Import/export HS code 853710: Low-voltage electric control panels

Electric control panels and distribution boards designed for use with voltages not exceeding 1,000 volts

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 932,658,887
United States 776,094,885
France 372,782,768
China 354,863,160
Netherlands 275,547,256

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 490,659,892 441,998,995 -48,660,897
United States 412,496,207 363,598,678 -48,897,529
France 153,100,714 219,682,054 +66,581,340
China 199,070,776 155,792,384 -43,278,392
Netherlands 133,849,119 141,698,137 +7,849,018
Ireland 84,272,818 92,394,836 +8,122,018
Spain 78,088,011 64,418,032 -13,669,979
Poland 57,405,598 66,947,125 +9,541,527
Portugal 66,444,654 53,902,811 -12,541,843
Italy 61,478,145 57,486,063 -3,992,082

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 960,237,023
Germany 571,839,140
China 477,504,038
United Kingdom 330,003,891
France 281,006,156

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 510,416,741 449,820,282 -60,596,459
Germany 301,017,400 270,821,740 -30,195,660
China 256,340,153 221,163,885 -35,176,268
United Kingdom 163,401,730 166,602,161 +3,200,431
France 109,921,683 171,084,473 +61,162,790
Romania 76,984,179 69,785,622 -7,198,557
Poland 61,158,605 73,070,977 +11,912,372
Portugal 70,191,289 59,413,230 -10,778,059
Ireland 55,997,842 64,936,985 +8,939,143
Czechia 63,593,556 50,474,128 -13,119,428

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 614
Inner London - West 452
Surrey, East and West Sussex 426
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 351
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 350

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 435 487 +52
Inner London - West 307 303 -4
Surrey, East and West Sussex 316 290 -26
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 245 260 +15
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 265 261 -4
Greater Manchester 234 257 +23
West Midlands 245 240 -5
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 230 257 +27
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 217 236 +19
Shropshire and Staffordshire 187 208 +21

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 2,021,702,225
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 1,738,422,277
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 468,548,206
Other 200,924,442
Road transport 63,632,274

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 1,038,358,581 983,343,644 -55,014,937
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 851,069,190 887,353,087 +36,283,897
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 227,583,065 240,965,141 +13,382,076
Other 131,510,265 69,414,177 -62,096,088
Road transport 45,529,303 18,102,971 -27,426,332
Rail transport 12,247,237 16,825,283 +4,578,046

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 961,895,526
Dover 648,843,837
London Stansted Airport 380,382,702
East Midlands Airport 376,922,136
Eurotunnel 292,196,983

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 £
London Heathrow Airport 512,936,195 448,959,331 -63,976,864
Dover 299,710,659 349,133,178 +49,422,519
London Stansted Airport 192,587,429 187,795,273 -4,792,156
East Midlands Airport 192,525,954 184,396,182 -8,129,772
Eurotunnel 153,338,086 138,858,897 -14,479,189
000 131,510,265 69,414,177 -62,096,088
Felixstowe 91,679,741 98,020,607 +6,340,866
Dover / Eurotunnel 110,518,099 76,943,160 -33,574,939
Immingham Docks 61,830,436 64,870,977 +3,040,541
Holyhead 54,718,033 53,741,544 -976,489

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 1553
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 659
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 503
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 453
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 427

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 1695
2025-11 1770
2025-10 1906
2025-09 1819
2025-08 1730

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 3297
54m+ 2420
0-1m 1020
15m-54m 830
Other 533

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 815,177,697
Germany 369,437,316
Netherlands 177,542,286
France 175,971,179
China 141,517,522

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 394,682,946 420,494,751 +25,811,805
Germany 194,145,159 175,292,157 -18,853,002
Netherlands 89,059,899 88,482,387 -577,512
France 92,755,549 83,215,630 -9,539,919
China 70,831,181 70,686,341 -144,840
United Arab Emirates 68,296,673 70,534,302 +2,237,629
Ireland 48,015,138 57,968,702 +9,953,564
India 51,533,089 41,172,957 -10,360,132
Spain 45,718,674 35,445,488 -10,273,186
Poland 26,250,926 49,686,747 +23,435,821

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 28,351,036
Ireland 1,967,849
Sweden 1,034,700
Italy 1,011,004
Germany 710,086

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 8,049,937 20,301,099 +12,251,162
Ireland 365,846 1,602,003 +1,236,157
Sweden 1,033,663 1,037 -1,032,626
Italy 656,701 354,303 -302,398
Germany 279,181 430,905 +151,724
Spain 402,823 1,691 -401,132
Nicaragua 144,758 133,270 -11,488
Lithuania 0 187,561 +187,561
United States 111,661 33,441 -78,220
China 36,454 34,686 -1,768

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 2,042,766,850
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 816,283,611
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 319,825,615
Other 34,626,633
Road transport 4,282,187

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 1,057,055,880 985,710,970 -71,344,910
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 376,392,305 439,891,306 +63,499,001
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 173,897,787 145,927,828 -27,969,959
Other 11,368,068 23,258,565 +11,890,497
Road transport 4,185,360 96,827 -4,088,533
Rail transport 0 973 +973

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 1,080,251,908
Dover / Eurotunnel 556,587,244
East Midlands Airport 320,645,614
London Stansted Airport 316,586,815
ZLC 203,474,432

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 £
London Heathrow Airport 550,917,913 529,333,995 -21,583,918
Dover / Eurotunnel 260,383,684 296,203,560 +35,819,876
East Midlands Airport 174,464,631 146,180,983 -28,283,648
London Stansted Airport 141,258,202 175,328,613 +34,070,411
ZLC 125,029,269 78,445,163 -46,584,106
Immingham Docks 72,637,909 66,737,735 -5,900,174
Southampton 30,603,643 61,027,210 +30,423,567
Manchester Airport 43,273,016 35,499,051 -7,773,965
London Gateway Port 47,506,972 30,973,489 -16,533,483
Felixstowe 38,263,730 18,718,760 -19,544,970

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 853710

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

Description: Electric control panels and distribution boards designed for use with voltages not exceeding 1,000 volts