Import/export HS code 850120: Universal AC/DC motors

Universal motors that can operate on both AC and DC power, with a power output exceeding 37.5 watts

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 £
United States 10,499,396
China 8,746,670
Italy 4,746,841
France 4,134,992
Germany 3,997,249

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 £
United States 5,460,412 5,038,984 -421,428
China 4,918,828 3,827,842 -1,090,986
Italy 2,392,480 2,354,361 -38,119
France 2,424,392 1,710,600 -713,792
Germany 1,913,044 2,084,205 +171,161
Slovenia 1,006,322 938,538 -67,784
Switzerland 1,290,035 557,504 -732,531
Netherlands 971,648 844,625 -127,023
Czechia 307,452 968,598 +661,146
Japan 796,133 393,079 -403,054

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 £
United States 12,933,553
China 9,171,861
United Kingdom 4,562,346
Italy 3,626,537
Germany 2,638,066

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 £
United States 6,374,776 6,558,777 +184,001
China 5,114,405 4,057,456 -1,056,949
United Kingdom 2,336,880 2,225,466 -111,414
Italy 2,102,113 1,524,424 -577,689
Germany 1,250,373 1,387,693 +137,320
France 1,405,194 1,087,327 -317,867
Slovenia 1,229,524 1,130,468 -99,056
Switzerland 1,126,651 461,714 -664,937
Czechia 336,481 962,819 +626,338
Turkey 309,405 231,317 -78,088

Importers across UK regions

What this shows: Number of importing companies by UK ITL2 region.

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Surrey, East and West Sussex 39
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 35
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 34
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 31
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 29

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
Surrey, East and West Sussex 29 23 -6
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 24 24 +0
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 22 27 +5
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 19 21 +2
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 21 17 -4
Inner London - West 14 21 +7
Shropshire and Staffordshire 16 20 +4
West Yorkshire 17 11 -6
Essex 16 11 -5
North Somerset, Somerset and Dorset 10 16 +6

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 25,305,359
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 9,949,636
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 9,716,535
Other 2,726,244
Road transport 468,707

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 13,033,808 12,271,551 -762,257
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 5,168,117 4,781,519 -386,598
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 5,233,220 4,483,315 -749,905
Other 1,375,272 1,350,972 -24,300
Road transport 163,700 305,007 +141,307

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 11,761,792
East Midlands Airport 5,789,472
London Stansted Airport 4,937,017
Dover 3,736,290
Southampton 2,862,147

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 5,710,131 6,051,661 +341,530
East Midlands Airport 3,670,580 2,118,892 -1,551,688
London Stansted Airport 2,150,283 2,786,734 +636,451
Dover 1,928,890 1,807,400 -121,490
Southampton 1,778,665 1,083,482 -695,183
Felixstowe 1,598,760 1,142,705 -456,055
000 1,375,272 1,350,972 -24,300
Eurotunnel 1,579,273 1,083,309 -495,964
Thamesport 1,192,706 1,017,363 -175,343
Birmingham Airport 935,836 985,011 +49,175

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 127
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 80
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 51
Other manufacturing 35
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 31

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 83
2025-10 76
2025-09 74
2025-08 88
2025-07 90

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+ 240
1m-15m 191
15m-54m 60
Other 41
0-1m 34

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 9,753,338
Germany 5,955,500
Italy 5,851,337
France 3,470,590
Sweden 3,004,600

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 5,577,921 4,175,417 -1,402,504
Germany 3,224,789 2,730,711 -494,078
Italy 4,942,814 908,523 -4,034,291
France 2,534,082 936,508 -1,597,574
Sweden 1,383,437 1,621,163 +237,726
India 1,162,939 1,748,390 +585,451
Ireland 1,319,853 1,467,473 +147,620
Japan 1,836,413 447,860 -1,388,553
Denmark 396,826 1,469,684 +1,072,858
Poland 310,332 1,130,632 +820,300

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 £
Italy 1,268,079
Brazil 372,201
XI 280,017
XU 26,035
China 16,516

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 £
Italy 616,819 651,260 +34,441
Brazil 204,084 168,117 -35,967
XI 52,712 227,305 +174,593
XU 16,756 9,279 -7,477
China 8,578 7,938 -640

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 23,705,975
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 18,315,373
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 7,315,465
Other 1,974,319
Road transport 174,215

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 11,346,250 12,359,725 +1,013,475
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 11,266,329 7,049,044 -4,217,285
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 5,830,560 1,484,905 -4,345,655
Other 910,420 1,063,899 +153,479
Road transport 174,215 0 -174,215

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 12,462,377
London Heathrow Airport 10,803,057
East Midlands Airport 5,928,039
London Stansted Airport 3,853,273
Immingham Docks 3,368,895

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 8,759,122 3,703,255 -5,055,867
London Heathrow Airport 5,238,504 5,564,553 +326,049
East Midlands Airport 3,074,890 2,853,149 -221,741
London Stansted Airport 1,731,443 2,121,830 +390,387
Immingham Docks 1,277,227 2,091,668 +814,441
London Gateway Port 2,100,771 649,767 -1,451,004
ZLC 1,113,386 1,493,932 +380,546
000 910,420 1,063,899 +153,479
Liverpool Docks 965,624 553,514 -412,110
Dover 894,058 439,829 -454,229

Quick facts

HS code: 850120

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

Description: Universal motors that can operate on both AC and DC power, with a power output exceeding 37.5 watts