Import/export HS code 853690: Various electrical apparatus

Includes various electrical devices and components not categorized 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 £
United States 188,757,650
Germany 183,106,397
China 148,075,071
France 106,181,988
Italy 62,488,350

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 £
United States 108,680,628 80,077,022 -28,603,606
Germany 103,548,440 79,557,957 -23,990,483
China 83,826,763 64,248,308 -19,578,455
France 56,912,649 49,269,339 -7,643,310
Italy 32,101,123 30,387,227 -1,713,896
Netherlands 26,213,121 24,259,266 -1,953,855
India 24,458,159 20,195,988 -4,262,171
Spain 13,528,961 18,430,406 +4,901,445
Turkey 15,190,683 11,696,588 -3,494,095
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 10,128,874 13,124,774 +2,995,900

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 £
United States 200,140,672
China 198,595,216
Germany 130,972,507
France 76,156,383
Italy 64,752,973

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 £
United States 116,268,364 83,872,308 -32,396,056
China 107,501,151 91,094,065 -16,407,086
Germany 73,887,462 57,085,045 -16,802,417
France 39,683,222 36,473,161 -3,210,061
Italy 33,828,245 30,924,728 -2,903,517
India 29,113,707 24,490,461 -4,623,246
Spain 11,496,528 17,638,214 +6,141,686
Turkey 15,707,637 12,024,735 -3,682,902
Taiwan 13,106,231 10,512,430 -2,593,801
United Kingdom 14,505,995 8,706,762 -5,799,233

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 413
Inner London - West 310
Surrey, East and West Sussex 277
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 245
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 233

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 322 268 -54
Inner London - West 223 200 -23
Surrey, East and West Sussex 211 189 -22
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 197 162 -35
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 185 157 -28
Greater Manchester 165 149 -16
West Midlands 168 150 -18
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 155 145 -10
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 137 119 -18
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 127 116 -11

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 499,337,259
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 319,458,176
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 250,289,668
Other 21,139,687
Road transport 18,612,231

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 272,992,036 226,345,223 -46,646,813
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 171,043,000 148,415,176 -22,627,824
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 146,979,747 103,309,921 -43,669,826
Other 13,869,035 7,270,652 -6,598,383
Road transport 11,349,952 7,262,279 -4,087,673
Rail transport 165,749 200,657 +34,908

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 154,043,375
London Heathrow Airport 144,355,939
Dover 139,664,517
London Stansted Airport 109,236,671
Felixstowe 75,702,257

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 85,340,522 68,702,853 -16,637,669
London Heathrow Airport 81,537,431 62,818,508 -18,718,923
Dover 73,448,350 66,216,167 -7,232,183
London Stansted Airport 58,737,388 50,499,283 -8,238,105
Felixstowe 46,828,417 28,873,840 -17,954,577
Eurotunnel 33,440,679 32,615,685 -824,994
Southampton 33,167,542 19,652,036 -13,515,506
Thamesport 26,232,340 19,022,283 -7,210,057
Birmingham Airport 22,069,161 23,142,287 +1,073,126
London Gateway Port 19,461,527 21,417,893 +1,956,366

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 1127
Manufacture of electrical equipment 507
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 491
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 345
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 305

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 1052
2025-11 1135
2025-10 1123
2025-09 1086
2025-08 1101

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 2165
54m+ 1593
0-1m 571
15m-54m 543
Other 312

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 £
United States 175,019,246
Germany 115,002,848
Netherlands 61,812,019
France 55,188,112
China 52,241,525

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 £
United States 104,983,091 70,036,155 -34,946,936
Germany 55,339,760 59,663,088 +4,323,328
Netherlands 29,780,001 32,032,018 +2,252,017
France 30,410,665 24,777,447 -5,633,218
China 27,832,845 24,408,680 -3,424,165
Italy 25,852,244 23,210,352 -2,641,892
Ireland 21,044,611 15,951,708 -5,092,903
Singapore 12,192,534 21,944,287 +9,751,753
United Arab Emirates 14,363,219 14,314,842 -48,377
Saudi Arabia 16,819,372 10,979,327 -5,840,045

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 £
XI 13,131,627
China 1,209,986
Italy 250,423
South Korea 213,192
Ireland 191,511

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 £
XI 112,853 13,018,774 +12,905,921
China 738,636 471,350 -267,286
Italy 183,560 66,863 -116,697
South Korea 115,412 97,780 -17,632
Ireland 111,486 80,025 -31,461
India 87,588 69,214 -18,374
Nicaragua 140,705 1,953 -138,752
Germany 39,037 13,063 -25,974
Austria 597 42,531 +41,934
Taiwan 28,258 7,473 -20,785

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 610,363,549
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 298,155,672
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 119,024,833
Other 16,280,687
Road transport 851,381

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 326,449,821 283,913,728 -42,536,093
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 148,464,691 149,690,981 +1,226,290
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 65,287,455 53,737,378 -11,550,077
Other 1,815,382 14,465,305 +12,649,923
Road transport 742,237 109,144 -633,093
Rail transport 0 1,818 +1,818

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 199,321,891
London Heathrow Airport 179,943,918
Dover / Eurotunnel 176,070,774
London Stansted Airport 91,403,296
ZLC 70,716,296

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 106,046,626 93,275,265 -12,771,361
London Heathrow Airport 90,146,833 89,797,085 -349,748
Dover / Eurotunnel 84,855,649 91,215,125 +6,359,476
London Stansted Airport 48,916,149 42,487,147 -6,429,002
ZLC 39,035,183 31,681,113 -7,354,070
London Gateway Port 35,429,383 29,928,201 -5,501,182
Dover 32,032,471 24,996,238 -7,036,233
Manchester Airport 16,937,947 12,636,679 -4,301,268
Immingham Docks 13,345,103 13,066,976 -278,127
Southampton 13,496,338 9,103,934 -4,392,404

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 853690

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

Description: Includes various electrical devices and components not categorized elsewhere