Import/export HS code 8510: Electric shavers, hair clippers, and hair removal tools with built-in motors

Includes all types of personal grooming devices like electric shavers, hair clippers, and hair removal tools that have their own motor

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 77,837,508
Netherlands 76,314,746
Germany 39,108,095
Hungary 14,132,973
United States 8,552,345

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 46,367,182 31,470,326 -14,896,856
Netherlands 38,448,102 37,866,644 -581,458
Germany 22,318,852 16,789,243 -5,529,609
Hungary 7,679,745 6,453,228 -1,226,517
United States 4,518,022 4,034,323 -483,699
Switzerland 2,482,325 2,287,918 -194,407
France 1,452,051 2,011,962 +559,911
Italy 1,791,316 1,377,878 -413,438
Poland 1,617,099 1,328,830 -288,269
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 968,825 1,862,896 +894,071

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 133,182,785
Indonesia 43,689,736
Germany 27,959,809
Netherlands 19,493,388
United States 8,748,562

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 76,411,254 56,771,531 -19,639,723
Indonesia 21,297,280 22,392,456 +1,095,176
Germany 15,249,584 12,710,225 -2,539,359
Netherlands 10,178,214 9,315,174 -863,040
United States 4,552,573 4,195,989 -356,584
Hungary 4,065,760 510,891 -3,554,869
Switzerland 2,187,504 2,013,154 -174,350
Taiwan 1,192,633 1,619,581 +426,948
Japan 926,194 747,994 -178,200
Viet Nam 352,610 405,391 +52,781

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Greater Manchester 35
Outer London - West and North West 28
Inner London - East 21
West Midlands 18
Inner London - West 17

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 23 24 +1
Outer London - West and North West 19 17 -2
Inner London - East 15 14 -1
West Midlands 11 14 +3
Inner London - West 9 11 +2
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 10 12 +2
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 14 8 -6
South East Wales 6 7 +1
Surrey, East and West Sussex 7 9 +2
West Yorkshire 8 7 -1

Import volume by transport

What this shows: Import value by transport mode used to bring goods into the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 139,726,176
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 67,290,397
Air transport 27,152,008
Other 12,071,250
Road transport 4,869,647

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 £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 73,951,635 65,774,541 -8,177,094
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 38,101,596 29,188,801 -8,912,795
Air transport 15,027,685 12,124,323 -2,903,362
Other 9,054,216 3,017,034 -6,037,182
Road transport 2,436,043 2,433,604 -2,439

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 45,814,989
Harwich 32,744,779
Dover / Eurotunnel 31,570,233
Dover 28,253,899
Purfleet 19,318,492

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 31,098,307 14,716,682 -16,381,625
Harwich 12,580,742 20,164,037 +7,583,295
Dover / Eurotunnel 15,845,730 15,724,503 -121,227
Dover 22,484,471 5,769,428 -16,715,043
Purfleet 5,862,506 13,455,986 +7,593,480
000 9,054,216 3,017,034 -6,037,182
Southampton 7,133,467 2,873,138 -4,260,329
London Gateway Port 2,369,422 5,717,455 +3,348,033
London Heathrow Airport 4,499,631 3,299,023 -1,200,608
499 1,171,258 5,932,140 +4,760,882

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 131
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 123
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 16
Other manufacturing 12
Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities 10

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 50
2025-11 63
2025-10 72
2025-09 56
2025-08 64

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 100
0-1m 92
54m+ 45
Other 34
15m-54m 29

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 13,849,299
Netherlands 3,297,083
United States 3,136,315
Germany 2,842,844
France 993,001

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 7,890,896 5,958,403 -1,932,493
Netherlands 1,933,050 1,364,033 -569,017
United States 1,999,759 1,136,556 -863,203
Germany 1,846,274 996,570 -849,704
France 309,457 683,544 +374,087
United Arab Emirates 212,543 393,053 +180,510
Iceland 268,374 214,551 -53,823
Singapore 323,667 153,236 -170,431
Croatia 342,661 111,312 -231,349
Israel 235,073 105,862 -129,211

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 £
Germany 1,289,825
China 808,043
Taiwan 189,333
Indonesia 84,133
XI 84,020

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 £
Germany 769,978 519,847 -250,131
China 550,875 257,168 -293,707
Taiwan 46,265 143,068 +96,803
Indonesia 84,133 0 -84,133
XI 47,024 36,996 -10,028
Netherlands 53,877 2,122 -51,755
Ireland 27,625 3,168 -24,457
United States 15,044 12,370 -2,674
Hungary 10,579 398 -10,181
Czechia 0 6,536 +6,536

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) 17,571,147
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 6,314,381
Air transport 3,540,730
Other 2,645,719
Road transport 2,374

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) 10,465,067 7,106,080 -3,358,987
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 3,936,413 2,377,968 -1,558,445
Air transport 1,895,188 1,645,542 -249,646
Other 1,643,793 1,001,926 -641,867
Road transport 2,374 0 -2,374

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Holyhead 6,989,679
Dover / Eurotunnel 4,602,021
Liverpool Docks 3,476,815
000 2,645,719
Heysham 1,866,575

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 3,872,247 3,117,432 -754,815
Dover / Eurotunnel 3,032,226 1,569,795 -1,462,431
Liverpool Docks 2,088,764 1,388,051 -700,713
000 1,643,793 1,001,926 -641,867
Heysham 1,282,563 584,012 -698,551
London Heathrow Airport 924,839 675,641 -249,198
East Midlands Airport 691,527 734,009 +42,482
London Gateway Port 1,106,008 207,227 -898,781
London 586,357 682,501 +96,144
Harwich 708,263 187,763 -520,500

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 8510

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

Description: Includes all types of personal grooming devices like electric shavers, hair clippers, and hair removal tools that have their own motor