Import/export HS code 850590: Various electromagnetic devices

Various electromagnetic devices, including lifting heads and parts

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* 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 25,255,209
Germany 21,330,233
France 13,544,240
United States 11,835,291
Italy 4,867,255

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 12,014,357 13,240,852 +1,226,495
Germany 9,491,534 11,838,699 +2,347,165
France 6,189,635 7,354,605 +1,164,970
United States 5,745,595 6,089,696 +344,101
Italy 2,491,204 2,376,051 -115,153
Spain 1,907,372 2,022,273 +114,901
Ireland 2,011,959 1,475,164 -536,795
Malaysia 1,335,150 796,613 -538,537
Japan 965,202 1,025,173 +59,971
Netherlands 982,733 879,445 -103,288

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 31,141,882
Germany 18,974,390
United States 12,314,240
France 7,716,695
United Kingdom 6,950,703

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 15,151,276 15,990,606 +839,330
Germany 8,467,510 10,506,880 +2,039,370
United States 5,886,485 6,427,755 +541,270
France 3,136,885 4,579,810 +1,442,925
United Kingdom 3,062,337 3,888,366 +826,029
Italy 3,244,065 2,391,272 -852,793
Ireland 1,985,738 1,437,032 -548,706
Spain 1,331,247 1,543,884 +212,637
Malaysia 1,303,937 801,493 -502,444
Japan 992,342 774,708 -217,634

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 98
Surrey, East and West Sussex 70
West Midlands 62
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 56
Greater Manchester 54

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 74 61 -13
Surrey, East and West Sussex 47 47 +0
West Midlands 46 40 -6
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 42 38 -4
Greater Manchester 38 36 -2
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 47 35 -12
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 35 31 -4
Inner London - West 29 30 +1
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 26 36 +10
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 27 25 -2

Import volume by transport

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

Top 5 values

Transport £
Air transport 43,494,070
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 32,525,923
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 29,340,839
Other 463,576
Road transport 95,328

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 £
Air transport 21,187,293 22,306,777 +1,119,484
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 15,787,685 16,738,238 +950,553
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 13,754,294 15,586,545 +1,832,251
Other 206,778 256,798 +50,020
Road transport 32,464 62,864 +30,400

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 15,442,653
London Heathrow Airport 12,941,576
Dover 11,897,913
East Midlands Airport 10,820,036
London Stansted Airport 8,513,635

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 7,163,061 8,279,592 +1,116,531
London Heathrow Airport 5,678,167 7,263,409 +1,585,242
Dover 4,945,200 6,952,713 +2,007,513
East Midlands Airport 5,854,685 4,965,351 -889,334
London Stansted Airport 4,187,412 4,326,223 +138,811
Birmingham Airport 3,591,913 3,576,105 -15,808
Eurotunnel 3,637,684 3,293,843 -343,841
Thamesport 3,759,464 3,061,734 -697,730
Southampton 2,587,110 3,177,213 +590,103
London 3,439,171 2,049,511 -1,389,660

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 266
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 159
Other manufacturing 90
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 75
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 71

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 185
2025-11 177
2025-10 190
2025-09 177
2025-08 176

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 454
54m+ 422
15m-54m 122
0-1m 97
Other 80

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 £
United States 30,294,439
Germany 17,900,568
France 15,892,156
China 14,574,269
Turkey 12,061,459

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 £
United States 15,591,691 14,702,748 -888,943
Germany 8,900,748 8,999,820 +99,072
France 8,173,101 7,719,055 -454,046
China 8,116,860 6,457,409 -1,659,451
Turkey 5,406,720 6,654,739 +1,248,019
India 3,301,060 5,785,061 +2,484,001
Japan 3,377,680 3,976,387 +598,707
Sweden 2,441,786 2,991,267 +549,481
Italy 2,132,515 2,302,504 +169,989
Switzerland 519,023 3,176,050 +2,657,027

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 22,341
United States 8,242
XI 5,319
Germany 4,672
Nicaragua 2,180

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 12,493 9,848 -2,645
United States 3,355 4,887 +1,532
XI 3,234 2,085 -1,149
Germany 2,595 2,077 -518
Nicaragua 2,180 0 -2,180
Poland 1,672 94 -1,578
Belgium 35 851 +816
Switzerland 383 354 -29
Spain 357 0 -357
Slovakia 0 148 +148

Export volume by transport

What this shows: Export value by transport mode used to ship goods from the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Air transport 93,950,706
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 45,399,986
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 18,708,353
Road transport 93,302
Other 47,734

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 £
Air transport 46,676,998 47,273,708 +596,710
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 20,774,058 24,625,928 +3,851,870
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 8,860,399 9,847,954 +987,555
Road transport 93,302 0 -93,302
Other 26,968 20,766 -6,202

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 54,280,387
Dover / Eurotunnel 40,052,437
East Midlands Airport 26,024,836
Liverpool Docks 8,722,740
London Stansted Airport 6,736,495

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 £
London Heathrow Airport 27,344,026 26,936,361 -407,665
Dover / Eurotunnel 18,054,634 21,997,803 +3,943,169
East Midlands Airport 12,496,406 13,528,430 +1,032,024
Liverpool Docks 4,567,722 4,155,018 -412,704
London Stansted Airport 3,302,828 3,433,667 +130,839
ZLC 2,911,765 2,548,326 -363,439
London Gateway Port 1,867,265 3,136,823 +1,269,558
Immingham Docks 1,238,393 1,623,874 +385,481
Southampton 487,998 1,668,593 +1,180,595
Felixstowe 979,672 602,501 -377,171

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 850590

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

Description: Various electromagnetic devices, including lifting heads and parts