Import/export HS code 85369010: Connectors and contact elements

Devices used to connect wires and cables in electrical 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 £
Germany 121,687,187
China 77,917,463
United States 57,875,201
France 56,709,433
India 35,429,432

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 61,489,967 60,197,220 -1,292,747
China 41,658,327 36,259,136 -5,399,191
United States 29,674,722 28,200,479 -1,474,243
France 28,293,919 28,415,514 +121,595
India 16,712,224 18,717,208 +2,004,984
Netherlands 15,490,706 15,765,050 +274,344
Spain 10,705,653 17,934,112 +7,228,459
Italy 13,112,063 14,520,257 +1,408,194
Taiwan 8,163,693 7,955,083 -208,610
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 6,424,877 7,723,537 +1,298,660

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 108,433,290
Germany 95,885,787
United States 59,851,829
France 42,804,576
India 40,422,349

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 55,226,963 53,206,327 -2,020,636
Germany 49,115,386 46,770,401 -2,344,985
United States 30,857,647 28,994,182 -1,863,465
France 21,635,649 21,168,927 -466,722
India 19,070,379 21,351,970 +2,281,591
Italy 13,169,449 14,919,282 +1,749,833
Spain 9,886,339 17,343,894 +7,457,555
Taiwan 9,467,586 9,371,684 -95,902
Switzerland 6,702,883 7,096,036 +393,153
Malta 4,124,482 9,218,196 +5,093,714

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 193
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 121
Surrey, East and West Sussex 119
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 109
Inner London - West 107

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 140 141 +1
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 93 78 -15
Surrey, East and West Sussex 79 88 +9
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 86 79 -7
Inner London - West 71 76 +5
West Midlands 84 72 -12
Greater Manchester 69 81 +12
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 73 64 -9
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 60 58 -2
Shropshire and Staffordshire 55 63 +8

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) 206,126,440
Air transport 202,333,007
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 159,971,890
Other 11,571,464
Road transport 539,436

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 £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 95,717,262 110,409,178 +14,691,916
Air transport 97,120,810 105,212,197 +8,091,387
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 84,671,379 75,300,511 -9,370,868
Other 5,791,556 5,779,908 -11,648
Road transport 330,645 208,791 -121,854
Rail transport 42,876 146,505 +103,629

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 104,287,526
London Heathrow Airport 69,022,495
Felixstowe 52,154,709
East Midlands Airport 50,100,597
Eurotunnel 40,252,899

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 49,136,406 55,151,120 +6,014,714
London Heathrow Airport 32,510,528 36,511,967 +4,001,439
Felixstowe 28,960,698 23,194,011 -5,766,687
East Midlands Airport 24,859,775 25,240,822 +381,047
Eurotunnel 18,652,633 21,600,266 +2,947,633
London Stansted Airport 18,592,374 20,549,785 +1,957,411
Thamesport 16,790,222 14,185,696 -2,604,526
London Gateway Port 13,429,240 16,772,250 +3,343,010
Southampton 16,961,351 12,966,898 -3,994,453
Birmingham Airport 11,454,759 12,218,346 +763,587

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 547
Manufacture of electrical equipment 291
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 241
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 148
Other manufacturing 127

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 506
2025-11 546
2025-10 535
2025-09 519
2025-08 519

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 873
54m+ 835
15m-54m 262
0-1m 196
Other 157

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 88,439,241
United States 73,290,605
Netherlands 47,181,157
France 41,276,768
Italy 39,853,555

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 35,718,372 52,720,869 +17,002,497
United States 37,213,737 36,076,868 -1,136,869
Netherlands 21,727,815 25,453,342 +3,725,527
France 20,055,071 21,221,697 +1,166,626
Italy 17,554,394 22,299,161 +4,744,767
Saudi Arabia 13,245,440 9,491,145 -3,754,295
China 10,301,356 12,238,622 +1,937,266
Ireland 11,439,899 10,917,393 -522,506
United Arab Emirates 9,402,625 12,282,108 +2,879,483
Singapore 6,122,805 14,418,940 +8,296,135

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 £
Italy 278,118
Nicaragua 160,749
China 105,622
Ireland 78,852
XI 73,706

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 £
Italy 224,993 53,125 -171,868
Nicaragua 151,023 9,726 -141,297
China 60,195 45,427 -14,768
Ireland 18,332 60,520 +42,188
XI 6,122 67,584 +61,462
Germany 38,861 16,317 -22,544
Austria 530 42,614 +42,084
Taiwan 28,825 5,569 -23,256
United States 2,340 23,020 +20,680
France 8,417 813 -7,604

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 364,651,294
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 224,999,574
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 77,006,387
Road transport 1,573,694
Other 1,073,237

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 165,148,024 199,503,270 +34,355,246
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 94,569,189 130,430,385 +35,861,196
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 40,665,824 36,340,563 -4,325,261
Road transport 1,557,644 16,050 -1,541,594
Other 687,129 386,108 -301,021

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 125,024,856
Dover / Eurotunnel 124,429,106
London Heathrow Airport 95,847,648
Dover 52,760,574
London Stansted Airport 51,378,424

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 56,009,183 69,015,673 +13,006,490
Dover / Eurotunnel 48,836,039 75,593,067 +26,757,028
London Heathrow Airport 39,279,338 56,568,310 +17,288,972
Dover 25,278,580 27,481,994 +2,203,414
London Stansted Airport 22,438,239 28,940,185 +6,501,946
ZLC 24,961,997 24,883,386 -78,611
London Gateway Port 25,921,576 21,480,008 -4,441,568
Immingham Docks 10,791,235 11,085,082 +293,847
Manchester Airport 9,532,602 10,723,718 +1,191,116
Holyhead 5,744,124 6,297,351 +553,227

Quick facts

HS code: 85369010

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

Description: Devices used to connect wires and cables in electrical systems