Import/export HS code 85365007: Snap-action switches for low current

Quick-acting switches used in low current electrical applications

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 £
China 21,671,306
Switzerland 6,782,447
France 6,261,392
Germany 4,271,475
United States 4,037,381

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 £
China 10,337,535 11,333,771 +996,236
Switzerland 4,545,454 2,236,993 -2,308,461
France 4,399,446 1,861,946 -2,537,500
Germany 2,106,602 2,164,873 +58,271
United States 2,174,754 1,862,627 -312,127
Netherlands 2,018,780 1,434,660 -584,120
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 1,609,478 1,367,890 -241,588
Taiwan 724,066 691,545 -32,521
Ireland 628,476 564,913 -63,563
Poland 503,117 456,135 -46,982

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 27,387,193
Switzerland 6,312,974
France 5,182,171
United States 3,479,683
Germany 2,877,215

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 13,684,124 13,703,069 +18,945
Switzerland 4,269,386 2,043,588 -2,225,798
France 3,789,649 1,392,522 -2,397,127
United States 1,861,441 1,618,242 -243,199
Germany 1,354,280 1,522,935 +168,655
Taiwan 791,184 728,341 -62,843
Poland 654,627 555,033 -99,594
Japan 592,250 565,496 -26,754
United Kingdom 769,744 376,699 -393,045
Ireland 586,071 538,904 -47,167

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 50
Surrey, East and West Sussex 39
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 31
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 28
West Midlands 28

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 36 29 -7
Surrey, East and West Sussex 26 23 -3
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 15 23 +8
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 17 21 +4
West Midlands 18 19 +1
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 17 16 -1
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 12 19 +7
Greater Manchester 13 15 +2
West Yorkshire 10 17 +7
Inner London - West 12 15 +3

Import volume by transport

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

Top 5 values

Transport £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 21,201,120
Air transport 19,099,083
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 16,233,810
Road transport 651,937
Other 161,942

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 £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 11,122,201 10,078,919 -1,043,282
Air transport 9,590,072 9,509,011 -81,061
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 10,456,361 5,777,449 -4,678,912
Road transport 263,721 388,216 +124,495
Other 127,663 34,279 -93,384

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 13,240,160
Southampton 7,368,466
East Midlands Airport 7,064,983
London 5,810,297
London Heathrow Airport 4,426,880

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 £
Felixstowe 6,629,422 6,610,738 -18,684
Southampton 3,793,122 3,575,344 -217,778
East Midlands Airport 3,544,409 3,520,574 -23,835
London 4,096,891 1,713,406 -2,383,485
London Heathrow Airport 2,248,501 2,178,379 -70,122
Eurotunnel 3,404,736 677,088 -2,727,648
Birmingham Airport 1,510,612 1,645,399 +134,787
London Stansted Airport 926,773 1,362,294 +435,521
Dover 774,190 910,740 +136,550
London Gateway Port 531,747 990,997 +459,250

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 135
Manufacture of electrical equipment 65
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 52
Other manufacturing 45
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 38

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 81
2025-11 79
2025-10 99
2025-09 73
2025-08 93

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
1m-15m 192
54m+ 183
15m-54m 64
Other 42
0-1m 36

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 26,709,504
Netherlands 8,641,931
France 5,454,738
Germany 4,836,406
Sweden 3,233,233

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 14,655,315 12,054,189 -2,601,126
Netherlands 3,804,571 4,837,360 +1,032,789
France 4,021,439 1,433,299 -2,588,140
Germany 2,568,911 2,267,495 -301,416
Sweden 1,674,038 1,559,195 -114,843
China 1,308,326 1,673,387 +365,061
Brazil 1,142,470 1,676,896 +534,426
Italy 1,067,989 1,180,668 +112,679
Ireland 702,122 1,187,427 +485,305
India 899,129 953,902 +54,773

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 £
Germany 4,615
XI 2,187
Spain 1,482
China 845
Belgium 776

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 £
Germany 3,297 1,318 -1,979
XI 601 1,586 +985
Spain 1,204 278 -926
China 156 689 +533
Belgium 354 422 +68
Italy 185 86 -99
Ireland 193 19 -174
France 40 0 -40
Turkey 0 18 +18

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 55,347,458
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 17,613,287
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 5,819,094
Road transport 243,226
Other 13,531

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 27,754,661 27,592,797 -161,864
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 9,880,089 7,733,198 -2,146,891
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 3,159,028 2,660,066 -498,962
Road transport 236,793 6,433 -230,360
Other 7,215 6,316 -899

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 20,046,119
East Midlands Airport 13,944,777
Dover / Eurotunnel 12,814,048
ZLC 7,674,763
London Stansted Airport 7,482,187

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 10,014,096 10,032,023 +17,927
East Midlands Airport 7,643,871 6,300,906 -1,342,965
Dover / Eurotunnel 7,620,010 5,194,038 -2,425,972
ZLC 3,293,501 4,381,262 +1,087,761
London Stansted Airport 4,513,213 2,968,974 -1,544,239
Manchester Airport 2,029,962 3,543,490 +1,513,528
London Gateway Port 1,297,260 1,285,132 -12,128
Southampton 1,367,824 1,018,241 -349,583
Dover 1,294,202 784,912 -509,290
Felixstowe 810,754 973,592 +162,838

Quick facts

HS code: 85365007

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

Description: Quick-acting switches used in low current electrical applications