Import/export HS code 853530: Switches for high-voltage circuits

Devices used to safely connect or disconnect parts of an electrical circuit

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* 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 £
Switzerland 79,678,766
Italy 29,232,895
Sweden 17,591,785
France 12,234,916
Germany 11,379,149

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 £
Switzerland 33,146,070 46,532,696 +13,386,626
Italy 15,121,685 14,111,210 -1,010,475
Sweden 1,020,026 16,571,759 +15,551,733
France 7,660,042 4,574,874 -3,085,168
Germany 6,589,044 4,790,105 -1,798,939
Netherlands 2,666,404 3,719,551 +1,053,147
United States 3,182,107 2,724,910 -457,197
United Arab Emirates 1,716,563 1,969,505 +252,942
China 1,959,776 1,392,036 -567,740
Ireland 1,222,623 1,778,147 +555,524

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 £
Switzerland 91,789,299
Italy 31,038,975
France 11,942,224
Sweden 8,156,050
Germany 6,356,938

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 £
Switzerland 37,166,318 54,622,981 +17,456,663
Italy 16,165,355 14,873,620 -1,291,735
France 7,991,952 3,950,272 -4,041,680
Sweden 63,173 8,092,877 +8,029,704
Germany 2,257,652 4,099,286 +1,841,634
Netherlands 2,382,646 2,656,522 +273,876
United Arab Emirates 1,692,620 1,967,792 +275,172
China 2,167,305 1,449,439 -717,866
United States 1,430,170 2,097,026 +666,856
United Kingdom 2,221,000 712,188 -1,508,812

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Surrey, East and West Sussex 20
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 18
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 17
Gloucestershire and Wiltshire 14
Inner London - West 14

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
Surrey, East and West Sussex 14 16 +2
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 16 11 -5
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 13 9 -4
Gloucestershire and Wiltshire 9 8 -1
Inner London - West 9 10 +1
Greater Manchester 10 9 -1
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 10 7 -3
Shropshire and Staffordshire 13 9 -4
West Midlands 10 8 -2
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 7 11 +4

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) 144,650,271
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 12,232,793
Road transport 10,143,806
Air transport 9,979,953
Other 2,833,063

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) 66,161,458 78,488,813 +12,327,355
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 6,282,444 5,950,349 -332,095
Road transport 37,460 10,106,346 +10,068,886
Air transport 5,162,491 4,817,462 -345,029
Other 447,487 2,385,576 +1,938,089

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 47,400,193
ZLC 30,732,388
Felixstowe 22,083,031
Immingham Docks 16,338,884
Dover / Eurotunnel 12,922,188

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 £
Dover 31,708,186 15,692,007 -16,016,179
ZLC 3,511,210 27,221,178 +23,709,968
Felixstowe 3,283,131 18,799,900 +15,516,769
Immingham Docks 7,722,769 8,616,115 +893,346
Dover / Eurotunnel 2,632,068 10,290,120 +7,658,052
Killingholme 6,672,325 755,829 -5,916,496
London 6,749,046 458,232 -6,290,814
Southampton 2,549,120 3,984,003 +1,434,883
Hull 457,349 3,742,615 +3,285,266
East Midlands Airport 2,685,865 1,308,523 -1,377,342

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 63
Manufacture of electrical equipment 46
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 23
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 22
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 16

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 40
2025-10 35
2025-09 43
2025-08 42
2025-07 46

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+ 132
1m-15m 97
Other 24
0-1m 19
15m-54m 19

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 10,621,134
United Arab Emirates 5,650,481
Germany 2,097,881
France 1,834,151
China 1,317,159

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 4,820,928 5,800,206 +979,278
United Arab Emirates 1,238,142 4,412,339 +3,174,197
Germany 1,625,586 472,295 -1,153,291
France 713,426 1,120,725 +407,299
China 1,003,135 314,024 -689,111
Peru 330,434 854,021 +523,587
Australia 759,744 343,017 -416,727
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 772,165 198,506 -573,659
Nigeria 129,839 717,022 +587,183
Sri Lanka 481,493 343,442 -138,051

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 £
XU 48,563
Taiwan 5,949
China 3,960
Spain 3,839
Mexico 3,158

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 £
XU 11,584 36,979 +25,395
Taiwan 2,830 3,119 +289
China 1,745 2,215 +470
Spain 2,116 1,723 -393
Mexico 1,034 2,124 +1,090
XI 1,584 1,357 -227
Germany 2,236 606 -1,630
Czechia 1,278 1,240 -38
Ireland 620 946 +326
Belgium 0 1,129 +1,129

Export volume by transport

What this shows: Export value by transport mode used to ship goods from the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Air transport 21,039,649
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 12,699,000
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 5,710,230
Road transport 134,605
Other 79,593

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 £
Air transport 11,476,828 9,562,821 -1,914,007
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 5,107,649 7,591,351 +2,483,702
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 2,658,311 3,051,919 +393,608
Road transport 134,605 0 -134,605
Other 27,203 52,390 +25,187

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 12,776,951
London Gateway Port 9,090,646
Dover / Eurotunnel 3,138,837
East Midlands Airport 2,645,223
London Stansted Airport 2,497,598

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 £
London Heathrow Airport 5,760,172 7,016,779 +1,256,607
London Gateway Port 3,600,318 5,490,328 +1,890,010
Dover / Eurotunnel 1,277,203 1,861,634 +584,431
East Midlands Airport 1,991,531 653,692 -1,337,839
London Stansted Airport 1,734,527 763,071 -971,456
ZLC 1,433,251 215,284 -1,217,967
Southampton 574,173 867,538 +293,365
Manchester Airport 508,262 761,693 +253,431
Felixstowe 606,370 654,948 +48,578
Dover 881,871 51,692 -830,179

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 853530

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

Description: Devices used to safely connect or disconnect parts of an electrical circuit