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 54,520,748
Netherlands 17,986,815
China 15,339,048
Italy 12,285,091
France 10,158,181

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 28,391,374 26,129,374 -2,262,000
Netherlands 9,015,719 8,971,096 -44,623
China 7,343,146 7,995,902 +652,756
Italy 5,728,918 6,556,173 +827,255
France 5,896,167 4,262,014 -1,634,153
Brazil 4,923,219 4,933,169 +9,950
Poland 1,639,596 1,833,534 +193,938
Austria 1,795,038 1,412,831 -382,207
Hungary 2,077,167 1,081,732 -995,435
United States 1,498,200 1,145,315 -352,885

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 45,936,307
China 19,779,738
Italy 15,076,972
Poland 13,038,801
Brazil 9,853,246

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 23,863,822 22,072,485 -1,791,337
China 9,467,702 10,312,036 +844,334
Italy 7,174,158 7,902,814 +728,656
Poland 6,862,766 6,176,035 -686,731
Brazil 4,962,119 4,891,127 -70,992
France 3,352,680 2,737,012 -615,668
Hungary 2,663,119 1,730,627 -932,492
Czechia 2,306,194 2,037,082 -269,112
Japan 1,927,329 1,929,333 +2,004
United States 2,100,137 1,375,849 -724,288

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 116
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 94
West Midlands 93
West Yorkshire 88
Shropshire and Staffordshire 87

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 88 76 -12
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 69 66 -3
West Midlands 65 75 +10
West Yorkshire 64 57 -7
Shropshire and Staffordshire 60 64 +4
Inner London - West 56 43 -13
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 51 58 +7
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 49 38 -11
Greater Manchester 51 44 -7
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 48 46 -2

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) 69,112,063
Air transport 41,365,137
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 37,532,554
Other 1,551,470
Road transport 459,277

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) 36,234,196 32,877,867 -3,356,329
Air transport 21,087,475 20,277,662 -809,813
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 18,727,528 18,805,026 +77,498
Other 627,550 923,920 +296,370
Road transport 215,979 243,298 +27,319
Rail transport 951 0 -951

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 33,199,870
East Midlands Airport 14,667,319
Felixstowe 12,670,774
Eurotunnel 12,230,444
London Gateway Port 11,418,885

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 17,531,943 15,667,927 -1,864,016
East Midlands Airport 7,605,283 7,062,036 -543,247
Felixstowe 4,835,581 7,835,193 +2,999,612
Eurotunnel 6,550,883 5,679,561 -871,322
London Gateway Port 5,899,419 5,519,466 -379,953
Birmingham Airport 5,297,236 5,832,747 +535,511
Thamesport 4,379,983 3,516,326 -863,657
London 3,440,385 4,447,970 +1,007,585
London Heathrow Airport 3,488,520 3,928,790 +440,270
Purfleet 2,767,642 2,889,356 +121,714

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 363
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 256
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 158
Manufacture of food products 98
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
2025-11 313
2025-10 320
2025-09 309
2025-08 310
2025-07 337

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+ 656
1m-15m 622
15m-54m 199
0-1m 151
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 £
Germany 41,586,129
Italy 8,932,888
Spain 7,675,928
United States 7,211,499
France 6,965,741

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 21,645,595 19,940,534 -1,705,061
Italy 4,889,976 4,042,912 -847,064
Spain 3,521,250 4,154,678 +633,428
United States 4,062,956 3,148,543 -914,413
France 4,624,188 2,341,553 -2,282,635
Netherlands 3,669,405 2,992,412 -676,993
Ireland 2,534,760 2,655,790 +121,030
United Arab Emirates 1,358,068 1,774,656 +416,588
Denmark 1,480,286 1,411,709 -68,577
Israel 1,449,559 1,406,784 -42,775

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 432,249
Brazil 85,104
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 228,872 203,377 -25,495
Brazil 18,285 66,819 +48,534
XI 7,498 72,459 +64,961
Germany 17,554 14,224 -3,330
Georgia 19,850 571 -19,279
XU 9,688 6,241 -3,447
Ireland 5,679 9,051 +3,372
Italy 6,960 3,907 -3,053
Poland 0 6,176 +6,176
Austria 1,511 1,430 -81

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) 75,467,033
Air transport 38,927,318
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 17,151,123
Other 707,026
Road transport 132,327

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) 39,137,550 36,329,483 -2,808,067
Air transport 19,752,177 19,175,141 -577,036
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 9,280,889 7,870,234 -1,410,655
Other 321,352 385,674 +64,322
Road transport 132,327 0 -132,327

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 56,790,192
London Heathrow Airport 20,430,462
East Midlands Airport 12,520,921
London Gateway Port 7,890,383
Portsmouth 6,086,587

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 28,255,526 28,534,666 +279,140
London Heathrow Airport 10,459,263 9,971,199 -488,064
East Midlands Airport 7,081,841 5,439,080 -1,642,761
London Gateway Port 5,103,988 2,786,395 -2,317,593
Portsmouth 2,939,339 3,147,248 +207,909
Dover 4,479,024 558,268 -3,920,756
Southampton 1,944,031 2,642,349 +698,318
Immingham Docks 1,878,518 1,964,671 +86,153
Holyhead 1,461,032 1,552,712 +91,680
ZLC 1,039,078 1,358,574 +319,496

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