Import/export HS code 85369010: Connectors and contact elements

Devices used to connect wires and cables in electrical systems

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  • 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 120,936,198
China 77,136,394
United States 57,883,268
France 56,381,785
India 34,709,202

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 61,524,775 59,411,423 -2,113,352
China 41,195,285 35,941,109 -5,254,176
United States 28,711,941 29,171,327 +459,386
France 28,107,361 28,274,424 +167,063
India 15,986,839 18,722,363 +2,735,524
Netherlands 15,392,672 15,993,029 +600,357
Italy 13,261,130 14,166,963 +905,833
Spain 11,284,356 15,074,424 +3,790,068
Taiwan 8,430,337 7,884,401 -545,936
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 6,664,929 7,754,288 +1,089,359

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 108,113,350
Germany 95,581,244
United States 59,805,000
France 42,747,620
India 39,614,391

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 55,367,099 52,746,251 -2,620,848
Germany 49,120,881 46,460,363 -2,660,518
United States 29,742,525 30,062,475 +319,950
France 21,687,707 21,059,913 -627,794
India 18,275,402 21,338,989 +3,063,587
Italy 13,301,711 14,492,552 +1,190,841
Spain 10,455,808 14,668,598 +4,212,790
Taiwan 9,595,036 9,267,699 -327,337
Switzerland 6,480,599 7,223,707 +743,108
Malta 3,879,180 7,963,547 +4,084,367

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 199
Surrey, East and West Sussex 123
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 119
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 109
West Midlands 108

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 140 144 +4
Surrey, East and West Sussex 80 89 +9
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 93 76 -17
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 84 73 -11
West Midlands 83 72 -11
Inner London - West 73 73 +0
Greater Manchester 70 80 +10
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 72 64 -8
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 60 58 -2
Shropshire and Staffordshire 57 62 +5

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 201,517,145
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 201,237,520
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 160,604,793
Other 11,989,350
Road transport 523,726

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 95,707,298 105,809,847 +10,102,549
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 95,142,045 106,095,475 +10,953,430
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 86,150,265 74,454,528 -11,695,737
Other 5,640,369 6,348,981 +708,612
Road transport 291,339 232,387 -58,952
Rail transport 42,876 143,830 +100,954

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 102,156,414
London Heathrow Airport 69,257,793
Felixstowe 52,394,782
East Midlands Airport 50,331,375
Eurotunnel 38,941,434

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 49,307,538 52,848,876 +3,541,338
London Heathrow Airport 32,075,734 37,182,059 +5,106,325
Felixstowe 29,385,785 23,008,997 -6,376,788
East Midlands Airport 25,431,844 24,899,531 -532,313
Eurotunnel 17,827,342 21,114,092 +3,286,750
London Stansted Airport 18,269,882 20,252,712 +1,982,830
Thamesport 16,787,908 14,451,698 -2,336,210
Southampton 16,866,074 13,126,394 -3,739,680
London Gateway Port 13,627,063 16,267,886 +2,640,823
Birmingham Airport 11,019,646 12,202,033 +1,182,387

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 552
Manufacture of electrical equipment 291
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 244
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 149
Other manufacturing 126

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 545
2025-10 535
2025-09 520
2025-08 519
2025-07 531

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 877
54m+ 845
15m-54m 255
0-1m 199
Other 156

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 85,962,410
United States 72,700,206
Netherlands 46,514,955
France 41,043,032
Italy 39,359,979

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 35,497,058 50,465,352 +14,968,294
United States 36,723,951 35,976,255 -747,696
Netherlands 20,093,959 26,420,996 +6,327,037
France 19,192,299 21,850,733 +2,658,434
Italy 16,492,298 22,867,681 +6,375,383
Saudi Arabia 13,697,377 8,967,078 -4,730,299
United Arab Emirates 10,619,982 11,986,825 +1,366,843
Ireland 11,625,510 10,825,060 -800,450
China 10,485,280 11,618,872 +1,133,592
India 6,610,974 13,273,053 +6,662,079

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 282,409
XU 199,882
Nicaragua 168,922
China 105,444
Ireland 78,519

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 226,098 56,311 -169,787
XU 153,604 46,278 -107,326
Nicaragua 152,640 16,282 -136,358
China 49,044 56,400 +7,356
Ireland 18,456 60,063 +41,607
XI 5,986 67,077 +61,091
Germany 38,568 17,308 -21,260
Austria 508 42,473 +41,965
Taiwan 26,766 8,253 -18,513
United States 2,194 23,192 +20,998

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 356,178,117
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 224,204,535
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 79,928,660
Road transport 2,486,345
Other 1,097,983

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 164,460,742 191,717,375 +27,256,633
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 92,561,110 131,643,425 +39,082,315
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 43,503,093 36,425,567 -7,077,526
Road transport 2,457,241 29,104 -2,428,137
Other 682,230 415,753 -266,477

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 125,997,699
East Midlands Airport 120,636,032
London Heathrow Airport 93,860,707
Dover 51,441,869
London Stansted Airport 51,309,779

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 50,860,553 75,137,146 +24,276,593
East Midlands Airport 55,590,464 65,045,568 +9,455,104
London Heathrow Airport 39,334,720 54,525,987 +15,191,267
Dover 23,464,832 27,977,037 +4,512,205
London Stansted Airport 23,327,253 27,982,526 +4,655,273
ZLC 25,307,426 24,538,770 -768,656
London Gateway Port 24,939,367 22,122,622 -2,816,745
Immingham Docks 10,657,149 11,699,975 +1,042,826
Manchester Airport 9,621,826 10,609,761 +987,935
Southampton 6,279,717 6,529,021 +249,304

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