Import/export HS code 8514: Industrial electric furnaces and ovens

Electric furnaces and ovens used in factories or labs for heating materials, including those using induction or dielectric methods

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* 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 £
Germany 44,372,661
United States 28,509,041
Italy 27,806,023
France 11,911,102
China 10,398,374

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 £
Germany 21,792,493 22,580,168 +787,675
United States 18,429,240 10,079,801 -8,349,439
Italy 15,387,965 12,418,058 -2,969,907
France 6,239,084 5,672,018 -567,066
China 5,261,756 5,136,618 -125,138
Sweden 1,725,101 7,709,954 +5,984,853
Poland 7,154,940 2,215,098 -4,939,842
Thailand 4,780,443 3,544,840 -1,235,603
Czechia 2,790,275 2,930,369 +140,094
Netherlands 3,560,757 1,816,828 -1,743,929

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 £
Germany 39,092,713
United States 32,482,319
Italy 28,814,258
China 12,538,695
Sweden 10,666,412

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 £
Germany 18,944,841 20,147,872 +1,203,031
United States 20,693,943 11,788,376 -8,905,567
Italy 16,104,893 12,709,365 -3,395,528
China 6,376,808 6,161,887 -214,921
Sweden 2,714,094 7,952,318 +5,238,224
Poland 6,922,225 2,130,967 -4,791,258
Thailand 4,441,339 3,547,178 -894,161
Austria 3,633,485 2,565,949 -1,067,536
Czechia 2,980,704 3,047,704 +67,000
France 2,662,549 1,963,489 -699,060

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 73
West Midlands 62
Surrey, East and West Sussex 59
Greater Manchester 55
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 54

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 53 47 -6
West Midlands 37 47 +10
Surrey, East and West Sussex 40 39 -1
Greater Manchester 38 37 -1
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 41 40 -1
Inner London - West 43 26 -17
Shropshire and Staffordshire 35 29 -6
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 36 25 -11
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 28 24 -4
West Yorkshire 25 28 +3

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) 96,590,351
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 61,758,732
Air transport 33,889,271
Other 3,025,500
Road transport 1,481,504

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) 48,280,160 48,310,191 +30,031
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 38,711,161 23,047,571 -15,663,590
Air transport 17,694,543 16,194,728 -1,499,815
Other 2,048,078 977,422 -1,070,656
Road transport 238,071 1,243,433 +1,005,362
Rail transport 22,110 0 -22,110

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 57,771,284
Felixstowe 19,208,004
Immingham Docks 15,149,761
Eurotunnel 11,496,579
London Heathrow Airport 11,475,961

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 £
Dover 26,763,053 31,008,231 +4,245,178
Felixstowe 10,564,965 8,643,039 -1,921,926
Immingham Docks 6,977,329 8,172,432 +1,195,103
Eurotunnel 7,113,291 4,383,288 -2,730,003
London Heathrow Airport 5,883,891 5,592,070 -291,821
Liverpool Docks 9,756,367 749,026 -9,007,341
Southampton 3,959,782 5,169,260 +1,209,478
East Midlands Airport 4,510,630 3,270,673 -1,239,957
London 5,140,928 2,617,891 -2,523,037
Thamesport 3,413,823 2,871,878 -541,945

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 271
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 99
Other manufacturing 93
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 88
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 75

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 170
2025-11 191
2025-10 203
2025-09 190
2025-08 164

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 443
54m+ 364
0-1m 168
15m-54m 108
Other 55

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 131,413,008
France 21,085,728
Germany 21,072,727
India 11,197,912
Mexico 7,845,231

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 90,579,419 40,833,589 -49,745,830
France 12,539,937 8,545,791 -3,994,146
Germany 9,576,083 11,496,644 +1,920,561
India 5,482,775 5,715,137 +232,362
Mexico 6,048,092 1,797,139 -4,250,953
China 5,895,425 1,495,507 -4,399,918
Ireland 3,793,983 3,172,815 -621,168
Sweden 1,964,896 4,867,879 +2,902,983
Netherlands 5,112,627 1,402,052 -3,710,575
Saudi Arabia 4,068,629 2,125,173 -1,943,456

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 £
Italy 3,471
XI 1,460
Czechia 1,330
China 949
Germany 814

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 £
Italy 18 3,453 +3,435
XI 1,452 8 -1,444
Czechia 649 681 +32
China 949 0 -949
Germany 43 771 +728
France 554 0 -554
Spain 31 1 -30
Ireland 10 0 -10

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 147,750,974
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 92,754,482
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 62,198,279
Road transport 151,697
Other 21,106

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 100,222,130 47,528,844 -52,693,286
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 46,909,289 45,845,193 -1,064,096
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 39,074,043 23,124,236 -15,949,807
Road transport 151,697 0 -151,697
Other 13,955 7,151 -6,804

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Stansted Airport 97,997,999
Dover / Eurotunnel 60,961,206
London Gateway Port 26,781,939
London Heathrow Airport 24,204,141
Immingham Docks 16,923,136

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 £
London Stansted Airport 68,894,648 29,103,351 -39,791,297
Dover / Eurotunnel 29,850,421 31,110,785 +1,260,364
London Gateway Port 16,878,310 9,903,629 -6,974,681
London Heathrow Airport 15,480,809 8,723,332 -6,757,477
Immingham Docks 8,564,858 8,358,278 -206,580
Southampton 9,249,437 6,240,456 -3,008,981
Liverpool Docks 5,951,833 5,418,091 -533,742
East Midlands Airport 6,784,032 4,059,513 -2,724,519
Manchester Airport 5,582,969 3,657,938 -1,925,031
ZLC 3,453,258 1,849,603 -1,603,655

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 8514

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

Description: Electric furnaces and ovens used in factories or labs for heating materials, including those using induction or dielectric methods