Import/export HS code 853720: High-voltage electric control panels

Electric control panels and distribution boards designed for use with voltages 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 104,393,647
Czechia 75,326,905
France 74,531,753
China 38,120,868
United States 33,167,087

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 37,598,161 66,795,486 +29,197,325
Czechia 42,841,740 32,485,165 -10,356,575
France 28,254,472 46,277,281 +18,022,809
China 20,972,142 17,148,726 -3,823,416
United States 13,680,984 19,486,103 +5,805,119
Japan 10,988,583 15,605,713 +4,617,130
Italy 7,737,824 11,834,819 +4,096,995
Spain 9,786,825 7,954,275 -1,832,550
Netherlands 3,068,964 13,072,263 +10,003,299
Turkey 3,809,466 5,173,032 +1,363,566

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 £
Germany 109,807,675
Czechia 74,403,798
France 57,419,491
China 36,186,563
Japan 35,667,537

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 £
Germany 37,629,506 72,178,169 +34,548,663
Czechia 43,225,953 31,177,845 -12,048,108
France 19,911,461 37,508,030 +17,596,569
China 21,295,935 14,890,628 -6,405,307
Japan 17,196,571 18,470,966 +1,274,395
Spain 15,397,766 12,919,536 -2,478,230
United States 8,633,497 14,498,903 +5,865,406
Italy 8,562,603 11,643,534 +3,080,931
Sri Lanka 2,429,981 7,224,317 +4,794,336
Turkey 4,102,974 5,453,500 +1,350,526

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 93
Surrey, East and West Sussex 79
Inner London - West 61
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 52
Shropshire and Staffordshire 51

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 62 46 -16
Surrey, East and West Sussex 56 41 -15
Inner London - West 46 28 -18
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 29 30 +1
Shropshire and Staffordshire 41 23 -18
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 33 24 -9
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 30 21 -9
West Midlands 29 23 -6
Greater Manchester 29 21 -8
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 22 23 +1

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) 327,766,196
Air transport 67,823,246
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 44,020,103
Other 17,790,057
Road transport 2,282,112

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) 140,352,700 187,413,496 +47,060,796
Air transport 24,842,526 42,980,720 +18,138,194
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 25,052,807 18,967,296 -6,085,511
Other 8,648,836 9,141,221 +492,385
Road transport 1,107,605 1,174,507 +66,902

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 183,553,348
Immingham Docks 40,504,998
Dover / Eurotunnel 23,344,306
Felixstowe 23,314,659
Eurotunnel 18,829,027

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 82,472,484 101,080,864 +18,608,380
Immingham Docks 8,790,103 31,714,895 +22,924,792
Dover / Eurotunnel 13,618,727 9,725,579 -3,893,148
Felixstowe 15,860,080 7,454,579 -8,405,501
Eurotunnel 10,392,933 8,436,094 -1,956,839
000 8,648,836 9,141,221 +492,385
Southampton 5,766,667 10,261,424 +4,494,757
499 6,075 15,070,860 +15,064,785
East Midlands Airport 6,940,040 5,878,589 -1,061,451
London Heathrow Airport 4,527,937 7,677,873 +3,149,936

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 208
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 90
Manufacture of electrical equipment 90
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 85
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 80

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 88
2025-10 92
2025-09 79
2025-08 108
2025-07 117

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
54m+ 438
1m-15m 403
15m-54m 115
0-1m 108
Other 82

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 £
Uruguay 13,498,052
Philippines 12,366,749
Czechia 9,851,751
Libya 8,525,781
United States 7,384,331

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 £
Uruguay 3,496 13,494,556 +13,491,060
Philippines 166,000 12,200,749 +12,034,749
Czechia 3,734,716 6,117,035 +2,382,319
Libya 3,370,180 5,155,601 +1,785,421
United States 2,777,366 4,606,965 +1,829,599
India 2,210,617 2,560,536 +349,919
France 1,966,977 1,756,228 -210,749
Bahrain 0 3,497,739 +3,497,739
Italy 1,846,917 1,048,909 -798,008
South Korea 1,764,015 272,233 -1,491,782

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 £
Ireland 12,369
XU 6,534
Sweden 3,545
XI 20

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 £
Ireland 6,046 6,323 +277
XU 0 6,534 +6,534
Sweden 2,028 1,517 -511
XI 0 20 +20

Export volume by transport

What this shows: Export value by transport mode used to ship goods from the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 41,409,365
Air transport 30,898,248
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 20,650,533
Road transport 30,807
Other 27,591

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 £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 9,346,957 32,062,408 +22,715,451
Air transport 9,323,734 21,574,514 +12,250,780
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 10,324,923 10,325,610 +687
Road transport 30,807 0 -30,807
Other 13,197 14,394 +1,197

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 17,454,351
Dover / Eurotunnel 14,605,260
Londonderry 13,494,556
Felixstowe 8,350,319
London Gateway Port 7,344,822

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 £
East Midlands Airport 2,865,111 14,589,240 +11,724,129
Dover / Eurotunnel 5,810,488 8,794,772 +2,984,284
Londonderry 0 13,494,556 +13,494,556
Felixstowe 4,162,657 4,187,662 +25,005
London Gateway Port 1,042,243 6,302,579 +5,260,336
London Heathrow Airport 3,972,564 2,432,463 -1,540,101
Dover 3,610,833 729,046 -2,881,787
Grangemouth Docks 1,471,686 2,520,837 +1,049,151
Liverpool Docks 1,204,143 2,691,835 +1,487,692
Manchester Airport 270,609 2,522,384 +2,251,775

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 853720

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

Description: Electric control panels and distribution boards designed for use with voltages exceeding 1,000 volts