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 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 £
Spain 110,090,158
South Korea 101,056,876
Belgium 63,058,313
Turkey 58,342,004
Germany 40,562,288

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 66,503,531 43,586,627 -22,916,904
South Korea 44,889,503 56,167,373 +11,277,870
Belgium 31,699,033 31,359,280 -339,753
Turkey 33,568,976 24,773,028 -8,795,948
Germany 20,403,644 20,158,644 -245,000
France 20,160,858 13,506,422 -6,654,436
Italy 19,841,500 8,111,292 -11,730,208
Netherlands 11,893,277 14,160,076 +2,266,799
China 11,891,304 9,355,376 -2,535,928
Taiwan 9,114,727 9,827,330 +712,603

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 116,019,945
South Korea 104,042,413
Germany 95,070,526
Turkey 59,873,304
Czechia 38,388,374

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 72,067,630 43,952,315 -28,115,315
South Korea 46,209,930 57,832,483 +11,622,553
Germany 50,813,190 44,257,336 -6,555,854
Turkey 34,495,320 25,377,984 -9,117,336
Czechia 17,273,045 21,115,329 +3,842,284
Italy 24,202,997 9,604,490 -14,598,507
Poland 20,209,627 12,255,705 -7,953,922
China 16,647,983 13,743,684 -2,904,299
Taiwan 9,091,801 9,833,018 +741,217
Indonesia 10,165,890 8,027,447 -2,138,443

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 16
Essex 11
Inner London - West 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 14 12 -2
Essex 6 11 +5
Inner London - West 6 8 +2
Surrey, East and West Sussex 8 7 -1
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 7 8 +1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 8 6 -2
Shropshire and Staffordshire 5 7 +2
Gloucestershire and Wiltshire 6 6 +0

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) 323,610,806
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 285,976,074
Other 17,615,992
Air transport 3,856,397
Road transport 783,412

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) 196,252,095 127,358,711 -68,893,384
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 140,534,727 145,441,347 +4,906,620
Other 11,147,988 6,468,004 -4,679,984
Air transport 2,629,093 1,227,304 -1,401,789
Road transport 744,163 39,249 -704,914
Rail transport 57,465 7,416 -50,049

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Southampton 161,942,108
London 85,609,057
Felixstowe 83,208,585
Dover 63,015,140
Dover / Eurotunnel 35,918,460

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 79,173,816 82,768,292 +3,594,476
London 45,522,120 40,086,937 -5,435,183
Felixstowe 45,891,213 37,317,372 -8,573,841
Dover 38,825,497 24,189,643 -14,635,854
Dover / Eurotunnel 23,373,828 12,544,632 -10,829,196
Liverpool Docks 18,475,941 14,094,700 -4,381,241
Purfleet 21,905,742 6,167,976 -15,737,766
Harwich 12,842,943 11,938,819 -904,124
Immingham Docks 12,980,822 8,690,770 -4,290,052
Eurotunnel 9,723,296 8,192,884 -1,530,412

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 70
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 electrical equipment 9

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 63
2025-10 73
2025-09 63
2025-08 62
2025-07 74

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+ 97
1m-15m 66
15m-54m 23
Other 21
0-1m 4

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 22,683,624
Belgium 5,232,470
United States 4,888,333
France 4,256,171
Germany 2,729,656

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 11,654,138 11,029,486 -624,652
Belgium 2,727,926 2,504,544 -223,382
United States 2,640,518 2,247,815 -392,703
France 2,460,005 1,796,166 -663,839
Germany 931,521 1,798,135 +866,614
Sweden 1,386,871 1,175,767 -211,104
Italy 1,422,341 965,387 -456,954
United Arab Emirates 1,522,893 852,686 -670,207
Spain 926,561 1,209,446 +282,885
South Korea 224,540 1,634,393 +1,409,853

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 171,998
South Korea 144,172
China 111,663
XU 85,694
Italy 83,352

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 54,782 117,216 +62,434
South Korea 72,738 71,434 -1,304
China 21,505 90,158 +68,653
XU 51,595 34,099 -17,496
Italy 14,754 68,598 +53,844
Indonesia 41,477 40,672 -805
Spain 29,475 45,610 +16,135
XI 4,572 54,631 +50,059
Taiwan 25,687 9,992 -15,695
Slovenia 1,946 29,235 +27,289

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) 41,467,416
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 16,990,401
Air transport 6,847,683
Other 979,816
Road transport 24,083

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) 20,663,922 20,803,494 +139,572
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 9,536,043 7,454,358 -2,081,685
Air transport 3,178,362 3,669,321 +490,959
Other 357,711 622,105 +264,394
Road transport 24,083 0 -24,083

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 12,487,264
Holyhead 11,503,437
Southampton 7,364,775
London Gateway Port 5,377,676
London Heathrow Airport 4,687,532

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 5,748,096 6,739,168 +991,072
Holyhead 5,800,092 5,703,345 -96,747
Southampton 3,608,507 3,756,268 +147,761
London Gateway Port 3,051,759 2,325,917 -725,842
London Heathrow Airport 1,742,328 2,945,204 +1,202,876
Liverpool Docks 2,142,875 1,873,732 -269,143
Milford 1,370,694 1,610,766 +240,072
Immingham Docks 1,458,052 1,466,225 +8,173
Heysham 1,113,400 1,621,164 +507,764
Dover 2,159,538 472,098 -1,687,440

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