Import/export HS code 851610: Electric water heaters and immersion heaters

Electric devices for heating water instantly or storing hot water, including immersion heaters

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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 £
China 145,857,265
Germany 27,840,443
Italy 15,508,281
Australia 12,443,380
Malaysia 7,498,736

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 82,080,506 63,776,759 -18,303,747
Germany 11,447,454 16,392,989 +4,945,535
Italy 9,039,290 6,468,991 -2,570,299
Australia 4,593,159 7,850,221 +3,257,062
Malaysia 3,451,932 4,046,804 +594,872
Belgium 2,141,451 4,989,749 +2,848,298
Norway 3,369,309 2,471,388 -897,921
United States 2,875,607 2,483,509 -392,098
Netherlands 2,661,167 2,564,418 -96,749
Ireland 2,678,955 2,482,901 -196,054

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 158,924,091
Germany 17,118,762
Australia 14,500,584
Italy 13,210,520
Norway 12,218,009

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 89,738,839 69,185,252 -20,553,587
Germany 6,806,817 10,311,945 +3,505,128
Australia 4,511,469 9,989,115 +5,477,646
Italy 7,030,207 6,180,313 -849,894
Norway 5,327,763 6,890,246 +1,562,483
United States 4,662,021 3,999,559 -662,462
Malaysia 3,453,272 3,914,737 +461,465
Poland 1,843,703 1,444,489 -399,214
France 2,213,551 628,778 -1,584,773
Netherlands 1,408,471 1,222,455 -186,016

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 51
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 48
West Midlands 42
Surrey, East and West Sussex 37
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 36

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
Inner London - West 31 35 +4
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 36 35 -1
West Midlands 29 27 -2
Surrey, East and West Sussex 25 24 -1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 22 34 +12
Greater Manchester 28 19 -9
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 28 23 -5
West Yorkshire 22 16 -6
Outer London - West and North West 14 16 +2
Shropshire and Staffordshire 17 17 +0

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) 160,132,611
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 54,177,348
Other 24,355,373
Air transport 19,617,148
Road transport 2,563,447

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) 79,199,300 80,933,311 +1,734,011
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 26,854,454 27,322,894 +468,440
Other 20,914,596 3,440,777 -17,473,819
Air transport 9,169,479 10,447,669 +1,278,190
Road transport 1,106,786 1,456,661 +349,875
Rail transport 5,027 0 -5,027

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 71,845,922
Southampton 40,084,486
London Gateway Port 28,339,240
000 24,355,373
Purfleet 13,544,788

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 44,518,436 27,327,486 -17,190,950
Southampton 21,858,382 18,226,104 -3,632,278
London Gateway Port 8,928,813 19,410,427 +10,481,614
000 20,914,596 3,440,777 -17,473,819
Purfleet 6,281,310 7,263,478 +982,168
499 26,944 13,207,489 +13,180,545
Immingham Docks 5,982,601 3,872,201 -2,110,400
Dover 4,962,976 4,319,584 -643,392
London Heathrow Airport 3,449,140 3,710,677 +261,537
Dover / Eurotunnel 3,044,116 3,809,579 +765,463

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
234
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
109
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.
56
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities
37
Other manufacturing
36

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 142
2026-04 146
2026-03 156
2026-02 160
2026-01 140

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 276
54m+ 249
15m-54m 93
0-1m 76
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 £
Ireland 56,194,315
Netherlands 7,396,637
France 6,912,368
United States 5,161,568
United Arab Emirates 4,969,926

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 30,595,771 25,598,544 -4,997,227
Netherlands 3,845,169 3,551,468 -293,701
France 3,118,881 3,793,487 +674,606
United States 2,753,010 2,408,558 -344,452
United Arab Emirates 2,658,374 2,311,552 -346,822
Germany 1,866,538 1,462,799 -403,739
Norway 1,554,335 1,293,134 -261,201
New Zealand 1,374,638 1,266,722 -107,916
South Korea 1,547,135 389,611 -1,157,524
Italy 1,079,842 842,802 -237,040

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 £
XI 2,526,977
China 333,491
Netherlands 118,012
Ireland 117,672
Lithuania 83,249

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 £
XI 1,499,375 1,027,602 -471,773
China 174,214 159,277 -14,937
Netherlands 48,764 69,248 +20,484
Ireland 64,549 53,123 -11,426
Lithuania 0 83,249 +83,249
Norway 27,878 20,971 -6,907
Italy 15,052 13,135 -1,917
Poland 11,278 11,818 +540
France 8,101 8,359 +258
United States 1,492 8,047 +6,555

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) 70,921,795
Air transport 27,899,484
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 20,713,471
Other 6,086,949
Road transport 13,949

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) 38,759,470 32,162,325 -6,597,145
Air transport 15,253,288 12,646,196 -2,607,092
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 10,092,004 10,621,467 +529,463
Other 3,060,441 3,026,508 -33,933
Road transport 13,949 0 -13,949

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Holyhead 38,166,145
Dover / Eurotunnel 14,937,022
London Heathrow Airport 14,016,677
London Gateway Port 10,077,482
Liverpool Docks 10,001,980

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 19,906,116 18,260,029 -1,646,087
Dover / Eurotunnel 7,489,710 7,447,312 -42,398
London Heathrow Airport 8,189,548 5,827,129 -2,362,419
London Gateway Port 5,240,869 4,836,613 -404,256
Liverpool Docks 6,484,059 3,517,921 -2,966,138
000 3,060,441 3,026,508 -33,933
East Midlands Airport 3,035,999 2,634,952 -401,047
London Stansted Airport 2,775,998 2,609,899 -166,099
Felixstowe 3,281,655 1,941,744 -1,339,911
Immingham Docks 1,697,203 1,592,901 -104,302

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 851610

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

Description: Electric devices for heating water instantly or storing hot water, including immersion heaters