Import/export HS code 85444999: High-voltage cables

Cables for voltages of 1,000V or more

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 £
Egypt 120,222,518
Greece 58,478,508
Turkey 42,846,935
Poland 27,664,950
United Arab Emirates 24,907,911

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 £
Egypt 60,183,381 60,039,137 -144,244
Greece 30,920,875 27,557,633 -3,363,242
Turkey 20,072,639 22,774,296 +2,701,657
Poland 11,944,033 15,720,917 +3,776,884
United Arab Emirates 13,466,405 11,441,506 -2,024,899
Germany 10,170,468 12,300,233 +2,129,765
United States 10,149,772 12,174,779 +2,025,007
Portugal 8,853,187 9,963,030 +1,109,843
China 6,499,660 4,940,320 -1,559,340
India 4,718,099 4,438,000 -280,099

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 £
Egypt 117,889,583
Greece 57,108,619
Turkey 46,529,133
United Arab Emirates 24,790,163
Poland 24,218,660

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 £
Egypt 59,223,311 58,666,272 -557,039
Greece 29,383,310 27,725,309 -1,658,001
Turkey 21,415,955 25,113,178 +3,697,223
United Arab Emirates 13,414,050 11,376,113 -2,037,937
Poland 9,677,691 14,540,969 +4,863,278
United States 9,518,468 11,564,075 +2,045,607
Germany 8,291,646 10,719,718 +2,428,072
Portugal 8,519,720 10,105,002 +1,585,282
China 7,406,675 5,536,249 -1,870,426
Italy 5,082,699 4,490,702 -591,997

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 111
Inner London - West 68
Surrey, East and West Sussex 68
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 59
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 52

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 67 72 +5
Inner London - West 43 46 +3
Surrey, East and West Sussex 41 42 +1
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 35 38 +3
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 32 34 +2
Greater Manchester 35 35 +0
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 25 29 +4
West Midlands 22 26 +4
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 26 30 +4
Essex 26 24 -2

Import volume by transport

What this shows: Import value by transport mode used to bring goods into the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 278,028,935
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 83,066,611
Air transport 25,703,157
Other 5,546,140
Road transport 310,924

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 £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 146,006,447 132,022,488 -13,983,959
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 32,343,723 50,722,888 +18,379,165
Air transport 12,264,365 13,438,792 +1,174,427
Other 3,742,262 1,803,878 -1,938,384
Road transport 105,089 205,835 +100,746

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Gateway Port 105,389,129
Felixstowe 85,447,388
Southampton 53,574,131
Dover 40,791,978
Liverpool Docks 38,958,292

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 Gateway Port 79,567,286 25,821,843 -53,745,443
Felixstowe 44,028,381 41,419,007 -2,609,374
Southampton 14,121,757 39,452,374 +25,330,617
Dover 16,038,889 24,753,089 +8,714,200
Liverpool Docks 10,549,967 28,408,325 +17,858,358
London 1,061,485 10,350,967 +9,289,482
East Midlands Airport 5,200,847 5,823,644 +622,797
Immingham Docks 3,355,074 5,632,479 +2,277,405
London Stansted Airport 2,977,230 3,478,378 +501,148
000 3,742,262 1,803,878 -1,938,384

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 262
Manufacture of electrical equipment 143
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 121
Other manufacturing 86
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 81

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 140
2026-03 163
2026-02 154
2026-01 133
2025-12 129

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 476
54m+ 424
0-1m 125
15m-54m 114
Other 87

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 £
Netherlands 5,144,003
Norway 3,940,778
Ireland 3,062,229
United Arab Emirates 2,915,925
United States 1,784,256

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 £
Netherlands 3,232,951 1,911,052 -1,321,899
Norway 886,326 3,054,452 +2,168,126
Ireland 1,315,109 1,747,120 +432,011
United Arab Emirates 581,459 2,334,466 +1,753,007
United States 785,710 998,546 +212,836
India 230,192 1,497,717 +1,267,525
Spain 597,352 881,368 +284,016
Iraq 794,732 456,907 -337,825
Italy 539,391 659,124 +119,733
Azerbaijan 194,320 987,259 +792,939

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 £
Turkey 62,985
France 56,030
Ireland 9,790
Bulgaria 5,580
China 3,515

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 £
Turkey 62,985 0 -62,985
France 21,046 34,984 +13,938
Ireland 0 9,790 +9,790
Bulgaria 5,580 0 -5,580
China 1,195 2,320 +1,125
Belgium 2,230 105 -2,125
XI 208 1,755 +1,547
Italy 556 0 -556
Spain 544 0 -544
Germany 44 0 -44

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) 19,605,087
Air transport 9,099,650
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 8,321,759
Other 153,617
Road transport 2,955

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) 8,426,865 11,178,222 +2,751,357
Air transport 4,141,483 4,958,167 +816,684
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 2,572,678 5,749,081 +3,176,403
Other 94,448 59,169 -35,279
Road transport 2,955 0 -2,955

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 7,386,286
Immingham Docks 4,440,137
London Gateway Port 4,070,755
London Heathrow Airport 3,875,790
London 2,980,332

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 3,290,690 4,095,596 +804,906
Immingham Docks 1,123,450 3,316,687 +2,193,237
London Gateway Port 1,118,328 2,952,427 +1,834,099
London Heathrow Airport 1,338,061 2,537,729 +1,199,668
London 1,874,780 1,105,552 -769,228
East Midlands Airport 1,221,827 985,889 -235,938
Holyhead 786,953 1,218,106 +431,153
Felixstowe 162,168 1,586,918 +1,424,750
Dover 779,989 264,830 -515,159
London Stansted Airport 542,099 433,155 -108,944

Quick facts

HS code: 85444999

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

Description: Cables for voltages of 1,000V or more