Import/export HS code 853590: Various high-voltage electrical devices

Miscellaneous electrical devices used in high-voltage systems not categorized 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 46,774,847
Sweden 24,819,778
United States 23,406,292
Netherlands 22,935,896
Poland 17,674,484

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 25,273,241 21,501,606 -3,771,635
Sweden 14,411,312 10,408,466 -4,002,846
United States 12,516,214 10,890,078 -1,626,136
Netherlands 13,977,720 8,958,176 -5,019,544
Poland 10,562,777 7,111,707 -3,451,070
China 8,061,019 6,019,655 -2,041,364
Belgium 4,831,353 5,778,513 +947,160
Switzerland 5,212,722 3,306,896 -1,905,826
Czechia 4,391,670 3,670,677 -720,993
France 3,182,230 3,463,997 +281,767

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 44,946,479
China 25,819,954
Sweden 24,755,547
United States 24,744,509
Netherlands 15,339,011

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 24,855,129 20,091,350 -4,763,779
China 12,806,873 13,013,081 +206,208
Sweden 14,602,337 10,153,210 -4,449,127
United States 13,329,274 11,415,235 -1,914,039
Netherlands 9,345,679 5,993,332 -3,352,347
Poland 7,721,618 4,603,564 -3,118,054
Austria 4,955,126 5,311,372 +356,246
Switzerland 5,590,440 3,704,956 -1,885,484
France 3,320,162 3,851,257 +531,095
Italy 3,709,620 3,079,036 -630,584

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 65
Inner London - West 61
Surrey, East and West Sussex 55
Greater Manchester 42
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 41

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 50 39 -11
Inner London - West 46 35 -11
Surrey, East and West Sussex 38 41 +3
Greater Manchester 31 25 -6
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 29 25 -4
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 25 25 +0
Inner London - East 28 21 -7
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 24 16 -8
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 25 27 +2
Shropshire and Staffordshire 20 23 +3

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) 142,248,151
Air transport 50,495,775
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 32,118,326
Road transport 1,946,961
Other 1,767,027

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) 81,913,169 60,334,982 -21,578,187
Air transport 26,669,202 23,826,573 -2,842,629
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 17,876,905 14,241,421 -3,635,484
Road transport 476,444 1,470,517 +994,073
Other 1,229,241 537,786 -691,455

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 44,791,674
Immingham Docks 33,891,672
East Midlands Airport 18,376,997
Eurotunnel 17,095,230
Felixstowe 12,193,328

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 22,633,480 22,158,194 -475,286
Immingham Docks 19,219,366 14,672,306 -4,547,060
East Midlands Airport 9,880,284 8,496,713 -1,383,571
Eurotunnel 9,945,851 7,149,379 -2,796,472
Felixstowe 7,417,925 4,775,403 -2,642,522
Harwich 7,854,723 4,147,740 -3,706,983
Dover / Eurotunnel 8,636,652 2,234,577 -6,402,075
London Heathrow Airport 4,493,645 4,283,871 -209,774
Southampton 5,446,217 3,149,621 -2,296,596
London Stansted Airport 4,655,275 3,895,380 -759,895

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 184
Manufacture of electrical equipment 115
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 82
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 57
Other manufacturing 54

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 137
2025-11 159
2025-10 178
2025-09 152
2025-08 132

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+ 365
1m-15m 312
15m-54m 96
Other 80
0-1m 58

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 17,605,464
Norway 15,729,182
United States 13,882,578
Germany 10,872,990
Saudi Arabia 10,681,685

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 3,870,691 13,734,773 +9,864,082
Norway 8,651,032 7,078,150 -1,572,882
United States 7,409,987 6,472,591 -937,396
Germany 5,794,297 5,078,693 -715,604
Saudi Arabia 5,864,944 4,816,741 -1,048,203
Ireland 4,089,331 4,282,893 +193,562
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 1,885,019 4,067,031 +2,182,012
Italy 2,841,585 3,017,272 +175,687
Poland 2,682,912 3,077,985 +395,073
France 2,712,701 2,474,769 -237,932

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 £
Nicaragua 1,663,516
United States 23,379
China 10,393
Ireland 3,616
Poland 872

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 £
Nicaragua 1,505,620 157,896 -1,347,724
United States 22,985 394 -22,591
China 3,203 7,190 +3,987
Ireland 2,693 923 -1,770
Poland 136 736 +600
Turkey 354 322 -32
XI 3 495 +492
Germany 0 111 +111
Japan 14 0 -14

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 77,606,967
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 56,259,103
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 25,259,326
Other 2,102,181
Road transport 35,923

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 38,587,873 39,019,094 +431,221
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 22,158,960 34,100,143 +11,941,183
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 14,132,653 11,126,673 -3,005,980
Other 1,859,662 242,519 -1,617,143
Road transport 34,861 1,062 -33,799

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 21,851,678
Dover / Eurotunnel 21,035,889
East Midlands Airport 20,181,950
London Gateway Port 15,315,285
Immingham Docks 10,821,470

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 10,250,522 11,601,156 +1,350,634
Dover / Eurotunnel 11,699,827 9,336,062 -2,363,765
East Midlands Airport 12,379,091 7,802,859 -4,576,232
London Gateway Port 8,741,200 6,574,085 -2,167,115
Immingham Docks 5,031,194 5,790,276 +759,082
London Stansted Airport 5,419,898 4,848,939 -570,959
Tyne 143,398 9,998,417 +9,855,019
Manchester Airport 3,979,213 4,288,490 +309,277
ZLC 2,143,274 5,055,521 +2,912,247
Harwich 2,993,460 2,013,151 -980,309

Quick facts

HS code: 853590

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

Description: Miscellaneous electrical devices used in high-voltage systems not categorized elsewhere