Import/export HS code 850980: Various electric appliances

Other small electric appliances with motors, not listed in specific categories, such as electric knives or can openers

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 272,813,514
Hungary 144,522,906
Netherlands 37,490,288
France 22,966,608
Germany 22,948,745

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 145,714,396 127,099,118 -18,615,278
Hungary 73,788,595 70,734,311 -3,054,284
Netherlands 19,190,256 18,300,032 -890,224
France 14,530,621 8,435,987 -6,094,634
Germany 12,196,137 10,752,608 -1,443,529
Ireland 6,505,196 5,462,139 -1,043,057
United States 7,009,457 4,848,809 -2,160,648
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 5,584,407 5,289,497 -294,910
Italy 4,794,768 4,907,545 +112,777
Poland 3,331,136 2,550,778 -780,358

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 336,588,239
Germany 107,492,125
Hungary 42,714,814
France 22,232,762
Italy 19,456,208

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 180,084,002 156,504,237 -23,579,765
Germany 60,994,580 46,497,545 -14,497,035
Hungary 15,813,021 26,901,793 +11,088,772
France 14,278,737 7,954,025 -6,324,712
Italy 9,275,012 10,181,196 +906,184
United States 7,073,485 4,928,062 -2,145,423
Ireland 5,105,308 3,419,341 -1,685,967
Viet Nam 3,579,839 2,095,709 -1,484,130
Netherlands 1,363,833 3,625,775 +2,261,942
Philippines 3,946,036 316,354 -3,629,682

Importers across UK regions

What this shows: Number of importing companies by UK ITL2 region.

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Greater Manchester 65
Inner London - West 65
Surrey, East and West Sussex 48
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 46
Outer London - West and North West 45

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
Greater Manchester 51 34 -17
Inner London - West 48 38 -10
Surrey, East and West Sussex 33 30 -3
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 31 32 +1
Outer London - West and North West 25 33 +8
Inner London - East 26 31 +5
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 24 24 +0
West Midlands 20 22 +2
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 18 21 +3
West Yorkshire 14 21 +7

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) 266,304,700
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 257,034,777
Air transport 49,840,324
Other 3,153,057
Road transport 520,149

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) 143,815,048 122,489,652 -21,325,396
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 135,611,291 121,423,486 -14,187,805
Air transport 27,052,532 22,787,792 -4,264,740
Other 2,072,585 1,080,472 -992,113
Road transport 85,589 434,560 +348,971

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 154,778,812
Purfleet 76,287,042
Southampton 69,284,176
Dover 61,098,777
London 55,858,090

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 88,274,277 66,504,535 -21,769,742
Purfleet 45,855,875 30,431,167 -15,424,708
Southampton 36,754,553 32,529,623 -4,224,930
Dover 39,784,146 21,314,631 -18,469,515
London 13,095,311 42,762,779 +29,667,468
Harwich 17,559,435 7,753,377 -9,806,058
London Gateway Port 6,500,844 17,449,061 +10,948,217
London Heathrow Airport 12,550,106 11,298,885 -1,251,221
Liverpool Docks 7,079,442 7,238,270 +158,828
Dover / Eurotunnel 7,642,365 6,606,090 -1,036,275

Importer companies by SIC division

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

Top 5 values

SIC Companies
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 318
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 312
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 44
Other manufacturing 31
Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities 26

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 133
2025-11 163
2025-10 169
2025-09 141
2025-08 134

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 302
0-1m 165
54m+ 151
15m-54m 94
Other 82

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 23,048,756
United Republic of Tanzania 3,923,213
Germany 3,074,295
Netherlands 2,704,539
United States 2,147,598

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 10,834,103 12,214,653 +1,380,550
United Republic of Tanzania 2,684,381 1,238,832 -1,445,549
Germany 1,645,705 1,428,590 -217,115
Netherlands 1,469,719 1,234,820 -234,899
United States 1,038,995 1,108,603 +69,608
China 976,259 848,478 -127,781
United Arab Emirates 518,244 1,004,597 +486,353
France 806,053 364,369 -441,684
Belgium 289,284 536,686 +247,402
Lebanon 363,902 355,671 -8,231

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 £
China 274,763
Germany 255,883
Hungary 98,994
XI 68,951
United States 45,574

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 £
China 158,948 115,815 -43,133
Germany 206,645 49,238 -157,407
Hungary 90,639 8,355 -82,284
XI 18,354 50,597 +32,243
United States 37,976 7,598 -30,378
Ireland 10,998 9,342 -1,656
Romania 7,074 11,987 +4,913
Netherlands 18,177 713 -17,464
Italy 15,196 2,021 -13,175
Switzerland 6,553 0 -6,553

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) 28,856,697
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 19,245,975
Air transport 4,369,280
Other 900,840
Road transport 5,884

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) 13,811,351 15,045,346 +1,233,995
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 10,656,058 8,589,917 -2,066,141
Air transport 2,267,591 2,101,689 -165,902
Other 625,380 275,460 -349,920
Road transport 5,884 0 -5,884

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Holyhead 16,013,056
Dover / Eurotunnel 8,639,982
London Gateway Port 6,154,361
Liverpool Docks 5,031,856
Felixstowe 4,038,197

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 £
Holyhead 7,074,282 8,938,774 +1,864,492
Dover / Eurotunnel 4,742,545 3,897,437 -845,108
London Gateway Port 2,999,918 3,154,443 +154,525
Liverpool Docks 2,574,984 2,456,872 -118,112
Felixstowe 2,971,586 1,066,611 -1,904,975
Southampton 960,961 1,023,020 +62,059
London Heathrow Airport 1,022,857 936,051 -86,806
Immingham Docks 1,006,306 830,157 -176,149
London 589,599 557,980 -31,619
Heysham 507,874 581,315 +73,441

Quick facts

HS code: 850980

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

Description: Other small electric appliances with motors, not listed in specific categories, such as electric knives or can openers