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 70,352,322
Germany 64,841,244
China 58,406,406
Switzerland 51,798,784
France 26,708,206

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 34,416,044 35,936,278 +1,520,234
Germany 33,684,372 31,156,872 -2,527,500
China 27,663,795 30,742,611 +3,078,816
Switzerland 26,531,803 25,266,981 -1,264,822
France 11,542,080 15,166,126 +3,624,046
Sweden 9,477,525 10,579,967 +1,102,442
Netherlands 9,415,877 10,446,935 +1,031,058
Spain 10,350,265 8,759,803 -1,590,462
Italy 7,766,153 9,868,766 +2,102,613
Denmark 5,707,308 6,276,783 +569,475

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 81,639,133
China 74,769,989
Switzerland 50,941,306
Germany 48,042,591
France 20,630,199

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 40,413,115 41,226,018 +812,903
China 35,794,244 38,975,745 +3,181,501
Switzerland 26,484,565 24,456,741 -2,027,824
Germany 24,674,323 23,368,268 -1,306,055
France 9,517,139 11,113,060 +1,595,921
Spain 9,405,274 8,304,899 -1,100,375
Slovakia 7,842,696 9,039,173 +1,196,477
Italy 6,574,658 8,600,288 +2,025,630
United Kingdom 6,609,482 6,413,053 -196,429
Sweden 5,961,200 6,149,234 +188,034

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 173
Surrey, East and West Sussex 108
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 99
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 95
West Midlands 88

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 130 126 -4
Surrey, East and West Sussex 72 81 +9
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 71 75 +4
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 66 70 +4
West Midlands 62 65 +3
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 59 67 +8
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 60 56 -4
West Yorkshire 60 51 -9
Inner London - West 51 46 -5
Shropshire and Staffordshire 51 50 -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 179,629,643
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 157,148,905
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 83,927,272
Other 7,217,401
Road transport 6,812,710

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 87,223,595 92,406,048 +5,182,453
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 79,495,685 77,653,220 -1,842,465
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 39,805,710 44,121,562 +4,315,852
Other 5,025,497 2,191,904 -2,833,593
Road transport 4,431,201 2,381,509 -2,049,692
Rail transport 32,494 13,755 -18,739

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Stansted Airport 52,601,960
London Heathrow Airport 46,162,624
Dover 44,302,222
Eurotunnel 38,817,375
Birmingham Airport 33,519,257

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 26,082,548 26,519,412 +436,864
London Heathrow Airport 21,903,735 24,258,889 +2,355,154
Dover 21,396,109 22,906,113 +1,510,004
Eurotunnel 21,350,033 17,467,342 -3,882,691
Birmingham Airport 16,766,931 16,752,326 -14,605
East Midlands Airport 15,746,614 16,529,745 +783,131
Southampton 13,925,572 14,231,042 +305,470
ZLC 13,598,997 12,675,805 -923,192
Felixstowe 14,149,092 12,069,023 -2,080,069
Immingham Docks 12,381,307 13,090,007 +708,700

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 407
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 240
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 150
Other manufacturing 128
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 99

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 343
2025-11 404
2025-10 426
2025-09 371
2025-08 389

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 739
54m+ 726
15m-54m 200
0-1m 163
Other 142

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 32,241,731
France 15,319,318
Germany 9,764,285
United Arab Emirates 7,428,020
Italy 7,329,854

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 16,654,392 15,587,339 -1,067,053
France 8,384,703 6,934,615 -1,450,088
Germany 4,855,361 4,908,924 +53,563
United Arab Emirates 3,725,056 3,702,964 -22,092
Italy 3,343,930 3,985,924 +641,994
Netherlands 2,826,641 3,415,790 +589,149
Poland 2,562,739 2,463,614 -99,125
China 2,991,404 1,961,502 -1,029,902
Ireland 1,756,740 2,356,855 +600,115
South Korea 931,005 2,023,281 +1,092,276

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 84,562
Germany 22,440
Taiwan 9,682
China 5,287
France 1,815

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 8,556 76,006 +67,450
Germany 13,065 9,375 -3,690
Taiwan 9,682 0 -9,682
China 956 4,331 +3,375
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
Italy 146 217 +71

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 100,660,990
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 24,471,082
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 12,906,942
Road transport 201,392
Other 134,102

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 48,955,308 51,705,682 +2,750,374
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 11,824,601 12,646,481 +821,880
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 6,259,448 6,647,494 +388,046
Road transport 200,479 913 -199,566
Other 38,553 95,549 +56,996

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 50,068,213
London Stansted Airport 20,729,891
Dover / Eurotunnel 17,242,734
East Midlands Airport 16,627,883
ZLC 10,783,532

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 22,157,233 27,910,980 +5,753,747
London Stansted Airport 11,045,391 9,684,500 -1,360,891
Dover / Eurotunnel 8,390,998 8,851,736 +460,738
East Midlands Airport 9,500,185 7,127,698 -2,372,487
ZLC 5,567,381 5,216,151 -351,230
Southampton 2,113,757 3,729,588 +1,615,831
London Gateway Port 2,630,397 1,480,986 -1,149,411
Dover 945,948 857,929 -88,019
Liverpool Docks 958,162 818,142 -140,020
Immingham Docks 919,620 783,739 -135,881

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