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 101,083,565
Greece 50,620,456
Turkey 36,494,841
United Arab Emirates 22,983,926
Poland 21,931,691

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 60,842,824 40,240,741 -20,602,083
Greece 30,370,436 20,250,020 -10,120,416
Turkey 19,956,451 16,538,390 -3,418,061
United Arab Emirates 13,551,587 9,432,339 -4,119,248
Poland 12,302,154 9,629,537 -2,672,617
United States 9,899,285 9,678,079 -221,206
Germany 10,664,494 8,283,177 -2,381,317
Portugal 8,630,499 7,574,402 -1,056,097
China 6,264,768 4,034,090 -2,230,678
India 3,399,434 4,071,685 +672,251

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 98,350,473
Greece 49,096,652
Turkey 39,882,771
United Arab Emirates 22,885,958
Poland 18,823,738

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 60,112,224 38,238,249 -21,873,975
Greece 28,832,871 20,263,781 -8,569,090
Turkey 21,059,987 18,822,784 -2,237,203
United Arab Emirates 13,514,728 9,371,230 -4,143,498
Poland 10,043,001 8,780,737 -1,262,264
United States 9,135,340 9,243,757 +108,417
Portugal 8,297,032 7,694,676 -602,356
Germany 8,320,239 7,054,541 -1,265,698
China 7,162,943 4,565,396 -2,597,547
Italy 4,873,905 3,522,358 -1,351,547

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 108
Inner London - West 68
Surrey, East and West Sussex 63
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 57
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 50

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 73 61 -12
Inner London - West 46 42 -4
Surrey, East and West Sussex 43 34 -9
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 38 34 -4
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 34 28 -6
Greater Manchester 38 30 -8
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 26 28 +2
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 30 23 -7
West Midlands 24 19 -5
Essex 29 18 -11

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) 246,463,714
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 61,129,961
Air transport 23,025,946
Other 5,533,994
Road transport 338,691

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) 144,000,356 102,463,358 -41,536,998
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 32,843,781 28,286,180 -4,557,601
Air transport 12,728,042 10,297,904 -2,430,138
Other 4,191,692 1,342,302 -2,849,390
Road transport 148,131 190,560 +42,429

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Gateway Port 106,162,645
Felixstowe 67,103,575
Southampton 43,673,687
Dover 34,128,190
Liverpool Docks 31,147,293

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 83,484,239 22,678,406 -60,805,833
Felixstowe 41,655,832 25,447,743 -16,208,089
Southampton 13,055,970 30,617,717 +17,561,747
Dover 15,604,005 18,524,185 +2,920,180
Liverpool Docks 8,847,308 22,299,985 +13,452,677
East Midlands Airport 5,940,551 4,555,907 -1,384,644
Immingham Docks 3,344,924 3,261,758 -83,166
London Stansted Airport 2,978,521 2,615,886 -362,635
000 4,191,692 1,342,302 -2,849,390
London Heathrow Airport 2,320,621 1,943,521 -377,100

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 250
Manufacture of electrical equipment 132
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 110
Other manufacturing 81
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 76

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 133
2025-11 139
2025-10 146
2025-09 155
2025-08 155

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 440
54m+ 390
0-1m 115
15m-54m 106
Other 82

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 4,926,254
Norway 3,691,894
Ireland 2,657,983
India 1,702,538
Iraq 1,236,502

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 3,339,732 1,586,522 -1,753,210
Norway 96,129 3,595,765 +3,499,636
Ireland 1,168,749 1,489,234 +320,485
India 216,779 1,485,759 +1,268,980
Iraq 794,732 441,770 -352,962
United States 783,959 417,254 -366,705
Azerbaijan 46,046 1,130,324 +1,084,278
United Arab Emirates 645,894 468,843 -177,051
Spain 505,100 541,473 +36,373
Italy 540,068 399,368 -140,700

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 22,154
Ireland 9,790
Bulgaria 5,580
Belgium 2,335

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 21,601 553 -21,048
Ireland 0 9,790 +9,790
Bulgaria 5,580 0 -5,580
Belgium 2,230 105 -2,125
China 1,195 0 -1,195
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 732 0 -732
Italy 556 0 -556
Spain 544 0 -544
XI 208 323 +115

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) 17,526,481
Air transport 7,271,170
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 5,681,230
Other 117,115
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) 7,281,751 10,244,730 +2,962,979
Air transport 4,305,360 2,965,810 -1,339,550
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 2,714,326 2,966,904 +252,578
Other 96,129 20,986 -75,143
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 6,222,963
Immingham Docks 4,084,808
London 2,959,872
London Heathrow Airport 2,571,834
London Gateway Port 2,041,827

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 3,218,237 3,004,726 -213,511
Immingham Docks 356,791 3,728,017 +3,371,226
London 1,928,030 1,031,842 -896,188
London Heathrow Airport 1,332,954 1,238,880 -94,074
London Gateway Port 1,004,560 1,037,267 +32,707
East Midlands Airport 1,179,854 714,760 -465,094
Holyhead 701,082 994,421 +293,339
Felixstowe 162,168 1,494,694 +1,332,526
Dover 627,939 393,921 -234,018
London Stansted Airport 687,065 217,936 -469,129

Quick facts

HS code: 85444999

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

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