Import/export HS code 853641: Electrical devices for circuits under 60V

Includes switches and other devices for very low voltage electrical systems

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 £
United States 23,600,241
France 21,401,147
Germany 20,410,492
Japan 5,702,044
Netherlands 4,546,532

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 £
United States 11,057,522 12,542,719 +1,485,197
France 10,989,673 10,411,474 -578,199
Germany 9,734,647 10,675,845 +941,198
Japan 2,362,302 3,339,742 +977,440
Netherlands 2,197,246 2,349,286 +152,040
China 1,922,025 2,138,972 +216,947
Portugal 1,301,428 1,213,453 -87,975
Canada 554,150 1,536,799 +982,649
Belgium 1,665,072 311,994 -1,353,078
Austria 967,678 936,190 -31,488

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 17,459,874
France 15,918,888
United States 10,749,354
Mexico 9,651,486
Japan 9,103,581

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 9,491,763 7,968,111 -1,523,652
France 7,608,672 8,310,216 +701,544
United States 5,141,163 5,608,191 +467,028
Mexico 4,870,115 4,781,371 -88,744
Japan 3,898,359 5,205,222 +1,306,863
United Kingdom 3,100,300 5,166,397 +2,066,097
Germany 3,368,271 2,470,088 -898,183
Portugal 2,171,127 1,827,064 -344,063
India 1,121,509 1,361,371 +239,862
Italy 1,073,825 1,328,146 +254,321

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 82
Surrey, East and West Sussex 65
Inner London - West 49
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 47
Essex 46

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 55 58 +3
Surrey, East and West Sussex 43 50 +7
Inner London - West 37 29 -8
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 38 35 -3
Essex 32 36 +4
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 30 33 +3
West Midlands 29 35 +6
Greater Manchester 27 31 +4
Shropshire and Staffordshire 30 33 +3
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 30 24 -6

Import volume by transport

What this shows: Import value by transport mode used to bring goods into the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Air transport 58,091,004
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 24,470,037
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 13,564,925
Other 2,078,988
Road transport 567,943

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 £
Air transport 27,250,679 30,840,325 +3,589,646
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 13,168,293 11,301,744 -1,866,549
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 6,762,102 6,802,823 +40,721
Other 993,744 1,085,244 +91,500
Road transport 4,492 563,451 +558,959

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 20,612,125
London Stansted Airport 16,211,475
Eurotunnel 12,089,180
Birmingham Airport 12,076,828
London Heathrow Airport 7,197,695

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 £
East Midlands Airport 9,396,332 11,215,793 +1,819,461
London Stansted Airport 7,520,267 8,691,208 +1,170,941
Eurotunnel 4,939,325 7,149,855 +2,210,530
Birmingham Airport 5,585,146 6,491,682 +906,536
London Heathrow Airport 3,631,209 3,566,486 -64,723
Dover 4,879,197 1,961,949 -2,917,248
Southampton 2,958,984 2,171,654 -787,330
Thamesport 2,126,279 1,543,579 -582,700
000 993,744 1,085,244 +91,500
Dover / Eurotunnel 1,234,937 384,658 -850,279

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 204
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 100
Manufacture of electrical equipment 99
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 65
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 64

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 192
2025-11 188
2025-10 203
2025-09 199
2025-08 192

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+ 361
1m-15m 349
15m-54m 112
Other 74
0-1m 71

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 £
Germany 9,487,484
United States 9,422,952
Singapore 3,273,827
Ireland 3,229,965
Belgium 3,115,268

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 £
Germany 3,688,225 5,799,259 +2,111,034
United States 3,270,035 6,152,917 +2,882,882
Singapore 2,119,087 1,154,740 -964,347
Ireland 1,597,143 1,632,822 +35,679
Belgium 1,498,675 1,616,593 +117,918
Netherlands 1,168,607 1,153,915 -14,692
France 1,101,871 1,200,632 +98,761
Italy 733,230 1,112,382 +379,152
China 690,230 784,331 +94,101
Australia 825,777 624,086 -201,691

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 £
India 234,242
China 180,282
Portugal 24,498
Belgium 19,371
XI 9,107

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 £
India 129,935 104,307 -25,628
China 94,170 86,112 -8,058
Portugal 1,052 23,446 +22,394
Belgium 13,946 5,425 -8,521
XI 3,956 5,151 +1,195
Germany 2,541 1,634 -907
United Arab Emirates 3,781 0 -3,781
Italy 1,138 1,224 +86
Hungary 1,496 51 -1,445
France 716 634 -82

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 35,239,833
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 11,182,644
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 3,581,202
Other 497,141
Road transport 80,139

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 15,480,962 19,758,871 +4,277,909
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 5,344,761 5,837,883 +493,122
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,747,440 1,833,762 +86,322
Other 262,627 234,514 -28,113
Road transport 79,038 1,101 -77,937

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 17,387,750
London Heathrow Airport 8,148,418
Dover / Eurotunnel 7,522,624
London Stansted Airport 5,066,440
ZLC 3,655,820

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 7,962,850 9,424,900 +1,462,050
London Heathrow Airport 3,933,820 4,214,598 +280,778
Dover / Eurotunnel 3,492,687 4,029,937 +537,250
London Stansted Airport 1,621,928 3,444,512 +1,822,584
ZLC 1,254,819 2,401,001 +1,146,182
Holyhead 805,006 972,969 +167,963
London Gateway Port 700,723 442,171 -258,552
Southampton 213,726 914,329 +700,603
Liverpool Docks 700,334 362,577 -337,757
Dover 224,210 458,009 +233,799

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 853641

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

Description: Includes switches and other devices for very low voltage electrical systems