Import/export HS code 8507: Electric accumulators

Rechargeable batteries and their parts, including separators, used in various devices

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 £
China 2,436,750,605
Netherlands 407,205,090
United States 348,768,140
Germany 341,368,184
South Korea 334,020,120

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 1,135,440,710 1,301,309,895 +165,869,185
Netherlands 187,826,777 219,378,313 +31,551,536
United States 201,437,629 147,330,511 -54,107,118
Germany 193,048,599 148,319,585 -44,729,014
South Korea 209,943,383 124,076,737 -85,866,646
Hungary 176,203,646 125,879,624 -50,324,022
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 143,592,905 79,585,205 -64,007,700
France 112,553,647 91,083,870 -21,469,777
Japan 112,634,078 84,007,732 -28,626,346
Poland 100,466,799 75,566,439 -24,900,360

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 3,109,749,179
United States 387,573,693
Germany 361,914,978
Japan 309,428,182
Hungary 251,220,197

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 1,562,588,859 1,547,160,320 -15,428,539
United States 204,295,605 183,278,088 -21,017,517
Germany 201,543,459 160,371,519 -41,171,940
Japan 167,072,577 142,355,605 -24,716,972
Hungary 144,352,762 106,867,435 -37,485,327
South Korea 112,933,213 121,811,300 +8,878,087
Poland 134,277,354 98,188,925 -36,088,429
Viet Nam 139,941,658 78,190,378 -61,751,280
Spain 95,327,414 65,455,282 -29,872,132
Italy 48,093,849 30,626,643 -17,467,206

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 356
Inner London - West 294
Surrey, East and West Sussex 203
Outer London - West and North West 181
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 177

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 254 261 +7
Inner London - West 185 210 +25
Surrey, East and West Sussex 156 150 -6
Outer London - West and North West 123 127 +4
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 130 144 +14
Greater Manchester 122 117 -5
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 113 131 +18
West Midlands 109 111 +2
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 126 114 -12
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 105 116 +11

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) 3,467,536,029
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 1,700,476,087
Air transport 433,702,857
Other 347,540,350
Road transport 68,399,823

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) 1,740,236,585 1,727,299,444 -12,937,141
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 936,401,681 764,074,406 -172,327,275
Air transport 219,761,031 213,941,826 -5,819,205
Other 228,316,711 119,223,639 -109,093,072
Road transport 38,620,686 29,779,137 -8,841,549
Rail transport 3,327,943 6,012,307 +2,684,364

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 1,375,839,201
Southampton 970,427,011
Dover 667,639,623
London Gateway Port 375,448,497
000 347,540,350

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 772,671,405 603,167,796 -169,503,609
Southampton 524,643,648 445,783,363 -78,860,285
Dover 391,461,394 276,178,229 -115,283,165
London Gateway Port 83,573,100 291,875,397 +208,302,297
000 228,316,711 119,223,639 -109,093,072
Grangemouth Docks 52,723,704 187,640,801 +134,917,097
London 117,938,120 83,986,706 -33,951,414
Harwich 82,035,820 81,076,268 -959,552
499 28,224,846 124,108,775 +95,883,929
Eurotunnel 87,603,308 63,104,498 -24,498,810

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 998
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 524
Manufacture of electrical equipment 242
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 228
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 215

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 888
2025-11 926
2025-10 967
2025-09 927
2025-08 905

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 1618
54m+ 1163
0-1m 597
15m-54m 426
Other 329

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 243,856,238
France 155,926,454
Germany 126,842,540
Ireland 123,190,120
Netherlands 106,093,210

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 145,619,603 98,236,635 -47,382,968
France 83,772,098 72,154,356 -11,617,742
Germany 77,648,032 49,194,508 -28,453,524
Ireland 61,666,007 61,524,113 -141,894
Netherlands 54,257,649 51,835,561 -2,422,088
Spain 33,085,395 29,106,781 -3,978,614
Italy 21,268,469 23,003,704 +1,735,235
Czechia 15,879,907 15,566,368 -313,539
Austria 15,481,259 15,740,772 +259,513
Sweden 11,715,660 18,219,277 +6,503,617

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 £
Italy 5,348,386
China 3,595,142
Netherlands 838,622
Switzerland 426,810
XI 364,776

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 £
Italy 3,102,817 2,245,569 -857,248
China 1,786,596 1,808,546 +21,950
Netherlands 517,747 320,875 -196,872
Switzerland 111,236 315,574 +204,338
XI 281,881 82,895 -198,986
Hungary 6,522 292,972 +286,450
South Korea 84,371 105,671 +21,300
Germany 78,866 104,500 +25,634
Spain 102,931 42,256 -60,675
Indonesia 42,486 37,046 -5,440

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) 693,747,640
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 351,785,284
Air transport 237,971,699
Other 12,019,490
Road transport 929,073

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) 364,154,499 329,593,141 -34,561,358
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 216,635,822 135,149,462 -81,486,360
Air transport 123,576,745 114,394,954 -9,181,791
Other 6,438,030 5,581,460 -856,570
Road transport 882,640 46,433 -836,207
Rail transport 0 20,393 +20,393

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 370,417,212
Southampton 122,845,336
Dover 95,255,176
London Gateway Port 81,848,839
London Heathrow Airport 77,193,975

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 187,745,749 182,671,463 -5,074,286
Southampton 75,480,626 47,364,710 -28,115,916
Dover 66,978,732 28,276,444 -38,702,288
London Gateway Port 52,655,640 29,193,199 -23,462,441
London Heathrow Airport 36,692,729 40,501,246 +3,808,517
Immingham Docks 33,631,559 40,981,920 +7,350,361
London Stansted Airport 25,652,582 45,729,232 +20,076,650
Felixstowe 33,886,239 22,637,265 -11,248,974
ZLC 41,902,803 12,956,285 -28,946,518
Holyhead 25,176,374 28,067,392 +2,891,018

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 8507

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

Description: Rechargeable batteries and their parts, including separators, used in various devices