Import/export HS code 85371098: Various low-voltage control panels

Other types of electric control panels and distribution boards for low-voltage 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 £
United States 540,347,983
Germany 538,794,423
China 227,142,202
Netherlands 169,671,226
France 164,474,142

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 302,961,410 237,386,573 -65,574,837
Germany 284,585,064 254,209,359 -30,375,705
China 126,882,441 100,259,761 -26,622,680
Netherlands 92,795,377 76,875,849 -15,919,528
France 83,079,261 81,394,881 -1,684,380
Ireland 68,131,961 59,620,196 -8,511,765
Portugal 61,096,020 51,790,931 -9,305,089
Poland 42,904,015 56,129,714 +13,225,699
Spain 40,871,290 32,137,350 -8,733,940
Czechia 34,469,347 26,828,431 -7,640,916

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 616,034,925
China 305,417,999
Germany 305,301,812
France 141,871,214
Portugal 121,035,199

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 342,324,166 273,710,759 -68,613,407
China 161,850,737 143,567,262 -18,283,475
Germany 164,813,405 140,488,407 -24,324,998
France 71,218,172 70,653,042 -565,130
Portugal 63,495,928 57,539,271 -5,956,657
Poland 46,427,509 59,579,907 +13,152,398
United Kingdom 50,326,762 48,066,644 -2,260,118
Ireland 51,196,110 41,116,905 -10,079,205
Czechia 50,447,515 37,476,669 -12,970,846
Spain 36,558,886 29,405,500 -7,153,386

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 459
Surrey, East and West Sussex 310
Inner London - West 309
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 270
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 259

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 318 357 +39
Surrey, East and West Sussex 218 223 +5
Inner London - West 204 214 +10
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 201 188 -13
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 173 189 +16
Greater Manchester 163 168 +5
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 173 166 -7
West Midlands 163 154 -9
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 146 157 +11
Shropshire and Staffordshire 131 152 +21

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) 1,105,212,445
Air transport 1,069,098,019
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 262,603,250
Other 156,628,223
Road transport 43,672,564

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) 584,711,142 520,501,303 -64,209,839
Air transport 564,108,249 504,989,770 -59,118,479
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 135,941,615 126,661,635 -9,279,980
Other 100,662,580 55,965,643 -44,696,937
Road transport 31,409,744 12,262,820 -19,146,924
Rail transport 6,799,259 10,126,278 +3,327,019

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 604,232,746
Dover 319,253,946
Eurotunnel 213,600,907
East Midlands Airport 176,408,530
London Stansted Airport 160,506,524

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 329,438,353 274,794,393 -54,643,960
Dover 167,824,204 151,429,742 -16,394,462
Eurotunnel 122,527,777 91,073,130 -31,454,647
East Midlands Airport 90,319,897 86,088,633 -4,231,264
London Stansted Airport 82,869,160 77,637,364 -5,231,796
000 100,662,580 55,965,643 -44,696,937
Dover / Eurotunnel 91,450,041 64,151,337 -27,298,704
Felixstowe 57,821,122 64,943,929 +7,122,807
Holyhead 53,307,158 31,685,290 -21,621,868
Immingham Docks 36,248,081 33,567,801 -2,680,280

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 1141
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 485
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 348
Manufacture of electrical equipment 333
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 327

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 1141
2025-10 1262
2025-09 1208
2025-08 1156
2025-07 1190

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 2236
54m+ 1837
0-1m 662
15m-54m 597
Other 402

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 486,975,952
Germany 177,417,584
Netherlands 88,787,014
United Arab Emirates 76,380,543
India 59,433,977

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 251,558,777 235,417,175 -16,141,602
Germany 91,042,648 86,374,936 -4,667,712
Netherlands 42,075,866 46,711,148 +4,635,282
United Arab Emirates 35,896,521 40,484,022 +4,587,501
India 31,086,308 28,347,669 -2,738,639
France 28,610,390 26,647,640 -1,962,750
China 30,928,354 22,496,006 -8,432,348
Ireland 19,664,907 31,802,230 +12,137,323
South Korea 28,635,430 19,065,714 -9,569,716
Slovakia 19,751,223 21,159,602 +1,408,379

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 15,608,839
Sweden 1,008,608
Italy 494,523
Spain 403,310
Germany 279,603

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 2,949,314 12,659,525 +9,710,211
Sweden 1,007,571 1,037 -1,006,534
Italy 144,410 350,113 +205,703
Spain 402,823 487 -402,336
Germany 81,417 198,186 +116,769
Ireland 221,140 57,697 -163,443
Nicaragua 144,384 132,115 -12,269
XU 90,017 22,411 -67,606
United States 81,209 7,602 -73,607
France 23,809 20,392 -3,417

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 1,018,590,507
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 399,221,771
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 162,095,925
Other 18,705,819
Road transport 1,466,273

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 544,407,325 474,183,182 -70,224,143
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 171,633,686 227,588,085 +55,954,399
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 96,999,780 65,096,145 -31,903,635
Other 5,190,963 13,514,856 +8,323,893
Road transport 1,454,424 11,849 -1,442,575

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 631,916,191
Dover / Eurotunnel 258,486,659
London Stansted Airport 132,238,463
ZLC 109,701,562
East Midlands Airport 109,235,330

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 345,123,972 286,792,219 -58,331,753
Dover / Eurotunnel 116,733,281 141,753,378 +25,020,097
London Stansted Airport 54,778,222 77,460,241 +22,682,019
ZLC 64,011,445 45,690,117 -18,321,328
East Midlands Airport 59,257,639 49,977,691 -9,279,948
Immingham Docks 29,598,666 41,446,479 +11,847,813
London Gateway Port 26,708,053 16,659,146 -10,048,907
Southampton 16,017,706 16,982,578 +964,872
Liverpool Docks 12,264,803 15,122,426 +2,857,623
Dover 13,776,529 13,260,597 -515,932

Quick facts

HS code: 85371098

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

Description: Other types of electric control panels and distribution boards for low-voltage systems