Import/export HS code 85365011: Push-button switches

Switches activated by pressing a button, commonly used in control panels

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 £
China 14,930,326
Germany 13,942,232
Netherlands 12,950,304
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 7,805,097
United States 7,310,827

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 £
China 7,499,874 7,430,452 -69,422
Germany 6,820,779 7,121,453 +300,674
Netherlands 7,172,107 5,778,197 -1,393,910
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 4,300,591 3,504,506 -796,085
United States 4,018,492 3,292,335 -726,157
Japan 3,136,705 2,545,542 -591,163
Egypt 2,862,757 1,603,045 -1,259,712
Switzerland 867,932 3,251,555 +2,383,623
Italy 1,872,888 1,315,872 -557,016
France 1,518,771 1,468,000 -50,771

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 27,910,435
Germany 11,711,575
United States 8,520,155
Japan 7,069,506
Egypt 4,463,733

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 14,396,458 13,513,977 -882,481
Germany 5,571,420 6,140,155 +568,735
United States 4,711,101 3,809,054 -902,047
Japan 3,560,588 3,508,918 -51,670
Egypt 2,859,770 1,603,963 -1,255,807
Switzerland 849,939 2,757,941 +1,908,002
Czechia 1,700,258 1,124,295 -575,963
Thailand 1,616,776 1,060,724 -556,052
Italy 1,426,061 959,599 -466,462
France 1,033,441 1,176,169 +142,728

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 56
Surrey, East and West Sussex 42
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 40
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 34
Greater Manchester 34

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 48 35 -13
Surrey, East and West Sussex 28 32 +4
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 31 28 -3
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 27 25 -2
Greater Manchester 24 19 -5
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 27 22 -5
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 23 24 +1
West Midlands 25 18 -7
Essex 22 23 +1
Inner London - West 23 17 -6

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 39,573,046
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 29,356,032
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 20,655,182
Other 3,528,123
Road transport 117,029

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 20,849,666 18,723,380 -2,126,286
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 14,177,622 15,178,410 +1,000,788
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 9,707,655 10,947,527 +1,239,872
Other 3,075,682 452,441 -2,623,241
Road transport 9,621 107,408 +97,787
Rail transport 6,104 28,786 +22,682

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 17,217,993
East Midlands Airport 8,798,929
Southampton 8,172,021
Dover 7,233,403
London Stansted Airport 7,043,790

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 £
London Heathrow Airport 10,073,144 7,144,849 -2,928,295
East Midlands Airport 4,644,643 4,154,286 -490,357
Southampton 4,959,867 3,212,154 -1,747,713
Dover 3,167,570 4,065,833 +898,263
London Stansted Airport 3,363,758 3,680,032 +316,274
Felixstowe 2,281,654 2,934,997 +653,343
London 1,218,669 3,423,928 +2,205,259
Immingham Docks 2,285,831 2,311,886 +26,055
Birmingham Airport 1,644,041 2,599,023 +954,982
000 3,075,682 452,441 -2,623,241

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
159
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles
64
Manufacture of electrical equipment
61
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.
48
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products
42

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 152
2026-04 141
2026-03 144
2026-02 153
2026-01 140

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+ 294
1m-15m 217
15m-54m 72
Other 58
0-1m 33

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 £
Slovakia 8,309,873
United States 4,129,253
China 3,750,005
Belgium 3,374,726
France 2,834,058

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 £
Slovakia 4,577,844 3,732,029 -845,815
United States 1,820,556 2,308,697 +488,141
China 1,196,381 2,553,624 +1,357,243
Belgium 1,025,153 2,349,573 +1,324,420
France 1,556,115 1,277,943 -278,172
Germany 1,322,080 1,329,723 +7,643
Italy 918,805 1,244,036 +325,231
Ireland 758,217 941,274 +183,057
Australia 965,251 220,673 -744,578
Netherlands 208,789 690,108 +481,319

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 19,125
XI 11,219
Brazil 10,453
China 6,614
Czechia 5,762

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 4,545 14,580 +10,035
XI 5,585 5,634 +49
Brazil 4,015 6,438 +2,423
China 3,065 3,549 +484
Czechia 3,804 1,958 -1,846
Italy 764 1,916 +1,152
Slovakia 238 2,101 +1,863
France 1,520 283 -1,237
Ireland 851 582 -269
Mexico 547 867 +320

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 21,893,737
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 15,586,479
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 5,765,089
Other 70,882
Road transport 13,288

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 11,355,471 10,538,266 -817,205
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 7,375,257 8,211,222 +835,965
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 2,612,548 3,152,541 +539,993
Other 27,794 43,088 +15,294
Road transport 2,578 10,710 +8,132

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 9,551,969
London Heathrow Airport 7,965,094
London Stansted Airport 5,367,216
East Midlands Airport 5,004,782
Felixstowe 2,884,002

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 £
Dover / Eurotunnel 5,755,139 3,796,830 -1,958,309
London Heathrow Airport 4,720,548 3,244,546 -1,476,002
London Stansted Airport 2,228,834 3,138,382 +909,548
East Midlands Airport 2,605,726 2,399,056 -206,670
Felixstowe 592,449 2,291,553 +1,699,104
London 632,114 2,250,852 +1,618,738
ZLC 1,419,383 1,282,297 -137,086
Southampton 715,544 1,024,151 +308,607
London Gateway Port 1,212,662 327,366 -885,296
Immingham Docks 264,221 778,031 +513,810

Quick facts

HS code: 85365011

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

Description: Switches activated by pressing a button, commonly used in control panels