Import/export HS code 853669: Various electrical connectors

Includes various connectors used in electrical and optical 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 £
China 286,644,585
United States 157,154,605
Germany 146,846,350
Netherlands 52,295,263
France 50,493,899

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 162,019,713 124,624,872 -37,394,841
United States 82,135,698 75,018,907 -7,116,791
Germany 80,349,098 66,497,252 -13,851,846
Netherlands 31,090,409 21,204,854 -9,885,555
France 28,384,412 22,109,487 -6,274,925
Czechia 19,922,411 16,503,590 -3,418,821
Italy 13,049,259 9,765,615 -3,283,644
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 6,912,454 13,528,676 +6,616,222
Belgium 13,654,943 6,555,570 -7,099,373
Taiwan 9,420,299 7,669,009 -1,751,290

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 365,630,065
United States 132,724,357
Germany 81,547,338
France 39,348,969
Mexico 33,631,474

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 198,405,162 167,224,903 -31,180,259
United States 71,156,230 61,568,127 -9,588,103
Germany 44,898,672 36,648,666 -8,250,006
France 22,263,727 17,085,242 -5,178,485
Mexico 18,101,086 15,530,388 -2,570,698
Taiwan 14,140,393 13,310,779 -829,614
Italy 12,580,794 10,008,674 -2,572,120
Switzerland 13,412,273 7,154,311 -6,257,962
Czechia 12,752,260 6,021,704 -6,730,556
United Kingdom 9,951,308 6,440,106 -3,511,202

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 294
Surrey, East and West Sussex 202
Inner London - West 196
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 165
West Midlands 165

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 231 196 -35
Surrey, East and West Sussex 166 133 -33
Inner London - West 148 124 -24
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 119 107 -12
West Midlands 119 125 +6
Greater Manchester 123 109 -14
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 114 102 -12
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 104 99 -5
Essex 101 82 -19
Inner London - East 79 60 -19

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 414,353,584
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 307,310,854
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 167,440,752
Other 18,753,744
Road transport 2,219,477

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 219,857,575 194,496,009 -25,361,566
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 168,966,687 138,344,167 -30,622,520
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 101,344,975 66,095,777 -35,249,198
Other 14,715,366 4,038,378 -10,676,988
Road transport 1,127,968 1,091,509 -36,459
Rail transport 432,483 108,183 -324,300

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 160,241,421
Felixstowe 145,892,522
Southampton 96,123,331
London Heathrow Airport 91,300,955
Dover 63,494,760

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 85,824,886 74,416,535 -11,408,351
Felixstowe 89,157,017 56,735,505 -32,421,512
Southampton 55,839,443 40,283,888 -15,555,555
London Heathrow Airport 46,272,066 45,028,889 -1,243,177
Dover 38,828,942 24,665,818 -14,163,124
Birmingham Airport 30,198,265 25,947,133 -4,251,132
London Stansted Airport 30,367,609 22,964,407 -7,403,202
London Gateway Port 14,136,300 26,110,463 +11,974,163
Eurotunnel 16,941,797 18,731,790 +1,789,993
Thamesport 15,152,962 12,436,825 -2,716,137

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 788
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 402
Manufacture of electrical equipment 307
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 276
Other manufacturing 179

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 752
2025-11 757
2025-10 819
2025-09 747
2025-08 731

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
1m-15m 1353
54m+ 1048
0-1m 383
15m-54m 333
Other 235

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 117,781,468
United States 100,618,150
France 51,129,535
China 29,034,837
Italy 27,461,356

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 68,471,963 49,309,505 -19,162,458
United States 54,417,368 46,200,782 -8,216,586
France 30,268,437 20,861,098 -9,407,339
China 16,619,251 12,415,586 -4,203,665
Italy 13,364,122 14,097,234 +733,112
Brazil 15,768,597 10,176,330 -5,592,267
Ireland 14,928,250 10,578,600 -4,349,650
Norway 15,009,992 10,155,982 -4,854,010
Netherlands 13,245,455 10,128,285 -3,117,170
Israel 8,135,137 6,220,120 -1,915,017

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 £
Japan 342,930
China 310,952
XI 25,538
Germany 15,264
Switzerland 13,688

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 £
Japan 165,157 177,773 +12,616
China 152,931 158,021 +5,090
XI 10,805 14,733 +3,928
Germany 2,687 12,577 +9,890
Switzerland 8,217 5,471 -2,746
Ireland 7,404 2,593 -4,811
Hungary 6,792 1,631 -5,161
Italy 2,707 1,112 -1,595
France 1,471 2,109 +638
India 1,297 1,022 -275

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 459,555,394
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 133,762,718
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 37,957,055
Other 870,499
Road transport 634,146

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 262,020,551 197,534,843 -64,485,708
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 75,317,418 58,445,300 -16,872,118
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 20,860,301 17,096,754 -3,763,547
Other 412,622 457,877 +45,255
Road transport 628,142 6,004 -622,138

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 161,083,765
London Heathrow Airport 118,833,626
London Stansted Airport 104,583,642
Dover / Eurotunnel 77,952,607
ZLC 49,072,211

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 91,474,878 69,608,887 -21,865,991
London Heathrow Airport 66,127,279 52,706,347 -13,420,932
London Stansted Airport 60,088,942 44,494,700 -15,594,242
Dover / Eurotunnel 44,529,087 33,423,520 -11,105,567
ZLC 29,349,539 19,722,672 -9,626,867
Dover 13,243,598 10,709,426 -2,534,172
Manchester Airport 9,638,320 6,758,895 -2,879,425
London Gateway Port 8,831,536 5,385,243 -3,446,293
Holyhead 7,324,324 6,025,741 -1,298,583
Southampton 3,365,818 6,166,519 +2,800,701

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 853669

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

Description: Includes various connectors used in electrical and optical systems