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 36,501,949
United States 17,986,680
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 8,333,832
Germany 5,381,480
Netherlands 4,126,473

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 19,189,920 17,312,029 -1,877,891
United States 8,320,060 9,666,620 +1,346,560
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 3,760,007 4,573,825 +813,818
Germany 3,104,229 2,277,251 -826,978
Netherlands 2,142,361 1,984,112 -158,249
France 2,105,228 1,865,956 -239,272
South Korea 1,615,048 1,688,262 +73,214
Norway 1,162,028 827,513 -334,515
Ireland 874,432 847,920 -26,512
Austria 1,303,464 407,386 -896,078

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 46,682,953
United States 18,012,235
France 4,123,176
South Korea 3,477,780
Germany 3,187,933

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 24,461,131 22,221,822 -2,239,309
United States 8,150,398 9,861,837 +1,711,439
France 2,010,525 2,112,651 +102,126
South Korea 1,691,942 1,785,838 +93,896
Germany 2,061,489 1,126,444 -935,045
Taiwan 1,267,700 1,462,114 +194,414
Austria 1,480,830 988,279 -492,551
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 1,288,989 1,041,289 -247,700
Japan 988,642 839,161 -149,481
Mexico 853,965 326,352 -527,613

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 71
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 45
Surrey, East and West Sussex 44
Greater Manchester 43
Inner London - West 43

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 45 45 +0
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 25 32 +7
Surrey, East and West Sussex 28 33 +5
Greater Manchester 20 34 +14
Inner London - West 27 31 +4
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 21 20 -1
Gloucestershire and Wiltshire 15 22 +7
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 17 18 +1
Outer London - West and North West 19 13 -6
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 16 17 +1

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) 43,406,796
Air transport 38,828,674
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 11,600,339
Other 1,055,888
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) 22,956,034 20,450,762 -2,505,272
Air transport 19,477,995 19,350,679 -127,316
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 6,104,949 5,495,390 -609,559
Other 399,653 656,235 +256,582
Road transport 123,550 66,299 -57,251

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 27,366,095
London Stansted Airport 19,157,984
Southampton 10,922,468
London Heathrow Airport 7,088,915
Birmingham Airport 4,990,748

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 13,494,997 13,871,098 +376,101
London Stansted Airport 9,551,135 9,606,849 +55,714
Southampton 6,742,714 4,179,754 -2,562,960
London Heathrow Airport 3,266,344 3,822,571 +556,227
Birmingham Airport 2,414,895 2,575,853 +160,958
East Midlands Airport 2,301,177 2,035,141 -266,036
London Gateway Port 1,453,580 1,381,508 -72,072
Dover 1,358,655 1,449,522 +90,867
Dover / Eurotunnel 1,799,241 326,531 -1,472,710
Eurotunnel 491,969 1,429,657 +937,688

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 225
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 88
Manufacture of electrical equipment 52
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 50
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 45

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 111
2025-10 139
2025-09 110
2025-08 103
2025-07 118

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 290
54m+ 276
0-1m 84
15m-54m 78
Other 56

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 10,506,444
Germany 4,784,131
Netherlands 4,573,114
France 4,429,273
Ireland 3,680,236

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 4,947,048 5,559,396 +612,348
Germany 3,198,158 1,585,973 -1,612,185
Netherlands 3,408,903 1,164,211 -2,244,692
France 2,231,895 2,197,378 -34,517
Ireland 2,018,801 1,661,435 -357,366
Italy 1,941,431 1,614,108 -327,323
Canada 1,826,716 1,440,273 -386,443
Poland 703,645 1,987,259 +1,283,614
Norway 1,484,542 1,107,171 -377,371
Switzerland 1,484,262 1,046,246 -438,016

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 342,205
China 199,153
Sweden 169,684
Thailand 3,998
Poland 1,849

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 4,618 337,587 +332,969
China 98,670 100,483 +1,813
Sweden 0 169,684 +169,684
Thailand 3,998 0 -3,998
Poland 1,466 383 -1,083
XU 1,213 422 -791
United States 1,338 14 -1,324
Viet Nam 842 503 -339
Ireland 366 634 +268
Japan 877 0 -877

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 35,889,648
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 24,504,105
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 12,866,508
Other 724,625
Road transport 50,069

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 17,207,513 18,682,135 +1,474,622
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 13,269,101 11,235,004 -2,034,097
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 8,770,278 4,096,230 -4,674,048
Other 113,889 610,736 +496,847
Road transport 50,069 0 -50,069

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 17,505,005
London Heathrow Airport 12,127,345
London Stansted Airport 8,050,495
East Midlands Airport 6,386,665
ZLC 5,349,990

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 9,032,886 8,472,119 -560,767
London Heathrow Airport 6,598,017 5,529,328 -1,068,689
London Stansted Airport 3,815,574 4,234,921 +419,347
East Midlands Airport 2,990,910 3,395,755 +404,845
ZLC 2,272,292 3,077,698 +805,406
Liverpool Docks 1,751,399 1,201,324 -550,075
London Gateway Port 1,516,109 1,163,456 -352,653
Dover 1,756,822 827,515 -929,307
Southampton 1,293,234 711,695 -581,539
Aberdeen Docks 1,429,951 501,257 -928,694

Quick facts

HS code: 85065090

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

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