Import/export HS code 85369010: Connectors and contact elements

Devices used to connect wires and cables in electrical 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 £
Germany 112,918,430
China 70,558,145
United States 53,598,833
France 52,392,311
India 32,758,862

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 65,037,337 47,881,093 -17,156,244
China 41,099,213 29,458,932 -11,640,281
United States 30,685,452 22,913,381 -7,772,071
France 29,652,894 22,739,417 -6,913,477
India 17,589,407 15,169,455 -2,419,952
Netherlands 14,943,264 13,793,401 -1,149,863
Spain 9,807,005 16,409,664 +6,602,659
Italy 13,144,572 12,356,910 -787,662
Taiwan 8,262,347 6,643,215 -1,619,132
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 6,646,302 6,680,084 +33,782

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 99,034,437
Germany 88,974,707
United States 55,687,120
France 39,493,130
India 37,454,743

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 54,763,315 44,271,122 -10,492,193
Germany 51,919,044 37,055,663 -14,863,381
United States 32,429,698 23,257,422 -9,172,276
France 22,212,512 17,280,618 -4,931,894
India 20,229,459 17,225,284 -3,004,175
Italy 13,223,313 12,746,243 -477,070
Spain 9,000,596 16,159,293 +7,158,697
Taiwan 9,494,846 7,683,714 -1,811,132
Malta 5,592,162 7,738,504 +2,146,342
Switzerland 7,087,496 5,787,418 -1,300,078

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 179
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 115
Surrey, East and West Sussex 114
Inner London - West 108
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 104

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 134 131 -3
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 89 71 -18
Surrey, East and West Sussex 84 73 -11
Inner London - West 78 69 -9
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 83 78 -5
Greater Manchester 71 78 +7
West Midlands 81 68 -13
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 70 57 -13
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 62 52 -10
Essex 69 55 -14

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) 192,088,543
Air transport 187,823,858
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 145,555,081
Other 10,731,587
Road transport 532,003

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) 99,479,088 92,609,455 -6,869,633
Air transport 102,590,902 85,232,956 -17,357,946
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 83,831,247 61,723,834 -22,107,413
Other 5,918,443 4,813,144 -1,105,299
Road transport 332,274 199,729 -132,545
Rail transport 42,876 146,505 +103,629

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 96,307,091
London Heathrow Airport 64,734,447
Felixstowe 46,585,143
East Midlands Airport 46,085,124
Eurotunnel 38,643,090

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 51,674,400 44,632,691 -7,041,709
London Heathrow Airport 36,031,381 28,703,066 -7,328,315
Felixstowe 28,771,597 17,813,546 -10,958,051
East Midlands Airport 24,892,977 21,192,147 -3,700,830
Eurotunnel 20,875,974 17,767,116 -3,108,858
London Stansted Airport 18,687,284 16,956,326 -1,730,958
Thamesport 17,260,875 11,546,843 -5,714,032
London Gateway Port 14,346,594 13,906,867 -439,727
Southampton 15,771,775 11,152,857 -4,618,918
Birmingham Airport 11,857,514 10,034,024 -1,823,490

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 525
Manufacture of electrical equipment 286
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 237
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 141
Other manufacturing 124

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 507
2025-11 546
2025-10 535
2025-09 519
2025-08 519

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 843
54m+ 803
15m-54m 254
0-1m 181
Other 148

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 82,630,685
United States 68,075,038
Netherlands 44,844,915
France 38,166,296
Italy 36,847,287

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 38,413,001 44,217,684 +5,804,683
United States 39,261,512 28,813,526 -10,447,986
Netherlands 23,102,454 21,742,461 -1,359,993
France 20,865,656 17,300,640 -3,565,016
Italy 18,711,246 18,136,041 -575,205
Saudi Arabia 13,530,792 8,022,049 -5,508,743
China 10,305,832 10,283,143 -22,689
Ireland 11,392,163 8,689,996 -2,702,167
United Arab Emirates 9,434,762 10,118,088 +683,326
Singapore 6,319,014 13,226,727 +6,907,713

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 £
Italy 230,761
Nicaragua 140,922
China 95,477
Ireland 78,834
XI 73,701

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 £
Italy 183,087 47,674 -135,413
Nicaragua 138,969 1,953 -137,016
China 58,249 37,228 -21,021
Ireland 57,563 21,271 -36,292
XI 6,370 67,331 +60,961
Austria 597 42,531 +41,934
Germany 23,463 12,261 -11,202
Taiwan 25,555 4,221 -21,334
United States 19,655 5,659 -13,996
France 8,586 470 -8,116

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 339,915,646
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 212,091,793
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 69,160,122
Other 962,079
Road transport 423,978

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 171,140,731 168,774,915 -2,365,816
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 103,159,530 108,932,263 +5,772,733
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 39,572,735 29,587,387 -9,985,348
Other 670,991 291,088 -379,903
Road transport 408,917 15,061 -393,856

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 116,315,596
Dover / Eurotunnel 115,827,886
London Heathrow Airport 89,121,310
Dover 49,831,885
London Stansted Airport 48,329,294

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 58,398,198 57,917,398 -480,800
Dover / Eurotunnel 52,716,273 63,111,613 +10,395,340
London Heathrow Airport 39,825,172 49,296,138 +9,470,966
Dover 27,205,568 22,626,317 -4,579,251
London Stansted Airport 22,546,591 25,782,703 +3,236,112
ZLC 25,097,212 20,206,269 -4,890,943
London Gateway Port 25,962,194 16,890,841 -9,071,353
Immingham Docks 11,474,439 9,941,641 -1,532,798
Manchester Airport 11,065,044 8,239,615 -2,825,429
Holyhead 5,922,412 5,194,656 -727,756

Quick facts

HS code: 85369010

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

Description: Devices used to connect wires and cables in electrical systems