Import/export HS code 850131: Small power motors

Electric motors with a power output not exceeding 750 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 70,231,119
Germany 64,910,718
China 57,929,062
Switzerland 51,129,992
France 26,740,894

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 34,078,923 36,152,196 +2,073,273
Germany 34,982,511 29,928,207 -5,054,304
China 27,553,697 30,375,365 +2,821,668
Switzerland 26,706,339 24,423,653 -2,282,686
France 11,672,018 15,068,876 +3,396,858
Spain 10,746,600 8,820,986 -1,925,614
Sweden 8,898,312 10,631,654 +1,733,342
Netherlands 9,303,333 10,053,377 +750,044
Italy 7,669,162 9,760,142 +2,090,980
Denmark 5,870,195 6,062,469 +192,274

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 81,463,718
China 73,961,129
Switzerland 50,879,662
Germany 47,929,312
France 20,159,651

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 40,265,737 41,197,981 +932,244
China 35,569,602 38,391,527 +2,821,925
Switzerland 27,115,827 23,763,835 -3,351,992
Germany 25,343,737 22,585,575 -2,758,162
France 9,312,373 10,847,278 +1,534,905
Spain 9,885,979 8,304,622 -1,581,357
Slovakia 7,985,558 8,763,709 +778,151
Italy 6,588,023 8,596,205 +2,008,182
United Kingdom 6,656,782 6,598,898 -57,884
Poland 6,715,213 5,259,830 -1,455,383

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 174
Surrey, East and West Sussex 107
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 98
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 97
West Midlands 89

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 131 121 -10
Surrey, East and West Sussex 73 78 +5
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 67 71 +4
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 73 71 -2
West Midlands 58 68 +10
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 59 63 +4
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 61 55 -6
West Yorkshire 60 49 -11
Inner London - West 53 48 -5
Shropshire and Staffordshire 50 51 +1

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 178,818,309
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 155,436,673
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 83,741,279
Other 7,810,583
Road transport 7,368,915

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 87,857,278 90,961,031 +3,103,753
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 78,275,593 77,161,080 -1,114,513
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 40,448,603 43,292,676 +2,844,073
Other 5,394,545 2,416,038 -2,978,507
Road transport 4,813,062 2,555,853 -2,257,209
Rail transport 33,437 4,711 -28,726

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Stansted Airport 52,512,390
London Heathrow Airport 46,363,049
Dover 44,137,121
Eurotunnel 38,930,277
Birmingham Airport 33,550,052

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 Stansted Airport 25,636,093 26,876,297 +1,240,204
London Heathrow Airport 21,916,297 24,446,752 +2,530,455
Dover 21,025,851 23,111,270 +2,085,419
Eurotunnel 22,221,991 16,708,286 -5,513,705
Birmingham Airport 17,697,724 15,852,328 -1,845,396
East Midlands Airport 15,994,053 15,799,954 -194,099
Southampton 14,422,839 14,272,433 -150,406
Felixstowe 13,831,204 12,107,519 -1,723,685
ZLC 13,289,233 12,521,912 -767,321
Immingham Docks 12,240,040 12,797,437 +557,397

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 404
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 241
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 147
Other manufacturing 130
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 97

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 404
2025-10 426
2025-09 371
2025-08 389
2025-07 394

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 744
54m+ 721
15m-54m 188
0-1m 164
Other 143

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 31,090,134
France 15,602,021
Germany 9,402,906
United Arab Emirates 7,442,967
Italy 7,335,641

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 17,089,995 14,000,139 -3,089,856
France 7,650,639 7,951,382 +300,743
Germany 5,050,666 4,352,240 -698,426
United Arab Emirates 3,159,129 4,283,838 +1,124,709
Italy 3,207,580 4,128,061 +920,481
Netherlands 2,942,424 3,285,134 +342,710
Poland 2,305,968 2,839,345 +533,377
China 2,087,883 2,899,155 +811,272
Ireland 1,719,473 2,238,725 +519,252
Taiwan 1,809,216 1,076,575 -732,641

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 £
XI 87,532
Germany 21,384
Taiwan 9,682
XU 6,404
China 5,287

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 £
XI 10,753 76,779 +66,026
Germany 12,135 9,249 -2,886
Taiwan 8,084 1,598 -6,486
XU 4,362 2,042 -2,320
China 488 4,799 +4,311
France 588 1,227 +639
United States 0 1,337 +1,337
Nicaragua 1,009 0 -1,009
Mexico 0 529 +529
Netherlands 0 466 +466

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 99,856,919
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 24,572,158
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 12,173,956
Road transport 276,933
Other 136,373

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 48,028,032 51,828,887 +3,800,855
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 11,342,261 13,229,897 +1,887,636
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 5,961,550 6,212,406 +250,856
Road transport 276,020 913 -275,107
Other 37,699 98,674 +60,975

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 48,273,845
London Stansted Airport 21,605,678
Dover / Eurotunnel 17,626,067
East Midlands Airport 16,711,207
ZLC 10,905,457

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 20,344,130 27,929,715 +7,585,585
London Stansted Airport 11,763,250 9,842,428 -1,920,822
Dover / Eurotunnel 8,016,699 9,609,368 +1,592,669
East Midlands Airport 9,693,023 7,018,184 -2,674,839
ZLC 5,657,452 5,248,005 -409,447
Southampton 2,036,334 2,654,122 +617,788
London Gateway Port 2,176,839 2,053,295 -123,544
Dover 1,033,161 796,415 -236,746
Liverpool Docks 887,799 878,475 -9,324
Immingham Docks 967,860 786,398 -181,462

Quick facts

HS code: 850131

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

Description: Electric motors with a power output not exceeding 750 watts