Import/export HS code 853530: Switches for high-voltage circuits

Devices used to safely connect or disconnect parts of an electrical circuit

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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 £
Switzerland 87,203,435
Italy 28,752,815
Sweden 18,076,285
France 13,840,965
Germany 11,141,722

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 38,527,304 48,676,131 +10,148,827
Italy 15,515,593 13,237,222 -2,278,371
Sweden 6,619,751 11,456,534 +4,836,783
France 7,677,050 6,163,915 -1,513,135
Germany 6,727,660 4,414,062 -2,313,598
Netherlands 2,658,259 4,141,077 +1,482,818
United States 4,350,676 1,449,092 -2,901,584
China 1,623,175 3,217,934 +1,594,759
United Arab Emirates 2,012,129 1,610,468 -401,661
Ireland 2,035,866 834,803 -1,201,063

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 99,317,747
Italy 30,589,142
France 13,490,286
Sweden 8,640,550
Germany 6,108,109

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 48,153,560 51,164,187 +3,010,627
Italy 16,618,157 13,970,985 -2,647,172
France 7,945,162 5,545,124 -2,400,038
Sweden 63,173 8,577,377 +8,514,204
Germany 2,258,358 3,849,751 +1,591,393
Netherlands 2,394,237 2,977,983 +583,746
China 1,845,318 3,260,552 +1,415,234
United Arab Emirates 1,988,186 1,608,755 -379,431
United States 2,458,500 919,116 -1,539,384
United Kingdom 2,328,242 604,887 -1,723,355

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Surrey, East and West Sussex 20
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 17
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 15
Gloucestershire and Wiltshire 14
Inner London - West 14

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
Surrey, East and West Sussex 14 16 +2
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 16 9 -7
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 10 9 -1
Gloucestershire and Wiltshire 9 8 -1
Inner London - West 10 8 -2
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 7 9 +2
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 8 12 +4
Greater Manchester 7 10 +3
Shropshire and Staffordshire 12 8 -4
West Midlands 9 7 -2

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) 152,887,889
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 13,595,753
Road transport 11,240,001
Air transport 9,523,625
Other 2,882,519

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) 74,231,519 78,656,370 +4,424,851
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 6,162,097 7,433,656 +1,271,559
Road transport 3,408,882 7,831,119 +4,422,237
Air transport 6,311,574 3,212,051 -3,099,523
Other 1,251,675 1,630,844 +379,169

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 48,856,382
ZLC 35,773,662
Felixstowe 21,936,546
Immingham Docks 16,655,465
Dover / Eurotunnel 15,110,076

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 33,215,524 15,640,858 -17,574,666
ZLC 13,056,067 22,717,595 +9,661,528
Felixstowe 3,218,999 18,717,547 +15,498,548
Immingham Docks 7,608,331 9,047,134 +1,438,803
Dover / Eurotunnel 3,148,747 11,961,329 +8,812,582
Killingholme 6,676,998 749,859 -5,927,139
London 6,753,214 428,889 -6,324,325
Southampton 2,474,375 3,827,619 +1,353,244
Hull 449,350 3,742,615 +3,293,265
East Midlands Airport 2,785,642 1,109,960 -1,675,682

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 65
Manufacture of electrical equipment 41
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 23
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 19
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 16

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 49
2025-11 40
2025-10 35
2025-09 43
2025-08 42

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+ 123
1m-15m 93
Other 24
15m-54m 23
0-1m 17

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 10,201,573
United Arab Emirates 5,176,224
France 1,668,614
Germany 1,576,772
China 1,235,022

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 4,671,997 5,529,576 +857,579
United Arab Emirates 1,184,252 3,991,972 +2,807,720
France 680,335 988,279 +307,944
Germany 1,191,002 385,770 -805,232
China 827,657 407,365 -420,292
Peru 370,036 814,419 +444,383
Australia 786,071 319,475 -466,596
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 662,482 198,506 -463,976
Saudi Arabia 375,586 463,810 +88,224
Nigeria 44,082 702,456 +658,374

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 £
Taiwan 5,644
China 3,682
Spain 3,421
Mexico 2,980
Czechia 2,343

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 £
Taiwan 3,038 2,606 -432
China 1,761 1,921 +160
Spain 2,067 1,354 -713
Mexico 922 2,058 +1,136
Czechia 1,171 1,172 +1
Ireland 717 779 +62
XI 19 1,355 +1,336
Belgium 0 1,129 +1,129
Germany 609 447 -162
Egypt 729 86 -643

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 19,928,328
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 11,581,331
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 5,250,449
Road transport 105,006
Other 74,159

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 10,715,727 9,212,601 -1,503,126
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 4,632,873 6,948,458 +2,315,585
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 2,512,069 2,738,380 +226,311
Road transport 105,006 0 -105,006
Other 24,603 49,556 +24,953

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 12,760,591
London Gateway Port 8,329,194
Dover / Eurotunnel 2,855,507
East Midlands Airport 2,405,517
London Stansted Airport 2,065,131

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 5,947,364 6,813,227 +865,863
London Gateway Port 2,977,295 5,351,899 +2,374,604
Dover / Eurotunnel 1,265,971 1,589,536 +323,565
East Midlands Airport 1,823,563 581,954 -1,241,609
London Stansted Airport 1,351,353 713,778 -637,575
Southampton 524,892 777,694 +252,802
Manchester Airport 520,837 740,171 +219,334
ZLC 998,073 228,764 -769,309
Felixstowe 769,738 332,309 -437,429
Dover 737,141 53,206 -683,935

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 853530

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

Description: Devices used to safely connect or disconnect parts of an electrical circuit