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

Components and parts for transformers and inductors

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 85,209,688
China 72,604,122
Italy 63,735,920
United States 36,504,224
Netherlands 29,533,381

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 40,247,452 44,962,236 +4,714,784
China 38,189,939 34,414,183 -3,775,756
Italy 28,966,921 34,768,999 +5,802,078
United States 14,614,397 21,889,827 +7,275,430
Netherlands 12,605,238 16,928,143 +4,322,905
Turkey 8,464,057 16,978,289 +8,514,232
India 6,344,175 17,789,129 +11,444,954
France 11,569,091 10,683,335 -885,756
South Korea 14,975,366 4,291,445 -10,683,921
Slovakia 9,118,878 5,748,545 -3,370,333

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 116,510,397
Germany 70,307,145
Italy 62,463,894
South Korea 35,515,234
United States 30,368,676

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 59,400,943 57,109,454 -2,291,489
Germany 31,960,996 38,346,149 +6,385,153
Italy 29,062,572 33,401,322 +4,338,750
South Korea 19,420,906 16,094,328 -3,326,578
United States 13,467,625 16,901,051 +3,433,426
Turkey 8,506,537 15,945,535 +7,438,998
United Kingdom 8,776,305 8,692,894 -83,411
India 6,745,900 9,264,649 +2,518,749
Japan 7,119,906 8,108,037 +988,131
Romania 6,211,797 6,844,115 +632,318

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 241
Inner London - West 176
Surrey, East and West Sussex 151
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 126
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 180 143 -37
Inner London - West 110 114 +4
Surrey, East and West Sussex 110 92 -18
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 85 85 +0
Greater Manchester 72 61 -11
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 86 61 -25
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 62 60 -2
West Midlands 74 59 -15
Shropshire and Staffordshire 75 54 -21
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 62 61 -1

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) 236,983,027
Air transport 146,051,287
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 139,176,739
Road transport 11,519,845
Other 1,468,475

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) 108,285,628 128,697,399 +20,411,771
Air transport 76,901,931 69,149,356 -7,752,575
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 71,769,089 67,407,650 -4,361,439
Road transport 5,393,849 6,125,996 +732,147
Other 912,339 556,136 -356,203

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 101,204,258
Felixstowe 44,491,258
London Heathrow Airport 43,400,180
East Midlands Airport 38,189,853
Southampton 31,120,014

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 53,218,134 47,986,124 -5,232,010
Felixstowe 21,969,651 22,521,607 +551,956
London Heathrow Airport 23,746,175 19,654,005 -4,092,170
East Midlands Airport 21,111,091 17,078,762 -4,032,329
Southampton 15,904,600 15,215,414 -689,186
Harwich 5,267,584 23,108,631 +17,841,047
London Stansted Airport 13,182,736 12,126,351 -1,056,385
ZLC 10,474,244 14,366,272 +3,892,028
Eurotunnel 13,303,484 11,201,568 -2,101,916
Immingham Docks 11,432,959 12,318,146 +885,187

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 498
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 251
Manufacture of electrical equipment 242
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 176
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 159

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 374
2025-10 389
2025-09 333
2025-08 372
2025-07 411

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 965
54m+ 932
15m-54m 267
0-1m 240
Other 182

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 66,086,913
United States 31,355,807
Spain 13,856,988
France 11,091,554
Netherlands 8,295,198

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 29,113,383 36,973,530 +7,860,147
United States 15,696,055 15,659,752 -36,303
Spain 6,850,766 7,006,222 +155,456
France 5,281,346 5,810,208 +528,862
Netherlands 3,914,138 4,381,060 +466,922
Italy 3,501,468 3,492,385 -9,083
China 2,273,515 3,320,852 +1,047,337
Ireland 2,761,427 2,810,109 +48,682
Poland 1,925,813 3,643,232 +1,717,419
Finland 1,968,561 2,594,894 +626,333

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
XU 10,567
XI 9,288
China 8,986

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
XU 7,462 3,105 -4,357
XI 2,455 6,833 +4,378
China 3,866 5,120 +1,254
Brazil 1,592 5,344 +3,752
Ireland 0 5,492 +5,492
Denmark 0 4,152 +4,152
Slovakia 0 3,670 +3,670
Italy 2,253 16 -2,237

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) 116,885,466
Air transport 90,835,135
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 17,613,539
Road transport 475,134
Other 82,947

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) 51,011,423 65,874,043 +14,862,620
Air transport 47,918,931 42,916,204 -5,002,727
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 10,727,093 6,886,446 -3,840,647
Road transport 469,265 5,869 -463,396
Other 37,582 45,365 +7,783
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 101,795,526
London Heathrow Airport 41,905,731
East Midlands Airport 22,697,616
London Stansted Airport 12,216,004
ZLC 7,514,871

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 45,078,849 56,716,677 +11,637,828
London Heathrow Airport 20,147,780 21,757,951 +1,610,171
East Midlands Airport 12,860,287 9,837,329 -3,022,958
London Stansted Airport 7,134,893 5,081,111 -2,053,782
ZLC 4,052,050 3,462,821 -589,229
Immingham Docks 2,549,493 3,559,953 +1,010,460
London Gateway Port 3,522,214 1,358,822 -2,163,392
Manchester Airport 2,855,769 1,604,656 -1,251,113
Felixstowe 2,090,323 2,006,493 -83,830
Dover 2,691,562 1,138,736 -1,552,826

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