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 36,218,657
Netherlands 10,055,789
Italy 9,909,359
China 8,958,874
Switzerland 6,797,781

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 19,155,416 17,063,241 -2,092,175
Netherlands 5,466,205 4,589,584 -876,621
Italy 4,715,339 5,194,020 +478,681
China 4,274,336 4,684,538 +410,202
Switzerland 2,562,827 4,234,954 +1,672,127
France 3,430,178 3,064,711 -365,467
United States 1,734,373 1,794,000 +59,627
Belgium 1,178,991 1,519,588 +340,597
Czechia 719,700 1,710,267 +990,567
Austria 1,066,389 1,043,149 -23,240

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 30,074,055
China 12,111,084
Italy 11,190,643
France 7,652,812
Poland 6,548,283

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 14,963,073 15,110,982 +147,909
China 5,888,920 6,222,164 +333,244
Italy 5,476,928 5,713,715 +236,787
France 4,037,243 3,615,569 -421,674
Poland 3,650,846 2,897,437 -753,409
Switzerland 2,402,211 3,842,612 +1,440,401
United States 2,341,504 1,751,717 -589,787
Japan 1,764,480 2,097,081 +332,601
Czechia 717,441 1,813,428 +1,095,987
United Kingdom 1,792,654 630,446 -1,162,208

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 109
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 88
West Yorkshire 86
West Midlands 82
Shropshire and Staffordshire 71

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 77 -2
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 62 57 -5
West Yorkshire 66 58 -8
West Midlands 59 56 -3
Shropshire and Staffordshire 53 49 -4
Greater Manchester 46 47 +1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 44 52 +8
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 50 47 -3
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 43 36 -7
Inner London - West 29 42 +13

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) 42,620,488
Air transport 34,774,724
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 23,956,818
Other 1,433,161
Road transport 275,482

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) 22,056,755 20,563,733 -1,493,022
Air transport 17,010,651 17,764,073 +753,422
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 11,260,826 12,695,992 +1,435,166
Other 452,361 980,800 +528,439
Road transport 95,682 179,800 +84,118
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 19,586,413
Birmingham Airport 13,583,570
Thamesport 9,708,428
Felixstowe 9,017,523
East Midlands Airport 9,007,668

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 9,626,380 9,960,033 +333,653
Birmingham Airport 5,973,634 7,609,936 +1,636,302
Thamesport 4,545,858 5,162,570 +616,712
Felixstowe 4,156,109 4,861,414 +705,305
East Midlands Airport 4,757,615 4,250,053 -507,562
London Heathrow Airport 3,257,037 3,337,145 +80,108
Eurotunnel 3,542,812 2,895,897 -646,915
Purfleet 2,832,041 2,441,481 -390,560
London 2,072,780 2,357,845 +285,065
London Gateway Port 1,331,760 1,986,314 +654,554

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 316
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 236
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 138
Manufacture of food products 96
Other manufacturing 92

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 306
2025-10 298
2025-09 291
2025-08 264
2025-07 281

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+ 609
1m-15m 554
15m-54m 169
0-1m 121
Other 108

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 8,559,576
Germany 5,752,366
Spain 5,348,880
United States 5,187,234
Ireland 3,344,039

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 4,920,160 3,639,416 -1,280,744
Germany 3,239,050 2,513,316 -725,734
Spain 2,544,204 2,804,676 +260,472
United States 2,737,202 2,450,032 -287,170
Ireland 1,792,702 1,551,337 -241,365
Romania 1,873,691 1,384,632 -489,059
France 1,698,619 1,545,188 -153,431
Australia 240,303 2,646,974 +2,406,671
Canada 640,561 2,164,528 +1,523,967
Netherlands 1,353,825 1,179,935 -173,890

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 62,348
XU 25,763
Italy 15,789
Germany 12,331
Brazil 11,523

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 28,982 33,366 +4,384
XU 21,712 4,051 -17,661
Italy 3,128 12,661 +9,533
Germany 1,412 10,919 +9,507
Brazil 8,276 3,247 -5,029
XI 5,638 2,785 -2,853
Poland 0 3,466 +3,466
Georgia 0 377 +377
Ireland 0 307 +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) 33,502,177
Air transport 30,930,023
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 14,825,068
Road transport 196,447
Other 140,327

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) 18,134,008 15,368,169 -2,765,839
Air transport 15,396,330 15,533,693 +137,363
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 7,549,581 7,275,487 -274,094
Road transport 180,849 15,598 -165,251
Other 69,148 71,179 +2,031

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 21,092,419
London Heathrow Airport 18,391,904
London Gateway Port 7,830,536
East Midlands Airport 5,980,941
Portsmouth 4,793,078

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 9,794,617 11,297,802 +1,503,185
London Heathrow Airport 9,685,712 8,706,192 -979,520
London Gateway Port 3,981,945 3,848,591 -133,354
East Midlands Airport 3,348,966 2,631,975 -716,991
Portsmouth 2,433,416 2,359,662 -73,754
Southampton 2,003,346 2,185,104 +181,758
Dover 3,090,254 335,126 -2,755,128
ZLC 1,349,675 1,569,790 +220,115
Holyhead 1,270,767 1,099,424 -171,343
Manchester Airport 351,408 1,536,654 +1,185,246

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