Import/export HS code 853590: Various high-voltage electrical devices

Miscellaneous electrical devices used in high-voltage systems not categorized elsewhere

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 £
Germany 49,084,663
Sweden 25,424,591
Netherlands 23,539,913
United States 23,519,719
Poland 17,862,391

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 £
Germany 25,588,421 23,496,242 -2,092,179
Sweden 16,764,025 8,660,566 -8,103,459
Netherlands 13,861,945 9,677,968 -4,183,977
United States 10,855,456 12,664,263 +1,808,807
Poland 10,069,488 7,792,903 -2,276,585
China 7,095,400 6,857,491 -237,909
Belgium 4,252,790 6,147,948 +1,895,158
Czechia 4,213,310 4,403,917 +190,607
Switzerland 5,178,742 3,204,106 -1,974,636
France 3,455,713 3,804,784 +349,071

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 £
Germany 46,825,888
China 25,350,359
Sweden 25,178,913
United States 24,502,764
Netherlands 15,775,733

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 £
Germany 25,058,224 21,767,664 -3,290,560
China 11,123,747 14,226,612 +3,102,865
Sweden 16,764,974 8,413,939 -8,351,035
United States 11,338,327 13,164,437 +1,826,110
Netherlands 9,100,451 6,675,282 -2,425,169
Poland 7,318,983 5,496,482 -1,822,501
Austria 4,663,413 5,378,776 +715,363
Switzerland 5,591,628 3,591,978 -1,999,650
Italy 5,012,247 2,652,846 -2,359,401
France 3,269,202 3,800,174 +530,972

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 67
Inner London - West 59
Surrey, East and West Sussex 58
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 44
Greater Manchester 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
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 48 48 +0
Inner London - West 43 39 -4
Surrey, East and West Sussex 39 42 +3
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 29 27 -2
Greater Manchester 30 29 -1
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 27 26 -1
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 24 24 +0
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 24 18 -6
Inner London - East 25 22 -3
Shropshire and Staffordshire 23 22 -1

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) 145,262,065
Air transport 51,909,940
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 32,634,265
Road transport 2,276,964
Other 2,074,613

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) 82,573,303 62,688,762 -19,884,541
Air transport 25,629,719 26,280,221 +650,502
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 16,132,672 16,501,593 +368,921
Road transport 811,043 1,465,921 +654,878
Other 1,286,047 788,566 -497,481

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 44,377,684
Immingham Docks 34,923,271
East Midlands Airport 19,197,108
Eurotunnel 18,138,995
Harwich 12,219,931

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 21,183,964 23,193,720 +2,009,756
Immingham Docks 21,625,585 13,297,686 -8,327,899
East Midlands Airport 9,358,629 9,838,479 +479,850
Eurotunnel 9,430,036 8,708,959 -721,077
Harwich 7,804,768 4,415,163 -3,389,605
Felixstowe 6,253,117 5,866,905 -386,212
Dover / Eurotunnel 8,980,419 2,360,514 -6,619,905
London Heathrow Airport 4,529,561 4,518,038 -11,523
Southampton 4,057,117 4,745,907 +688,790
London Stansted Airport 4,524,168 4,090,739 -433,429

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 192
Manufacture of electrical equipment 117
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 88
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 61
Other manufacturing 55

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 159
2025-10 178
2025-09 152
2025-08 132
2025-07 171

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+ 383
1m-15m 331
15m-54m 100
Other 86
0-1m 55

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 £
Netherlands 17,820,402
Norway 16,180,962
United States 14,679,832
Saudi Arabia 11,579,734
Germany 11,371,945

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 £
Netherlands 3,926,518 13,893,884 +9,967,366
Norway 8,802,236 7,378,726 -1,423,510
United States 7,785,209 6,894,623 -890,586
Saudi Arabia 6,272,803 5,306,931 -965,872
Germany 6,025,006 5,346,939 -678,067
Ireland 4,267,932 4,825,826 +557,894
Italy 3,031,709 3,252,044 +220,335
France 2,118,024 3,115,510 +997,486
Denmark 1,697,444 3,204,355 +1,506,911
Poland 1,978,929 2,880,648 +901,719

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 £
Nicaragua 2,141,319
XU 450,703
United States 23,379
China 9,304
Ireland 6,331

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 £
Nicaragua 1,890,810 250,509 -1,640,301
XU 360,467 90,236 -270,231
United States 19,789 3,590 -16,199
China 3,885 5,419 +1,534
Ireland 5,389 942 -4,447
France 3,201 0 -3,201
Poland 726 736 +10
Turkey 371 346 -25
XI 47 495 +448
Germany 0 111 +111

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 77,106,968
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 56,374,160
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 26,533,281
Other 2,637,085
Road transport 186,786

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 38,604,434 38,502,534 -101,900
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 20,014,735 36,359,425 +16,344,690
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 13,920,501 12,612,780 -1,307,721
Other 2,284,687 352,398 -1,932,289
Road transport 185,724 1,062 -184,662

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 21,306,615
Dover / Eurotunnel 21,033,995
London Heathrow Airport 20,459,893
London Gateway Port 16,369,541
Immingham Docks 10,717,617

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 £
East Midlands Airport 12,897,102 8,409,513 -4,487,589
Dover / Eurotunnel 10,949,637 10,084,358 -865,279
London Heathrow Airport 9,903,720 10,556,173 +652,453
London Gateway Port 8,311,465 8,058,076 -253,389
Immingham Docks 4,093,663 6,623,954 +2,530,291
London Stansted Airport 5,364,207 5,100,794 -263,413
Tyne 77,637 9,966,390 +9,888,753
Manchester Airport 3,688,937 4,598,249 +909,312
ZLC 2,309,962 5,063,121 +2,753,159
Harwich 2,580,762 2,115,717 -465,045

Quick facts

HS code: 853590

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

Description: Miscellaneous electrical devices used in high-voltage systems not categorized elsewhere