Import/export HS code 850132: Medium power motors

Electric motors with a power output exceeding 750 watts but not exceeding 75 kW

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 42,282,736
France 25,910,132
Germany 25,075,843
Singapore 12,626,251
Japan 10,023,962

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 21,810,126 20,472,610 -1,337,516
France 12,316,255 13,593,877 +1,277,622
Germany 12,485,549 12,590,294 +104,745
Singapore 9,688,970 2,937,281 -6,751,689
Japan 5,526,292 4,497,670 -1,028,622
Netherlands 4,141,922 4,859,626 +717,704
China 2,336,746 2,266,215 -70,531
Belgium 1,969,827 1,353,770 -616,057
Morocco 1,680,608 1,376,441 -304,167
Saudi Arabia 1,763,495 1,066,553 -696,942

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 67,555,731
United Kingdom 35,621,396
Germany 15,572,219
Japan 10,049,574
France 9,904,583

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 35,444,717 32,111,014 -3,333,703
United Kingdom 21,621,193 14,000,203 -7,620,990
Germany 6,595,110 8,977,109 +2,381,999
Japan 5,418,616 4,630,958 -787,658
France 4,631,069 5,273,514 +642,445
China 3,804,893 3,356,847 -448,046
Philippines 1,869,351 1,615,845 -253,506
Italy 1,475,492 996,912 -478,580
Canada 1,224,112 1,127,698 -96,414
Saudi Arabia 727,587 625,976 -101,611

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 59
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 42
Surrey, East and West Sussex 38
Inner London - West 35
Shropshire and Staffordshire 31

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 42 35 -7
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 23 31 +8
Surrey, East and West Sussex 36 23 -13
Inner London - West 20 24 +4
Shropshire and Staffordshire 20 24 +4
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 22 17 -5
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 22 20 -2
Greater Manchester 18 18 +0
West Yorkshire 15 15 +0
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 12 16 +4

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 134,290,828
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 17,511,933
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 16,240,598
Other 524,869
Road transport 182,293

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 72,030,874 62,259,954 -9,770,920
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 9,721,036 7,790,897 -1,930,139
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 7,999,377 8,241,221 +241,844
Other 161,209 363,660 +202,451
Road transport 11,077 171,216 +160,139

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 54,204,923
East Midlands Airport 39,519,753
London Stansted Airport 22,883,172
Southampton 8,639,360
Manchester Airport 6,093,240

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 27,857,926 26,346,997 -1,510,929
East Midlands Airport 23,120,889 16,398,864 -6,722,025
London Stansted Airport 12,243,969 10,639,203 -1,604,766
Southampton 5,999,582 2,639,778 -3,359,804
Manchester Airport 2,407,370 3,685,870 +1,278,500
Glasgow Airport 3,667,772 2,204,000 -1,463,772
Dover 2,476,997 2,527,131 +50,134
Felixstowe 1,236,057 2,058,589 +822,532
Thamesport 2,265,921 967,677 -1,298,244
Eurotunnel 1,311,230 1,706,638 +395,408

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 117
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 80
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 55
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 32
Other manufacturing 31

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 120
2025-10 130
2025-09 115
2025-08 94
2025-07 114

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+ 250
1m-15m 224
15m-54m 66
0-1m 55
Other 49

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 61,851,789
France 34,812,879
Germany 19,472,383
India 8,139,030
Netherlands 7,153,738

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 30,948,818 30,902,971 -45,847
France 15,054,153 19,758,726 +4,704,573
Germany 8,847,703 10,624,680 +1,776,977
India 5,010,014 3,129,016 -1,880,998
Netherlands 3,478,194 3,675,544 +197,350
United Arab Emirates 2,487,905 3,717,122 +1,229,217
Saudi Arabia 2,320,703 3,555,225 +1,234,522
Singapore 3,375,415 1,634,114 -1,741,301
China 2,307,969 1,466,032 -841,937
Sweden 1,194,367 2,440,070 +1,245,703

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 65,258
Germany 49,711
XU 19,904
Italy 12,903
China 8,436

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 3,640 61,618 +57,978
Germany 36,302 13,409 -22,893
XU 2,301 17,603 +15,302
Italy 10,320 2,583 -7,737
China 7,663 773 -6,890
Netherlands 4,390 0 -4,390
Belgium 0 2,329 +2,329

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 176,780,484
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 12,851,636
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 2,925,441
Other 162,931
Road transport 90,371

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 86,354,526 90,425,958 +4,071,432
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 5,604,684 7,246,952 +1,642,268
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 2,033,152 892,289 -1,140,863
Other 64,616 98,315 +33,699
Road transport 90,371 0 -90,371

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 83,962,189
East Midlands Airport 28,797,969
London Stansted Airport 20,522,621
Manchester Airport 16,858,664
ZLC 15,547,274

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 39,986,000 43,976,189 +3,990,189
East Midlands Airport 13,097,416 15,700,553 +2,603,137
London Stansted Airport 7,268,772 13,253,849 +5,985,077
Manchester Airport 9,961,708 6,896,956 -3,064,752
ZLC 11,179,228 4,368,046 -6,811,182
Dover / Eurotunnel 4,974,175 4,871,180 -102,995
Glasgow Airport 2,716,840 3,033,053 +316,213
Warton Aerodrome 1,373,003 2,238,023 +865,020
Immingham Docks 917,665 2,123,391 +1,205,726
Edinburgh Airport 250,557 672,984 +422,427

Quick facts

HS code: 850132

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

Description: Electric motors with a power output exceeding 750 watts but not exceeding 75 kW