Import/export HS code 85365019: Various types of switches

Various other switches used in electrical systems not specified 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 79,380,813
United States 26,919,416
China 24,239,827
Spain 14,597,707
France 13,900,400

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 40,329,657 39,051,156 -1,278,501
United States 13,170,228 13,749,188 +578,960
China 15,488,334 8,751,493 -6,736,841
Spain 4,292,853 10,304,854 +6,012,001
France 9,391,726 4,508,674 -4,883,052
Netherlands 6,568,413 5,403,073 -1,165,340
Egypt 4,637,272 2,852,434 -1,784,838
Japan 3,017,027 2,647,599 -369,428
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 2,772,723 1,743,924 -1,028,799
Thailand 2,192,204 2,142,113 -50,091

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 51,210,135
China 43,036,916
United States 29,934,140
Japan 9,780,709
Egypt 7,491,934

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 26,630,309 24,579,826 -2,050,483
China 26,474,451 16,562,465 -9,911,986
United States 14,411,527 15,522,613 +1,111,086
Japan 5,329,174 4,451,535 -877,639
Egypt 4,638,231 2,853,703 -1,784,528
Hungary 3,948,300 3,424,808 -523,492
Viet Nam 3,376,188 3,476,548 +100,360
Israel 589,778 5,628,406 +5,038,628
Italy 2,874,857 2,176,544 -698,313
Czechia 2,803,374 2,181,748 -621,626

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 126
West Midlands 80
Surrey, East and West Sussex 77
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 73
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 72

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 87 94 +7
West Midlands 54 59 +5
Surrey, East and West Sussex 61 50 -11
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 55 50 -5
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 48 52 +4
Inner London - West 45 45 +0
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 50 43 -7
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 48 46 -2
Shropshire and Staffordshire 45 43 -2
Greater Manchester 49 36 -13

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) 86,766,283
Air transport 77,417,374
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 46,502,809
Other 6,759,064
Road transport 163,546

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) 43,652,753 43,113,530 -539,223
Air transport 42,031,562 35,385,812 -6,645,750
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 25,909,887 20,592,922 -5,316,965
Other 4,427,107 2,331,957 -2,095,150
Road transport 82,198 81,348 -850
Rail transport 22,836 4,276 -18,560

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 56,770,874
London Heathrow Airport 29,437,699
East Midlands Airport 23,975,582
Southampton 16,147,454
Eurotunnel 14,031,304

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 25,721,677 31,049,197 +5,327,520
London Heathrow Airport 16,731,647 12,706,052 -4,025,595
East Midlands Airport 12,541,151 11,434,431 -1,106,720
Southampton 9,185,017 6,962,437 -2,222,580
Eurotunnel 8,936,690 5,094,614 -3,842,076
London Gateway Port 6,987,298 7,028,856 +41,558
London Stansted Airport 4,908,528 4,758,950 -149,578
Felixstowe 6,086,799 3,025,190 -3,061,609
Birmingham Airport 4,196,207 4,406,805 +210,598
000 4,427,107 2,331,957 -2,095,150

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 336
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 154
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 109
Manufacture of electrical equipment 84
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 82

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 281
2025-10 282
2025-09 269
2025-08 267
2025-07 314

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+ 628
1m-15m 486
15m-54m 160
Other 112
0-1m 87

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 £
France 15,277,392
United States 13,151,360
Germany 10,246,055
Italy 5,210,773
United Arab Emirates 5,172,124

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 £
France 8,378,078 6,899,314 -1,478,764
United States 6,374,729 6,776,631 +401,902
Germany 5,673,244 4,572,811 -1,100,433
Italy 1,731,513 3,479,260 +1,747,747
United Arab Emirates 2,070,037 3,102,087 +1,032,050
Netherlands 3,034,673 1,110,501 -1,924,172
Ireland 2,157,291 1,376,511 -780,780
Belgium 1,451,156 1,690,808 +239,652
Spain 1,783,862 870,744 -913,118
China 1,210,773 1,327,484 +116,711

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 £
China 254,581
XI 28,406
Germany 27,552
France 8,210
Ireland 4,438

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 £
China 133,630 120,951 -12,679
XI 14,487 13,919 -568
Germany 9,883 17,669 +7,786
France 461 7,749 +7,288
Ireland 0 4,438 +4,438
XU 2,356 1,879 -477
Italy 2,362 720 -1,642
Mexico 1,301 1,316 +15
United States 29 2,009 +1,980
Netherlands 0 1,586 +1,586

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 55,620,180
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 34,473,076
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 8,841,950
Other 352,424
Road transport 327,516

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 25,928,759 29,691,421 +3,762,662
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 19,050,971 15,422,105 -3,628,866
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 4,209,934 4,632,016 +422,082
Other 176,335 176,089 -246
Road transport 327,516 0 -327,516

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 28,153,375
London Heathrow Airport 21,152,056
East Midlands Airport 18,607,352
London Stansted Airport 7,867,792
ZLC 5,846,931

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 15,623,867 12,529,508 -3,094,359
London Heathrow Airport 9,902,197 11,249,859 +1,347,662
East Midlands Airport 9,138,353 9,468,999 +330,646
London Stansted Airport 3,789,549 4,078,243 +288,694
ZLC 2,651,253 3,195,678 +544,425
London Gateway Port 1,970,888 1,922,083 -48,805
Southampton 786,548 1,413,729 +627,181
Felixstowe 1,037,702 1,150,243 +112,541
Dover 982,400 920,758 -61,642
Manchester Airport 641,160 1,182,623 +541,463

Quick facts

HS code: 85365019

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

Description: Various other switches used in electrical systems not specified elsewhere