Import/export HS code 85015220: Small-medium DC motors

DC motors with a power output exceeding 750 watts but not exceeding 7.5 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 54,556,231
Netherlands 17,864,298
China 15,335,326
Italy 12,259,860
France 10,090,238

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 27,976,073 26,580,158 -1,395,915
Netherlands 8,856,262 9,008,036 +151,774
China 8,419,127 6,916,199 -1,502,928
Italy 5,663,498 6,596,362 +932,864
France 5,533,265 4,556,973 -976,292
Brazil 5,097,471 4,531,403 -566,068
Poland 1,698,823 1,767,689 +68,866
Austria 1,701,264 1,458,467 -242,797
Hungary 1,951,611 1,095,837 -855,774
Belgium 1,171,251 1,449,431 +278,180

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 45,617,457
China 19,806,512
Italy 15,107,497
Poland 12,670,176
Brazil 9,628,932

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 23,474,284 22,143,173 -1,331,111
China 10,518,376 9,288,136 -1,230,240
Italy 7,155,108 7,952,389 +797,281
Poland 6,742,668 5,927,508 -815,160
Brazil 5,146,634 4,482,298 -664,336
France 3,050,189 2,912,233 -137,956
Czechia 2,295,382 2,078,187 -217,195
Hungary 2,555,840 1,782,662 -773,178
Japan 1,955,257 1,875,542 -79,715
United States 1,889,039 1,685,996 -203,043

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 115
West Midlands 92
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 91
West Yorkshire 91
Shropshire and Staffordshire 83

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 90 73 -17
West Midlands 64 73 +9
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 68 64 -4
West Yorkshire 68 56 -12
Shropshire and Staffordshire 58 62 +4
Inner London - West 57 48 -9
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 55 56 +1
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 50 41 -9
Greater Manchester 50 45 -5
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 45 49 +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) 68,518,324
Air transport 41,357,907
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 37,338,826
Other 1,597,440
Road transport 640,292

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) 35,299,333 33,218,991 -2,080,342
Air transport 20,774,766 20,583,141 -191,625
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 19,907,739 17,431,087 -2,476,652
Other 635,124 962,316 +327,192
Road transport 215,979 424,313 +208,334
Rail transport 951 0 -951

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 33,155,693
East Midlands Airport 14,937,873
Felixstowe 12,632,979
Eurotunnel 11,739,481
London Gateway Port 11,227,470

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 17,061,693 16,094,000 -967,693
East Midlands Airport 7,493,454 7,444,419 -49,035
Felixstowe 5,902,482 6,730,497 +828,015
Eurotunnel 6,009,084 5,730,397 -278,687
London Gateway Port 5,992,944 5,234,526 -758,418
Birmingham Airport 5,025,983 5,818,758 +792,775
London 3,518,333 4,377,536 +859,203
Thamesport 4,263,588 3,591,460 -672,128
London Heathrow Airport 3,875,452 3,881,553 +6,101
Purfleet 2,828,126 2,624,489 -203,637

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 359
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 254
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 158
Manufacture of food products 99
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 92

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 304
2025-11 313
2025-10 320
2025-09 309
2025-08 310

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+ 664
1m-15m 629
15m-54m 197
0-1m 147
Other 98

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 £
Germany 41,559,808
Italy 8,809,933
Spain 8,243,955
United States 7,314,445
France 6,950,433

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 £
Germany 21,825,719 19,734,089 -2,091,630
Italy 5,000,529 3,809,404 -1,191,125
Spain 3,638,974 4,604,981 +966,007
United States 3,987,394 3,327,051 -660,343
France 4,684,350 2,266,083 -2,418,267
Netherlands 3,384,833 3,062,692 -322,141
Ireland 2,522,403 2,622,673 +100,270
United Arab Emirates 1,391,438 1,761,900 +370,462
Israel 1,642,557 1,352,294 -290,263
Denmark 1,550,060 1,293,685 -256,375

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 419,598
Brazil 84,838
XI 79,957
Germany 31,778
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 236,316 183,282 -53,034
Brazil 18,288 66,550 +48,262
XI 35,080 44,877 +9,797
Germany 17,554 14,224 -3,330
Georgia 19,850 571 -19,279
Ireland 4,114 7,986 +3,872
Italy 6,447 3,907 -2,540
Poland 0 6,176 +6,176
Austria 1,814 1,127 -687
Switzerland 0 1,087 +1,087

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) 75,713,313
Air transport 39,535,511
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 17,146,106
Other 690,966
Road transport 81,669

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) 39,567,201 36,146,112 -3,421,089
Air transport 19,673,374 19,862,137 +188,763
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 9,850,301 7,295,805 -2,554,496
Other 354,606 336,360 -18,246
Road transport 81,669 0 -81,669

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 56,926,342
London Heathrow Airport 20,801,015
East Midlands Airport 12,643,996
London Gateway Port 8,112,751
Portsmouth 6,665,199

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 28,815,627 28,110,715 -704,912
London Heathrow Airport 10,521,130 10,279,885 -241,245
East Midlands Airport 6,956,783 5,687,213 -1,269,570
London Gateway Port 5,468,678 2,644,073 -2,824,605
Portsmouth 3,076,835 3,588,364 +511,529
Southampton 1,960,536 2,615,187 +654,651
Dover 4,071,287 459,919 -3,611,368
Immingham Docks 1,943,052 1,848,691 -94,361
Holyhead 1,388,583 1,615,009 +226,426
ZLC 990,515 1,345,767 +355,252

Quick facts

HS code: 85015220

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

Description: DC motors with a power output exceeding 750 watts but not exceeding 7.5 kW