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 17,500,443
United States 8,296,038
Switzerland 4,127,800
China 4,006,525
France 3,666,496

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 9,166,393 8,334,050 -832,343
United States 3,147,046 5,148,992 +2,001,946
Switzerland 3,045,161 1,082,639 -1,962,522
China 2,330,478 1,676,047 -654,431
France 1,894,922 1,771,574 -123,348
Spain 1,544,966 1,852,705 +307,739
Japan 1,948,092 1,437,223 -510,869
Netherlands 2,070,771 1,303,241 -767,530
Italy 1,024,506 1,339,517 +315,011
Ireland 1,069,174 819,577 -249,597

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 13,864,979
United Kingdom 9,781,636
United States 9,122,190
China 6,514,072
Hungary 3,460,872

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 8,129,770 5,735,209 -2,394,561
United Kingdom 3,497,321 6,284,315 +2,786,994
United States 4,765,649 4,356,541 -409,108
China 3,618,022 2,896,050 -721,972
Hungary 1,788,376 1,672,496 -115,880
Italy 1,907,161 1,319,448 -587,713
Japan 1,886,052 1,004,379 -881,673
Switzerland 1,513,787 643,887 -869,900
France 659,512 1,269,588 +610,076
Poland 891,626 629,514 -262,112

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 48
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 39
Inner London - West 39
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 37

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 37 32 -5
Surrey, East and West Sussex 32 32 +0
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 24 27 +3
Inner London - West 21 26 +5
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 30 27 -3
Shropshire and Staffordshire 23 22 -1
Greater Manchester 20 11 -9
West Midlands 14 19 +5
Essex 15 15 +0
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 18 13 -5

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 30,829,957
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 19,037,014
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 11,027,428
Other 1,945,998
Road transport 1,274,382

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 13,843,235 16,986,722 +3,143,487
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 10,678,509 8,358,505 -2,320,004
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 6,530,713 4,496,715 -2,033,998
Other 1,331,761 614,237 -717,524
Road transport 861,172 413,210 -447,962
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 10,896,085
London Stansted Airport 8,553,226
East Midlands Airport 6,526,847
Dover / Eurotunnel 6,113,759
Dover 5,683,648

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 3,401,482 7,494,603 +4,093,121
London Stansted Airport 4,417,493 4,135,733 -281,760
East Midlands Airport 4,052,778 2,474,069 -1,578,709
Dover / Eurotunnel 3,154,568 2,959,191 -195,377
Dover 3,629,610 2,054,038 -1,575,572
Eurotunnel 2,095,463 2,314,046 +218,583
Southampton 2,514,178 1,746,826 -767,352
Thamesport 2,015,451 1,034,268 -981,183
Felixstowe 1,907,050 743,333 -1,163,717
000 1,331,761 614,237 -717,524

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 136
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 74
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 50
Other manufacturing 46
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 43

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 98
2025-10 101
2025-09 83
2025-08 74
2025-07 100

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+ 279
1m-15m 225
15m-54m 68
Other 56
0-1m 37

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 £
Germany 6,268,379
United States 6,112,172
Spain 3,786,453
France 3,341,488
Ireland 2,876,191

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 £
Germany 3,536,629 2,731,750 -804,879
United States 3,401,150 2,711,022 -690,128
Spain 1,784,092 2,002,361 +218,269
France 1,367,684 1,973,804 +606,120
Ireland 1,600,008 1,276,183 -323,825
Italy 1,274,437 1,212,019 -62,418
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 1,297,031 579,287 -717,744
United Arab Emirates 668,872 1,196,269 +527,397
Netherlands 1,131,007 677,284 -453,723
Turkey 1,579,934 114,685 -1,465,249

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 53,289
France 10,395
XU 8,855
XI 7,552
Ireland 7,303

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 30,511 22,778 -7,733
France 0 10,395 +10,395
XU 4,525 4,330 -195
XI 2,799 4,753 +1,954
Ireland 4,881 2,422 -2,459
China 3,695 2,622 -1,073
Italy 5,576 0 -5,576
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 32,662,676
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 8,455,342
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 7,721,434
Road transport 151,728
Other 105,610

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 14,500,623 18,162,053 +3,661,430
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 5,228,366 3,226,976 -2,001,390
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 6,793,335 928,099 -5,865,236
Road transport 151,728 0 -151,728
Other 54,305 51,305 -3,000

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 12,807,401
East Midlands Airport 8,819,628
London Stansted Airport 7,812,949
Dover / Eurotunnel 5,694,956
ZLC 2,655,490

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 3,382,111 9,425,290 +6,043,179
East Midlands Airport 5,457,067 3,362,561 -2,094,506
London Stansted Airport 4,231,069 3,581,880 -649,189
Dover / Eurotunnel 3,655,202 2,039,754 -1,615,448
ZLC 1,087,370 1,568,120 +480,750
London Gateway Port 1,871,041 189,183 -1,681,858
Felixstowe 1,795,111 84,515 -1,710,596
London 1,394,572 28,873 -1,365,699
Harwich 1,303,977 37,218 -1,266,759
Dover 651,089 227,177 -423,912

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