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 83,613,320
China 30,732,982
Brazil 25,581,169
Netherlands 25,188,415
France 23,463,313

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 45,342,967 38,270,353 -7,072,614
China 15,973,160 14,759,822 -1,213,338
Brazil 12,459,811 13,121,358 +661,547
Netherlands 12,968,474 12,219,941 -748,533
France 15,267,295 8,196,018 -7,071,277
Italy 8,662,278 9,688,174 +1,025,896
United States 7,302,267 6,665,112 -637,155
Poland 5,648,010 4,537,655 -1,110,355
Finland 3,108,609 3,704,429 +595,820
Austria 2,969,557 2,372,669 -596,888

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 74,724,720
China 39,020,596
Brazil 26,087,931
Italy 22,094,987
Poland 20,790,215

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 40,946,662 33,778,058 -7,168,604
China 19,661,541 19,359,055 -302,486
Brazil 12,731,356 13,356,575 +625,219
Italy 10,599,053 11,495,934 +896,881
Poland 11,743,252 9,046,963 -2,696,289
United States 8,535,829 7,238,405 -1,297,424
France 10,796,484 4,005,557 -6,790,927
Czechia 5,750,770 4,415,069 -1,335,701
Finland 3,183,849 3,762,514 +578,665
Hungary 3,711,922 2,325,783 -1,386,139

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 154
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 127
West Yorkshire 117
West Midlands 114
Shropshire and Staffordshire 111

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 119 102 -17
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 95 85 -10
West Yorkshire 83 77 -6
West Midlands 86 88 +2
Shropshire and Staffordshire 80 78 -2
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 74 72 -2
Inner London - West 72 58 -14
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 66 58 -8
Surrey, East and West Sussex 64 66 +2
Greater Manchester 64 60 -4

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) 122,659,394
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 78,384,162
Air transport 77,680,226
Other 2,099,847
Road transport 1,063,168

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) 67,948,367 54,711,027 -13,237,340
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 41,305,299 37,078,863 -4,226,436
Air transport 39,788,017 37,892,209 -1,895,808
Other 813,404 1,286,443 +473,039
Road transport 543,756 519,412 -24,344
Rail transport 951 0 -951

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 55,583,704
Felixstowe 26,211,101
East Midlands Airport 23,700,796
London Gateway Port 23,657,393
Birmingham Airport 19,640,391

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 29,888,579 25,695,125 -4,193,454
Felixstowe 11,146,496 15,064,605 +3,918,109
East Midlands Airport 12,823,529 10,877,267 -1,946,262
London Gateway Port 13,585,085 10,072,308 -3,512,777
Birmingham Airport 8,870,773 10,769,618 +1,898,845
Eurotunnel 10,266,071 9,292,433 -973,638
London Heathrow Airport 7,595,274 8,248,183 +652,909
Thamesport 7,756,952 5,721,362 -2,035,590
London 5,985,255 6,415,710 +430,455
Dover / Eurotunnel 9,566,486 1,661,243 -7,905,243

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. 345
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 205
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 122
Manufacture of food products 117

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 435
2025-10 436
2025-09 416
2025-08 417
2025-07 440

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+ 845
1m-15m 814
15m-54m 264
0-1m 202
Other 151

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 52,370,870
Germany 48,301,643
United States 13,939,131
Italy 13,514,606
France 10,901,435

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 477,181 51,893,689 +51,416,508
Germany 23,859,815 24,441,828 +582,013
United States 6,752,337 7,186,794 +434,457
Italy 6,128,115 7,386,491 +1,258,376
France 6,358,402 4,543,033 -1,815,369
Ireland 6,106,097 4,442,079 -1,664,018
Spain 3,719,903 4,660,017 +940,114
Netherlands 4,155,142 3,597,825 -557,317
United Arab Emirates 1,609,168 2,042,288 +433,120
South Korea 1,580,914 1,975,160 +394,246

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 824,688
XU 445,004
XI 364,040
Brazil 121,636
Germany 66,383

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 425,238 399,450 -25,788
XU 29,877 415,127 +385,250
XI 248,154 115,886 -132,268
Brazil 33,488 88,148 +54,660
Germany 51,006 15,377 -35,629
Georgia 19,850 571 -19,279
Italy 7,945 9,273 +1,328
Ireland 5,679 9,051 +3,372
Poland 0 7,776 +7,776
Switzerland 4,872 1,087 -3,785

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) 148,191,504
Air transport 54,525,942
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 24,023,774
Other 1,902,379
Road transport 155,974

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) 47,876,146 100,315,358 +52,439,212
Air transport 26,762,723 27,763,219 +1,000,496
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 14,369,452 9,654,322 -4,715,130
Other 838,674 1,063,705 +225,031
Road transport 155,974 0 -155,974

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 71,656,090
London 52,672,189
London Heathrow Airport 30,172,407
East Midlands Airport 15,525,794
London Gateway Port 10,342,355

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 33,014,014 38,642,076 +5,628,062
London 704,604 51,967,585 +51,262,981
London Heathrow Airport 14,417,512 15,754,895 +1,337,383
East Midlands Airport 8,929,204 6,596,590 -2,332,614
London Gateway Port 7,126,254 3,216,101 -3,910,153
Southampton 4,138,291 2,963,914 -1,174,377
Portsmouth 3,054,928 3,386,330 +331,402
Holyhead 3,933,482 2,284,643 -1,648,839
Dover 4,662,389 786,708 -3,875,681
Immingham Docks 2,214,086 2,412,675 +198,589

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