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 849,888,216
United States 711,882,098
France 349,927,813
China 327,220,958
Netherlands 257,072,151

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 489,278,423 360,609,793 -128,668,630
United States 414,821,352 297,060,746 -117,760,606
France 159,799,307 190,128,506 +30,329,199
China 203,098,855 124,122,103 -78,976,752
Netherlands 141,128,078 115,944,073 -25,184,005
Ireland 86,541,431 76,431,725 -10,109,706
Spain 79,899,211 49,954,177 -29,945,034
Poland 63,326,855 51,774,938 -11,551,917
Italy 64,860,924 45,826,174 -19,034,750
Portugal 67,588,837 38,656,044 -28,932,793

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 885,850,414
Germany 516,332,316
China 441,459,065
United Kingdom 307,291,687
France 264,957,504

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 515,733,241 370,117,173 -145,616,068
Germany 297,234,212 219,098,104 -78,136,108
China 263,011,359 178,447,706 -84,563,653
United Kingdom 169,077,754 138,213,933 -30,863,821
France 116,224,408 148,733,096 +32,508,688
Romania 81,679,594 53,414,124 -28,265,470
Poland 69,261,473 55,413,069 -13,848,404
Portugal 71,788,928 43,447,445 -28,341,483
Ireland 55,932,902 53,760,748 -2,172,154
Czechia 63,470,341 41,231,063 -22,239,278

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 598
Inner London - West 435
Surrey, East and West Sussex 406
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 341
Greater Manchester 336

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 454 439 -15
Inner London - West 319 280 -39
Surrey, East and West Sussex 323 265 -58
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 249 242 -7
Greater Manchester 242 239 -3
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 265 239 -26
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 241 234 -7
West Midlands 239 217 -22
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 221 214 -7
Shropshire and Staffordshire 185 193 +8

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 1,867,735,968
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 1,605,188,271
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 425,865,820
Other 181,642,022
Road transport 46,514,538

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 1,057,631,201 810,104,767 -247,526,434
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 892,085,717 713,102,554 -178,983,163
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 222,311,187 203,554,633 -18,756,554
Other 134,167,057 47,474,965 -86,692,092
Road transport 29,474,289 17,040,249 -12,434,040
Rail transport 16,024,307 11,811,097 -4,213,210

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 889,441,223
Dover 608,105,770
London Stansted Airport 351,991,276
East Midlands Airport 347,132,842
Eurotunnel 264,047,398

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 520,610,176 368,831,047 -151,779,129
Dover 322,973,326 285,132,444 -37,840,882
London Stansted Airport 197,008,477 154,982,799 -42,025,678
East Midlands Airport 195,558,061 151,574,781 -43,983,280
Eurotunnel 151,765,748 112,281,650 -39,484,098
000 134,167,057 47,474,965 -86,692,092
Felixstowe 94,236,240 80,865,385 -13,370,855
Dover / Eurotunnel 103,265,341 60,584,606 -42,680,735
Immingham Docks 63,970,369 52,828,235 -11,142,134
Birmingham Airport 49,736,310 49,071,521 -664,789

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 1499
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 637
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 478
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 428
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 413

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 1695
2025-11 1770
2025-10 1906
2025-09 1819
2025-08 1730

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 3161
54m+ 2331
0-1m 966
15m-54m 813
Other 511

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 742,624,717
Germany 339,705,665
Netherlands 165,853,563
France 159,961,334
China 129,304,522

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 383,303,470 359,321,247 -23,982,223
Germany 192,950,994 146,754,671 -46,196,323
Netherlands 93,934,949 71,918,614 -22,016,335
France 91,057,736 68,903,598 -22,154,138
China 76,575,051 52,729,471 -23,845,580
United Arab Emirates 68,062,609 57,992,656 -10,069,953
Ireland 52,282,605 47,682,817 -4,599,788
India 49,205,167 34,873,130 -14,332,037
Poland 29,202,349 42,063,701 +12,861,352
Spain 40,242,708 29,891,452 -10,351,256

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 27,732,805
Ireland 1,960,443
Sweden 1,018,585
Italy 886,913
Germany 696,449

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 11,756,466 15,976,339 +4,219,873
Ireland 507,070 1,453,373 +946,303
Sweden 1,017,548 1,037 -1,016,511
Italy 563,148 323,765 -239,383
Germany 321,895 374,554 +52,659
Spain 402,886 1,628 -401,258
Nicaragua 130,402 109,627 -20,775
Lithuania 0 187,561 +187,561
United States 106,378 29,152 -77,226
China 34,475 31,405 -3,070

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 1,857,912,863
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 763,922,444
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 281,496,701
Other 33,777,708
Road transport 2,249,012

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 1,039,974,312 817,938,551 -222,035,761
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 397,523,742 366,398,702 -31,125,040
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 156,906,140 124,590,561 -32,315,579
Other 15,138,906 18,638,802 +3,499,896
Road transport 2,154,756 94,256 -2,060,500
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 991,185,562
Dover / Eurotunnel 513,272,989
London Stansted Airport 293,370,581
East Midlands Airport 287,880,359
ZLC 176,947,637

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 547,031,868 444,153,694 -102,878,174
Dover / Eurotunnel 267,434,998 245,837,991 -21,597,007
London Stansted Airport 142,843,407 150,527,174 +7,683,767
East Midlands Airport 168,976,238 118,904,121 -50,072,117
ZLC 118,537,319 58,410,318 -60,127,001
Immingham Docks 75,715,498 53,238,146 -22,477,352
Southampton 34,002,591 53,242,500 +19,239,909
London Gateway Port 46,469,056 25,074,680 -21,394,376
Manchester Airport 38,213,932 28,849,288 -9,364,644
Felixstowe 36,669,769 15,016,618 -21,653,151

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