Import/export HS code 85065090: Various lithium cells

Non-standard lithium batteries, used in specialized devices

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  • 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 37,735,716
United States 18,124,710
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 8,835,614
Germany 5,412,911
France 4,324,686

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 21,084,384 16,651,332 -4,433,052
United States 8,713,884 9,410,826 +696,942
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 4,056,497 4,779,117 +722,620
Germany 4,007,916 1,404,995 -2,602,921
France 2,224,713 2,099,973 -124,740
Netherlands 1,990,525 1,729,007 -261,518
South Korea 1,630,465 1,931,174 +300,709
Norway 1,166,618 810,143 -356,475
Ireland 841,150 873,911 +32,761
Canada 715,246 898,921 +183,675

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 48,503,958
United States 18,251,455
France 4,451,411
South Korea 3,725,328
Germany 3,210,955

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 26,535,981 21,967,977 -4,568,004
United States 8,844,730 9,406,725 +561,995
France 2,104,067 2,347,344 +243,277
South Korea 1,707,049 2,018,279 +311,230
Germany 2,890,868 320,087 -2,570,781
Taiwan 1,328,339 1,342,715 +14,376
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 1,475,679 884,952 -590,727
Austria 1,285,952 992,004 -293,948
Japan 1,010,599 825,858 -184,741
United Kingdom 816,846 260,008 -556,838

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 74
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 45
Greater Manchester 44
Inner London - West 44
Surrey, East and West Sussex 44

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 46 46 +0
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 30 31 +1
Greater Manchester 20 34 +14
Inner London - West 28 32 +4
Surrey, East and West Sussex 28 32 +4
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 23 18 -5
Gloucestershire and Wiltshire 16 21 +5
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 17 18 +1
Outer London - West and North West 20 12 -8
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 16 16 +0

Import volume by transport

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

Top 5 values

Transport £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 44,807,189
Air transport 39,257,294
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 11,714,397
Other 1,063,430
Road transport 189,849

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 £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 25,137,661 19,669,528 -5,468,133
Air transport 20,565,821 18,691,473 -1,874,348
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 6,176,636 5,537,761 -638,875
Other 432,488 630,942 +198,454
Road transport 124,921 64,928 -59,993

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 29,021,148
London Stansted Airport 19,349,556
Southampton 10,684,202
London Heathrow Airport 7,323,895
Birmingham Airport 5,024,627

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 16,555,927 12,465,221 -4,090,706
London Stansted Airport 9,769,610 9,579,946 -189,664
Southampton 5,883,938 4,800,264 -1,083,674
London Heathrow Airport 3,395,235 3,928,660 +533,425
Birmingham Airport 3,294,320 1,730,307 -1,564,013
East Midlands Airport 2,167,888 2,108,223 -59,665
London Gateway Port 1,494,111 1,604,961 +110,850
Dover 1,530,105 1,518,972 -11,133
Dover / Eurotunnel 1,615,418 318,011 -1,297,407
Eurotunnel 534,441 1,385,709 +851,268

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 220
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 89
Manufacture of electrical equipment 54
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 50
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 48

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 104
2025-11 111
2025-10 139
2025-09 110
2025-08 103

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 287
54m+ 282
0-1m 83
15m-54m 81
Other 55

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 10,686,553
Germany 4,588,616
France 4,356,154
Netherlands 4,150,664
Ireland 3,806,447

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 5,014,332 5,672,221 +657,889
Germany 3,012,027 1,576,589 -1,435,438
France 2,190,715 2,165,439 -25,276
Netherlands 2,887,700 1,262,964 -1,624,736
Ireland 1,998,492 1,807,955 -190,537
Canada 1,927,201 1,408,852 -518,349
Italy 1,435,583 1,817,950 +382,367
Poland 675,145 1,997,825 +1,322,680
Norway 1,409,880 1,229,641 -180,239
Brazil 239,835 2,205,710 +1,965,875

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 £
XI 342,239
China 190,741
Sweden 169,684
Ireland 85,369
Thailand 3,998

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 £
XI 5,270 336,969 +331,699
China 103,921 86,820 -17,101
Sweden 0 169,684 +169,684
Ireland 366 85,003 +84,637
Thailand 3,998 0 -3,998
Poland 1,762 87 -1,675
United States 1,352 0 -1,352
Viet Nam 856 443 -413
Japan 877 0 -877
Italy 256 247 -9

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 36,110,379
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 24,927,286
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 11,754,775
Other 800,541
Road transport 41,745

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 17,515,439 18,594,940 +1,079,501
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 12,234,425 12,692,861 +458,436
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 7,378,678 4,376,097 -3,002,581
Other 120,124 680,417 +560,293
Road transport 41,745 0 -41,745

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 16,868,071
London Heathrow Airport 12,064,186
London Stansted Airport 8,136,315
East Midlands Airport 6,525,522
ZLC 5,409,700

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 8,089,348 8,778,723 +689,375
London Heathrow Airport 6,564,197 5,499,989 -1,064,208
London Stansted Airport 3,878,115 4,258,200 +380,085
East Midlands Airport 3,127,545 3,397,977 +270,432
ZLC 2,328,907 3,080,793 +751,886
Liverpool Docks 1,767,154 1,266,883 -500,271
London Gateway Port 1,589,852 1,326,385 -263,467
Dover 1,677,891 855,105 -822,786
Southampton 1,279,593 642,654 -636,939
Felixstowe 1,049,855 739,850 -310,005

Quick facts

HS code: 85065090

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

Description: Non-standard lithium batteries, used in specialized devices