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 48,011,138
United States 29,359,653
Italy 28,311,592
France 16,916,162
China 13,105,208

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 21,527,146 26,483,992 +4,956,846
United States 17,591,996 11,767,657 -5,824,339
Italy 14,102,350 14,209,242 +106,892
France 7,264,265 9,651,897 +2,387,632
China 5,988,655 7,116,553 +1,127,898
Sweden 8,254,452 1,675,242 -6,579,210
Thailand 4,711,033 4,611,914 -99,119
Poland 4,537,924 2,303,185 -2,234,739
Czechia 3,013,202 2,826,795 -186,407
Norway 3,187,826 1,238,065 -1,949,761

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 41,835,490
United States 32,554,083
Italy 29,996,803
China 15,475,773
Sweden 11,133,782

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 18,344,765 23,490,725 +5,145,960
United States 18,364,614 14,189,469 -4,175,145
Italy 15,110,231 14,886,572 -223,659
China 7,696,038 7,779,735 +83,697
Sweden 9,504,304 1,629,478 -7,874,826
Thailand 4,369,599 4,614,252 +244,653
France 2,659,016 4,810,163 +2,151,147
Austria 3,198,044 4,223,936 +1,025,892
Poland 4,092,483 2,467,902 -1,624,581
Czechia 3,031,352 3,246,944 +215,592

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
Inner London - West 63
West Midlands 63
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 58
Surrey, East and West Sussex 58

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 51 48 -3
Inner London - West 40 40 +0
West Midlands 41 45 +4
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 40 46 +6
Surrey, East and West Sussex 45 37 -8
Greater Manchester 37 38 +1
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 33 33 +0
Shropshire and Staffordshire 30 29 -1
West Yorkshire 26 30 +4
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 28 22 -6

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) 103,856,832
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 64,430,690
Air transport 34,718,759
Other 2,556,751
Road transport 1,774,075

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) 53,284,026 50,572,806 -2,711,220
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 33,135,496 31,295,194 -1,840,302
Air transport 17,859,045 16,859,714 -999,331
Other 1,934,580 622,171 -1,312,409
Road transport 1,067,649 706,426 -361,223
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 63,484,670
Felixstowe 21,603,600
Immingham Docks 15,170,219
Eurotunnel 14,707,218
London Heathrow Airport 11,371,999

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 28,201,311 35,283,359 +7,082,048
Felixstowe 9,985,841 11,617,759 +1,631,918
Immingham Docks 11,195,035 3,975,184 -7,219,851
Eurotunnel 7,057,125 7,650,093 +592,968
London Heathrow Airport 5,958,872 5,413,127 -545,745
Liverpool Docks 10,011,763 1,283,371 -8,728,392
Southampton 3,568,294 6,525,295 +2,957,001
East Midlands Airport 4,279,287 3,495,968 -783,319
London 4,223,967 2,816,855 -1,407,112
Thamesport 3,063,691 3,533,532 +469,841

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
265
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.
108
Other manufacturing
91
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
89
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment
76

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 195
2026-04 183
2026-03 189
2026-02 181
2026-01 170

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 448
54m+ 366
0-1m 169
15m-54m 119
Other 62

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 137,183,559
Germany 23,658,105
France 18,875,873
Italy 11,706,588
India 11,501,789

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 70,778,472 66,405,087 -4,373,385
Germany 10,272,267 13,385,838 +3,113,571
France 12,256,684 6,619,189 -5,637,495
Italy 3,418,084 8,288,504 +4,870,420
India 9,047,715 2,454,074 -6,593,641
Mexico 6,068,266 1,476,269 -4,591,997
Ireland 4,073,485 2,900,326 -1,173,159
Sweden 4,469,190 2,236,026 -2,233,164
China 5,127,678 1,361,511 -3,766,167
Netherlands 5,047,660 1,247,518 -3,800,142

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 3,616
Czechia 2,017
France 1,244
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 3,471 145 -3,326
Czechia 723 1,294 +571
France 547 697 +150
China 949 0 -949
Germany 492 322 -170
XI 415 2 -413
Ireland 10 0 -10
Spain 1 1 +0

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 155,665,102
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 103,040,835
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 61,261,722
Other 18,945
Road transport 13,328

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 81,149,339 74,515,763 -6,633,576
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 53,038,675 50,002,160 -3,036,515
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 37,559,253 23,702,469 -13,856,784
Other 14,247 4,698 -9,549
Road transport 5,065 8,263 +3,198

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Stansted Airport 71,502,068
Dover / Eurotunnel 69,052,866
London Heathrow Airport 59,198,937
London Gateway Port 25,830,359
Immingham Docks 18,637,553

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 50,414,338 21,087,730 -29,326,608
Dover / Eurotunnel 33,748,604 35,304,262 +1,555,658
London Heathrow Airport 15,763,124 43,435,813 +27,672,689
London Gateway Port 16,263,727 9,566,632 -6,697,095
Immingham Docks 9,735,770 8,901,783 -833,987
Southampton 11,071,657 5,348,495 -5,723,162
Liverpool Docks 6,761,691 6,664,947 -96,744
East Midlands Airport 6,107,053 3,766,120 -2,340,933
Manchester Airport 5,852,491 3,938,749 -1,913,742
ZLC 2,712,083 1,972,889 -739,194

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