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 109,611,352
Greece 56,037,288
Turkey 40,794,708
Poland 26,779,650
United Arab Emirates 25,195,916

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 60,177,408 49,433,944 -10,743,464
Greece 30,656,071 25,381,217 -5,274,854
Turkey 20,075,032 20,719,676 +644,644
Poland 11,475,229 15,304,421 +3,829,192
United Arab Emirates 13,546,559 11,649,357 -1,897,202
United States 11,270,707 10,633,426 -637,281
Germany 9,817,751 11,897,299 +2,079,548
Portugal 10,308,567 8,599,170 -1,709,397
China 7,103,864 4,452,987 -2,650,877
India 4,933,093 4,517,317 -415,776

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 107,296,859
Greece 54,308,115
Turkey 44,763,382
United Arab Emirates 25,072,498
Poland 23,279,008

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 58,430,729 48,866,130 -9,564,599
Greece 29,118,506 25,189,609 -3,928,897
Turkey 22,287,165 22,476,217 +189,052
United Arab Emirates 13,489,928 11,582,570 -1,907,358
Poland 9,129,914 14,149,094 +5,019,180
United States 10,561,475 10,034,081 -527,394
Germany 8,681,268 10,474,695 +1,793,427
Portugal 10,111,983 8,620,868 -1,491,115
China 7,852,097 5,026,497 -2,825,600
India 4,762,285 4,415,643 -346,642

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 103
Surrey, East and West Sussex 69
Inner London - West 66
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 57
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 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 61 69 +8
Surrey, East and West Sussex 42 43 +1
Inner London - West 42 43 +1
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 39 34 -5
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 34 33 -1
Greater Manchester 35 34 -1
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 25 32 +7
West Midlands 25 21 -4
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 24 29 +5
Shropshire and Staffordshire 23 23 +0

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) 262,049,878
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 79,841,072
Air transport 24,881,506
Other 4,904,219
Road transport 283,032

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) 148,724,358 113,325,520 -35,398,838
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 29,926,304 49,914,768 +19,988,464
Air transport 12,038,136 12,843,370 +805,234
Other 3,251,497 1,652,722 -1,598,775
Road transport 78,414 204,618 +126,204

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Gateway Port 90,885,834
Felixstowe 83,162,751
Southampton 54,182,464
Liverpool Docks 39,191,478
Dover 37,601,219

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 69,655,872 21,229,962 -48,425,910
Felixstowe 43,984,344 39,178,407 -4,805,937
Southampton 21,859,674 32,322,790 +10,463,116
Liverpool Docks 15,373,236 23,818,242 +8,445,006
Dover 14,787,837 22,813,382 +8,025,545
London 1,099,332 11,494,892 +10,395,560
East Midlands Airport 4,895,306 5,830,272 +934,966
Immingham Docks 3,340,563 5,967,243 +2,626,680
London Stansted Airport 2,906,776 3,212,928 +306,152
000 3,251,497 1,652,722 -1,598,775

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
138
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products
117
Other manufacturing
86
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.
80

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 161
2026-04 140
2026-03 163
2026-02 154
2026-01 133

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 453
54m+ 409
0-1m 124
15m-54m 113
Other 90

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 4,459,202
Norway 4,097,965
Ireland 2,995,137
United Arab Emirates 2,856,643
India 1,701,637

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 2,845,324 1,613,878 -1,231,446
Norway 3,383,395 714,570 -2,668,825
Ireland 1,312,924 1,682,213 +369,289
United Arab Emirates 551,322 2,305,321 +1,753,999
India 206,282 1,495,355 +1,289,073
Spain 489,955 1,002,092 +512,137
United States 542,992 947,967 +404,975
Italy 640,028 555,297 -84,731
Azerbaijan 865,244 312,598 -552,646
Iraq 556,300 285,469 -270,831

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 53,917
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 19,618 34,299 +14,681
Ireland 0 9,790 +9,790
Bulgaria 5,580 0 -5,580
China 1,553 1,962 +409
Belgium 2,335 0 -2,335
XI 258 1,705 +1,447
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) 18,774,922
Air transport 8,255,840
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 8,115,772
Other 150,404
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) 11,241,076 7,533,846 -3,707,230
Air transport 3,472,914 4,782,926 +1,310,012
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 2,350,212 5,765,560 +3,415,348
Other 92,433 57,971 -34,462
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 6,738,026
Immingham Docks 4,602,726
London Gateway Port 3,786,867
London Heathrow Airport 3,768,318
London 2,798,839

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 3,395,074 3,342,952 -52,122
Immingham Docks 3,634,943 967,783 -2,667,160
London Gateway Port 1,026,188 2,760,679 +1,734,491
London Heathrow Airport 1,267,146 2,501,172 +1,234,026
London 1,896,407 902,432 -993,975
East Midlands Airport 944,416 975,071 +30,655
Holyhead 686,633 1,202,492 +515,859
Felixstowe 150,537 1,587,808 +1,437,271
Dover 765,789 231,093 -534,696
ZLC 403,376 360,705 -42,671

Quick facts

HS code: 85444999

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

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