Import/export HS code 85365011: Push-button switches

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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 14,918,748
China 14,390,629
Netherlands 13,350,150
United States 8,709,017
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 7,144,220

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 7,701,571 7,217,177 -484,394
China 7,180,570 7,210,059 +29,489
Netherlands 5,991,971 7,358,179 +1,366,208
United States 5,670,615 3,038,402 -2,632,213
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 3,554,977 3,589,243 +34,266
Japan 2,909,291 2,620,956 -288,335
Egypt 4,132,597 1,243,385 -2,889,212
Italy 1,923,724 1,509,851 -413,873
Czechia 1,877,312 1,510,355 -366,957
France 2,130,477 1,237,642 -892,835

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 26,930,252
Germany 12,299,756
United States 10,061,763
Japan 7,211,160
Egypt 5,372,995

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 13,171,089 13,759,163 +588,074
Germany 5,683,169 6,616,587 +933,418
United States 6,495,578 3,566,185 -2,929,393
Japan 3,753,960 3,457,200 -296,760
Egypt 4,129,610 1,243,385 -2,886,225
Thailand 1,724,466 1,557,909 -166,557
Czechia 1,716,365 1,428,234 -288,131
Italy 1,479,627 1,161,800 -317,827
France 1,730,150 852,491 -877,659
Switzerland 274,633 2,012,277 +1,737,644

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 58
Surrey, East and West Sussex 43
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 39
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 38
Inner London - West 37

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 46 38 -8
Surrey, East and West Sussex 33 28 -5
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 29 29 +0
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 28 25 -3
Inner London - West 30 19 -11
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 24 28 +4
Greater Manchester 21 22 +1
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 25 23 -2
West Midlands 24 21 -3
Essex 22 24 +2

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 41,972,394
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 28,625,020
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 19,124,257
Other 5,284,401
Road transport 104,436

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 23,308,271 18,664,123 -4,644,148
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 13,422,897 15,202,123 +1,779,226
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 10,353,354 8,770,903 -1,582,451
Other 3,322,308 1,962,093 -1,360,215
Road transport 28,416 76,020 +47,604
Rail transport 6,104 0 -6,104

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 18,116,548
East Midlands Airport 9,286,504
Southampton 8,343,872
London Stansted Airport 7,789,281
Dover 6,641,849

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 £
London Heathrow Airport 10,924,526 7,192,022 -3,732,504
East Midlands Airport 4,588,063 4,698,441 +110,378
Southampton 4,533,184 3,810,688 -722,496
London Stansted Airport 4,890,723 2,898,558 -1,992,165
Dover 2,889,519 3,752,330 +862,811
Felixstowe 3,164,506 2,257,076 -907,430
000 3,322,308 1,962,093 -1,360,215
Immingham Docks 2,306,872 2,492,252 +185,380
Birmingham Airport 1,941,122 2,668,821 +727,699
Dover / Eurotunnel 2,553,124 1,287,531 -1,265,593

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 160
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 62
Manufacture of electrical equipment 56
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 53
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 46

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 145
2025-10 157
2025-09 148
2025-08 151
2025-07 151

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+ 296
1m-15m 237
15m-54m 75
Other 59
0-1m 34

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 £
Slovakia 7,992,795
United States 3,660,973
France 2,770,372
Germany 2,512,182
Belgium 2,323,378

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 £
Slovakia 3,884,020 4,108,775 +224,755
United States 2,097,662 1,563,311 -534,351
France 1,550,804 1,219,568 -331,236
Germany 1,474,591 1,037,591 -437,000
Belgium 579,988 1,743,390 +1,163,402
China 1,120,871 1,154,182 +33,311
Italy 1,000,680 761,060 -239,620
Ireland 729,803 792,454 +62,651
Australia 968,344 251,855 -716,489
Japan 916,377 261,666 -654,711

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 £
XI 11,641
China 8,009
Germany 5,788
Brazil 4,649
XU 4,565

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 £
XI 5,483 6,158 +675
China 6,023 1,986 -4,037
Germany 2,119 3,669 +1,550
Brazil 0 4,649 +4,649
XU 2,215 2,350 +135
Czechia 2,388 1,673 -715
France 1,403 1,156 -247
Italy 253 1,648 +1,395
Ireland 221 956 +735
Mexico 264 733 +469

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 20,600,672
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 12,891,576
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 5,574,150
Other 49,970
Road transport 35,874

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 12,303,699 8,296,973 -4,006,726
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 5,571,627 7,319,949 +1,748,322
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 3,771,965 1,802,185 -1,969,780
Other 22,536 27,434 +4,898
Road transport 35,874 0 -35,874

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 8,548,740
London Heathrow Airport 7,797,879
East Midlands Airport 4,859,502
London Stansted Airport 4,235,229
ZLC 2,881,146

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 £
Dover / Eurotunnel 3,679,443 4,869,297 +1,189,854
London Heathrow Airport 4,990,113 2,807,766 -2,182,347
East Midlands Airport 2,735,466 2,124,036 -611,430
London Stansted Airport 2,159,718 2,075,511 -84,207
ZLC 1,935,026 946,120 -988,906
London 1,490,139 1,261,293 -228,846
London Gateway Port 1,356,923 382,467 -974,456
Southampton 602,593 1,036,278 +433,685
Felixstowe 633,060 509,757 -123,303
Immingham Docks 296,600 349,050 +52,450

Quick facts

HS code: 85365011

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

Description: Switches activated by pressing a button, commonly used in control panels