Import/export HS code 8535: Electrical devices for controlling or protecting circuits, over 1,000V

Includes switches, fuses, lightning protectors, and connectors for high-voltage electrical systems

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 £
Switzerland 139,532,126
Germany 88,098,873
Sweden 53,681,214
Netherlands 53,365,879
United States 49,396,462

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 £
Switzerland 48,955,449 90,576,677 +41,621,228
Germany 45,881,691 42,217,182 -3,664,509
Sweden 28,381,543 25,299,671 -3,081,872
Netherlands 18,169,745 35,196,134 +17,026,389
United States 26,227,917 23,168,545 -3,059,372
France 18,481,757 30,146,629 +11,664,872
Italy 18,302,142 17,701,786 -600,356
China 16,087,250 14,914,013 -1,173,237
United Arab Emirates 16,336,601 9,872,788 -6,463,813
Poland 10,065,813 11,090,910 +1,025,097

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 £
Switzerland 153,824,527
Germany 81,696,027
United States 48,979,431
France 47,078,182
China 45,697,967

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 £
Switzerland 59,214,803 94,609,724 +35,394,921
Germany 40,248,709 41,447,318 +1,198,609
United States 25,698,076 23,281,355 -2,416,721
France 17,633,675 29,444,507 +11,810,832
China 22,969,964 22,728,003 -241,961
Sweden 20,768,072 22,812,265 +2,044,193
Netherlands 12,038,113 30,151,690 +18,113,577
Italy 20,476,975 18,240,998 -2,235,977
United Arab Emirates 16,198,820 9,862,229 -6,336,591
Poland 7,693,275 6,352,020 -1,341,255

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 102
Inner London - West 92
Surrey, East and West Sussex 85
Greater Manchester 73
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 72

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 75 66 -9
Inner London - West 75 51 -24
Surrey, East and West Sussex 61 57 -4
Greater Manchester 46 49 +3
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 47 47 +0
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 38 39 +1
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 42 37 -5
Shropshire and Staffordshire 39 38 -1
West Midlands 36 32 -4
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 39 23 -16

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) 381,331,243
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 110,890,790
Air transport 84,720,255
Road transport 59,180,842
Other 6,052,059

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) 176,782,308 204,548,935 +27,766,627
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 62,822,684 48,068,106 -14,754,578
Air transport 43,658,190 41,062,065 -2,596,125
Road transport 8,376,097 50,804,745 +42,428,648
Other 4,471,896 1,580,163 -2,891,733

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 131,535,466
ZLC 93,084,466
Immingham Docks 71,460,735
Felixstowe 45,374,006
Southampton 41,913,730

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 58,842,600 72,692,866 +13,850,266
ZLC 20,617,151 72,467,315 +51,850,164
Immingham Docks 25,877,548 45,583,187 +19,705,639
Felixstowe 33,087,433 12,286,573 -20,800,860
Southampton 24,961,747 16,951,983 -8,009,764
Dover / Eurotunnel 14,528,458 17,906,504 +3,378,046
East Midlands Airport 14,393,958 12,030,249 -2,363,709
Eurotunnel 14,006,482 12,293,729 -1,712,753
London Heathrow Airport 10,372,252 9,526,505 -845,747
Harwich 12,358,246 7,296,220 -5,062,026

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
289
Manufacture of electrical equipment
161
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products
101
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment
88
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.
87

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 249
2026-04 228
2026-03 256
2026-02 268
2026-01 226

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
54m+ 526
1m-15m 514
15m-54m 152
Other 109
0-1m 89

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 £
Netherlands 66,222,921
United States 34,854,261
Norway 23,203,619
Germany 18,465,478
Ireland 13,960,353

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 £
Netherlands 52,369,271 13,853,650 -38,515,621
United States 15,444,897 19,409,364 +3,964,467
Norway 15,214,603 7,989,016 -7,225,587
Germany 9,490,895 8,974,583 -516,312
Ireland 8,268,488 5,691,865 -2,576,623
Saudi Arabia 7,299,608 6,544,538 -755,070
United Arab Emirates 6,198,464 7,436,253 +1,237,789
Poland 5,368,983 6,172,847 +803,864
China 6,601,801 2,962,389 -3,639,412
France 5,047,174 3,588,305 -1,458,869

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 3,379,438
Nicaragua 1,082,222
France 93,485
China 47,672
XI 34,772

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 3,300,949 78,489 -3,222,460
Nicaragua 706,775 375,447 -331,328
France 89,588 3,897 -85,691
China 21,065 26,607 +5,542
XI 14,808 19,964 +5,156
United States 15,456 0 -15,456
Taiwan 3,157 3,193 +36
Norway 0 5,055 +5,055
Ireland 1,873 2,277 +404
Czechia 1,784 2,161 +377

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) 132,974,296
Air transport 127,441,966
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 68,430,209
Other 4,874,139
Road transport 65,112

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) 87,393,830 45,580,466 -41,813,364
Air transport 66,637,190 60,804,776 -5,832,414
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 33,741,566 34,688,643 +947,077
Other 4,221,917 652,222 -3,569,695
Road transport 65,112 0 -65,112

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Immingham Docks 62,771,550
London Heathrow Airport 49,086,262
London Gateway Port 38,006,854
Dover / Eurotunnel 36,085,545
East Midlands Airport 26,552,607

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 £
Immingham Docks 57,291,094 5,480,456 -51,810,638
London Heathrow Airport 25,465,540 23,620,722 -1,844,818
London Gateway Port 21,557,867 16,448,987 -5,108,880
Dover / Eurotunnel 20,506,384 15,579,161 -4,927,223
East Midlands Airport 15,962,322 10,590,285 -5,372,037
Southampton 3,870,777 11,382,451 +7,511,674
Manchester Airport 6,931,871 8,211,351 +1,279,480
London Stansted Airport 7,270,694 7,393,920 +123,226
Harwich 4,688,708 5,595,508 +906,800
Tyne 155,856 10,050,344 +9,894,488

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 8535

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

Description: Includes switches, fuses, lightning protectors, and connectors for high-voltage electrical systems