Import/export HS code 85168080: Various heating resistors

Other types of electric heating resistors not specified elsewhere

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 £
Germany 21,902,002
Italy 20,712,269
China 11,531,857
Belgium 11,521,443
United States 10,867,520

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 11,398,066 10,503,936 -894,130
Italy 9,278,715 11,433,554 +2,154,839
China 6,321,875 5,209,982 -1,111,893
Belgium 5,403,511 6,117,932 +714,421
United States 5,582,844 5,284,676 -298,168
France 3,499,590 3,476,634 -22,956
North Macedonia 4,722,493 978,692 -3,743,801
Romania 3,063,122 2,357,217 -705,905
Poland 2,060,801 2,215,123 +154,322
Sweden 2,376,415 1,712,897 -663,518

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 £
Italy 18,105,708
United States 17,805,777
China 14,951,263
Germany 11,964,137
United Kingdom 8,304,426

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 £
Italy 9,146,369 8,959,339 -187,030
United States 8,678,528 9,127,249 +448,721
China 7,708,672 7,242,591 -466,081
Germany 6,307,180 5,656,957 -650,223
United Kingdom 3,772,295 4,532,131 +759,836
North Macedonia 5,329,235 1,645,169 -3,684,066
Romania 3,666,691 2,974,643 -692,048
Japan 2,383,081 2,598,052 +214,971
France 2,506,693 2,396,151 -110,542
Poland 2,161,674 1,612,474 -549,200

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 113
West Midlands 91
Inner London - West 73
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 71
West Yorkshire 71

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 80 78 -2
West Midlands 58 63 +5
Inner London - West 48 46 -2
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 47 52 +5
West Yorkshire 43 53 +10
Surrey, East and West Sussex 43 54 +11
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 49 43 -6
Greater Manchester 48 46 -2
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 45 50 +5
Shropshire and Staffordshire 46 41 -5

Import volume by transport

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

Top 5 values

Transport £
Air transport 50,450,381
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 46,972,665
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 25,583,970
Road transport 8,010,688
Other 2,905,347

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 £
Air transport 25,295,797 25,154,584 -141,213
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 21,092,069 25,880,596 +4,788,527
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 13,622,228 11,961,742 -1,660,486
Road transport 5,516,741 2,493,947 -3,022,794
Other 1,912,300 993,047 -919,253
Rail transport 654,782 78,543 -576,239

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 21,482,389
East Midlands Airport 18,952,973
London Heathrow Airport 11,698,518
Thamesport 10,209,273
ZLC 9,920,434

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 9,430,806 12,051,583 +2,620,777
East Midlands Airport 9,859,267 9,093,706 -765,561
London Heathrow Airport 5,127,971 6,570,547 +1,442,576
Thamesport 4,630,279 5,578,994 +948,715
ZLC 6,349,876 3,570,558 -2,779,318
London 4,164,869 3,855,621 -309,248
London Stansted Airport 3,390,993 4,344,373 +953,380
Felixstowe 4,805,955 2,458,880 -2,347,075
Birmingham Airport 4,591,284 2,589,167 -2,002,117
Dover / Eurotunnel 2,049,610 4,074,268 +2,024,658

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 351
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 144
Other manufacturing 116
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 103
Manufacture of rubber and plastic products 99

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 275
2026-03 264
2026-02 279
2026-01 239
2025-12 248

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 590
54m+ 555
15m-54m 197
0-1m 153
Other 98

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 24,971,817
South Korea 11,483,075
Germany 8,436,086
Japan 6,518,108
China 6,208,446

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 10,855,781 14,116,036 +3,260,255
South Korea 5,962,316 5,520,759 -441,557
Germany 3,454,045 4,982,041 +1,527,996
Japan 2,926,682 3,591,426 +664,744
China 3,055,489 3,152,957 +97,468
Netherlands 1,515,448 2,050,334 +534,886
Singapore 1,151,899 1,204,656 +52,757
Italy 1,086,050 948,360 -137,690
Malaysia 1,104,440 808,042 -296,398
Ireland 961,467 943,205 -18,262

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 £
Lithuania 396,477
Turkey 118,198
Germany 65,879
China 33,521
United States 9,693

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 £
Lithuania 0 396,477 +396,477
Turkey 51,162 67,036 +15,874
Germany 29,735 36,144 +6,409
China 17,581 15,940 -1,641
United States 8,583 1,110 -7,473
Italy 2 994 +992
Israel 981 0 -981
XI 591 106 -485
Czechia 318 0 -318
Ireland 32 0 -32

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 69,524,911
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 13,631,864
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 6,393,581
Other 629,150
Road transport 13,324

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 30,224,698 39,300,213 +9,075,515
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 7,324,935 6,306,929 -1,018,006
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 4,325,541 2,068,040 -2,257,501
Other 110,510 518,640 +408,130
Road transport 13,324 0 -13,324

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 45,200,625
East Midlands Airport 12,146,740
Dover / Eurotunnel 11,808,307
London Stansted Airport 3,231,668
Glasgow Airport 2,682,972

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 Heathrow Airport 20,913,299 24,287,326 +3,374,027
East Midlands Airport 4,495,585 7,651,155 +3,155,570
Dover / Eurotunnel 6,279,260 5,529,047 -750,213
London Stansted Airport 1,525,939 1,705,729 +179,790
Glasgow Airport 1,094,536 1,588,436 +493,900
ZLC 1,129,392 1,374,198 +244,806
London Gateway Port 1,697,613 651,359 -1,046,254
Prestwick Airport 417,685 1,460,660 +1,042,975
Southampton 843,556 898,046 +54,490
Manchester Airport 459,949 403,046 -56,903

Quick facts

HS code: 85168080

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

Description: Other types of electric heating resistors not specified elsewhere