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 108,525,891
Greece 51,329,633
Turkey 36,970,163
United Arab Emirates 23,584,133
Poland 23,122,969

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 61,966,770 46,559,121 -15,407,649
Greece 28,931,899 22,397,734 -6,534,165
Turkey 18,011,729 18,958,434 +946,705
United Arab Emirates 12,264,546 11,319,587 -944,959
Poland 12,746,670 10,376,299 -2,370,371
United States 9,947,114 10,260,977 +313,863
Germany 10,694,811 9,164,421 -1,530,390
Portugal 8,567,810 8,490,621 -77,189
China 6,252,139 4,210,088 -2,042,051
India 3,476,958 4,353,219 +876,261

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 105,792,799
Greece 49,764,688
Turkey 40,322,111
United Arab Emirates 23,412,409
Poland 19,874,427

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 61,504,851 44,287,948 -17,216,903
Greece 27,353,193 22,411,495 -4,941,698
Turkey 18,805,573 21,516,538 +2,710,965
United Arab Emirates 12,153,931 11,258,478 -895,453
Poland 10,535,026 9,339,401 -1,195,625
United States 9,160,076 9,826,023 +665,947
Portugal 8,234,343 8,610,895 +376,552
Germany 8,356,394 7,882,633 -473,761
China 7,235,061 4,816,459 -2,418,602
Italy 4,760,610 3,939,370 -821,240

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 109
Inner London - West 69
Surrey, East and West Sussex 63
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 58
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 70 66 -4
Inner London - West 45 45 +0
Surrey, East and West Sussex 40 37 -3
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 38 35 -3
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 34 30 -4
Greater Manchester 36 32 -4
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 27 29 +2
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 29 24 -5
West Midlands 25 20 -5
Essex 28 20 -8

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) 256,994,941
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 63,985,134
Air transport 23,861,966
Other 5,703,496
Road transport 347,989

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) 140,674,713 116,320,228 -24,354,485
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 33,447,402 30,537,732 -2,909,670
Air transport 12,698,254 11,163,712 -1,534,542
Other 4,148,518 1,554,978 -2,593,540
Road transport 157,429 190,560 +33,131

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Gateway Port 113,441,215
Felixstowe 69,115,486
Southampton 44,219,993
Dover 35,677,806
Liverpool Docks 31,733,630

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 82,710,895 30,730,320 -51,980,575
Felixstowe 40,516,329 28,599,157 -11,917,172
Southampton 12,445,711 31,774,282 +19,328,571
Dover 16,186,940 19,490,866 +3,303,926
Liverpool Docks 7,526,687 24,206,943 +16,680,256
East Midlands Airport 5,771,711 4,939,408 -832,303
Immingham Docks 3,106,226 3,593,730 +487,504
London Stansted Airport 3,078,233 2,884,196 -194,037
000 4,148,518 1,554,978 -2,593,540
Thamesport 2,912,051 1,454,607 -1,457,444

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 255
Manufacture of electrical equipment 134
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 114
Other manufacturing 83
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 78

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 451
54m+ 398
0-1m 115
15m-54m 107
Other 84

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 5,228,672
Norway 3,717,212
Ireland 2,730,509
India 1,709,288
United States 1,287,116

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 3,372,785 1,855,887 -1,516,898
Norway 103,601 3,613,611 +3,510,010
Ireland 1,051,396 1,679,113 +627,717
India 220,577 1,488,711 +1,268,134
United States 817,190 469,926 -347,264
Iraq 795,232 444,030 -351,202
Azerbaijan 41,762 1,136,971 +1,095,209
United Arab Emirates 398,298 736,974 +338,676
Spain 506,361 571,820 +65,459
Italy 194,499 746,113 +551,614

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 22,610
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 62,715 270 -62,445
France 19,772 2,838 -16,934
Ireland 0 9,790 +9,790
Bulgaria 5,580 0 -5,580
Belgium 2,230 105 -2,125
China 0 1,195 +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) 17,911,899
Air transport 7,646,887
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 6,039,387
Other 117,571
Road transport 17,531

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) 6,507,481 11,404,418 +4,896,937
Air transport 4,312,267 3,334,620 -977,647
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 2,337,280 3,702,107 +1,364,827
Other 92,835 24,736 -68,099
Road transport 17,531 0 -17,531

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 6,467,679
Immingham Docks 4,128,230
London 3,172,587
London Heathrow Airport 2,662,295
London Gateway Port 2,095,272

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 3,207,560 3,260,119 +52,559
Immingham Docks 170,145 3,958,085 +3,787,940
London 1,763,522 1,409,065 -354,457
London Heathrow Airport 1,256,198 1,406,097 +149,899
London Gateway Port 826,586 1,268,686 +442,100
East Midlands Airport 1,166,486 781,223 -385,263
Holyhead 576,611 1,154,564 +577,953
Felixstowe 143,113 1,513,749 +1,370,636
Dover 598,418 492,074 -106,344
London Stansted Airport 812,307 241,788 -570,519

Quick facts

HS code: 85444999

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

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