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 271,761,840
Hungary 145,414,233
Netherlands 37,898,635
France 24,726,749
Germany 22,568,591

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 143,637,776 128,124,064 -15,513,712
Hungary 76,555,961 68,858,272 -7,697,689
Netherlands 19,849,007 18,049,628 -1,799,379
France 14,879,219 9,847,530 -5,031,689
Germany 11,911,507 10,657,084 -1,254,423
Ireland 6,487,550 5,653,191 -834,359
United States 7,085,036 4,881,076 -2,203,960
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 5,656,577 4,735,492 -921,085
Italy 4,699,399 4,472,715 -226,684
Poland 3,444,887 2,625,984 -818,903

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 336,496,751
Germany 108,420,706
Hungary 42,374,753
France 24,022,487
Italy 18,662,407

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 179,900,249 156,596,502 -23,303,747
Germany 61,661,902 46,758,804 -14,903,098
Hungary 17,673,347 24,701,406 +7,028,059
France 14,651,502 9,370,985 -5,280,517
Italy 8,895,933 9,766,474 +870,541
United States 7,279,878 4,950,898 -2,328,980
Ireland 5,082,977 3,610,234 -1,472,743
Viet Nam 3,480,904 2,116,661 -1,364,243
Netherlands 1,267,816 3,502,410 +2,234,594
Philippines 3,442,201 811,617 -2,630,584

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Greater Manchester 64
Inner London - West 63
Surrey, East and West Sussex 49
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 45
Outer London - West and North West 44

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 49 34 -15
Inner London - West 46 38 -8
Surrey, East and West Sussex 32 32 +0
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 31 31 +0
Outer London - West and North West 26 32 +6
Inner London - East 26 31 +5
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 22 26 +4
West Midlands 22 21 -1
West Yorkshire 16 20 +4
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 16 21 +5

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) 264,763,932
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 260,470,572
Air transport 49,802,717
Other 3,355,677
Road transport 508,583

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) 142,735,223 122,028,709 -20,706,514
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 138,769,644 121,700,928 -17,068,716
Air transport 26,768,711 23,034,006 -3,734,705
Other 2,134,128 1,221,549 -912,579
Road transport 85,589 422,994 +337,405

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 156,672,424
Purfleet 80,147,102
Southampton 67,095,588
Dover 61,273,967
London 53,200,559

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 88,586,219 68,086,205 -20,500,014
Purfleet 48,092,005 32,055,097 -16,036,908
Southampton 35,108,173 31,987,415 -3,120,758
Dover 40,020,540 21,253,427 -18,767,113
London 13,325,236 39,875,323 +26,550,087
Harwich 18,182,232 7,820,905 -10,361,327
London Heathrow Airport 12,120,525 11,720,179 -400,346
London Gateway Port 6,467,519 17,016,084 +10,548,565
Liverpool Docks 6,757,313 7,399,066 +641,753
Dover / Eurotunnel 7,211,462 6,695,737 -515,725

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 315
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 309
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 43
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
2025-11 163
2025-10 169
2025-09 141
2025-08 134
2025-07 147

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 301
0-1m 160
54m+ 156
15m-54m 93
Other 79

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 21,883,509
United Republic of Tanzania 4,015,213
Germany 3,220,552
Netherlands 2,642,000
United States 2,248,652

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 10,341,698 11,541,811 +1,200,113
United Republic of Tanzania 2,742,881 1,272,332 -1,470,549
Germany 1,747,962 1,472,590 -275,372
Netherlands 1,532,917 1,109,083 -423,834
United States 946,073 1,302,579 +356,506
China 928,284 906,280 -22,004
United Arab Emirates 513,844 962,702 +448,858
France 943,304 324,478 -618,826
Lebanon 306,243 413,330 +107,087
Australia 455,409 260,495 -194,914

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 275,280
Germany 260,459
Hungary 101,809
XI 69,171
XU 66,060

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 134,479 140,801 +6,322
Germany 163,168 97,291 -65,877
Hungary 66,647 35,162 -31,485
XI 18,570 50,601 +32,031
XU 49,691 16,369 -33,322
United States 38,581 7,861 -30,720
Romania 6,892 12,953 +6,061
Italy 13,043 6,122 -6,921
Netherlands 14,631 4,259 -10,372
Ireland 9,210 9,121 -89

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) 27,896,334
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 19,205,096
Air transport 4,395,668
Other 917,154
Road transport 7,663

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) 14,046,706 13,849,628 -197,078
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 10,150,390 9,054,706 -1,095,684
Air transport 2,339,079 2,056,589 -282,490
Other 530,013 387,141 -142,872
Road transport 7,663 0 -7,663

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Holyhead 15,128,502
Dover / Eurotunnel 8,852,145
London Gateway Port 6,072,778
Liverpool Docks 4,778,990
Felixstowe 4,100,987

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 7,252,866 7,875,636 +622,770
Dover / Eurotunnel 5,045,862 3,806,283 -1,239,579
London Gateway Port 2,961,107 3,111,671 +150,564
Liverpool Docks 2,177,909 2,601,081 +423,172
Felixstowe 2,772,366 1,328,621 -1,443,745
Southampton 953,059 1,131,309 +178,250
London Heathrow Airport 1,035,438 935,639 -99,799
Immingham Docks 1,056,264 708,987 -347,277
London 602,993 566,591 -36,402
Heysham 445,030 625,730 +180,700

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