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 83,252,756
United States 28,560,966
China 21,127,998
Spain 15,072,482
France 13,098,431

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 38,726,397 44,526,359 +5,799,962
United States 14,536,280 14,024,686 -511,594
China 11,991,344 9,136,654 -2,854,690
Spain 4,125,332 10,947,150 +6,821,818
France 7,589,566 5,508,865 -2,080,701
Netherlands 6,047,486 5,990,611 -56,875
Egypt 4,793,113 3,454,011 -1,339,102
Japan 3,502,127 2,329,907 -1,172,220
Thailand 2,174,311 2,491,879 +317,568
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 2,383,101 1,301,555 -1,081,546

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 52,135,079
China 38,239,933
United States 31,798,091
Japan 9,645,970
Egypt 8,256,035

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 24,458,804 27,676,275 +3,217,471
China 21,763,805 16,476,128 -5,287,677
United States 15,934,637 15,863,454 -71,183
Japan 5,690,822 3,955,148 -1,735,674
Egypt 4,794,072 3,461,963 -1,332,109
Hungary 3,749,569 4,360,094 +610,525
Viet Nam 3,600,086 4,275,731 +675,645
Israel 149,408 5,554,680 +5,405,272
Italy 2,389,199 2,510,743 +121,544
Czechia 2,552,947 2,303,371 -249,576

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
West Midlands 80
Surrey, East and West Sussex 76
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 75
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 74

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 90 88 -2
West Midlands 57 58 +1
Surrey, East and West Sussex 56 55 -1
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 59 51 -8
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 47 58 +11
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 48 45 -3
Shropshire and Staffordshire 48 46 -2
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 47 46 -1
Inner London - West 50 42 -8
Greater Manchester 41 44 +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) 87,699,282
Air transport 79,519,318
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 47,650,016
Other 4,644,913
Road transport 147,507

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) 40,117,440 47,581,842 +7,464,402
Air transport 41,294,029 38,225,289 -3,068,740
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 23,105,423 24,544,593 +1,439,170
Other 3,744,150 900,763 -2,843,387
Road transport 18,596 128,911 +110,315
Rail transport 19,819 28,678 +8,859

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 59,623,354
London Heathrow Airport 28,573,427
East Midlands Airport 25,786,939
Southampton 16,706,867
London Gateway Port 15,068,253

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 25,470,451 34,152,903 +8,682,452
London Heathrow Airport 15,711,583 12,861,844 -2,849,739
East Midlands Airport 12,685,510 13,101,429 +415,919
Southampton 8,293,859 8,413,008 +119,149
London Gateway Port 7,140,623 7,927,630 +787,007
Eurotunnel 6,918,667 5,910,407 -1,008,260
London Stansted Airport 5,651,312 5,311,710 -339,602
Birmingham Airport 4,213,652 5,208,207 +994,555
Felixstowe 4,656,026 2,624,621 -2,031,405
Thamesport 2,503,625 2,216,586 -287,039

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
119
Manufacture of electrical equipment
76
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles
76

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 267
2026-04 274
2026-03 282
2026-02 282
2026-01 268

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+ 629
1m-15m 474
15m-54m 164
Other 109
0-1m 93

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 15,854,334
United States 13,461,132
Germany 9,422,234
Italy 5,665,298
United Arab Emirates 5,432,496

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 7,905,504 7,948,830 +43,326
United States 6,648,333 6,812,799 +164,466
Germany 5,398,867 4,023,367 -1,375,500
Italy 2,505,898 3,159,400 +653,502
United Arab Emirates 3,344,084 2,088,412 -1,255,672
Czechia 977,311 3,377,734 +2,400,423
Ireland 1,953,857 1,684,860 -268,997
Belgium 2,716,691 757,552 -1,959,139
Netherlands 2,272,764 1,154,026 -1,118,738
India 1,129,654 1,885,078 +755,424

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 268,804
Germany 37,516
XI 25,293
France 8,883
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 135,620 133,184 -2,436
Germany 9,678 27,838 +18,160
XI 17,759 7,534 -10,225
France 798 8,085 +7,287
Ireland 0 4,504 +4,504
Poland 217 3,899 +3,682
Netherlands 744 2,848 +2,104
Italy 1,847 1,715 -132
United States 971 1,536 +565
Mexico 1,018 1,309 +291

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 62,211,922
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 34,099,781
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 8,787,840
Other 384,281
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 30,203,618 32,008,304 +1,804,686
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 19,323,333 14,776,448 -4,546,885
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 4,118,175 4,669,665 +551,490
Other 182,285 201,996 +19,711
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 27,437,240
London Heathrow Airport 23,057,206
East Midlands Airport 19,203,221
ZLC 9,113,895
London Stansted Airport 7,985,950

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 15,574,368 11,862,872 -3,711,496
London Heathrow Airport 12,434,736 10,622,470 -1,812,266
East Midlands Airport 9,278,042 9,925,179 +647,137
ZLC 2,762,019 6,351,876 +3,589,857
London Stansted Airport 4,349,784 3,636,166 -713,618
London Gateway Port 2,514,696 1,599,017 -915,679
Felixstowe 1,093,725 1,235,998 +142,273
Southampton 540,641 1,470,195 +929,554
Manchester Airport 1,145,172 837,304 -307,868
Immingham Docks 862,754 1,038,824 +176,070

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