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 961,829,434
United States 832,386,272
France 468,256,234
China 379,837,988
Netherlands 300,351,690

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 485,453,349 476,376,085 -9,077,264
United States 423,208,619 409,177,653 -14,030,966
France 190,343,698 277,912,536 +87,568,838
China 202,065,024 177,772,964 -24,292,060
Netherlands 143,133,538 157,218,152 +14,084,614
Ireland 89,627,328 100,913,626 +11,286,298
Spain 79,445,064 62,201,715 -17,243,349
Poland 66,813,037 60,880,694 -5,932,343
Italy 66,402,190 59,426,604 -6,975,586
Romania 62,037,415 56,507,169 -5,530,246

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 1,019,805,741
Germany 588,709,670
China 510,116,577
France 370,232,626
United Kingdom 361,202,039

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 523,083,568 496,722,173 -26,361,395
Germany 291,952,360 296,757,310 +4,804,950
China 264,201,662 245,914,915 -18,286,747
France 145,566,074 224,666,552 +79,100,478
United Kingdom 176,303,692 184,898,347 +8,594,655
Romania 80,943,489 77,350,130 -3,593,359
Poland 71,590,093 65,608,919 -5,981,174
Ireland 58,523,052 71,299,545 +12,776,493
Czechia 62,662,895 57,484,158 -5,178,737
Portugal 70,232,595 49,196,714 -21,035,881

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 631
Inner London - West 475
Surrey, East and West Sussex 425
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 375
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 361

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 462 479 +17
Inner London - West 308 334 +26
Surrey, East and West Sussex 314 306 -8
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 251 282 +31
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 263 285 +22
Greater Manchester 242 269 +27
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 251 252 +1
West Midlands 230 236 +6
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 220 227 +7
Shropshire and Staffordshire 196 211 +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 2,172,527,301
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 1,898,573,777
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 526,780,342
Other 175,007,996
Road transport 49,090,454

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 1,073,756,439 1,098,770,862 +25,014,423
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 927,647,251 970,926,526 +43,279,275
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 221,561,066 305,219,276 +83,658,210
Other 131,077,865 43,930,131 -87,147,734
Road transport 23,208,758 25,881,696 +2,672,938
Rail transport 16,059,981 18,839,625 +2,779,644

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 1,031,516,535
Dover 744,253,314
East Midlands Airport 406,083,602
London Stansted Airport 403,688,710
Eurotunnel 314,088,492

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 528,396,272 503,120,263 -25,276,009
Dover 349,881,504 394,371,810 +44,490,306
East Midlands Airport 197,848,078 208,235,524 +10,387,446
London Stansted Airport 201,911,092 201,777,618 -133,474
Eurotunnel 148,756,315 165,332,177 +16,575,862
Felixstowe 95,552,098 111,313,450 +15,761,352
Dover / Eurotunnel 100,979,952 83,394,733 -17,585,219
000 131,077,865 43,930,131 -87,147,734
Immingham Docks 63,604,468 74,151,654 +10,547,186
Birmingham Airport 50,461,278 65,606,597 +15,145,319

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 1598
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 673
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 529
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 466
Manufacture of electrical equipment 443

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 1764
2026-03 1873
2026-02 1840
2026-01 1696
2025-12 1680

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 3418
54m+ 2434
0-1m 1072
15m-54m 861
Other 553

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 948,163,404
Germany 382,812,815
Netherlands 192,978,014
France 186,396,777
China 156,472,099

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 392,708,346 555,455,058 +162,746,712
Germany 190,170,854 192,641,961 +2,471,107
Netherlands 94,039,028 98,938,986 +4,899,958
France 93,919,203 92,477,574 -1,441,629
China 76,459,339 80,012,760 +3,553,421
United Arab Emirates 67,954,466 78,272,885 +10,318,419
Ireland 52,527,449 60,907,468 +8,380,019
India 48,112,039 49,685,220 +1,573,181
Spain 34,734,104 54,927,833 +20,193,729
Poland 32,054,117 55,364,973 +23,310,856

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 34,193,408
Ireland 2,060,852
Germany 1,279,103
Sweden 1,022,281
Italy 802,489

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 13,280,736 20,912,672 +7,631,936
Ireland 689,332 1,371,520 +682,188
Germany 317,827 961,276 +643,449
Sweden 1,017,548 4,733 -1,012,815
Italy 435,253 367,236 -68,017
Lithuania 0 758,865 +758,865
Spain 402,886 2,045 -400,841
Nicaragua 102,708 144,359 +41,651
United States 108,014 44,763 -63,251
China 35,717 43,142 +7,425

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 2,227,823,495
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 899,896,628
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 380,344,027
Other 41,491,635
Road transport 2,157,558

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 1,042,145,404 1,185,678,091 +143,532,687
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 404,462,401 495,434,227 +90,971,826
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 147,214,687 233,129,340 +85,914,653
Other 16,716,925 24,774,710 +8,057,785
Road transport 2,039,829 117,729 -1,922,100
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 1,210,491,843
Dover / Eurotunnel 597,583,690
London Stansted Airport 366,581,795
East Midlands Airport 335,029,085
ZLC 186,333,354

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 543,340,627 667,151,216 +123,810,589
Dover / Eurotunnel 274,103,711 323,479,979 +49,376,268
London Stansted Airport 148,120,028 218,461,767 +70,341,739
East Midlands Airport 164,657,663 170,371,422 +5,713,759
ZLC 117,903,096 68,430,258 -49,472,838
Immingham Docks 69,383,836 108,757,843 +39,374,007
Southampton 35,231,460 103,064,297 +67,832,837
London Gateway Port 47,946,838 45,903,706 -2,043,132
Manchester Airport 38,882,171 42,513,085 +3,630,914
Felixstowe 34,072,607 20,513,668 -13,558,939

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