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 264,693,009
United States 128,940,512
Germany 124,018,988
France 38,983,782
Netherlands 36,755,878

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 148,636,486 116,056,523 -32,579,963
United States 67,955,352 60,985,160 -6,970,192
Germany 68,221,646 55,797,342 -12,424,304
France 21,656,136 17,327,646 -4,328,490
Netherlands 23,243,396 13,512,482 -9,730,914
Czechia 17,354,316 13,726,353 -3,627,963
Italy 11,048,721 7,941,390 -3,107,331
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 4,194,652 11,897,991 +7,703,339
Belgium 9,114,745 4,623,967 -4,490,778
Switzerland 7,232,665 5,307,588 -1,925,077

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 318,800,665
United States 104,564,365
Germany 75,607,797
France 30,894,058
Mexico 28,521,861

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 171,890,585 146,910,080 -24,980,505
United States 56,679,061 47,885,304 -8,793,757
Germany 41,569,133 34,038,664 -7,530,469
France 17,297,868 13,596,190 -3,701,678
Mexico 15,092,488 13,429,373 -1,663,115
Switzerland 12,524,526 6,585,207 -5,939,319
Italy 10,637,089 7,973,793 -2,663,296
Taiwan 8,905,765 8,847,238 -58,527
Czechia 12,105,788 5,518,346 -6,587,442
United Kingdom 8,881,430 5,231,065 -3,650,365

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 273
Surrey, East and West Sussex 190
Inner London - West 186
West Midlands 159
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 150

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 213 182 -31
Surrey, East and West Sussex 153 120 -33
Inner London - West 138 118 -20
West Midlands 112 118 +6
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 111 96 -15
Greater Manchester 105 105 +0
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 105 95 -10
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 92 91 -1
Essex 89 78 -11
Inner London - East 78 58 -20

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 316,072,823
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 273,699,668
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 148,765,157
Other 18,048,532
Road transport 784,896

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 166,957,054 149,115,769 -17,841,285
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 147,073,436 126,626,232 -20,447,204
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 90,206,136 58,559,021 -31,647,115
Other 14,305,837 3,742,695 -10,563,142
Road transport 427,463 357,433 -70,030
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 £
Felixstowe 126,257,654
East Midlands Airport 124,390,920
Southampton 92,104,369
London Heathrow Airport 78,091,039
Dover 55,789,041

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 £
Felixstowe 75,086,695 51,170,959 -23,915,736
East Midlands Airport 66,876,044 57,514,876 -9,361,168
Southampton 52,723,351 39,381,018 -13,342,333
London Heathrow Airport 38,677,053 39,413,986 +736,933
Dover 33,704,649 22,084,392 -11,620,257
Birmingham Airport 21,053,894 18,039,676 -3,014,218
London Gateway Port 12,529,327 24,351,508 +11,822,181
London Stansted Airport 20,912,485 14,987,078 -5,925,407
Eurotunnel 14,871,709 15,957,304 +1,085,595
Thamesport 12,891,346 10,000,313 -2,891,033

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 731
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 361
Manufacture of electrical equipment 289
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 256
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 166

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 668
2025-11 673
2025-10 741
2025-09 675
2025-08 663

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 1240
54m+ 985
0-1m 347
15m-54m 318
Other 222

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 91,127,637
United States 66,608,923
France 44,333,548
Brazil 25,711,460
Italy 23,221,496

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 £
Germany 53,094,727 38,032,910 -15,061,817
United States 36,474,963 30,133,960 -6,341,003
France 26,136,947 18,196,601 -7,940,346
Brazil 15,563,259 10,148,201 -5,415,058
Italy 10,987,617 12,233,879 +1,246,262
China 13,796,981 9,298,156 -4,498,825
Norway 14,058,093 8,974,065 -5,084,028
Ireland 13,018,208 9,447,040 -3,571,168
Netherlands 11,911,015 8,800,132 -3,110,883
Turkey 5,620,950 4,268,611 -1,352,339

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 187,774
XI 23,885
Switzerland 13,688
Germany 12,951

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 115,949 71,825 -44,124
XI 9,427 14,458 +5,031
Switzerland 8,217 5,471 -2,746
Germany 2,636 10,315 +7,679
Ireland 7,404 2,418 -4,986
Italy 2,707 1,112 -1,595
France 1,471 2,109 +638
India 1,297 1,022 -275
United States 1,497 780 -717

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 340,798,559
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 114,428,544
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 33,538,101
Other 731,658
Road transport 565,554

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 197,018,918 143,779,641 -53,239,277
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 64,328,063 50,100,481 -14,227,582
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 19,216,751 14,321,350 -4,895,401
Other 366,246 365,412 -834
Road transport 561,459 4,095 -557,364

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 116,191,928
London Heathrow Airport 93,733,268
London Stansted Airport 82,420,220
Dover / Eurotunnel 70,677,547
ZLC 25,779,384

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 64,819,917 51,372,011 -13,447,906
London Heathrow Airport 55,373,146 38,360,122 -17,013,024
London Stansted Airport 48,866,126 33,554,094 -15,312,032
Dover / Eurotunnel 39,875,731 30,801,816 -9,073,915
ZLC 15,647,008 10,132,376 -5,514,632
Dover 10,468,115 7,997,632 -2,470,483
Manchester Airport 9,383,247 6,390,692 -2,992,555
London Gateway Port 7,667,547 4,970,630 -2,696,917
Holyhead 6,479,905 5,327,188 -1,152,717
Southampton 3,189,235 4,714,275 +1,525,040

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