Import/export HS code 850153: Very large DC motors

DC motors with a power output exceeding 75 kW

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  • 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 £
China 181,313,395
Japan 69,532,055
Netherlands 54,682,658
France 54,230,556
Germany 33,938,477

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 £
China 96,693,166 84,620,229 -12,072,937
Japan 2,476,251 67,055,804 +64,579,553
Netherlands 37,232,580 17,450,078 -19,782,502
France 24,021,966 30,208,590 +6,186,624
Germany 14,833,508 19,104,969 +4,271,461
Finland 6,945,865 8,804,618 +1,858,753
United States 10,982,660 3,344,246 -7,638,414
Italy 3,743,573 9,702,160 +5,958,587
Belgium 9,135,300 3,712,931 -5,422,369
Brazil 5,427,403 5,504,751 +77,348

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 £
China 185,833,644
Germany 88,127,834
Japan 70,167,390
France 47,475,899
United States 18,642,071

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 £
China 98,426,375 87,407,269 -11,019,106
Germany 54,964,201 33,163,633 -21,800,568
Japan 2,974,472 67,192,918 +64,218,446
France 20,073,996 27,401,903 +7,327,907
United States 10,383,554 8,258,517 -2,125,037
Finland 8,140,706 9,857,161 +1,716,455
United Kingdom 7,429,599 5,388,456 -2,041,143
Brazil 5,707,654 6,436,863 +729,209
Italy 3,221,896 7,032,204 +3,810,308
Czechia 4,514,711 2,281,616 -2,233,095

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 40
West Midlands 25
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 24
Surrey, East and West Sussex 22
West Yorkshire 21

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 30 25 -5
West Midlands 16 16 +0
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 18 19 +1
Surrey, East and West Sussex 13 14 +1
West Yorkshire 12 16 +4
Inner London - West 14 15 +1
Shropshire and Staffordshire 11 10 -1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 9 14 +5
Gloucestershire and Wiltshire 9 13 +4
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 12 14 +2

Import volume by transport

What this shows: Import value by transport mode used to bring goods into the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Other 218,792,514
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 139,077,932
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 125,565,735
Air transport 23,886,543
Road transport 3,063,193

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 £
Other 130,811,722 87,980,792 -42,830,930
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 65,618,642 73,459,290 +7,840,648
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 28,108,625 97,457,110 +69,348,485
Air transport 12,456,071 11,430,472 -1,025,599
Road transport 706,579 2,356,614 +1,650,035
Rail transport 111,600 249,659 +138,059

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
000 218,792,514
499 72,201,624
Dover / Eurotunnel 45,319,656
Dover 40,276,851
Immingham Docks 27,278,143

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 £
000 130,811,722 87,980,792 -42,830,930
499 72,956 72,128,668 +72,055,712
Dover / Eurotunnel 17,602,910 27,716,746 +10,113,836
Dover 17,865,588 22,411,263 +4,545,675
Immingham Docks 14,980,570 12,297,573 -2,682,997
Felixstowe 6,980,961 8,147,241 +1,166,280
Eurotunnel 6,298,747 5,835,704 -463,043
London Heathrow Airport 5,926,877 5,081,637 -845,240
London 2,941,920 4,644,406 +1,702,486
London Gateway Port 5,385,980 2,041,223 -3,344,757

Importer companies by SIC division

What this shows: Industry breakdown (SIC divisions) of importing companies.

Top 5 values

SIC Companies
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 66
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 65
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 43
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 33
Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers 29

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 78
2025-10 77
2025-09 67
2025-08 76
2025-07 82

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+ 225
1m-15m 133
15m-54m 52
Other 28
0-1m 26

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 63,265,238
Turkey 41,579,156
Germany 21,686,070
United States 15,183,447
Singapore 11,943,217

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 31,219,603 32,045,635 +826,032
Turkey 1,150,785 40,428,371 +39,277,586
Germany 14,125,705 7,560,365 -6,565,340
United States 9,204,821 5,978,626 -3,226,195
Singapore 4,844,443 7,098,774 +2,254,331
Taiwan 33,530 11,396,045 +11,362,515
Japan 7,073,694 3,573,583 -3,500,111
Norway 2,222,809 4,164,786 +1,941,977
Croatia 1,264,033 3,633,528 +2,369,495
Slovakia 4,813,992 30,564 -4,783,428

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 81,940
Italy 8,562
Brazil 4,225

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 30,307 51,633 +21,326
Italy 8,562 0 -8,562
Brazil 4,225 0 -4,225

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) 148,951,789
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 52,076,381
Air transport 42,879,370
Road transport 121,609
Other 94,727

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) 55,471,475 93,480,314 +38,008,839
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 21,635,793 30,440,588 +8,804,795
Air transport 24,687,449 18,191,921 -6,495,528
Road transport 121,609 0 -121,609
Other 43,094 51,633 +8,539

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 91,773,606
London 43,304,896
London Heathrow Airport 31,160,691
Felixstowe 21,543,634
Southampton 11,763,697

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 47,154,670 44,618,936 -2,535,734
London 2,011,965 41,292,931 +39,280,966
London Heathrow Airport 16,171,982 14,988,709 -1,183,273
Felixstowe 3,589,711 17,953,923 +14,364,212
Southampton 9,512,621 2,251,076 -7,261,545
Immingham Docks 3,694,166 4,086,178 +392,012
London Gateway Port 2,639,220 4,031,116 +1,391,896
Harwich 3,583,586 1,336,645 -2,246,941
East Midlands Airport 2,143,269 2,218,526 +75,257
ZLC 4,117,026 117,957 -3,999,069

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 850153

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

Description: DC motors with a power output exceeding 75 kW