Import/export HS code 853710: Low-voltage electric control panels

Electric control panels and distribution boards designed for use with voltages not exceeding 1,000 volts

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 915,145,388
United States 800,828,688
France 451,020,502
China 359,360,717
Netherlands 293,305,682

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 478,574,051 436,571,337 -42,002,714
United States 410,329,361 390,499,327 -19,830,034
France 224,085,143 226,935,359 +2,850,216
China 197,380,591 161,980,126 -35,400,465
Netherlands 149,626,242 143,679,440 -5,946,802
Ireland 95,141,878 91,639,453 -3,502,425
Spain 81,298,752 54,700,338 -26,598,414
Italy 66,504,714 55,723,654 -10,781,060
Poland 69,067,242 52,016,969 -17,050,273
Romania 60,743,618 54,776,288 -5,967,330

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 976,869,311
Germany 561,711,991
China 484,781,332
France 359,144,763
United Kingdom 345,630,980

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 518,465,470 458,403,841 -60,061,629
Germany 283,987,663 277,724,328 -6,263,335
China 259,792,173 224,989,159 -34,803,014
France 182,091,041 177,053,722 -5,037,319
United Kingdom 175,928,558 169,702,422 -6,226,136
Romania 80,716,406 73,213,426 -7,502,980
Poland 73,508,899 56,232,827 -17,276,072
Ireland 63,912,877 64,510,805 +597,928
Czechia 61,921,965 51,822,723 -10,099,242
Portugal 72,572,662 39,898,163 -32,674,499

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 628
Inner London - West 471
Surrey, East and West Sussex 416
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 371
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 360

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 474 466 -8
Inner London - West 316 323 +7
Surrey, East and West Sussex 319 303 -16
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 253 270 +17
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 269 275 +6
Greater Manchester 250 258 +8
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 249 250 +1
West Midlands 239 226 -13
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 226 227 +1
Shropshire and Staffordshire 198 213 +15

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 2,088,787,412
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 1,837,072,315
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 513,889,130
Other 153,627,453
Road transport 38,614,096

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 1,061,946,938 1,026,840,474 -35,106,464
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 982,973,969 854,098,346 -128,875,623
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 220,747,447 293,141,683 +72,394,236
Other 131,164,236 22,463,217 -108,701,019
Road transport 11,663,015 26,951,081 +15,288,066
Rail transport 16,809,323 17,279,998 +470,675

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 982,086,852
Dover 718,040,697
London Stansted Airport 391,471,469
East Midlands Airport 390,390,891
Eurotunnel 300,442,706

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 £
London Heathrow Airport 519,111,854 462,974,998 -56,136,856
Dover 376,533,383 341,507,314 -35,026,069
London Stansted Airport 202,440,060 189,031,409 -13,408,651
East Midlands Airport 192,309,286 198,081,605 +5,772,319
Eurotunnel 155,876,019 144,566,687 -11,309,332
Felixstowe 93,761,775 107,876,993 +14,115,218
Dover / Eurotunnel 98,239,258 77,757,282 -20,481,976
000 131,164,236 22,463,217 -108,701,019
Immingham Docks 68,142,943 64,299,657 -3,843,286
Birmingham Airport 52,275,217 61,409,829 +9,134,612

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
1588
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.
669
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment
527
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities
460
Manufacture of electrical equipment
436

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 1807
2026-04 1765
2026-03 1873
2026-02 1843
2026-01 1696

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 3340
54m+ 2412
0-1m 1057
15m-54m 872
Other 547

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 930,225,740
Germany 365,355,158
Netherlands 180,089,301
France 178,476,799
China 149,720,582

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 388,369,081 541,856,659 +153,487,578
Germany 191,267,835 174,087,323 -17,180,512
Netherlands 88,258,020 91,831,281 +3,573,261
France 94,188,344 84,288,455 -9,899,889
China 74,744,708 74,975,874 +231,166
United Arab Emirates 69,304,021 72,109,336 +2,805,315
Ireland 54,470,650 56,250,802 +1,780,152
India 47,475,870 47,410,196 -65,674
Poland 33,205,680 53,607,588 +20,401,908
Spain 36,767,768 49,105,408 +12,337,640

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 34,071,564
Ireland 2,066,298
Germany 1,683,922
Sweden 1,022,281
Lithuania 873,297

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 19,245,360 14,826,204 -4,419,156
Ireland 1,337,498 728,800 -608,698
Germany 461,999 1,221,923 +759,924
Sweden 1,017,548 4,733 -1,012,815
Lithuania 0 873,297 +873,297
Italy 249,798 357,255 +107,457
Spain 404,087 738 -403,349
Nicaragua 141,098 92,357 -48,741
United States 106,333 122,111 +15,778
China 38,863 39,539 +676

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 2,156,169,667
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 867,215,854
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 381,597,860
Other 41,680,143
Road transport 215,300

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 1,040,062,570 1,116,107,097 +76,044,527
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 415,161,847 452,054,007 +36,892,160
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 137,481,162 244,116,698 +106,635,536
Other 23,260,370 18,419,773 -4,840,597
Road transport 124,121 91,179 -32,942
Rail transport 0 973 +973

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 1,180,784,965
Dover / Eurotunnel 576,085,491
London Stansted Airport 359,987,355
East Midlands Airport 319,434,080
Immingham Docks 186,969,574

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 £
London Heathrow Airport 537,552,630 643,232,335 +105,679,705
Dover / Eurotunnel 278,460,160 297,625,331 +19,165,171
London Stansted Airport 162,507,056 197,480,299 +34,973,243
East Midlands Airport 160,729,393 158,704,687 -2,024,706
Immingham Docks 68,420,683 118,548,891 +50,128,208
ZLC 108,655,569 59,653,056 -49,002,513
Southampton 32,872,688 107,693,702 +74,821,014
London Gateway Port 49,310,900 41,258,151 -8,052,749
Manchester Airport 39,950,669 39,600,128 -350,541
Felixstowe 30,377,775 16,480,702 -13,897,073

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 853710

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

Description: Electric control panels and distribution boards designed for use with voltages not exceeding 1,000 volts