Import/export HS code 85437090: Various unspecified electrical devices

Other electrical machines and devices not listed elsewhere

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* 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 £
United States 268,102,990
Netherlands 199,229,954
China 181,384,480
Germany 175,658,748
France 76,190,115

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 £
United States 151,994,878 116,108,112 -35,886,766
Netherlands 89,813,641 109,416,313 +19,602,672
China 83,006,659 98,377,821 +15,371,162
Germany 86,980,446 88,678,302 +1,697,856
France 36,012,557 40,177,558 +4,165,001
Italy 28,923,963 25,997,210 -2,926,753
Belgium 25,686,894 27,326,402 +1,639,508
Switzerland 15,307,893 17,769,915 +2,462,022
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 15,491,403 13,668,224 -1,823,179
Spain 18,260,022 9,089,572 -9,170,450

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 300,816,520
China 280,259,077
Germany 132,964,838
United Kingdom 94,733,606
Poland 77,888,413

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 174,244,149 126,572,371 -47,671,778
China 132,036,142 148,222,935 +16,186,793
Germany 63,499,196 69,465,642 +5,966,446
United Kingdom 47,263,208 47,470,398 +207,190
Poland 38,077,420 39,810,993 +1,733,573
Italy 27,931,039 32,032,365 +4,101,326
France 21,004,372 22,865,382 +1,861,010
Malaysia 20,918,466 20,147,100 -771,366
Netherlands 18,285,557 18,832,315 +546,758
Switzerland 16,007,220 17,202,012 +1,194,792

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 473
Inner London - West 447
Surrey, East and West Sussex 314
Greater Manchester 256
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 252

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 331 339 +8
Inner London - West 286 308 +22
Surrey, East and West Sussex 211 220 +9
Greater Manchester 167 180 +13
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 180 191 +11
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 155 162 +7
Inner London - East 127 156 +29
West Midlands 142 139 -3
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 138 135 -3
Outer London - West and North West 126 110 -16

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 708,873,621
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 329,593,930
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 251,452,913
Other 107,137,535
Road transport 7,902,588

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 368,832,087 340,041,534 -28,790,553
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 158,237,889 171,356,041 +13,118,152
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 83,552,282 167,900,631 +84,348,349
Other 81,457,214 25,680,321 -55,776,893
Road transport 2,162,610 5,739,978 +3,577,368
Rail transport 25,777 30,828 +5,051

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 246,293,474
East Midlands Airport 145,405,601
London Stansted Airport 125,502,791
000 107,137,535
Dover 105,476,594

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 133,550,017 112,743,457 -20,806,560
East Midlands Airport 67,786,917 77,618,684 +9,831,767
London Stansted Airport 62,426,963 63,075,828 +648,865
000 81,457,214 25,680,321 -55,776,893
Dover 53,021,034 52,455,560 -565,474
499 5,636,935 80,337,009 +74,700,074
Manchester Airport 53,984,645 17,784,636 -36,200,009
Felixstowe 32,073,329 35,617,417 +3,544,088
Eurotunnel 26,528,605 30,794,677 +4,266,072
Harwich 17,856,276 28,885,349 +11,029,073

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 1157
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 693
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 382
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 343
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 292

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 950
2026-03 970
2026-02 939
2026-01 863
2025-12 891

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 2197
54m+ 1568
0-1m 848
15m-54m 506
Other 403

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 £
Germany 417,187,900
United States 353,677,933
Saudi Arabia 216,256,707
Spain 200,858,179
France 138,464,756

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 £
Germany 193,867,592 223,320,308 +29,452,716
United States 183,427,975 170,249,958 -13,178,017
Saudi Arabia 116,111,052 100,145,655 -15,965,397
Spain 99,613,533 101,244,646 +1,631,113
France 61,757,971 76,706,785 +14,948,814
Italy 45,759,704 47,220,382 +1,460,678
Japan 36,700,314 24,427,708 -12,272,606
Netherlands 27,083,112 25,315,326 -1,767,786
Ireland 23,701,986 27,011,271 +3,309,285
Turkey 12,717,115 28,343,367 +15,626,252

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 46,443,096
China 321,772
Germany 173,352
United States 44,550
Switzerland 28,380

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 23,482,975 22,960,121 -522,854
China 188,247 133,525 -54,722
Germany 63,213 110,139 +46,926
United States 32,866 11,684 -21,182
Switzerland 28,380 0 -28,380
Ireland 21,859 3,395 -18,464
Denmark 10,872 1,904 -8,968
Netherlands 6,981 0 -6,981
Hungary 2,905 3,690 +785
Austria 5,603 0 -5,603

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 991,533,077
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 878,067,043
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 198,090,365
Other 47,138,830
Road transport 285,450

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 521,657,676 469,875,401 -51,782,275
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 404,155,731 473,911,312 +69,755,581
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 85,878,236 112,212,129 +26,333,893
Other 23,880,961 23,257,869 -623,092
Road transport 219,070 66,380 -152,690
Rail transport 2,022 2,456 +434

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 768,713,994
London Heathrow Airport 339,273,798
Warton Aerodrome 143,349,800
Manchester Airport 122,071,241
East Midlands Airport 114,002,614

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 361,473,805 407,240,189 +45,766,384
London Heathrow Airport 164,643,263 174,630,535 +9,987,272
Warton Aerodrome 112,597,701 30,752,099 -81,845,602
Manchester Airport 61,850,471 60,220,770 -1,629,701
East Midlands Airport 50,815,227 63,187,387 +12,372,160
Glasgow Airport 50,269,351 41,450,119 -8,819,232
London Stansted Airport 30,376,968 44,281,633 +13,904,665
WEY 0 66,250,000 +66,250,000
ZLC 33,358,985 30,792,782 -2,566,203
000 23,880,961 23,257,869 -623,092

Quick facts

HS code: 85437090

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

Description: Other electrical machines and devices not listed elsewhere