Import/export HS code 85011099: DC motors

Motors that operate on DC power, with a power output of 37.5 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 55,857,226
United States 40,414,182
China 40,016,618
Switzerland 38,510,158
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 24,178,701

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 30,841,793 25,015,433 -5,826,360
United States 20,013,818 20,400,364 +386,546
China 19,226,991 20,789,627 +1,562,636
Switzerland 19,675,394 18,834,764 -840,630
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 11,633,121 12,545,580 +912,459
Czechia 12,560,672 9,610,401 -2,950,271
Ireland 10,072,179 5,296,429 -4,775,750
France 6,410,443 8,812,204 +2,401,761
Belgium 3,691,105 6,861,373 +3,170,268
Italy 3,426,174 2,951,795 -474,379

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 £
China 71,106,529
Germany 43,325,528
Switzerland 42,928,569
United States 31,502,713
France 17,770,147

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 £
China 34,882,722 36,223,807 +1,341,085
Germany 22,566,742 20,758,786 -1,807,956
Switzerland 22,687,416 20,241,153 -2,446,263
United States 13,026,021 18,476,692 +5,450,671
France 8,150,730 9,619,417 +1,468,687
Ireland 8,311,482 4,232,619 -4,078,863
Czechia 6,900,026 5,023,722 -1,876,304
Thailand 6,167,290 4,939,524 -1,227,766
Philippines 4,774,926 4,745,684 -29,242
Japan 4,025,084 3,746,120 -278,964

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 114
Surrey, East and West Sussex 90
Inner London - West 76
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 73
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 71

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 85 76 -9
Surrey, East and West Sussex 55 69 +14
Inner London - West 42 53 +11
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 48 52 +4
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 51 53 +2
Shropshire and Staffordshire 44 49 +5
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 40 46 +6
Greater Manchester 44 41 -3
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 43 44 +1
West Midlands 44 41 -3

Import volume by transport

What this shows: Import value by transport mode used to bring goods into the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 115,825,186
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 79,339,418
Air transport 77,519,382
Road transport 22,695,168
Other 8,896,969

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 £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 66,742,980 49,082,206 -17,660,774
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 38,263,156 41,076,262 +2,813,106
Air transport 36,423,628 41,095,754 +4,672,126
Road transport 11,208,381 11,486,787 +278,406
Other 4,311,320 4,585,649 +274,329
Rail transport 281,385 150,117 -131,268

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 43,477,552
ZLC 31,521,420
London Stansted Airport 30,201,470
Eurotunnel 25,820,696
Southampton 20,835,618

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 £
Felixstowe 20,931,785 22,545,767 +1,613,982
ZLC 14,956,506 16,564,914 +1,608,408
London Stansted Airport 12,720,132 17,481,338 +4,761,206
Eurotunnel 12,398,353 13,422,343 +1,023,990
Southampton 12,189,452 8,646,166 -3,543,286
Dover / Eurotunnel 12,134,343 6,884,570 -5,249,773
East Midlands Airport 8,750,479 10,178,392 +1,427,913
Dover 8,720,833 8,951,150 +230,317
London Heathrow Airport 8,835,120 7,477,377 -1,357,743
Liverpool Docks 12,131,683 3,179,248 -8,952,435

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 315
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 171
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 115
Other manufacturing 107
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 90

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 292
2025-10 296
2025-09 271
2025-08 271
2025-07 293

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 576
54m+ 571
15m-54m 172
0-1m 123
Other 109

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 £
France 16,704,267
Germany 11,921,482
United States 11,866,464
Spain 6,317,278
Ireland 4,202,291

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 £
France 6,740,264 9,964,003 +3,223,739
Germany 7,223,489 4,697,993 -2,525,496
United States 6,745,156 5,121,308 -1,623,848
Spain 2,685,955 3,631,323 +945,368
Ireland 2,213,324 1,988,967 -224,357
India 1,393,818 2,619,110 +1,225,292
Sweden 1,458,124 2,462,121 +1,003,997
Netherlands 2,222,947 1,431,259 -791,688
Italy 2,197,067 1,394,546 -802,521
China 1,398,045 1,861,903 +463,858

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 £
China 15,421
Spain 5,567
Italy 5,306
XI 4,671
Belgium 2,272

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 £
China 10,366 5,055 -5,311
Spain 2,145 3,422 +1,277
Italy 3,580 1,726 -1,854
XI 4,632 39 -4,593
Belgium 2,272 0 -2,272
Austria 620 1,304 +684
XU 939 650 -289
Poland 897 0 -897
Switzerland 874 0 -874
Germany 448 425 -23

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 44,052,730
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 37,513,677
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 8,959,638
Road transport 186,442
Other 45,364

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 21,672,047 22,380,683 +708,636
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 16,697,517 20,816,160 +4,118,643
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 4,054,336 4,905,302 +850,966
Road transport 186,442 0 -186,442
Other 32,444 12,920 -19,524

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 27,642,410
London Heathrow Airport 16,058,047
East Midlands Airport 12,751,340
London Stansted Airport 8,043,011
ZLC 6,142,273

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 12,058,189 15,584,221 +3,526,032
London Heathrow Airport 8,721,572 7,336,475 -1,385,097
East Midlands Airport 6,063,180 6,688,160 +624,980
London Stansted Airport 4,605,400 3,437,611 -1,167,789
ZLC 2,064,200 4,078,073 +2,013,873
Immingham Docks 1,359,118 2,537,908 +1,178,790
Holyhead 1,447,355 1,308,178 -139,177
London Gateway Port 661,240 1,897,209 +1,235,969
Dover 1,556,012 914,415 -641,597
Liverpool Docks 1,081,061 1,052,273 -28,788

Quick facts

HS code: 85011099

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

Description: Motors that operate on DC power, with a power output of 37.5 watts or less