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 21,872,354
Spain 18,584,658
Germany 18,114,245
China 18,038,735
France 14,165,664

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 6,386,750 15,485,604 +9,098,854
Spain 9,547,485 9,037,173 -510,312
Germany 8,376,317 9,737,928 +1,361,611
China 9,243,398 8,795,337 -448,061
France 10,276,500 3,889,164 -6,387,336
Italy 6,858,886 7,238,537 +379,651
India 4,357,715 9,246,861 +4,889,146
Ireland 6,014,754 3,184,598 -2,830,156
United States 3,415,164 5,610,395 +2,195,231
Turkey 3,647,584 3,996,650 +349,066

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 £
Denmark 21,789,339
China 20,434,832
United Kingdom 19,503,472
Germany 16,142,183
Romania 15,805,896

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 £
Denmark 6,449,964 15,339,375 +8,889,411
China 10,560,208 9,874,624 -685,584
United Kingdom 11,405,891 8,097,581 -3,308,310
Germany 6,850,504 9,291,679 +2,441,175
Romania 8,161,006 7,644,890 -516,116
Italy 7,394,408 6,706,978 -687,430
India 4,623,106 8,938,479 +4,315,373
Poland 3,632,960 5,842,726 +2,209,766
United States 3,832,504 5,302,726 +1,470,222
Spain 3,354,766 4,906,488 +1,551,722

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 83
Surrey, East and West Sussex 67
Inner London - West 63
Greater Manchester 57
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 51

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 59 +6
Surrey, East and West Sussex 45 44 -1
Inner London - West 45 35 -10
Greater Manchester 35 43 +8
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 35 36 +1
West Midlands 34 38 +4
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 26 45 +19
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 32 35 +3
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 25 33 +8
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 24 31 +7

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) 90,086,192
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 73,379,130
Air transport 42,077,100
Other 7,290,383
Road transport 879,838

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) 45,076,211 45,009,981 -66,230
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 30,968,281 42,410,849 +11,442,568
Air transport 20,442,071 21,635,029 +1,192,958
Other 3,452,858 3,837,525 +384,667
Road transport 389,758 490,080 +100,322

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 40,165,852
Immingham Docks 26,556,124
Felixstowe 25,803,215
Eurotunnel 23,737,770
London Heathrow Airport 18,612,671

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 18,496,782 21,669,070 +3,172,288
Immingham Docks 9,525,611 17,030,513 +7,504,902
Felixstowe 14,359,443 11,443,772 -2,915,671
Eurotunnel 12,697,343 11,040,427 -1,656,916
London Heathrow Airport 9,394,562 9,218,109 -176,453
Southampton 4,748,441 8,003,814 +3,255,373
London Gateway Port 2,858,864 6,078,196 +3,219,332
East Midlands Airport 3,287,572 4,205,066 +917,494
000 3,452,858 3,837,525 +384,667
London Stansted Airport 3,461,362 3,623,083 +161,721

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 247
Manufacture of electrical equipment 120
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 107
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 94
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 82

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 221
2026-03 209
2026-02 224
2026-01 189
2025-12 183

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 444
54m+ 409
15m-54m 137
0-1m 93
Other 76

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 18,906,099
Spain 14,965,822
Ireland 10,063,032
France 7,459,072
Germany 6,539,721

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 9,946,493 8,959,606 -986,887
Spain 5,776,642 9,189,180 +3,412,538
Ireland 5,126,903 4,936,129 -190,774
France 3,645,023 3,814,049 +169,026
Germany 4,578,586 1,961,135 -2,617,451
Netherlands 2,300,443 2,034,941 -265,502
Saudi Arabia 1,498,494 2,035,587 +537,093
Italy 2,044,979 1,455,257 -589,722
Belgium 1,573,468 1,092,472 -480,996
Bahrain 1,477,586 986,064 -491,522

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 2,125,578
China 1,047,391
Spain 277,150
XI 263,284
France 88,826

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 1,359,972 765,606 -594,366
China 798,502 248,889 -549,613
Spain 60,627 216,523 +155,896
XI 11,598 251,686 +240,088
France 29,786 59,040 +29,254
India 15,858 20,984 +5,126
Nicaragua 9,452 640 -8,812
Hungary 2,806 3,181 +375
Italy 4,864 3 -4,861
Bulgaria 2,132 2,416 +284

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) 44,166,289
Air transport 43,845,034
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 12,321,987
Other 3,879,344
Road transport 48,306

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) 21,805,833 22,360,456 +554,623
Air transport 22,401,571 21,443,463 -958,108
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 5,594,614 6,727,373 +1,132,759
Other 2,301,653 1,577,691 -723,962
Road transport 40,560 7,746 -32,814

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 25,942,618
London Heathrow Airport 20,477,948
East Midlands Airport 10,723,990
Portsmouth 7,455,917
London Stansted Airport 6,161,284

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 13,780,623 12,161,995 -1,618,628
London Heathrow Airport 9,289,955 11,187,993 +1,898,038
East Midlands Airport 5,965,892 4,758,098 -1,207,794
Portsmouth 2,538,551 4,917,366 +2,378,815
London Stansted Airport 3,693,724 2,467,560 -1,226,164
London Gateway Port 2,931,206 2,850,559 -80,647
000 2,301,653 1,577,691 -723,962
Holyhead 1,675,859 1,870,504 +194,645
ZLC 2,245,529 970,436 -1,275,093
Immingham Docks 1,029,495 2,010,115 +980,620

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