Import/export HS code 850151: Small DC motors

DC 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 £
Germany 36,361,908
Italy 10,080,800
Netherlands 9,817,663
China 9,223,965
Switzerland 7,140,135

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 £
Germany 19,278,154 17,083,754 -2,194,400
Italy 4,769,987 5,310,813 +540,826
Netherlands 5,430,138 4,387,525 -1,042,613
China 4,626,632 4,597,333 -29,299
Switzerland 2,647,231 4,492,904 +1,845,673
France 3,441,913 2,981,902 -460,011
United States 1,741,349 1,715,181 -26,168
Belgium 1,256,360 1,423,634 +167,274
Czechia 915,263 1,609,653 +694,390
Austria 1,020,398 1,073,174 +52,776

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 £
Germany 30,210,138
China 12,399,076
Italy 11,270,115
France 7,596,869
Switzerland 6,583,176

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 £
Germany 14,868,611 15,341,527 +472,916
China 6,305,198 6,093,878 -211,320
Italy 5,495,462 5,774,653 +279,191
France 4,133,852 3,463,017 -670,835
Switzerland 2,485,700 4,097,476 +1,611,776
Poland 3,631,949 2,779,409 -852,540
United States 2,334,162 1,637,228 -696,934
Japan 1,736,755 2,075,011 +338,256
Czechia 911,742 1,723,393 +811,651
United Kingdom 2,016,233 417,533 -1,598,700

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 112
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 88
West Midlands 84
West Yorkshire 84
Greater Manchester 70

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 79 80 +1
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 63 57 -6
West Midlands 63 56 -7
West Yorkshire 61 59 -2
Greater Manchester 49 44 -5
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 47 51 +4
Shropshire and Staffordshire 49 48 -1
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 49 47 -2
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 42 33 -9
Surrey, East and West Sussex 43 34 -9

Import volume by transport

What this shows: Import value by transport mode used to bring goods into the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 42,217,747
Air transport 35,271,467
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 24,434,549
Other 1,442,747
Road transport 283,858

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 £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 22,042,809 20,174,938 -1,867,871
Air transport 17,268,765 18,002,702 +733,937
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 12,111,126 12,323,423 +212,297
Other 442,128 1,000,619 +558,491
Road transport 79,734 204,124 +124,390
Rail transport 2,416 0 -2,416

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 19,550,404
Birmingham Airport 14,064,799
Thamesport 10,028,360
Felixstowe 9,010,961
East Midlands Airport 8,833,903

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 £
Dover 9,758,009 9,792,395 +34,386
Birmingham Airport 6,100,376 7,964,423 +1,864,047
Thamesport 4,834,893 5,193,467 +358,574
Felixstowe 4,528,106 4,482,855 -45,251
East Midlands Airport 4,643,219 4,190,684 -452,535
London Heathrow Airport 3,424,720 3,347,662 -77,058
Eurotunnel 3,429,840 2,876,878 -552,962
Purfleet 2,885,454 2,190,398 -695,056
London 2,107,858 2,291,978 +184,120
London Gateway Port 1,361,325 2,034,946 +673,621

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 317
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 240
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 137
Manufacture of food products 97
Other manufacturing 92

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 251
2025-11 306
2025-10 298
2025-09 291
2025-08 264

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+ 611
1m-15m 557
15m-54m 176
0-1m 118
Other 105

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 £
Italy 8,609,137
Germany 5,729,888
Spain 5,656,018
United States 5,568,402
China 3,494,016

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 £
Italy 5,010,873 3,598,264 -1,412,609
Germany 3,144,189 2,585,699 -558,490
Spain 2,732,447 2,923,571 +191,124
United States 2,805,505 2,762,897 -42,608
China 710,623 2,783,393 +2,072,770
Ireland 1,795,795 1,542,805 -252,990
Romania 1,949,075 1,318,035 -631,040
France 1,705,970 1,507,787 -198,183
Canada 459,179 2,540,769 +2,081,590
Australia 245,761 2,647,575 +2,401,814

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 £
China 62,272
Italy 15,789
Germany 12,331
Brazil 11,140
XI 8,423

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 £
China 31,746 30,526 -1,220
Italy 3,915 11,874 +7,959
Germany 1,412 10,919 +9,507
Brazil 8,918 2,222 -6,696
XI 5,638 2,785 -2,853
Poland 0 3,466 +3,466
Georgia 0 377 +377
Ireland 307 0 -307

Export volume by transport

What this shows: Export value by transport mode used to ship goods from the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 34,061,076
Air transport 33,650,624
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 14,625,240
Road transport 144,528
Other 139,544

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 £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 18,531,916 15,529,160 -3,002,756
Air transport 15,633,431 18,017,193 +2,383,762
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 7,303,455 7,321,785 +18,330
Road transport 133,134 11,394 -121,740
Other 73,324 66,220 -7,104

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 21,480,439
London Heathrow Airport 20,789,127
London Gateway Port 8,084,909
East Midlands Airport 5,876,402
Portsmouth 5,107,009

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 10,059,109 11,421,330 +1,362,221
London Heathrow Airport 9,784,242 11,004,885 +1,220,643
London Gateway Port 4,191,120 3,893,789 -297,331
East Midlands Airport 3,299,804 2,576,598 -723,206
Portsmouth 2,629,423 2,477,586 -151,837
Southampton 1,872,624 2,175,295 +302,671
Dover 3,041,640 223,686 -2,817,954
ZLC 1,379,368 1,599,516 +220,148
Holyhead 1,222,348 1,111,133 -111,215
Manchester Airport 318,674 1,542,584 +1,223,910

Quick facts

HS code: 850151

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

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