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 48,101,252
Sweden 27,319,454
Netherlands 24,210,576
United States 24,078,805
Poland 18,169,696

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 24,484,467 23,616,785 -867,682
Sweden 16,685,353 10,634,101 -6,051,252
Netherlands 13,965,056 10,245,520 -3,719,536
United States 11,356,515 12,722,290 +1,365,775
Poland 10,261,519 7,908,177 -2,353,342
China 7,569,103 6,827,455 -741,648
Belgium 4,510,201 6,283,099 +1,772,898
Switzerland 5,222,236 3,532,225 -1,690,011
Czechia 4,424,767 4,128,121 -296,646
France 3,690,502 3,752,498 +61,996

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 46,002,666
Sweden 27,073,118
China 26,260,960
United States 25,656,088
Netherlands 15,899,547

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 24,043,225 21,959,441 -2,083,784
Sweden 16,696,915 10,376,203 -6,320,712
China 11,853,109 14,407,851 +2,554,742
United States 12,202,229 13,453,859 +1,251,630
Netherlands 9,032,864 6,866,683 -2,166,181
Poland 7,467,918 5,319,849 -2,148,069
Austria 4,843,586 5,862,705 +1,019,119
Switzerland 5,635,758 3,928,941 -1,706,817
Italy 4,184,314 3,364,948 -819,366
France 3,421,909 4,034,513 +612,604

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 65
Inner London - West 62
Surrey, East and West Sussex 58
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 46
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 43 -5
Inner London - West 45 37 -8
Surrey, East and West Sussex 39 43 +4
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 30 27 -3
Greater Manchester 32 27 -5
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 25 26 +1
Inner London - East 28 21 -7
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 23 18 -5
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 24 27 +3
Shropshire and Staffordshire 21 24 +3

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) 147,772,291
Air transport 52,634,353
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 33,719,421
Other 2,041,111
Road transport 1,950,609

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) 81,900,444 65,871,847 -16,028,597
Air transport 25,956,765 26,677,588 +720,823
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 16,589,241 17,130,180 +540,939
Other 1,409,599 631,512 -778,087
Road transport 463,746 1,486,863 +1,023,117

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 45,720,320
Immingham Docks 36,441,966
East Midlands Airport 19,079,695
Eurotunnel 17,591,735
Felixstowe 12,755,352

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 21,282,616 24,437,704 +3,155,088
Immingham Docks 21,157,343 15,284,623 -5,872,720
East Midlands Airport 9,225,043 9,854,652 +629,609
Eurotunnel 9,499,022 8,092,713 -1,406,309
Felixstowe 6,807,018 5,948,334 -858,684
Harwich 7,744,205 4,729,685 -3,014,520
Dover / Eurotunnel 8,837,979 2,309,968 -6,528,011
London Heathrow Airport 4,450,293 4,576,374 +126,081
London Stansted Airport 4,626,222 4,312,947 -313,275
Southampton 3,975,029 4,812,836 +837,807

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 194
Manufacture of electrical equipment 117
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 84
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 59
Other manufacturing 57

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 137
2025-11 159
2025-10 178
2025-09 152
2025-08 132

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+ 377
1m-15m 326
15m-54m 98
Other 84
0-1m 57

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 17,763,036
Norway 16,448,987
United States 14,463,866
Germany 11,319,308
Saudi Arabia 11,254,639

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 3,894,151 13,868,885 +9,974,734
Norway 8,936,925 7,512,062 -1,424,863
United States 7,523,367 6,940,499 -582,868
Germany 5,902,311 5,416,997 -485,314
Saudi Arabia 5,611,924 5,642,715 +30,791
Ireland 4,322,229 4,601,477 +279,248
Italy 2,624,452 3,430,777 +806,325
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 1,897,175 4,105,982 +2,208,807
Poland 2,437,434 3,383,790 +946,356
France 2,148,215 3,128,607 +980,392

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 1,842,750
United States 23,379
China 10,844
Ireland 3,616
France 3,201

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 1,684,854 157,896 -1,526,958
United States 22,985 394 -22,591
China 3,617 7,227 +3,610
Ireland 2,693 923 -1,770
France 3,201 0 -3,201
Poland 726 736 +10
Turkey 358 338 -20
XI 5 495 +490
Germany 0 111 +111
Japan 14 0 -14

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 80,302,259
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 57,654,208
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 26,687,016
Other 2,336,977
Road transport 133,684

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 38,505,145 41,797,114 +3,291,969
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 21,516,911 36,137,297 +14,620,386
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 14,332,472 12,354,544 -1,977,928
Other 2,078,641 258,336 -1,820,305
Road transport 132,622 1,062 -131,560

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 22,321,652
Dover / Eurotunnel 21,923,967
East Midlands Airport 21,428,963
London Gateway Port 16,404,670
Immingham Docks 10,948,833

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 9,923,406 12,398,246 +2,474,840
Dover / Eurotunnel 11,338,578 10,585,389 -753,189
East Midlands Airport 12,913,906 8,515,057 -4,398,849
London Gateway Port 8,998,300 7,406,370 -1,591,930
Immingham Docks 4,857,670 6,091,163 +1,233,493
London Stansted Airport 5,404,049 5,329,756 -74,293
Tyne 92,998 10,048,817 +9,955,819
Manchester Airport 3,842,358 4,557,596 +715,238
ZLC 2,318,164 5,100,090 +2,781,926
Harwich 2,800,394 2,236,541 -563,853

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