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 514,964,194
Germany 507,254,949
China 221,479,194
France 158,950,974
Netherlands 148,556,993

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 302,206,192 212,758,002 -89,448,190
Germany 277,155,163 230,099,786 -47,055,377
China 127,055,928 94,423,266 -32,632,662
France 83,847,816 75,103,158 -8,744,658
Netherlands 77,132,450 71,424,543 -5,707,907
Ireland 68,597,787 52,649,766 -15,948,021
Portugal 55,495,038 43,770,543 -11,724,495
Poland 42,388,670 50,106,374 +7,717,704
Spain 40,281,913 26,325,237 -13,956,676
Czechia 35,483,697 22,069,232 -13,414,465

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 586,715,621
China 298,602,385
Germany 284,891,820
France 137,656,821
Portugal 107,522,405

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 340,990,462 245,725,159 -95,265,303
China 161,897,390 136,704,995 -25,192,395
Germany 156,547,818 128,344,002 -28,203,816
France 73,025,811 64,631,010 -8,394,801
Portugal 59,301,704 48,220,701 -11,081,003
Poland 45,643,728 53,546,681 +7,902,953
United Kingdom 49,952,724 45,053,928 -4,898,796
Ireland 50,105,718 36,214,786 -13,890,932
Czechia 50,968,497 32,206,126 -18,762,371
Spain 36,780,355 24,200,848 -12,579,507

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 452
Inner London - West 312
Surrey, East and West Sussex 303
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 261
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 257

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 318 349 +31
Inner London - West 220 203 -17
Surrey, East and West Sussex 219 208 -11
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 173 186 +13
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 197 179 -18
Greater Manchester 165 169 +4
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 173 163 -10
West Midlands 159 155 -4
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 146 158 +12
Shropshire and Staffordshire 134 147 +13

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 1,027,206,231
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 1,026,013,579
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 254,044,234
Other 145,478,590
Road transport 34,489,505

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 563,303,565 463,902,666 -99,400,899
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 559,747,986 466,265,593 -93,482,393
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 132,378,678 121,665,556 -10,713,122
Other 102,099,428 43,379,162 -58,720,266
Road transport 21,160,757 13,328,748 -7,832,009
Rail transport 7,585,894 8,987,475 +1,401,581

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 580,536,493
Dover 309,922,196
Eurotunnel 177,792,997
East Midlands Airport 173,868,532
London Stansted Airport 152,121,788

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 332,485,425 248,051,068 -84,434,357
Dover 169,575,933 140,346,263 -29,229,670
Eurotunnel 97,648,230 80,144,767 -17,503,463
East Midlands Airport 92,061,840 81,806,692 -10,255,148
London Stansted Airport 81,240,770 70,881,018 -10,359,752
000 102,099,428 43,379,162 -58,720,266
Dover / Eurotunnel 83,895,100 55,050,801 -28,844,299
Felixstowe 60,164,565 59,868,306 -296,259
Holyhead 50,668,523 27,294,900 -23,373,623
Immingham Docks 31,704,752 32,055,262 +350,510

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 1132
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 477
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 341
Manufacture of electrical equipment 333
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 322

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 1111
2025-11 1140
2025-10 1261
2025-09 1207
2025-08 1156

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 2181
54m+ 1810
0-1m 649
15m-54m 602
Other 403

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 469,131,259
Germany 173,138,740
Netherlands 84,849,179
United Arab Emirates 75,769,162
India 58,314,544

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 246,471,163 222,660,096 -23,811,067
Germany 93,578,588 79,560,152 -14,018,436
Netherlands 41,215,807 43,633,372 +2,417,565
United Arab Emirates 36,239,374 39,529,788 +3,290,414
India 34,688,246 23,626,298 -11,061,948
France 28,338,713 25,203,246 -3,135,467
Ireland 20,543,392 29,169,210 +8,625,818
China 28,570,681 20,186,492 -8,384,189
South Korea 27,292,902 18,215,461 -9,077,441
Slovakia 20,913,729 18,665,658 -2,248,071

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 15,530,695
Sweden 1,008,608
Italy 483,696
Spain 403,310
Ireland 279,453

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 3,027,060 12,503,635 +9,476,575
Sweden 1,007,571 1,037 -1,006,534
Italy 152,561 331,135 +178,574
Spain 402,823 487 -402,336
Ireland 241,341 38,112 -203,229
Nicaragua 143,075 130,530 -12,545
Germany 105,507 165,358 +59,851
United States 80,615 7,602 -73,013
France 23,167 19,753 -3,414
China 22,357 17,655 -4,702

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 985,262,857
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 396,846,715
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 150,307,939
Other 18,598,118
Road transport 516,399

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 532,325,268 452,937,589 -79,387,679
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 187,626,305 209,220,410 +21,594,105
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 95,311,988 54,995,951 -40,316,037
Other 5,325,883 13,272,235 +7,946,352
Road transport 507,416 8,983 -498,433

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 614,069,221
Dover / Eurotunnel 255,176,339
London Stansted Airport 129,645,985
East Midlands Airport 103,803,314
ZLC 103,253,563

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 331,652,827 282,416,394 -49,236,433
Dover / Eurotunnel 124,831,007 130,345,332 +5,514,325
London Stansted Airport 54,864,336 74,781,649 +19,917,313
East Midlands Airport 58,883,876 44,919,438 -13,964,438
ZLC 63,745,736 39,507,827 -24,237,909
Immingham Docks 37,446,666 34,801,188 -2,645,478
London Gateway Port 28,509,777 14,339,622 -14,170,155
Southampton 18,736,323 13,556,028 -5,180,295
Liverpool Docks 11,809,695 14,306,502 +2,496,807
Dover 13,453,630 12,165,215 -1,288,415

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