Import/export HS code 853641: Electrical devices for circuits under 60V

Includes switches and other devices for very low 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 £
United States 26,102,262
Germany 22,401,653
France 21,553,457
Japan 7,329,439
Netherlands 5,555,251

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 £
United States 11,828,774 14,273,488 +2,444,714
Germany 9,948,398 12,453,255 +2,504,857
France 10,756,079 10,797,378 +41,299
Japan 2,462,983 4,866,456 +2,403,473
Netherlands 2,103,471 3,451,780 +1,348,309
China 2,031,440 2,767,135 +735,695
Portugal 1,326,794 1,127,856 -198,938
Austria 1,065,998 1,097,947 +31,949
Italy 856,215 1,298,304 +442,089
Canada 503,499 1,586,238 +1,082,739

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 18,459,882
France 16,743,953
United States 12,009,312
Japan 11,849,330
Mexico 10,358,204

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 9,143,784 9,316,098 +172,314
France 7,566,472 9,177,481 +1,611,009
United States 5,539,280 6,470,032 +930,752
Japan 3,955,077 7,894,253 +3,939,176
Mexico 4,541,088 5,817,116 +1,276,028
United Kingdom 3,742,330 4,621,284 +878,954
Germany 2,800,602 2,817,023 +16,421
Portugal 2,087,522 1,777,835 -309,687
India 1,052,284 1,782,237 +729,953
Italy 1,123,194 1,627,381 +504,187

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 89
Surrey, East and West Sussex 62
West Midlands 53
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 47
Inner London - West 47

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 56 68 +12
Surrey, East and West Sussex 39 48 +9
West Midlands 35 36 +1
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 29 35 +6
Inner London - West 33 30 -3
Essex 35 36 +1
Greater Manchester 26 36 +10
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 37 33 -4
Shropshire and Staffordshire 31 30 -1
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 27 27 +0

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 64,276,725
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 24,376,941
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 15,605,345
Other 2,076,477
Road transport 689,919

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 28,623,398 35,653,327 +7,029,929
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 12,163,410 12,213,531 +50,121
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 6,210,163 9,395,182 +3,185,019
Other 986,785 1,089,692 +102,907
Road transport 5,616 684,303 +678,687

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 23,670,978
London Stansted Airport 17,903,682
Eurotunnel 14,591,425
Birmingham Airport 12,746,902
London Heathrow Airport 7,775,259

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 £
East Midlands Airport 10,329,098 13,341,880 +3,012,782
London Stansted Airport 7,878,174 10,025,508 +2,147,334
Eurotunnel 6,668,090 7,923,335 +1,255,245
Birmingham Airport 5,832,314 6,914,588 +1,082,274
London Heathrow Airport 3,648,451 4,126,808 +478,357
Dover 3,121,128 2,315,208 -805,920
Southampton 2,880,895 2,083,041 -797,854
Thamesport 1,636,027 1,831,539 +195,512
Tyne 2,960 2,328,778 +2,325,818
000 986,785 1,089,692 +102,907

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
208
Manufacture of electrical equipment
104
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products
103
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.
68
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment
65

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 189
2026-04 187
2026-03 200
2026-02 183
2026-01 192

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 355
15m-54m 113
0-1m 76
Other 71

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 £
Germany 10,942,408
United States 9,760,880
Singapore 3,918,713
Belgium 3,663,034
Ireland 3,414,087

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 £
Germany 4,883,969 6,058,439 +1,174,470
United States 4,439,484 5,321,396 +881,912
Singapore 1,772,000 2,146,713 +374,713
Belgium 1,619,427 2,043,607 +424,180
Ireland 1,899,800 1,514,287 -385,513
France 1,076,129 1,591,961 +515,832
Italy 849,402 1,537,809 +688,407
Netherlands 1,273,991 1,051,401 -222,590
China 764,791 877,748 +112,957
Australia 653,500 841,422 +187,922

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 £
China 364,825
India 246,544
Portugal 31,512
XI 10,531
Belgium 8,524

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 £
China 91,415 273,410 +181,995
India 126,492 120,052 -6,440
Portugal 592 30,920 +30,328
XI 3,744 6,787 +3,043
Belgium 2,324 6,200 +3,876
Germany 2,099 4,000 +1,901
Italy 1,159 1,309 +150
Hungary 1,496 129 -1,367
Switzerland 982 261 -721
France 821 371 -450

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 39,323,401
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 12,538,797
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 3,635,805
Other 689,992
Road transport 7,995

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 17,433,251 21,890,150 +4,456,899
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 6,166,802 6,371,995 +205,193
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,514,441 2,121,364 +606,923
Other 241,096 448,896 +207,800
Road transport 6,894 1,101 -5,793

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 20,063,583
Dover / Eurotunnel 8,719,875
London Heathrow Airport 8,475,520
London Stansted Airport 5,682,368
ZLC 4,233,835

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 £
East Midlands Airport 9,088,837 10,974,746 +1,885,909
Dover / Eurotunnel 3,882,514 4,837,361 +954,847
London Heathrow Airport 4,054,064 4,421,456 +367,392
London Stansted Airport 2,423,355 3,259,013 +835,658
ZLC 1,398,341 2,835,494 +1,437,153
Holyhead 1,071,041 603,135 -467,906
Southampton 147,207 1,104,120 +956,913
London Gateway Port 619,876 524,256 -95,620
Liverpool Docks 687,692 355,571 -332,121
Dover 242,747 506,539 +263,792

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 853641

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

Description: Includes switches and other devices for very low voltage electrical systems