Import/export HS code 85365019: Various types of switches

Various other switches used in electrical systems not specified 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 82,953,095
United States 28,370,344
China 21,959,771
Spain 15,501,445
France 12,977,807

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 38,028,769 44,924,326 +6,895,557
United States 13,999,228 14,371,116 +371,888
China 12,676,328 9,283,443 -3,392,885
Spain 4,162,924 11,338,521 +7,175,597
France 7,877,792 5,100,015 -2,777,777
Netherlands 6,124,035 5,953,006 -171,029
Egypt 4,568,755 3,528,128 -1,040,627
Japan 3,478,020 2,381,553 -1,096,467
Thailand 2,211,666 2,291,506 +79,840
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 2,437,684 1,358,296 -1,079,388

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 52,502,389
China 39,272,242
United States 31,170,159
Japan 9,725,335
Hungary 8,223,881

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 24,316,743 28,185,646 +3,868,903
China 22,494,889 16,777,353 -5,717,536
United States 15,153,653 16,016,506 +862,853
Japan 5,641,314 4,084,021 -1,557,293
Hungary 3,733,239 4,490,642 +757,403
Egypt 4,569,714 3,534,612 -1,035,102
Viet Nam 3,749,165 4,268,112 +518,947
Israel 137,977 5,565,091 +5,427,114
Czechia 2,609,797 2,354,257 -255,540
Italy 2,409,079 2,515,419 +106,340

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 121
Surrey, East and West Sussex 80
West Midlands 80
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 76
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 73

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 88 91 +3
Surrey, East and West Sussex 58 56 -2
West Midlands 55 59 +4
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 59 50 -9
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 44 59 +15
Shropshire and Staffordshire 47 45 -2
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 48 43 -5
Inner London - West 42 47 +5
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 45 46 +1
Greater Manchester 43 43 +0

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) 88,165,577
Air transport 79,572,478
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 47,457,006
Other 5,010,668
Road transport 147,703

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) 40,330,082 47,835,495 +7,505,413
Air transport 40,717,891 38,854,587 -1,863,304
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 23,369,310 24,087,696 +718,386
Other 3,762,021 1,248,647 -2,513,374
Road transport 19,672 128,031 +108,359
Rail transport 19,819 19,014 -805

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 59,455,417
London Heathrow Airport 29,047,484
East Midlands Airport 25,174,048
Southampton 16,713,511
London Gateway Port 14,629,749

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 25,017,551 34,437,866 +9,420,315
London Heathrow Airport 15,373,353 13,674,131 -1,699,222
East Midlands Airport 12,378,220 12,795,828 +417,608
Southampton 8,644,856 8,068,655 -576,201
London Gateway Port 6,711,541 7,918,208 +1,206,667
Eurotunnel 7,246,630 5,900,211 -1,346,419
London Stansted Airport 5,678,658 5,174,862 -503,796
Birmingham Airport 4,143,568 5,358,978 +1,215,410
Felixstowe 5,139,782 2,439,803 -2,699,979
000 3,762,021 1,248,647 -2,513,374

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 335
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 159
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 116
Manufacture of electrical equipment 79
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 78

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 273
2026-03 281
2026-02 281
2026-01 268
2025-12 270

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+ 623
1m-15m 478
15m-54m 167
Other 113
0-1m 98

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 £
France 15,811,042
United States 13,664,665
Germany 9,428,064
Italy 5,676,489
United Arab Emirates 5,438,633

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 £
France 7,920,506 7,890,536 -29,970
United States 6,666,984 6,997,681 +330,697
Germany 5,415,753 4,012,311 -1,403,442
Italy 2,087,294 3,589,195 +1,501,901
United Arab Emirates 2,935,943 2,502,690 -433,253
Czechia 966,731 3,378,836 +2,412,105
Ireland 2,054,907 1,667,719 -387,188
Netherlands 2,400,473 1,092,869 -1,307,604
Belgium 2,652,187 764,722 -1,887,465
China 1,464,829 1,245,526 -219,303

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 268,493
Germany 35,105
XI 26,420
France 8,696
Ireland 4,504

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 139,769 128,724 -11,045
Germany 9,246 25,859 +16,613
XI 17,250 9,170 -8,080
France 554 8,142 +7,588
Ireland 0 4,504 +4,504
Poland 86 4,042 +3,956
Italy 1,857 1,593 -264
Netherlands 400 2,866 +2,466
United States 657 1,850 +1,193
Mexico 409 1,846 +1,437

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 61,758,998
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 34,202,262
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 8,987,964
Other 380,937
Road transport 22,161

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 29,435,353 32,323,645 +2,888,292
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 19,031,950 15,170,312 -3,861,638
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 4,383,833 4,604,131 +220,298
Other 184,737 196,200 +11,463
Road transport 22,161 0 -22,161

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 27,537,758
London Heathrow Airport 22,812,763
East Midlands Airport 18,985,880
ZLC 9,084,648
London Stansted Airport 8,058,431

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 15,248,281 12,289,477 -2,958,804
London Heathrow Airport 11,961,116 10,851,647 -1,109,469
East Midlands Airport 9,286,318 9,699,562 +413,244
ZLC 2,702,766 6,381,882 +3,679,116
London Stansted Airport 4,282,429 3,776,002 -506,427
London Gateway Port 2,380,374 1,501,198 -879,176
Felixstowe 1,125,075 1,260,351 +135,276
Southampton 894,320 1,488,909 +594,589
Manchester Airport 1,003,270 963,275 -39,995
Dover 1,049,452 808,307 -241,145

Quick facts

HS code: 85365019

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

Description: Various other switches used in electrical systems not specified elsewhere