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 23,329,272
France 21,254,903
Germany 20,393,261
Japan 4,863,519
Netherlands 4,832,911

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 10,801,395 12,527,877 +1,726,482
France 11,137,941 10,116,962 -1,020,979
Germany 9,844,710 10,548,551 +703,841
Japan 2,371,107 2,492,412 +121,305
Netherlands 2,535,495 2,297,416 -238,079
China 1,953,738 2,184,685 +230,947
Portugal 1,312,854 1,238,144 -74,710
Belgium 1,689,544 342,693 -1,346,851
Austria 869,452 958,950 +89,498
Singapore 1,269,670 534,409 -735,261

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 17,427,158
France 15,772,130
United States 10,705,726
Mexico 9,438,922
Japan 8,290,486

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 9,493,864 7,933,294 -1,560,570
France 7,704,346 8,067,784 +363,438
United States 5,158,950 5,546,776 +387,826
Mexico 4,718,696 4,720,226 +1,530
Japan 4,012,218 4,278,268 +266,050
United Kingdom 2,963,542 4,922,262 +1,958,720
Germany 3,645,842 2,422,956 -1,222,886
Portugal 2,219,044 1,837,902 -381,142
India 1,138,183 1,310,228 +172,045
Italy 1,096,196 1,263,302 +167,106

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 83
Surrey, East and West Sussex 64
Inner London - West 49
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 46
West Midlands 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 56 57 +1
Surrey, East and West Sussex 44 49 +5
Inner London - West 34 31 -3
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 36 34 -2
West Midlands 29 35 +6
Essex 31 36 +5
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 30 30 +0
Greater Manchester 27 30 +3
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 30 25 -5
Shropshire and Staffordshire 31 32 +1

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 57,863,655
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 24,694,422
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 12,854,692
Other 2,112,468
Road transport 19,846

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 27,473,428 30,390,227 +2,916,799
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 13,461,109 11,233,313 -2,227,796
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 6,885,166 5,969,526 -915,640
Other 966,898 1,145,570 +178,672
Road transport 3,411 16,435 +13,024

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 20,383,753
London Stansted Airport 15,986,740
Birmingham Airport 12,252,122
Eurotunnel 11,631,504
Dover 7,344,111

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 9,567,939 10,815,814 +1,247,875
London Stansted Airport 7,334,795 8,651,945 +1,317,150
Birmingham Airport 5,823,333 6,428,789 +605,456
Eurotunnel 4,676,254 6,955,250 +2,278,996
Dover 5,328,294 2,015,817 -3,312,477
London Heathrow Airport 3,576,949 3,578,959 +2,010
Southampton 2,938,014 2,283,625 -654,389
Thamesport 2,187,937 1,503,614 -684,323
000 966,898 1,145,570 +178,672
Dover / Eurotunnel 1,314,517 456,627 -857,890

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 205
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 100
Manufacture of electrical equipment 97
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 68
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 63

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 188
2025-10 203
2025-09 199
2025-08 192
2025-07 207

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+ 365
1m-15m 344
15m-54m 109
0-1m 70
Other 70

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 9,076,239
United States 8,753,916
Singapore 3,219,400
Belgium 3,172,224
Ireland 3,101,159

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 £
Germany 3,560,603 5,515,636 +1,955,033
United States 3,284,593 5,469,323 +2,184,730
Singapore 2,230,642 988,758 -1,241,884
Belgium 1,430,828 1,741,396 +310,568
Ireland 1,545,449 1,555,710 +10,261
Netherlands 1,183,892 1,148,105 -35,787
France 1,099,131 1,126,265 +27,134
Italy 704,478 1,100,789 +396,311
China 701,905 758,180 +56,275
Australia 843,674 615,545 -228,129

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 244,858
China 181,973
Portugal 24,535
Belgium 20,770
XU 10,516

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 127,907 116,951 -10,956
China 94,440 87,533 -6,907
Portugal 1,089 23,446 +22,357
Belgium 15,345 5,425 -9,920
XU 6,111 4,405 -1,706
XI 5,014 5,285 +271
Germany 2,460 1,646 -814
United Arab Emirates 3,781 0 -3,781
Italy 1,138 1,224 +86
Hungary 1,496 51 -1,445

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 34,514,361
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 11,073,430
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 2,909,793
Other 512,535
Road transport 125,638

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 15,427,646 19,086,715 +3,659,069
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 5,269,488 5,803,942 +534,454
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,667,016 1,242,777 -424,239
Other 263,758 248,777 -14,981
Road transport 124,537 1,101 -123,436

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 16,997,959
London Heathrow Airport 8,079,715
Dover / Eurotunnel 7,492,830
London Stansted Airport 4,958,068
ZLC 3,528,091

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 8,069,302 8,928,657 +859,355
London Heathrow Airport 3,869,739 4,209,976 +340,237
Dover / Eurotunnel 3,490,083 4,002,747 +512,664
London Stansted Airport 1,612,859 3,345,209 +1,732,350
ZLC 1,198,637 2,329,454 +1,130,817
Holyhead 780,678 1,003,921 +223,243
London Gateway Port 636,290 488,467 -147,823
Liverpool Docks 669,519 397,107 -272,412
Felixstowe 427,282 250,282 -177,000
Dover 241,887 352,544 +110,657

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