Import/export HS code 850490: Parts of transformers and inductors

Components and parts for transformers and inductors

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  • 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 76,001,830
China 71,449,306
Italy 64,322,779
United States 36,304,578
Netherlands 29,268,604

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 31,379,615 44,622,215 +13,242,600
China 37,475,584 33,973,722 -3,501,862
Italy 28,120,929 36,201,850 +8,080,921
United States 16,254,667 20,049,911 +3,795,244
Netherlands 12,266,770 17,001,834 +4,735,064
Turkey 9,444,531 16,780,138 +7,335,607
India 6,504,045 18,245,551 +11,741,506
France 11,507,117 10,852,940 -654,177
South Korea 15,131,522 4,712,274 -10,419,248
Slovakia 8,798,494 5,818,122 -2,980,372

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 115,346,725
Italy 62,928,836
Germany 60,699,782
South Korea 36,313,889
United States 29,787,138

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 58,267,969 57,078,756 -1,189,213
Italy 27,855,763 35,073,073 +7,217,310
Germany 23,310,575 37,389,207 +14,078,632
South Korea 19,655,726 16,658,163 -2,997,563
United States 14,052,551 15,734,587 +1,682,036
Turkey 9,503,212 15,747,691 +6,244,479
United Kingdom 9,285,396 7,766,803 -1,518,593
India 6,912,047 10,078,210 +3,166,163
Japan 6,190,918 8,938,633 +2,747,715
Romania 6,682,831 6,550,744 -132,087

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 234
Inner London - West 179
Surrey, East and West Sussex 148
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 124
Greater Manchester 110

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 174 145 -29
Inner London - West 114 112 -2
Surrey, East and West Sussex 108 88 -20
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 85 82 -3
Greater Manchester 68 68 +0
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 81 66 -15
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 58 64 +6
Shropshire and Staffordshire 74 54 -20
West Midlands 73 59 -14
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 65 58 -7

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) 231,062,178
Air transport 144,414,553
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 137,716,614
Road transport 11,656,318
Other 1,385,941

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) 101,501,042 129,561,136 +28,060,094
Air transport 76,450,706 67,963,847 -8,486,859
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 69,934,548 67,782,066 -2,152,482
Road transport 5,553,333 6,102,985 +549,652
Other 884,848 501,093 -383,755

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 94,212,656
Felixstowe 44,294,392
London Heathrow Airport 42,184,073
East Midlands Airport 38,391,985
Southampton 31,608,789

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 47,482,612 46,730,044 -752,568
Felixstowe 22,000,421 22,293,971 +293,550
London Heathrow Airport 22,944,537 19,239,536 -3,705,001
East Midlands Airport 21,465,356 16,926,629 -4,538,727
Southampton 15,862,944 15,745,845 -117,099
Harwich 6,189,166 22,546,533 +16,357,367
ZLC 11,317,669 14,339,994 +3,022,325
London Stansted Airport 13,470,132 11,747,448 -1,722,684
Immingham Docks 10,632,419 13,049,311 +2,416,892
Eurotunnel 11,995,595 11,068,503 -927,092

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 492
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 254
Manufacture of electrical equipment 237
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 176
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 158

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 337
2025-11 374
2025-10 388
2025-09 333
2025-08 372

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 956
54m+ 926
15m-54m 257
0-1m 240
Other 177

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 65,174,395
United States 31,045,590
Spain 14,537,745
France 11,160,984
Netherlands 7,930,839

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 29,193,421 35,980,974 +6,787,553
United States 15,744,246 15,301,344 -442,902
Spain 6,858,335 7,679,410 +821,075
France 5,327,826 5,833,158 +505,332
Netherlands 3,678,552 4,252,287 +573,735
Italy 3,438,207 3,500,791 +62,584
Poland 1,993,086 3,578,044 +1,584,958
China 2,128,126 3,408,601 +1,280,475
Ireland 2,606,673 2,862,588 +255,915
Finland 2,050,055 2,699,298 +649,243

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 £
Israel 17,151
United States 11,029
XI 9,288
China 8,982
Brazil 6,936

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 £
Israel 17,151 0 -17,151
United States 0 11,029 +11,029
XI 4,058 5,230 +1,172
China 4,040 4,942 +902
Brazil 2,187 4,749 +2,562
Ireland 3,942 1,550 -2,392
Denmark 0 4,152 +4,152
Slovakia 0 3,670 +3,670
Italy 2,141 16 -2,125
Taiwan 1,536 0 -1,536

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) 117,676,358
Air transport 90,264,243
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 16,818,315
Road transport 357,185
Other 81,272

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) 51,573,183 66,103,175 +14,529,992
Air transport 47,350,000 42,914,243 -4,435,757
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 9,715,521 7,102,794 -2,612,727
Road transport 351,316 5,869 -345,447
Other 42,225 39,047 -3,178
Rail transport 0 8,100 +8,100

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 102,522,691
London Heathrow Airport 42,038,715
East Midlands Airport 22,399,379
London Stansted Airport 11,723,501
ZLC 7,514,727

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 45,568,360 56,954,331 +11,385,971
London Heathrow Airport 20,411,608 21,627,107 +1,215,499
East Midlands Airport 12,469,824 9,929,555 -2,540,269
London Stansted Airport 6,883,502 4,839,999 -2,043,503
ZLC 3,893,171 3,621,556 -271,615
Immingham Docks 2,170,141 3,485,426 +1,315,285
London Gateway Port 3,316,426 1,325,064 -1,991,362
Manchester Airport 2,796,950 1,673,606 -1,123,344
Felixstowe 2,055,232 2,031,172 -24,060
Dover 2,677,445 1,057,911 -1,619,534

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 850490

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

Description: Components and parts for transformers and inductors