Import/export HS code 85011010: Small synchronous motors

Synchronous motors with a power output of 18 watts or less

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 £
Germany 16,545,327
United States 7,970,763
China 4,067,278
Switzerland 4,025,016
France 3,890,227

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 £
Germany 8,248,838 8,296,489 +47,651
United States 2,889,865 5,080,898 +2,191,033
China 2,390,793 1,676,485 -714,308
Switzerland 2,974,448 1,050,568 -1,923,880
France 2,300,141 1,590,086 -710,055
Spain 1,607,550 1,770,040 +162,490
Netherlands 2,112,315 1,214,869 -897,446
Japan 1,719,893 1,557,085 -162,808
Italy 1,051,480 1,379,207 +327,727
Ireland 979,353 886,086 -93,267

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 £
Germany 13,119,604
United Kingdom 9,761,201
United States 8,498,488
China 6,514,961
Hungary 3,406,355

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 £
Germany 7,590,625 5,528,979 -2,061,646
United Kingdom 3,373,630 6,387,571 +3,013,941
United States 4,179,096 4,319,392 +140,296
China 3,573,301 2,941,660 -631,641
Hungary 1,781,443 1,624,912 -156,531
Italy 1,910,617 1,174,752 -735,865
Japan 1,654,116 1,129,453 -524,663
France 930,883 1,301,090 +370,207
Switzerland 1,491,349 579,576 -911,773
Poland 937,681 618,009 -319,672

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 49
Surrey, East and West Sussex 47
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 43
Inner London - West 40
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 36

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 35 34 -1
Surrey, East and West Sussex 32 30 -2
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 24 31 +7
Inner London - West 21 27 +6
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 29 25 -4
Shropshire and Staffordshire 21 22 +1
Essex 15 17 +2
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 19 14 -5
West Midlands 14 19 +5
Greater Manchester 19 11 -8

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 30,409,472
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 18,639,816
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 10,714,540
Other 1,798,602
Road transport 1,207,568

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 13,438,785 16,970,687 +3,531,902
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 10,337,583 8,302,233 -2,035,350
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 6,218,142 4,496,398 -1,721,744
Other 1,191,815 606,787 -585,028
Road transport 832,586 374,982 -457,604
Rail transport 177,285 3,150 -174,135

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 10,456,694
London Stansted Airport 8,450,862
East Midlands Airport 6,422,498
Dover / Eurotunnel 6,171,728
Dover 5,223,867

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 2,982,213 7,474,481 +4,492,268
London Stansted Airport 4,348,036 4,102,826 -245,210
East Midlands Airport 3,992,538 2,429,960 -1,562,578
Dover / Eurotunnel 3,530,478 2,641,250 -889,228
Dover 2,972,158 2,251,709 -720,449
Eurotunnel 2,014,145 2,359,561 +345,416
Southampton 2,364,485 1,801,222 -563,263
Thamesport 1,733,204 1,028,766 -704,438
Felixstowe 1,901,731 727,706 -1,174,025
Birmingham Airport 739,328 1,317,843 +578,515

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 139
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 74
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 51
Other manufacturing 46
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 45

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 88
2025-11 98
2025-10 101
2025-09 84
2025-08 74

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
54m+ 280
1m-15m 229
15m-54m 67
Other 55
0-1m 38

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 £
United States 6,611,693
Germany 5,782,784
Spain 4,211,300
France 3,467,711
Ireland 2,848,606

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 £
United States 3,505,906 3,105,787 -400,119
Germany 2,971,544 2,811,240 -160,304
Spain 2,055,186 2,156,114 +100,928
France 1,353,525 2,114,186 +760,661
Ireland 1,498,768 1,349,838 -148,930
Italy 1,441,259 1,162,643 -278,616
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 1,370,476 517,996 -852,480
United Arab Emirates 648,266 1,205,087 +556,821
Turkey 1,594,735 102,156 -1,492,579
Netherlands 1,066,688 626,149 -440,539

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 £
Austria 50,955
France 10,395
Ireland 7,085
Italy 5,576
China 5,529

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 £
Austria 28,177 22,778 -5,399
France 0 10,395 +10,395
Ireland 4,663 2,422 -2,241
Italy 5,576 0 -5,576
China 3,564 1,965 -1,599
XI 558 4,753 +4,195
Sierra Leone 314 3,537 +3,223
Germany 1,859 333 -1,526
Spain 145 135 -10

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 33,917,921
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 8,071,078
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 7,638,742
Road transport 119,972
Other 99,781

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 14,667,750 19,250,171 +4,582,421
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 5,011,627 3,059,451 -1,952,176
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 6,708,558 930,184 -5,778,374
Road transport 119,972 0 -119,972
Other 49,454 50,327 +873

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 14,005,840
East Midlands Airport 8,610,322
London Stansted Airport 8,000,964
Dover / Eurotunnel 5,578,877
ZLC 2,756,091

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 £
London Heathrow Airport 3,649,479 10,356,361 +6,706,882
East Midlands Airport 5,349,274 3,261,048 -2,088,226
London Stansted Airport 4,286,613 3,714,351 -572,262
Dover / Eurotunnel 3,724,981 1,853,896 -1,871,085
ZLC 1,058,281 1,697,810 +639,529
London Gateway Port 1,862,270 189,910 -1,672,360
Felixstowe 1,810,822 64,038 -1,746,784
London 1,336,414 28,873 -1,307,541
Harwich 1,299,321 37,218 -1,262,103
Immingham Docks 421,026 418,195 -2,831

Quick facts

HS code: 85011010

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

Description: Synchronous motors with a power output of 18 watts or less