Import/export HS code 853669: Various electrical connectors

Includes various connectors used in electrical and optical 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 £
China 307,585,079
United States 172,898,250
Germany 159,272,722
Netherlands 56,869,594
France 54,963,299

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 154,035,078 153,550,001 -485,077
United States 84,177,266 88,720,984 +4,543,718
Germany 78,971,537 80,301,185 +1,329,648
Netherlands 30,937,779 25,931,815 -5,005,964
France 28,686,806 26,276,493 -2,410,313
Czechia 19,722,637 20,142,353 +419,716
Belgium 18,172,615 7,835,888 -10,336,727
Italy 13,175,686 11,798,279 -1,377,407
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 6,914,014 14,421,453 +7,507,439
Taiwan 8,622,761 9,343,352 +720,591

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 392,823,989
United States 145,652,623
Germany 89,123,960
France 42,940,316
Mexico 38,642,700

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 191,095,776 201,728,213 +10,632,437
United States 72,191,313 73,461,310 +1,269,997
Germany 45,073,045 44,050,915 -1,022,130
France 22,610,164 20,330,152 -2,280,012
Mexico 20,357,335 18,285,365 -2,071,970
Taiwan 13,479,733 15,841,493 +2,361,760
Italy 12,798,082 12,051,121 -746,961
Switzerland 13,608,203 8,862,176 -4,746,027
Czechia 12,310,248 8,290,034 -4,020,214
United Kingdom 9,345,895 8,588,758 -757,137

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 305
Surrey, East and West Sussex 212
Inner London - West 203
West Midlands 171
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 170

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 227 211 -16
Surrey, East and West Sussex 164 146 -18
Inner London - West 136 145 +9
West Midlands 120 134 +14
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 115 124 +9
Greater Manchester 118 117 -1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 108 115 +7
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 106 107 +1
Essex 99 93 -6
Outer London - West and North West 81 73 -8

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 450,454,523
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 333,888,080
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 184,075,331
Other 19,614,634
Road transport 2,415,719

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 220,164,731 230,289,792 +10,125,061
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 165,223,192 168,664,888 +3,441,696
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 102,070,072 82,005,259 -20,064,813
Other 13,479,351 6,135,283 -7,344,068
Road transport 1,164,520 1,251,199 +86,679
Rail transport 507,805 144,259 -363,546

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 175,063,529
Felixstowe 159,534,272
Southampton 103,631,666
London Heathrow Airport 97,342,290
Dover 72,433,880

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 £
East Midlands Airport 86,674,080 88,389,449 +1,715,369
Felixstowe 87,697,400 71,836,872 -15,860,528
Southampton 52,757,428 50,874,238 -1,883,190
London Heathrow Airport 45,384,009 51,958,281 +6,574,272
Dover 41,600,078 30,833,802 -10,766,276
Birmingham Airport 30,793,796 31,176,487 +382,691
London Stansted Airport 30,922,236 28,051,198 -2,871,038
London Gateway Port 12,699,381 29,315,786 +16,616,405
Eurotunnel 15,555,834 22,152,008 +6,596,174
Thamesport 16,406,944 14,590,606 -1,816,338

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 815
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 408
Manufacture of electrical equipment 315
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 287
Other manufacturing 187

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 752
2025-11 757
2025-10 819
2025-09 747
2025-08 731

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 1407
54m+ 1089
0-1m 407
15m-54m 342
Other 250

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 129,860,810
United States 108,353,982
France 55,849,062
China 31,730,855
Italy 29,939,060

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 68,323,702 61,537,108 -6,786,594
United States 53,316,129 55,037,853 +1,721,724
France 30,091,999 25,757,063 -4,334,936
China 15,846,717 15,884,138 +37,421
Italy 13,487,644 16,451,416 +2,963,772
Brazil 14,875,830 13,297,229 -1,578,601
Norway 14,805,965 13,227,219 -1,578,746
Ireland 14,222,508 13,645,419 -577,089
Netherlands 13,017,772 12,401,044 -616,728
Israel 8,001,345 7,553,505 -447,840

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 £
Japan 342,930
China 328,123
XI 42,596
Germany 16,641
Switzerland 15,442

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 £
Japan 165,157 177,773 +12,616
China 143,021 185,102 +42,081
XI 26,718 15,878 -10,840
Germany 3,869 12,772 +8,903
Switzerland 8,087 7,355 -732
Ireland 37 9,964 +9,927
Hungary 5,399 3,129 -2,270
Italy 2,891 1,439 -1,452
France 1,220 2,360 +1,140
India 1,219 1,173 -46

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 500,245,860
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 143,733,799
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 43,133,650
Road transport 2,277,923
Other 914,106

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 257,457,270 242,788,590 -14,668,680
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 71,989,032 71,744,767 -244,265
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 20,923,377 22,210,273 +1,286,896
Road transport 2,266,993 10,930 -2,256,063
Other 399,037 515,069 +116,032

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 177,512,960
London Heathrow Airport 128,147,715
London Stansted Airport 113,781,998
Dover / Eurotunnel 85,203,686
ZLC 55,037,594

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 91,478,404 86,034,556 -5,443,848
London Heathrow Airport 63,549,998 64,597,717 +1,047,719
London Stansted Airport 60,101,062 53,680,936 -6,420,126
Dover / Eurotunnel 43,996,806 41,206,880 -2,789,926
ZLC 30,090,732 24,946,862 -5,143,870
Dover 12,477,941 12,757,409 +279,468
Manchester Airport 8,349,162 8,865,281 +516,119
London Gateway Port 7,767,912 7,796,833 +28,921
Holyhead 6,938,533 7,554,793 +616,260
Southampton 3,648,383 6,804,929 +3,156,546

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 853669

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

Description: Includes various connectors used in electrical and optical systems