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 24,754,854
Germany 21,297,520
France 13,282,764
United States 11,678,938
Italy 4,871,564

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 11,131,549 13,623,305 +2,491,756
Germany 9,328,280 11,969,240 +2,640,960
France 5,867,542 7,415,222 +1,547,680
United States 5,715,054 5,963,884 +248,830
Italy 2,393,320 2,478,244 +84,924
Spain 1,927,192 2,009,665 +82,473
Ireland 2,045,330 1,513,251 -532,079
Malaysia 1,294,862 831,026 -463,836
Japan 851,034 1,080,047 +229,013
Netherlands 948,480 940,483 -7,997

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 30,745,129
Germany 18,935,422
United States 12,110,495
France 7,456,737
United Kingdom 6,893,289

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 14,030,440 16,714,689 +2,684,249
Germany 8,289,568 10,645,854 +2,356,286
United States 5,885,220 6,225,275 +340,055
France 2,921,867 4,534,870 +1,613,003
United Kingdom 2,842,785 4,050,504 +1,207,719
Italy 3,150,304 2,451,489 -698,815
Ireland 2,021,647 1,473,212 -548,435
Spain 1,343,002 1,531,745 +188,743
Malaysia 1,297,113 800,824 -496,289
Japan 874,711 822,395 -52,316

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 95
Surrey, East and West Sussex 68
West Midlands 59
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 56
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 56

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 75 59 -16
Surrey, East and West Sussex 48 46 -2
West Midlands 41 41 +0
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 44 36 -8
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 47 35 -12
Greater Manchester 36 37 +1
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 33 29 -4
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 27 36 +9
Inner London - West 25 28 +3
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 25 25 +0

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 43,292,928
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 31,775,512
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 29,123,403
Other 469,217
Road transport 80,601

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 20,527,027 22,765,901 +2,238,874
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 14,962,310 16,813,202 +1,850,892
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 13,264,647 15,858,756 +2,594,109
Other 193,795 275,422 +81,627
Road transport 32,488 48,113 +15,625

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 14,782,948
London Heathrow Airport 12,796,509
Dover 11,166,629
East Midlands Airport 10,765,009
London Stansted Airport 8,560,847

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 6,824,887 7,958,061 +1,133,174
London Heathrow Airport 5,015,101 7,781,408 +2,766,307
Dover 4,565,784 6,600,845 +2,035,061
East Midlands Airport 5,652,111 5,112,898 -539,213
London Stansted Airport 4,197,237 4,363,610 +166,373
Birmingham Airport 3,650,702 3,524,054 -126,648
Eurotunnel 3,565,168 3,550,239 -14,929
Thamesport 3,365,234 3,462,660 +97,426
Southampton 2,454,747 3,157,826 +703,079
London 3,397,247 2,187,645 -1,209,602

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 261
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 163
Other manufacturing 87
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 74
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 72

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 177
2025-10 190
2025-09 177
2025-08 176
2025-07 179

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 446
54m+ 414
15m-54m 121
0-1m 103
Other 85

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 30,997,784
Germany 17,503,783
France 15,888,255
China 14,892,229
Turkey 12,194,142

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 16,465,882 14,531,902 -1,933,980
Germany 8,466,920 9,036,863 +569,943
France 8,159,328 7,728,927 -430,401
China 7,728,829 7,163,400 -565,429
Turkey 5,443,000 6,751,142 +1,308,142
India 3,408,366 4,747,604 +1,339,238
Japan 3,253,128 3,850,002 +596,874
Sweden 2,571,529 2,943,915 +372,386
Italy 1,991,303 2,392,977 +401,674
South Korea 887,015 2,324,950 +1,437,935

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 22,813
United States 9,801
XI 5,584
Germany 5,328
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 12,181 10,632 -1,549
United States 4,494 5,307 +813
XI 3,499 2,085 -1,414
Germany 786 4,542 +3,756
Nicaragua 2,180 0 -2,180
Poland 1,556 210 -1,346
Belgium 35 851 +816
XU 644 135 -509
Switzerland 383 354 -29
Spain 357 0 -357

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 93,645,793
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 44,156,510
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 19,450,413
Road transport 149,896
Other 50,758

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 46,985,273 46,660,520 -324,753
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 20,865,031 23,291,479 +2,426,448
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 8,780,259 10,670,154 +1,889,895
Road transport 149,896 0 -149,896
Other 26,207 24,551 -1,656

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 53,748,258
Dover / Eurotunnel 39,095,798
East Midlands Airport 26,398,876
Liverpool Docks 9,054,124
London Stansted Airport 6,722,304

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 28,221,244 25,527,014 -2,694,230
Dover / Eurotunnel 18,302,050 20,793,748 +2,491,698
East Midlands Airport 12,047,546 14,351,330 +2,303,784
Liverpool Docks 4,802,845 4,251,279 -551,566
London Stansted Airport 3,310,495 3,411,809 +101,314
ZLC 2,866,659 2,538,034 -328,625
London Gateway Port 1,132,345 3,861,852 +2,729,507
Immingham Docks 1,347,823 1,580,807 +232,984
Southampton 469,558 1,668,671 +1,199,113
Felixstowe 1,193,058 589,895 -603,163

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