Import/export HS code 850440: Static converters

Devices like rectifiers and inverters used to convert electrical power

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 £
China 874,245,499
Netherlands 621,830,241
Germany 509,175,465
United States 293,810,842
Italy 231,420,399

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 440,415,028 433,830,471 -6,584,557
Netherlands 312,058,552 309,771,689 -2,286,863
Germany 271,761,050 237,414,415 -34,346,635
United States 157,852,706 135,958,136 -21,894,570
Italy 145,343,990 86,076,409 -59,267,581
Spain 52,961,469 111,184,698 +58,223,229
France 74,521,322 57,724,033 -16,797,289
Poland 53,370,017 51,707,980 -1,662,037
Finland 50,870,604 43,924,286 -6,946,318
Belgium 54,658,453 39,362,767 -15,295,686

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 1,455,005,096
Italy 280,998,040
United States 278,843,999
Germany 247,162,001
Hungary 191,974,662

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 722,361,309 732,643,787 +10,282,478
Italy 174,926,290 106,071,750 -68,854,540
United States 146,956,971 131,887,028 -15,069,943
Germany 140,979,179 106,182,822 -34,796,357
Hungary 83,714,407 108,260,255 +24,545,848
Spain 68,423,337 116,665,107 +48,241,770
Thailand 60,883,792 44,889,231 -15,994,561
Poland 48,704,383 51,566,264 +2,861,881
Finland 51,179,069 42,229,820 -8,949,249
United Kingdom 47,357,383 37,739,584 -9,617,799

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 599
Inner London - West 558
Surrey, East and West Sussex 391
Greater Manchester 352
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 320

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 449 461 +12
Inner London - West 384 386 +2
Surrey, East and West Sussex 296 269 -27
Greater Manchester 252 252 +0
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 242 236 -6
West Midlands 221 236 +15
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 223 226 +3
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 204 217 +13
Outer London - West and North West 182 186 +4
Inner London - East 176 172 -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) 1,652,574,054
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,095,227,414
Air transport 995,733,642
Other 222,449,462
Road transport 21,850,909

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) 874,220,665 778,353,389 -95,867,276
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 540,929,564 554,297,850 +13,368,286
Air transport 503,000,532 492,733,110 -10,267,422
Other 147,326,937 75,122,525 -72,204,412
Road transport 10,019,880 11,831,029 +1,811,149
Rail transport 1,297,501 1,161,085 -136,416

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 537,523,354
Dover 523,995,741
London Heathrow Airport 399,565,765
Southampton 256,050,932
Eurotunnel 228,886,970

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 £
Felixstowe 275,231,118 262,292,236 -12,938,882
Dover 284,173,011 239,822,730 -44,350,281
London Heathrow Airport 206,779,370 192,786,395 -13,992,975
Southampton 135,642,059 120,408,873 -15,233,186
Eurotunnel 115,557,098 113,329,872 -2,227,226
000 147,326,937 75,122,525 -72,204,412
East Midlands Airport 109,633,273 98,942,872 -10,690,401
Immingham Docks 104,204,917 74,313,237 -29,891,680
Dover / Eurotunnel 83,252,688 72,771,346 -10,481,342
London 59,154,582 95,869,395 +36,714,813

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 1609
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 678
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 469
Manufacture of electrical equipment 461
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 459

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 1599
2025-10 1747
2025-09 1604
2025-08 1622
2025-07 1648

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
1m-15m 2949
54m+ 2283
0-1m 914
15m-54m 789
Other 563

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 421,969,777
United States 229,939,931
Netherlands 122,515,386
France 85,662,643
Ireland 81,583,455

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 204,755,388 217,214,389 +12,459,001
United States 123,254,826 106,685,105 -16,569,721
Netherlands 61,487,487 61,027,899 -459,588
France 44,009,824 41,652,819 -2,357,005
Ireland 43,596,354 37,987,101 -5,609,253
Italy 30,002,160 30,637,293 +635,133
Saudi Arabia 44,807,150 14,522,246 -30,284,904
South Korea 40,233,435 8,018,648 -32,214,787
Spain 22,716,457 23,928,274 +1,211,817
Czechia 23,631,767 19,624,454 -4,007,313

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 £
Denmark 3,779,338
China 2,849,503
Austria 1,897,399
Italy 1,442,003
Germany 202,798

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 £
Denmark 1,908,801 1,870,537 -38,264
China 1,858,870 990,633 -868,237
Austria 896,774 1,000,625 +103,851
Italy 664,664 777,339 +112,675
Germany 52,066 150,732 +98,666
Finland 115,444 77,338 -38,106
XI 47,777 101,362 +53,585
Israel 134,349 0 -134,349
XU 46,845 57,379 +10,534
Brazil 30,358 68,691 +38,333

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) 780,778,903
Air transport 735,421,037
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 226,155,351
Other 11,085,143
Road transport 5,529,062

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) 376,366,477 404,412,426 +28,045,949
Air transport 397,511,608 337,909,429 -59,602,179
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 145,149,777 81,005,574 -64,144,203
Other 5,914,915 5,170,228 -744,687
Road transport 5,490,909 38,153 -5,452,756
Rail transport 64,578 9,495 -55,083

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 612,654,031
London Heathrow Airport 321,635,960
East Midlands Airport 146,977,006
ZLC 107,098,730
Southampton 96,548,047

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 297,437,648 315,216,383 +17,778,735
London Heathrow Airport 173,159,832 148,476,128 -24,683,704
East Midlands Airport 79,601,761 67,375,245 -12,226,516
ZLC 58,772,824 48,325,906 -10,446,918
Southampton 65,634,043 30,914,004 -34,720,039
London Stansted Airport 40,686,934 45,475,541 +4,788,607
Immingham Docks 34,162,901 35,369,620 +1,206,719
Holyhead 23,903,729 21,190,681 -2,713,048
London Gateway Port 30,557,958 14,535,845 -16,022,113
Warton Aerodrome 34,034,715 10,277,382 -23,757,333

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 850440

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

Description: Devices like rectifiers and inverters used to convert electrical power