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 131,629,551
China 81,863,114
Netherlands 63,362,086
United States 61,746,276
France 61,111,685

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 63,739,642 67,889,909 +4,150,267
China 40,703,049 41,160,065 +457,016
Netherlands 14,756,205 48,605,881 +33,849,676
United States 30,696,493 31,049,783 +353,290
France 30,024,959 31,086,726 +1,061,767
India 17,716,376 19,837,934 +2,121,558
Spain 9,311,816 24,946,230 +15,634,414
Italy 13,240,083 17,150,776 +3,910,693
Malta 6,245,656 11,526,940 +5,281,284
Taiwan 8,866,820 7,751,598 -1,115,222

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 £
Germany 127,659,762
China 121,808,495
United States 64,039,405
France 45,307,976
India 43,540,944

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 £
Germany 50,764,573 76,895,189 +26,130,616
China 55,023,278 66,785,217 +11,761,939
United States 31,921,706 32,117,699 +195,993
France 22,259,730 23,048,246 +788,516
India 20,213,739 23,327,205 +3,113,466
Spain 8,559,844 25,586,130 +17,026,286
Italy 13,121,807 18,004,290 +4,882,483
Taiwan 10,386,203 8,670,088 -1,716,115
Malta 6,371,382 11,516,173 +5,144,791
Switzerland 7,239,574 7,407,462 +167,888

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 196
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 120
Surrey, East and West Sussex 120
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 116
Inner London - West 115

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 141 145 +4
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 85 83 -2
Surrey, East and West Sussex 81 89 +8
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 87 91 +4
Inner London - West 73 80 +7
Greater Manchester 72 91 +19
West Midlands 75 74 -1
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 69 69 +0
Shropshire and Staffordshire 57 66 +9
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 62 63 +1

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) 262,707,739
Air transport 218,608,578
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 164,309,449
Other 12,548,231
Road transport 649,514

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) 98,617,216 164,090,523 +65,473,307
Air transport 103,320,709 115,287,869 +11,967,160
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 84,835,494 79,473,955 -5,361,539
Other 6,167,068 6,381,163 +214,095
Road transport 321,604 327,910 +6,306
Rail transport 42,876 218,197 +175,321

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 114,758,051
Felixstowe 81,965,403
London Heathrow Airport 74,761,884
East Midlands Airport 54,438,095
Eurotunnel 48,356,764

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 51,753,937 63,004,114 +11,250,177
Felixstowe 28,232,054 53,733,349 +25,501,295
London Heathrow Airport 36,115,388 38,646,496 +2,531,108
East Midlands Airport 25,001,099 29,436,996 +4,435,897
Eurotunnel 20,773,760 27,583,004 +6,809,244
London Stansted Airport 18,671,579 22,853,164 +4,181,585
London Gateway Port 15,008,364 18,447,989 +3,439,625
Thamesport 17,024,842 14,792,224 -2,232,618
Southampton 15,766,207 14,515,593 -1,250,614
Birmingham Airport 11,902,947 14,280,192 +2,377,245

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 555
Manufacture of electrical equipment 305
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 246
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 154
Other manufacturing 121

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 517
2026-03 550
2026-02 565
2026-01 507
2025-12 448

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 902
54m+ 847
15m-54m 267
0-1m 206
Other 166

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 105,279,380
United States 82,313,350
Netherlands 55,490,866
Italy 42,750,744
France 42,271,682

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 41,202,376 64,077,004 +22,874,628
United States 37,649,920 44,663,430 +7,013,510
Netherlands 23,242,502 32,248,364 +9,005,862
Italy 19,760,528 22,990,216 +3,229,688
France 20,788,747 21,482,935 +694,188
China 9,861,234 18,053,803 +8,192,569
Singapore 6,912,696 20,924,373 +14,011,677
Saudi Arabia 14,619,715 10,318,373 -4,301,342
United Arab Emirates 9,859,283 14,053,244 +4,193,961
Ireland 11,464,974 12,318,893 +853,919

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 £
China 264,963
Italy 214,593
Nicaragua 130,410
XI 104,081
Germany 98,462

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 £
China 62,844 202,119 +139,275
Italy 176,451 38,142 -138,309
Nicaragua 128,457 1,953 -126,504
XI 7,115 96,966 +89,851
Germany 24,953 73,509 +48,556
Ireland 57,591 28,483 -29,108
Taiwan 25,333 28,018 +2,685
Austria 10,549 32,579 +22,030
United States 18,626 5,858 -12,768
France 8,586 1,509 -7,077

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 407,461,647
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 256,417,507
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 83,598,790
Other 1,240,011
Road transport 308,164

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 172,848,130 234,613,517 +61,765,387
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 107,688,170 148,729,337 +41,041,167
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 39,597,896 44,000,894 +4,402,998
Other 670,128 569,883 -100,245
Road transport 293,103 15,061 -278,042

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 143,025,548
Dover / Eurotunnel 137,810,138
London Heathrow Airport 107,995,271
London Stansted Airport 58,398,584
Dover 57,163,220

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 58,831,849 84,193,699 +25,361,850
Dover / Eurotunnel 54,306,595 83,503,543 +29,196,948
London Heathrow Airport 40,274,977 67,720,294 +27,445,317
London Stansted Airport 22,654,792 35,743,792 +13,089,000
Dover 27,695,862 29,467,358 +1,771,496
ZLC 25,390,468 25,606,651 +216,183
London Gateway Port 26,097,113 20,987,423 -5,109,690
Immingham Docks 11,540,490 18,692,122 +7,151,632
Manchester Airport 11,581,920 10,427,758 -1,154,162
Southampton 5,045,346 9,376,913 +4,331,567

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