Import/export HS code 853690: Various electrical apparatus

Includes various electrical devices and components not categorized 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 £
United States 209,707,611
Germany 196,669,347
China 161,503,197
France 112,453,755
Italy 67,438,128

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 111,558,153 98,149,458 -13,408,695
Germany 98,628,559 98,040,788 -587,771
China 81,066,555 80,436,642 -629,913
France 51,749,343 60,704,412 +8,955,069
Italy 32,065,109 35,373,019 +3,307,910
Netherlands 25,883,500 28,654,833 +2,771,333
India 22,586,454 24,684,359 +2,097,905
Spain 15,246,547 17,752,123 +2,505,576
Turkey 13,066,539 12,757,231 -309,308
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 9,900,382 12,909,253 +3,008,871

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 £
United States 221,209,800
China 213,889,900
Germany 140,894,050
France 81,385,803
Italy 69,885,207

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 £
United States 116,640,893 104,568,907 -12,071,986
China 105,511,206 108,378,694 +2,867,488
Germany 70,512,578 70,381,472 -131,106
France 38,184,785 43,201,018 +5,016,233
Italy 34,027,696 35,857,511 +1,829,815
India 26,658,415 29,908,784 +3,250,369
Spain 13,039,299 16,679,418 +3,640,119
Turkey 13,374,389 13,061,326 -313,063
Taiwan 13,535,692 12,565,511 -970,181
United Kingdom 13,995,091 11,624,944 -2,370,147

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 446
Inner London - West 317
Surrey, East and West Sussex 302
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 255
West Midlands 241

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 340 298 -42
Inner London - West 220 212 -8
Surrey, East and West Sussex 223 214 -9
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 203 176 -27
West Midlands 178 165 -13
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 177 165 -12
Greater Manchester 165 166 +1
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 157 158 +1
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 141 128 -13
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 132 123 -9

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 539,587,350
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 336,748,994
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 275,166,744
Other 28,810,614
Road transport 17,733,713

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 260,970,468 278,616,882 +17,646,414
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 156,782,925 179,966,069 +23,183,144
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 156,917,716 118,249,028 -38,668,688
Other 18,658,564 10,152,050 -8,506,514
Road transport 10,403,162 7,330,551 -3,072,611
Rail transport 154,984 198,732 +43,748

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 168,928,082
London Heathrow Airport 157,756,258
Dover 148,412,979
London Stansted Airport 116,325,669
Felixstowe 84,149,078

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 84,705,012 84,223,070 -481,942
London Heathrow Airport 76,426,123 81,330,135 +4,904,012
Dover 70,807,477 77,605,502 +6,798,025
London Stansted Airport 57,196,259 59,129,410 +1,933,151
Felixstowe 43,701,980 40,447,098 -3,254,882
Eurotunnel 29,825,993 38,169,747 +8,343,754
Southampton 38,123,639 22,413,948 -15,709,691
Thamesport 25,283,447 23,025,732 -2,257,715
Birmingham Airport 19,714,675 27,261,490 +7,546,815
London Gateway Port 19,310,051 24,535,615 +5,225,564

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 1180
Manufacture of electrical equipment 514
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 504
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 374
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 327

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 1134
2025-10 1123
2025-09 1087
2025-08 1101
2025-07 1101

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 2290
54m+ 1699
0-1m 611
15m-54m 554
Other 323

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 189,654,899
Germany 120,218,810
Netherlands 64,318,969
France 60,993,846
China 56,205,906

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 100,224,165 89,430,734 -10,793,431
Germany 50,918,434 69,300,376 +18,381,942
Netherlands 26,846,562 37,472,407 +10,625,845
France 29,398,409 31,595,437 +2,197,028
China 28,468,503 27,737,403 -731,100
Italy 22,940,457 30,115,025 +7,174,568
Ireland 21,218,602 19,071,646 -2,146,956
Singapore 11,946,417 22,694,551 +10,748,134
United Arab Emirates 16,070,603 16,962,305 +891,702
Saudi Arabia 16,936,979 12,336,633 -4,600,346

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 13,593,140
China 1,400,313
XU 540,342
Italy 302,086
South Korea 238,488

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 506,534 13,086,606 +12,580,072
China 759,714 640,599 -119,115
XU 209,965 330,377 +120,412
Italy 226,558 75,528 -151,030
South Korea 109,669 128,819 +19,150
Ireland 66,286 132,985 +66,699
Nicaragua 173,946 16,938 -157,008
India 102,399 85,293 -17,106
Germany 63,881 25,725 -38,156
Austria 582 42,473 +41,891

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 650,854,786
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 317,279,209
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 132,032,167
Other 16,940,003
Road transport 3,536,751

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 318,656,275 332,198,511 +13,542,236
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 135,690,886 181,588,323 +45,897,437
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 64,953,019 67,079,148 +2,126,129
Other 2,287,720 14,652,283 +12,364,563
Road transport 3,394,263 142,488 -3,251,775
Rail transport 0 1,818 +1,818

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 213,077,886
Dover / Eurotunnel 191,656,051
London Heathrow Airport 189,980,810
London Stansted Airport 100,946,815
ZLC 76,748,031

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 103,625,446 109,452,440 +5,826,994
Dover / Eurotunnel 81,342,700 110,313,351 +28,970,651
London Heathrow Airport 89,991,553 99,989,257 +9,997,704
London Stansted Airport 51,404,860 49,541,955 -1,862,905
ZLC 38,511,734 38,236,297 -275,437
London Gateway Port 32,758,508 37,234,366 +4,475,858
Dover 28,980,612 30,966,565 +1,985,953
Manchester Airport 14,292,791 16,554,665 +2,261,874
Immingham Docks 12,397,238 15,082,084 +2,684,846
Southampton 12,253,831 13,655,315 +1,401,484

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 853690

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

Description: Includes various electrical devices and components not categorized elsewhere