Import/export HS code 850152: Medium DC motors

DC 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 £
Germany 83,449,326
China 30,798,771
Brazil 25,145,048
Netherlands 25,010,458
France 21,240,762

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 44,647,291 38,802,035 -5,845,256
China 18,143,436 12,655,335 -5,488,101
Brazil 12,983,106 12,161,942 -821,164
Netherlands 12,687,173 12,323,285 -363,888
France 12,613,057 8,627,705 -3,985,352
Italy 8,573,592 9,822,746 +1,249,154
United States 7,391,250 6,424,917 -966,333
Poland 5,853,704 4,338,207 -1,515,497
Finland 3,197,584 3,644,828 +447,244
Austria 2,894,258 2,374,719 -519,539

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 74,070,644
China 39,282,528
Brazil 25,722,144
Italy 22,268,097
Poland 20,208,541

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 40,306,642 33,764,002 -6,542,640
China 21,872,744 17,409,784 -4,462,960
Brazil 13,278,948 12,443,196 -835,752
Italy 10,670,256 11,597,841 +927,585
Poland 11,577,936 8,630,605 -2,947,331
United States 8,691,630 7,000,168 -1,691,462
France 8,277,719 4,217,503 -4,060,216
Czechia 5,626,397 4,819,212 -807,185
Finland 3,286,415 3,777,833 +491,418
Hungary 3,532,244 2,406,316 -1,125,928

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 153
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 125
West Yorkshire 118
West Midlands 115
Shropshire and Staffordshire 110

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 118 98 -20
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 94 86 -8
West Yorkshire 85 77 -8
West Midlands 84 87 +3
Shropshire and Staffordshire 82 77 -5
Inner London - West 72 65 -7
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 77 70 -7
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 68 60 -8
Surrey, East and West Sussex 64 67 +3
Greater Manchester 61 62 +1

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) 119,857,186
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 77,836,357
Air transport 77,789,722
Other 2,146,252
Road transport 1,204,517

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) 64,611,126 55,246,060 -9,365,066
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 43,937,160 33,899,197 -10,037,963
Air transport 39,899,884 37,889,838 -2,010,046
Other 838,503 1,307,749 +469,246
Road transport 497,322 707,195 +209,873
Rail transport 951 0 -951

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 55,530,898
Felixstowe 25,759,392
East Midlands Airport 24,092,116
London Gateway Port 23,359,273
Birmingham Airport 19,542,469

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 29,253,561 26,277,337 -2,976,224
Felixstowe 12,890,484 12,868,908 -21,576
East Midlands Airport 12,731,531 11,360,585 -1,370,946
London Gateway Port 14,039,041 9,320,232 -4,718,809
Birmingham Airport 8,713,224 10,829,245 +2,116,021
Eurotunnel 9,433,259 9,472,468 +39,209
London Heathrow Airport 7,968,614 7,904,851 -63,763
Thamesport 7,496,194 5,835,086 -1,661,108
London 6,198,034 6,302,313 +104,279
Southampton 6,501,771 4,511,914 -1,989,857

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 446
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 341
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 207
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 121
Manufacture of food products 118

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 405
2025-11 435
2025-10 436
2025-09 416
2025-08 417

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+ 854
1m-15m 830
15m-54m 261
0-1m 201
Other 146

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 £
Romania 58,119,134
Germany 48,978,615
United States 13,919,406
Italy 13,381,909
France 10,772,060

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 £
Romania 3,390,298 54,728,836 +51,338,538
Germany 24,067,461 24,911,154 +843,693
United States 7,122,334 6,797,072 -325,262
Italy 6,568,887 6,813,022 +244,135
France 6,439,750 4,332,310 -2,107,440
Ireland 5,869,977 4,252,478 -1,617,499
Spain 3,867,304 5,102,985 +1,235,681
Netherlands 3,876,643 3,749,913 -126,730
United Arab Emirates 1,651,589 2,025,039 +373,450
South Korea 1,671,485 1,939,596 +268,111

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 802,059
XI 369,268
Brazil 119,934
Germany 66,383
Georgia 20,421

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 440,630 361,429 -79,201
XI 290,586 78,682 -211,904
Brazil 32,575 87,359 +54,784
Germany 51,006 15,377 -35,629
Georgia 19,850 571 -19,279
Italy 7,432 9,273 +1,841
Ireland 4,114 7,986 +3,872
Poland 0 7,776 +7,776
Switzerland 4,872 1,087 -3,785
Czechia 5,599 0 -5,599

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) 154,847,681
Air transport 54,735,374
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 24,010,222
Other 1,880,133
Road transport 102,570

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) 51,261,349 103,586,332 +52,324,983
Air transport 26,839,198 27,896,176 +1,056,978
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 14,986,052 9,024,170 -5,961,882
Other 1,066,119 814,014 -252,105
Road transport 102,570 0 -102,570

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 72,804,091
London 58,423,506
London Heathrow Airport 30,066,754
East Midlands Airport 15,656,656
London Gateway Port 10,565,359

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 33,982,521 38,821,570 +4,839,049
London 3,619,450 54,804,056 +51,184,606
London Heathrow Airport 14,690,073 15,376,681 +686,608
East Midlands Airport 8,753,992 6,902,664 -1,851,328
London Gateway Port 7,448,901 3,116,458 -4,332,443
Southampton 4,148,746 2,936,752 -1,211,994
Portsmouth 3,206,180 3,811,227 +605,047
Holyhead 3,493,091 2,375,893 -1,117,198
Dover 4,246,173 691,522 -3,554,651
Immingham Docks 2,321,029 2,249,856 -71,173

Related HS codes

What this shows: Sibling or child HS codes in the same classification branch.

Quick facts

HS code: 850152

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

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