Import/export HS code 853720: High-voltage electric control panels

Electric control panels and distribution boards designed for use with voltages 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 103,943,867
France 81,070,116
Czechia 71,990,101
China 32,407,792
United States 30,464,703

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 37,095,393 66,848,474 +29,753,081
France 32,909,065 48,161,051 +15,251,986
Czechia 42,652,329 29,337,772 -13,314,557
China 14,502,919 17,904,873 +3,401,954
United States 13,960,041 16,504,662 +2,544,621
Japan 10,653,422 18,037,178 +7,383,756
Italy 6,529,752 16,237,764 +9,708,012
Spain 9,157,639 8,714,210 -443,429
Netherlands 5,169,026 11,123,188 +5,954,162
Turkey 3,402,023 5,170,482 +1,768,459

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 109,181,851
Czechia 71,071,595
France 64,521,114
Japan 35,131,822
China 30,223,049

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 37,077,271 72,104,580 +35,027,309
Czechia 42,592,858 28,478,737 -14,114,121
France 24,008,664 40,512,450 +16,503,786
Japan 14,427,288 20,704,534 +6,277,246
China 15,275,617 14,947,432 -328,185
Spain 14,622,371 13,423,157 -1,199,214
Italy 7,202,781 16,010,135 +8,807,354
United States 10,823,796 11,842,531 +1,018,735
Sri Lanka 2,834,504 6,919,884 +4,085,380
Turkey 3,736,876 5,771,025 +2,034,149

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 87
Surrey, East and West Sussex 76
Inner London - West 51
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 50
Shropshire and Staffordshire 48

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 59 45 -14
Surrey, East and West Sussex 55 38 -17
Inner London - West 35 27 -8
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 30 26 -4
Shropshire and Staffordshire 37 23 -14
Greater Manchester 30 26 -4
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 32 19 -13
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 31 21 -10
West Midlands 29 22 -7
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 23 22 -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) 328,637,699
Air transport 67,774,221
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 40,115,111
Other 17,699,973
Road transport 2,321,242

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) 141,157,924 187,479,775 +46,321,851
Air transport 23,744,621 44,029,600 +20,284,979
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 21,447,202 18,667,909 -2,779,293
Other 10,994,062 6,705,911 -4,288,151
Road transport 1,241,768 1,079,474 -162,294

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 185,992,474
Immingham Docks 41,708,159
Dover / Eurotunnel 22,165,414
Eurotunnel 19,929,076
499 19,243,474

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 85,353,992 100,638,482 +15,284,490
Immingham Docks 7,792,483 33,915,676 +26,123,193
Dover / Eurotunnel 13,384,062 8,781,352 -4,602,710
Eurotunnel 11,458,279 8,470,797 -2,987,482
499 0 19,243,474 +19,243,474
000 10,994,062 6,705,911 -4,288,151
Felixstowe 9,835,216 6,706,236 -3,128,980
Southampton 6,188,493 10,332,968 +4,144,475
East Midlands Airport 7,050,468 5,426,179 -1,624,289
London Heathrow Airport 4,798,653 7,299,970 +2,501,317

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 195
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 85
Manufacture of electrical equipment 85
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 83
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 76

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 103
2025-11 88
2025-10 92
2025-09 79
2025-08 108

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
54m+ 412
1m-15m 383
15m-54m 109
0-1m 103
Other 79

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 £
Uruguay 13,494,556
Philippines 12,423,450
Czechia 9,821,582
Libya 8,525,781
United States 7,725,336

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 £
Uruguay 0 13,494,556 +13,494,556
Philippines 156,288 12,267,162 +12,110,874
Czechia 4,022,478 5,799,104 +1,776,626
Libya 3,371,410 5,154,371 +1,782,961
United States 3,470,696 4,254,640 +783,944
India 2,584,311 2,159,803 -424,508
France 1,692,409 1,815,664 +123,255
Bahrain 10,107 3,490,213 +3,480,106
Italy 1,764,506 1,081,725 -682,781
South Korea 1,768,890 280,120 -1,488,770

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 £
Ireland 12,369
Sweden 2,988
XI 20

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 £
Ireland 6,046 6,323 +277
Sweden 2,229 759 -1,470
XI 0 20 +20

Export volume by transport

What this shows: Export value by transport mode used to ship goods from the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 40,257,933
Air transport 31,190,537
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 19,706,831
Other 27,034
Road transport 3,696

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 £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 10,064,322 30,193,611 +20,129,289
Air transport 9,880,110 21,310,427 +11,430,317
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 9,638,991 10,067,840 +428,849
Other 13,398 13,636 +238
Road transport 3,696 0 -3,696

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 17,144,318
Dover / Eurotunnel 13,933,845
Londonderry 13,494,556
Felixstowe 7,677,634
London Gateway Port 7,275,737

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 2,699,156 14,445,162 +11,746,006
Dover / Eurotunnel 5,302,490 8,631,355 +3,328,865
Londonderry 0 13,494,556 +13,494,556
Felixstowe 3,540,909 4,136,725 +595,816
London Gateway Port 1,293,405 5,982,332 +4,688,927
London Heathrow Airport 4,279,757 2,752,305 -1,527,452
Dover 3,495,134 628,935 -2,866,199
Grangemouth Docks 1,872,419 2,120,104 +247,685
Liverpool Docks 1,982,872 1,889,492 -93,380
Manchester Airport 450,494 2,532,693 +2,082,199

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 853720

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

Description: Electric control panels and distribution boards designed for use with voltages exceeding 1,000 volts