Netherlands 1,330,806 1,191,367 -139,439
United States 954,663 880,782 -73,881
China 942,510 823,320 -119,190
United Arab Emirates 538,985 923,976 +384,991
France 790,143 353,786 -436,357
Belgium 294,529 501,901 +207,372
Australia 504,119 193,494 -310,625

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 271,359
Germany 253,976
Hungary 98,891
XI 65,341
United States 43,289

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 157,573 113,786 -43,787
Germany 205,123 48,853 -156,270
Hungary 90,896 7,995 -82,901
XI 14,748 50,593 +35,845
United States 37,674 5,615 -32,059
Ireland 10,730 9,274 -1,456
Netherlands 18,177 713 -17,464
Romania 8,327 10,017 +1,690
Italy 14,791 1,243 -13,548
Switzerland 6,553 0 -6,553

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) 27,616,014
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 18,146,679
Air transport 4,150,252
Other 880,668
Road transport 3,438

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) 13,832,704 13,783,310 -49,394
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 10,423,617 7,723,062 -2,700,555
Air transport 2,221,081 1,929,171 -291,910
Other 614,430 266,238 -348,192
Road transport 3,438 0 -3,438

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Holyhead 15,378,992
Dover / Eurotunnel 8,193,555
London Gateway Port 5,720,003
Liverpool Docks 4,883,034
Felixstowe 3,634,614

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 £
Holyhead 7,060,121 8,318,871 +1,258,750
Dover / Eurotunnel 4,530,835 3,662,720 -868,115
London Gateway Port 2,685,025 3,034,978 +349,953
Liverpool Docks 2,580,663 2,302,371 -278,292
Felixstowe 2,844,212 790,402 -2,053,810
Southampton 1,169,910 749,564 -420,346
London Heathrow Airport 1,004,941 824,103 -180,838
Immingham Docks 1,033,436 741,341 -292,095
London 532,565 556,980 +24,415
Heysham 597,316 466,606 -130,710

Quick facts

HS code: 850980

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

Description: Other small electric appliances with motors, not listed in specific categories, such as electric knives or can openers