Import/export HS code 85366990: Various types of connectors

Miscellaneous connectors used in electrical and optical 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 £
China 302,883,925
United States 146,825,981
Germany 140,170,242
France 43,330,617
Netherlands 38,223,035

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 151,398,531 151,485,394 +86,863
United States 70,397,641 76,428,340 +6,030,699
Germany 68,747,658 71,422,584 +2,674,926
France 21,504,386 21,826,231 +321,845
Netherlands 22,178,932 16,044,103 -6,134,829
Czechia 18,355,726 16,496,007 -1,859,719
Italy 10,671,168 10,011,307 -659,861
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 4,635,320 13,033,066 +8,397,746
Switzerland 7,036,875 7,281,127 +244,252
Taiwan 7,204,775 6,467,495 -737,280

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 362,197,313
United States 117,032,940
Germany 85,323,907
France 33,838,887
Mexico 32,053,014

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 176,488,522 185,708,791 +9,220,269
United States 58,040,724 58,992,216 +951,492
Germany 41,537,618 43,786,289 +2,248,671
France 16,698,311 17,140,576 +442,265
Mexico 15,175,221 16,877,793 +1,702,572
Switzerland 11,177,301 9,918,305 -1,258,996
Taiwan 9,693,434 11,259,919 +1,566,485
Italy 10,490,173 10,012,467 -477,706
Czechia 11,720,739 6,350,723 -5,370,016
United Kingdom 8,698,509 5,482,973 -3,215,536

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 291
Surrey, East and West Sussex 208
Inner London - West 195
West Midlands 163
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 160

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 208 210 +2
Surrey, East and West Sussex 151 149 -2
Inner London - West 141 119 -22
West Midlands 118 121 +3
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 115 112 -3
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 114 109 -5
Greater Manchester 110 101 -9
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 89 104 +15
Essex 87 81 -6
Inner London - East 82 66 -16

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 359,102,401
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 314,370,265
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 158,090,929
Other 16,535,632
Road transport 1,106,606

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 168,729,378 190,373,023 +21,643,645
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 150,570,048 163,800,217 +13,230,169
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 87,974,514 70,116,415 -17,858,099
Other 14,253,009 2,282,623 -11,970,386
Road transport 366,740 739,866 +373,126
Rail transport 299,446 170,589 -128,857

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 140,899,635
Felixstowe 136,482,507
Southampton 102,883,526
London Heathrow Airport 84,851,130
Dover 59,397,913

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 67,680,668 73,218,967 +5,538,299
Felixstowe 76,541,839 59,940,668 -16,601,171
Southampton 52,113,654 50,769,872 -1,343,782
London Heathrow Airport 38,155,155 46,695,975 +8,540,820
Dover 31,754,007 27,643,906 -4,110,101
London Gateway Port 16,078,662 35,007,952 +18,929,290
Birmingham Airport 22,453,580 24,593,713 +2,140,133
London Stansted Airport 20,685,097 19,045,063 -1,640,034
Eurotunnel 16,133,321 21,450,440 +5,317,119
Thamesport 11,700,706 13,832,770 +2,132,064

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
771
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products
389
Manufacture of electrical equipment
319
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
268
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.
173

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 673
2026-04 709
2026-03 728
2026-02 663
2026-01 668

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 1320
54m+ 1035
0-1m 376
15m-54m 336
Other 229

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 98,959,189
United States 74,394,300
France 48,146,566
Ireland 26,272,893
Brazil 26,186,088

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 52,643,140 46,316,049 -6,327,091
United States 35,680,340 38,713,960 +3,033,620
France 25,668,744 22,477,822 -3,190,922
Ireland 13,087,158 13,185,735 +98,577
Brazil 15,167,756 11,018,332 -4,149,424
Italy 11,496,540 14,053,732 +2,557,192
China 13,610,247 11,424,148 -2,186,099
Norway 13,903,482 10,844,137 -3,059,345
Netherlands 11,226,649 10,355,949 -870,700
Turkey 5,760,540 6,543,567 +783,027

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 333,303
China 227,587
XI 62,924
Germany 19,246
Switzerland 16,930

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 118,590 214,713 +96,123
China 121,741 105,846 -15,895
XI 11,286 51,638 +40,352
Germany 11,072 8,174 -2,898
Switzerland 9,234 7,696 -1,538
Ireland 9,012 809 -8,203
Italy 2,031 2,723 +692
Belgium 0 4,387 +4,387
France 1,413 2,099 +686
United States 2,149 1,067 -1,082

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 375,780,443
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 128,076,362
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 35,804,176
Other 841,956
Road transport 472,932

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 192,568,510 183,211,933 -9,356,577
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 65,522,022 62,554,340 -2,967,682
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 18,152,403 17,651,773 -500,630
Other 359,989 481,967 +121,978
Road transport 261,824 211,108 -50,716

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 125,924,706
London Heathrow Airport 107,730,870
London Stansted Airport 88,099,015
Dover / Eurotunnel 77,425,331
ZLC 28,055,129

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 64,999,285 60,925,421 -4,073,864
London Heathrow Airport 52,430,375 55,300,495 +2,870,120
London Stansted Airport 46,114,554 41,984,461 -4,130,093
Dover / Eurotunnel 40,159,424 37,265,907 -2,893,517
ZLC 15,212,097 12,843,032 -2,369,065
Dover 11,358,584 10,383,040 -975,544
Manchester Airport 10,117,031 7,141,528 -2,975,503
Holyhead 6,507,391 7,300,555 +793,164
London Gateway Port 8,084,650 5,679,237 -2,405,413
Southampton 3,185,043 5,659,331 +2,474,288

Quick facts

HS code: 85366990

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

Description: Miscellaneous connectors used in electrical and optical systems not specified elsewhere