Import/export HS code 853810: Empty control panel bases

Bases, panels, consoles, desks, and cabinets for electric control panels, without installed devices

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 £
Denmark 18,067,946
China 16,990,371
Spain 16,638,042
Germany 15,571,565
France 15,086,102

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 £
Denmark 5,123,707 12,944,239 +7,820,532
China 9,687,684 7,302,687 -2,384,997
Spain 6,583,521 10,054,521 +3,471,000
Germany 7,784,685 7,786,880 +2,195
France 10,463,406 4,622,696 -5,840,710
Italy 7,215,947 5,844,788 -1,371,159
India 2,811,002 8,933,335 +6,122,333
Ireland 5,484,284 3,198,812 -2,285,472
United States 3,602,734 4,878,948 +1,276,214
Turkey 3,292,685 3,576,365 +283,680

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 £
China 19,216,135
Denmark 18,037,277
United Kingdom 17,352,122
Romania 15,290,795
Germany 13,562,190

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 £
China 11,084,430 8,131,705 -2,952,725
Denmark 5,182,616 12,854,661 +7,672,045
United Kingdom 8,176,220 9,175,902 +999,682
Romania 8,843,168 6,447,627 -2,395,541
Germany 6,461,918 7,100,272 +638,354
Italy 7,794,532 5,541,179 -2,253,353
India 2,860,941 9,169,890 +6,308,949
United States 3,887,284 4,297,625 +410,341
Poland 3,241,170 4,716,717 +1,475,547
Spain 3,213,099 4,387,717 +1,174,618

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 76
Surrey, East and West Sussex 65
Inner London - West 63
Greater Manchester 53
West Midlands 53

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 53 52 -1
Surrey, East and West Sussex 45 43 -2
Inner London - West 47 33 -14
Greater Manchester 34 38 +4
West Midlands 35 39 +4
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 37 30 -7
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 31 35 +4
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 28 34 +6
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 26 24 -2
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 25 27 +2

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) 83,986,502
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 65,035,135
Air transport 37,183,667
Other 6,870,985
Road transport 549,540

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) 41,633,936 42,352,566 +718,630
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 29,764,651 35,270,484 +5,505,833
Air transport 19,774,080 17,409,587 -2,364,493
Other 2,867,311 4,003,674 +1,136,363
Road transport 298,504 251,036 -47,468

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 36,956,611
Felixstowe 24,696,980
Immingham Docks 23,137,672
Eurotunnel 21,001,223
London Heathrow Airport 17,169,588

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 18,792,207 18,164,404 -627,803
Felixstowe 14,046,601 10,650,379 -3,396,222
Immingham Docks 8,597,148 14,540,524 +5,943,376
Eurotunnel 9,232,616 11,768,607 +2,535,991
London Heathrow Airport 8,937,925 8,231,663 -706,262
Southampton 3,921,685 8,141,526 +4,219,841
London Gateway Port 2,864,235 4,924,689 +2,060,454
000 2,867,311 4,003,674 +1,136,363
London Stansted Airport 3,257,950 3,143,390 -114,560
East Midlands Airport 3,271,745 2,351,690 -920,055

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 236
Manufacture of electrical equipment 119
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 100
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 89
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 81

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 188
2025-11 203
2025-10 219
2025-09 205
2025-08 175

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 418
54m+ 384
15m-54m 123
0-1m 90
Other 69

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 14,572,185
Spain 12,200,359
Ireland 9,442,401
France 6,507,667
Germany 6,059,295

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 9,673,896 4,898,289 -4,775,607
Spain 5,818,637 6,381,722 +563,085
Ireland 5,064,648 4,377,753 -686,895
France 3,834,154 2,673,513 -1,160,641
Germany 4,578,841 1,480,454 -3,098,387
Netherlands 2,222,867 1,867,099 -355,768
Saudi Arabia 1,294,000 1,858,795 +564,795
Italy 2,104,502 962,871 -1,141,631
Belgium 1,591,260 852,888 -738,372
Australia 1,455,731 830,327 -625,404

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 2,186,985
China 1,226,887
XI 200,235
Spain 147,049
France 76,851

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 1,124,624 1,062,361 -62,263
China 914,219 312,668 -601,551
XI 5,696 194,539 +188,843
Spain 64,766 82,283 +17,517
France 29,547 47,304 +17,757
India 12,142 18,699 +6,557
Nicaragua 9,452 640 -8,812
Bulgaria 2,976 2,416 -560
Hungary 2,968 2,376 -592
Italy 9 4,867 +4,858

Export volume by transport

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

Top 5 values

Transport £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 38,127,138
Air transport 37,472,794
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 10,248,281
Other 3,905,459
Road transport 75,801

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 £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 21,904,412 16,222,726 -5,681,686
Air transport 21,481,737 15,991,057 -5,490,680
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 5,247,651 5,000,630 -247,021
Other 2,172,826 1,732,633 -440,193
Road transport 73,237 2,564 -70,673

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 22,744,226
London Heathrow Airport 14,952,736
East Midlands Airport 9,964,853
London Stansted Airport 6,401,885
London Gateway Port 5,640,644

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 £
Dover / Eurotunnel 14,134,462 8,609,764 -5,524,698
London Heathrow Airport 9,062,777 5,889,959 -3,172,818
East Midlands Airport 5,752,489 4,212,364 -1,540,125
London Stansted Airport 3,061,944 3,339,941 +277,997
London Gateway Port 2,497,694 3,142,950 +645,256
Portsmouth 2,566,853 2,884,297 +317,444
000 2,172,826 1,732,633 -440,193
ZLC 2,470,224 882,889 -1,587,335
Holyhead 1,880,911 1,360,251 -520,660
Manchester Airport 922,332 1,200,133 +277,801

Quick facts

HS code: 853810

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

Description: Bases, panels, consoles, desks, and cabinets for electric control panels, without installed devices