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 42,834,470
France 25,807,441
Germany 24,328,201
Singapore 12,273,147
Japan 9,987,636

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 21,956,515 20,877,955 -1,078,560
France 12,494,159 13,313,282 +819,123
Germany 12,198,943 12,129,258 -69,685
Singapore 10,003,554 2,269,593 -7,733,961
Japan 5,520,505 4,467,131 -1,053,374
Netherlands 4,118,669 4,928,946 +810,277
China 2,160,496 2,469,361 +308,865
Morocco 1,577,738 1,450,975 -126,763
Saudi Arabia 1,990,149 865,532 -1,124,617
Belgium 1,258,555 1,358,634 +100,079

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 67,305,762
United Kingdom 35,582,697
Germany 15,177,238
France 10,298,701
Japan 10,006,447

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 34,929,047 32,376,715 -2,552,332
United Kingdom 22,790,278 12,792,419 -9,997,859
Germany 6,453,647 8,723,591 +2,269,944
France 4,886,922 5,411,779 +524,857
Japan 5,423,495 4,582,952 -840,543
China 3,591,684 3,619,773 +28,089
Philippines 1,705,059 1,830,701 +125,642
Italy 1,516,923 990,506 -526,417
Canada 1,247,959 1,026,289 -221,670
Czechia 913,568 522,399 -391,169

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 41
Inner London - West 37
Surrey, East and West Sussex 35
Shropshire and Staffordshire 32

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 43 37 -6
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 21 31 +10
Inner London - West 21 25 +4
Surrey, East and West Sussex 32 23 -9
Shropshire and Staffordshire 21 24 +3
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 22 18 -4
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 20 17 -3
Greater Manchester 17 18 +1
West Yorkshire 14 16 +2
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 12 17 +5

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 134,657,365
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 16,926,424
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 16,133,291
Other 537,999
Road transport 187,437

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 73,216,559 61,440,806 -11,775,753
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 8,795,929 8,130,495 -665,434
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 7,995,951 8,137,340 +141,389
Other 160,175 377,824 +217,649
Road transport 87,262 100,175 +12,913

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 54,581,462
East Midlands Airport 39,012,721
London Stansted Airport 23,090,822
Southampton 8,300,062
Manchester Airport 6,325,177

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 28,954,848 25,626,614 -3,328,234
East Midlands Airport 22,199,420 16,813,301 -5,386,119
London Stansted Airport 12,851,927 10,238,895 -2,613,032
Southampton 5,871,663 2,428,399 -3,443,264
Manchester Airport 2,568,608 3,756,569 +1,187,961
Glasgow Airport 3,743,829 2,100,346 -1,643,483
Dover 2,701,167 2,254,536 -446,631
Felixstowe 1,283,825 2,122,518 +838,693
London Gateway Port 266,393 3,026,099 +2,759,706
Eurotunnel 1,208,697 1,736,368 +527,671

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. 82
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 54
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 31
Other manufacturing 31

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 106
2025-11 120
2025-10 130
2025-09 115
2025-08 94

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 219
15m-54m 67
0-1m 57
Other 48

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 61,903,094
France 34,837,803
Germany 19,690,246
India 8,241,917
Netherlands 7,292,181

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 30,254,238 31,648,856 +1,394,618
France 14,665,729 20,172,074 +5,506,345
Germany 8,737,621 10,952,625 +2,215,004
India 5,485,854 2,756,063 -2,729,791
Netherlands 3,475,592 3,816,589 +340,997
United Arab Emirates 2,254,074 3,814,118 +1,560,044
Saudi Arabia 2,808,006 3,073,979 +265,973
Singapore 3,422,106 1,408,676 -2,013,430
Sweden 1,195,543 2,621,563 +1,426,020
China 2,294,663 1,466,032 -828,631

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 45,379
Italy 12,903
China 8,099
Netherlands 4,390

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 34,063 11,316 -22,747
Italy 12,903 0 -12,903
China 7,326 773 -6,553
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 177,391,289
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 12,568,349
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 3,055,085
Other 159,220
Road transport 65,642

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 86,914,054 90,477,235 +3,563,181
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 5,425,808 7,142,541 +1,716,733
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 2,032,082 1,023,003 -1,009,079
Other 66,765 92,455 +25,690
Road transport 65,642 0 -65,642

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 85,049,231
East Midlands Airport 28,418,807
London Stansted Airport 21,067,953
Manchester Airport 16,217,477
ZLC 15,272,732

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 40,625,937 44,423,294 +3,797,357
East Midlands Airport 13,818,842 14,599,965 +781,123
London Stansted Airport 7,280,716 13,787,237 +6,506,521
Manchester Airport 8,699,094 7,518,383 -1,180,711
ZLC 10,916,620 4,356,112 -6,560,508
Dover / Eurotunnel 4,756,529 4,756,242 -287
Glasgow Airport 2,734,939 3,319,224 +584,285
Warton Aerodrome 1,834,160 1,680,289 -153,871
Immingham Docks 937,108 2,160,012 +1,222,904
Edinburgh Airport 447,708 522,703 +74,995

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