Import/export HS code 85071020: Liquid electrolyte lead-acid batteries

Lead-acid batteries with liquid electrolyte, commonly used in cars and motorcycles

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  • 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 £
Spain 106,786,904
South Korea 101,170,607
Belgium 64,486,160
Turkey 57,405,178
Germany 40,712,162

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 £
Spain 62,645,170 44,141,734 -18,503,436
South Korea 46,060,992 55,109,615 +9,048,623
Belgium 31,744,090 32,742,070 +997,980
Turkey 32,010,534 25,394,644 -6,615,890
Germany 20,840,324 19,871,838 -968,486
France 19,321,889 13,462,589 -5,859,300
Italy 20,741,945 6,972,849 -13,769,096
Netherlands 11,736,809 15,090,988 +3,354,179
China 11,735,189 8,964,579 -2,770,610
Taiwan 10,163,893 9,446,496 -717,397

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 £
Spain 113,666,269
South Korea 104,252,754
Germany 96,136,426
Turkey 59,076,600
Czechia 38,485,052

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 £
Spain 69,727,600 43,938,669 -25,788,931
South Korea 47,247,644 57,005,110 +9,757,466
Germany 50,426,212 45,710,214 -4,715,998
Turkey 32,931,490 26,145,110 -6,786,380
Czechia 16,403,896 22,081,156 +5,677,260
Italy 24,774,852 8,467,453 -16,307,399
Poland 19,480,379 12,851,116 -6,629,263
China 17,554,447 12,659,390 -4,895,057
Taiwan 10,129,759 9,452,748 -677,011
Indonesia 11,379,398 7,250,911 -4,128,487

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 17
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 17
West Midlands 14
Essex 11
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 10

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 14 11 -3
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 13 14 +1
West Midlands 12 12 +0
Essex 6 11 +5
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 8 8 +0
Surrey, East and West Sussex 8 7 -1
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 4 9 +5
Inner London - West 6 8 +2
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 8 6 -2
Shropshire and Staffordshire 5 7 +2

Import volume by transport

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

Top 5 values

Transport £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 321,423,621
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 287,733,219
Other 16,816,733
Air transport 3,358,543
Road transport 358,747

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 £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 192,321,203 129,102,418 -63,218,785
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 143,395,456 144,337,763 +942,307
Other 10,770,442 6,046,291 -4,724,151
Air transport 2,157,122 1,201,421 -955,701
Road transport 319,498 39,249 -280,249
Rail transport 57,465 15,985 -41,480

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Southampton 160,637,667
London 85,805,669
Felixstowe 84,354,130
Dover 63,390,703
Dover / Eurotunnel 34,982,901

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 £
Southampton 80,581,293 80,056,374 -524,919
London 44,961,763 40,843,906 -4,117,857
Felixstowe 47,164,304 37,189,826 -9,974,478
Dover 37,733,434 25,657,269 -12,076,165
Dover / Eurotunnel 22,588,828 12,394,073 -10,194,755
Liverpool Docks 18,267,523 13,967,778 -4,299,745
Purfleet 23,175,230 4,945,035 -18,230,195
Harwich 12,970,261 12,436,885 -533,376
Immingham Docks 11,756,692 9,540,205 -2,216,487
Eurotunnel 9,873,860 8,494,922 -1,378,938

Importer companies by SIC division

What this shows: Industry breakdown (SIC divisions) of importing companies.

Top 5 values

SIC Companies
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 69
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 47
Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers 13
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 11
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 9

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 66
2025-11 64
2025-10 74
2025-09 63
2025-08 63

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
54m+ 96
1m-15m 64
15m-54m 23
Other 21
0-1m 6

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 £
Ireland 22,963,047
Belgium 5,287,318
United States 5,094,982
France 4,281,982
Germany 2,687,109

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 £
Ireland 11,493,812 11,469,235 -24,577
Belgium 2,784,269 2,503,049 -281,220
United States 2,744,170 2,350,812 -393,358
France 2,307,405 1,974,577 -332,828
Germany 977,523 1,709,586 +732,063
Sweden 1,402,816 1,220,930 -181,886
Italy 1,309,483 1,245,551 -63,932
United Arab Emirates 1,626,753 838,077 -788,676
Spain 1,002,459 1,074,273 +71,814
Taiwan 646,238 1,230,170 +583,932

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 £
Germany 163,913
South Korea 138,112
China 112,990
Italy 90,341
Spain 77,280

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 £
Germany 71,946 91,967 +20,021
South Korea 70,548 67,564 -2,984
China 21,122 91,868 +70,746
Italy 25,794 64,547 +38,753
Spain 35,985 41,295 +5,310
XI 4,262 71,952 +67,690
Indonesia 38,797 35,562 -3,235
Taiwan 25,687 9,992 -15,695
Slovenia 5,754 25,794 +20,040
Poland 14,144 14,593 +449

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) 41,997,912
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 17,465,047
Air transport 6,778,359
Other 983,842
Road transport 18,981

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) 20,693,468 21,304,444 +610,976
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 9,665,545 7,799,502 -1,866,043
Air transport 3,198,073 3,580,286 +382,213
Other 393,904 589,938 +196,034
Road transport 18,981 0 -18,981

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 13,070,924
Holyhead 11,745,018
Southampton 7,756,886
London Gateway Port 5,556,950
London Heathrow Airport 4,681,018

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 5,928,619 7,142,305 +1,213,686
Holyhead 5,565,446 6,179,572 +614,126
Southampton 3,891,896 3,864,990 -26,906
London Gateway Port 3,404,247 2,152,703 -1,251,544
London Heathrow Airport 1,782,141 2,898,877 +1,116,736
Liverpool Docks 2,168,786 2,090,140 -78,646
Immingham Docks 1,466,634 1,512,933 +46,299
Milford 1,292,272 1,652,668 +360,396
Heysham 1,070,339 1,700,395 +630,056
Dover 1,852,185 453,172 -1,399,013

Quick facts

HS code: 85071020

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

Description: Lead-acid batteries with liquid electrolyte, commonly used in cars and motorcycles