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 539,245,570
Germany 533,192,659
China 229,475,893
France 165,424,048
Netherlands 153,087,511

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 299,714,926 239,530,644 -60,184,282
Germany 280,574,395 252,618,264 -27,956,131
China 127,192,345 102,283,548 -24,908,797
France 83,105,067 82,318,981 -786,086
Netherlands 76,094,074 76,993,437 +899,363
Ireland 68,094,405 60,672,744 -7,421,661
Portugal 58,748,911 49,016,523 -9,732,388
Poland 41,412,154 54,601,280 +13,189,126
Spain 40,012,636 30,942,738 -9,069,898
Czechia 35,062,792 25,358,838 -9,703,954

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 614,890,084
China 309,431,368
Germany 300,570,483
France 142,327,899
Portugal 116,327,813

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 341,335,563 273,554,521 -67,781,042
China 162,355,145 147,076,223 -15,278,922
Germany 158,916,059 141,654,424 -17,261,635
France 70,244,620 72,083,279 +1,838,659
Portugal 62,567,063 53,760,750 -8,806,313
Poland 44,888,581 58,423,381 +13,534,800
United Kingdom 49,942,200 49,648,589 -293,611
Ireland 49,996,852 42,761,256 -7,235,596
Czechia 51,359,074 35,936,836 -15,422,238
Spain 35,953,155 28,413,882 -7,539,273

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 460
Inner London - West 318
Surrey, East and West Sussex 308
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 264
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 263

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 317 361 +44
Inner London - West 213 213 +0
Surrey, East and West Sussex 216 216 +0
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 176 191 +15
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 197 186 -11
Greater Manchester 160 175 +15
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 168 172 +4
West Midlands 162 161 -1
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 145 162 +17
Shropshire and Staffordshire 135 156 +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) 1,078,660,301
Air transport 1,071,689,289
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 269,142,192
Other 152,346,722
Road transport 40,135,918

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) 560,044,092 518,616,209 -41,427,883
Air transport 560,989,844 510,699,445 -50,290,399
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 135,778,283 133,363,909 -2,414,374
Other 101,943,244 50,403,478 -51,539,766
Road transport 26,346,068 13,789,850 -12,556,218
Rail transport 6,118,957 10,785,194 +4,666,237

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 603,367,564
Dover 320,912,441
Eurotunnel 188,605,855
East Midlands Airport 179,832,304
London Stansted Airport 160,322,284

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 327,988,254 275,379,310 -52,608,944
Dover 166,342,296 154,570,145 -11,772,151
Eurotunnel 101,129,668 87,476,187 -13,653,481
East Midlands Airport 90,409,183 89,423,121 -986,062
London Stansted Airport 82,677,671 77,644,613 -5,033,058
000 101,943,244 50,403,478 -51,539,766
Dover / Eurotunnel 90,512,843 61,432,711 -29,080,132
Felixstowe 59,494,139 64,702,173 +5,208,034
Holyhead 50,393,815 33,944,436 -16,449,379
Immingham Docks 33,647,869 34,377,734 +729,865

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 1152
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 485
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 351
Manufacture of electrical equipment 336
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
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 2227
54m+ 1844
0-1m 673
15m-54m 609
Other 406

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 492,391,579
Germany 180,645,462
Netherlands 87,106,706
United Arab Emirates 78,478,822
India 59,677,131

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 251,835,061 240,556,518 -11,278,543
Germany 95,133,091 85,512,371 -9,620,720
Netherlands 38,229,754 48,876,952 +10,647,198
United Arab Emirates 36,116,996 42,361,826 +6,244,830
India 34,846,588 24,830,543 -10,016,045
France 28,319,627 27,741,230 -578,397
China 29,793,841 22,780,994 -7,012,847
Ireland 20,409,924 30,550,652 +10,140,728
South Korea 28,231,138 19,359,631 -8,871,507
Slovakia 20,105,525 20,892,694 +787,169

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 15,606,850
Sweden 1,008,608
Italy 493,057
Spain 403,310
Ireland 280,040

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 2,993,049 12,613,801 +9,620,752
Sweden 1,007,571 1,037 -1,006,534
Italy 141,972 351,085 +209,113
Spain 402,823 487 -402,336
Ireland 241,044 38,996 -202,048
Germany 76,111 199,862 +123,751
Nicaragua 142,077 132,115 -9,962
United States 80,615 7,602 -73,013
France 24,448 19,753 -4,695
China 21,823 19,136 -2,687

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 1,031,622,598
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 408,282,283
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 157,017,880
Other 18,694,815
Road transport 1,131,478

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 545,245,158 486,377,440 -58,867,718
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 179,369,164 228,913,119 +49,543,955
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 95,233,554 61,784,326 -33,449,228
Other 5,250,324 13,444,491 +8,194,167
Road transport 1,122,495 8,983 -1,113,512

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 643,147,977
Dover / Eurotunnel 264,275,218
London Stansted Airport 134,033,520
ZLC 109,642,824
East Midlands Airport 109,366,930

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 344,370,230 298,777,747 -45,592,483
Dover / Eurotunnel 122,334,560 141,940,658 +19,606,098
London Stansted Airport 54,737,840 79,295,680 +24,557,840
ZLC 63,689,044 45,953,780 -17,735,264
East Midlands Airport 59,712,364 49,654,566 -10,057,798
Immingham Docks 32,826,984 39,938,716 +7,111,732
London Gateway Port 27,999,122 16,032,923 -11,966,199
Southampton 16,394,542 16,520,598 +126,056
Liverpool Docks 12,368,703 14,878,448 +2,509,745
Dover 13,718,242 13,525,962 -192,280

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