Import/export HS code 853810: Empty control panel bases

Bases, panels, consoles, desks, and cabinets for electric control panels, without installed devices

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 £
China 18,050,334
Denmark 17,900,729
Germany 16,826,292
Spain 16,261,039
France 16,041,703

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 £
China 9,659,867 8,390,467 -1,269,400
Denmark 5,098,949 12,801,780 +7,702,831
Germany 7,888,187 8,938,105 +1,049,918
Spain 6,114,585 10,146,454 +4,031,869
France 9,902,145 6,139,558 -3,762,587
Italy 7,280,875 6,675,201 -605,674
India 2,634,823 8,743,603 +6,108,780
Ireland 4,351,909 4,646,322 +294,413
United States 3,614,751 5,091,258 +1,476,507
Netherlands 4,869,871 2,345,229 -2,524,642

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 £
China 20,345,498
Denmark 17,894,400
United Kingdom 17,556,195
Romania 16,634,693
Germany 14,570,732

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 £
China 10,973,669 9,371,829 -1,601,840
Denmark 5,178,141 12,716,259 +7,538,118
United Kingdom 7,800,058 9,756,137 +1,956,079
Romania 9,522,213 7,112,480 -2,409,733
Germany 6,581,693 7,989,039 +1,407,346
Italy 7,643,419 6,583,247 -1,060,172
India 2,692,145 8,959,546 +6,267,401
United States 3,753,821 4,520,898 +767,077
Poland 2,879,100 5,127,724 +2,248,624
Spain 3,083,212 4,243,143 +1,159,931

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 79
Surrey, East and West Sussex 67
Inner London - West 62
Greater Manchester 54
West Midlands 52

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 58 51 -7
Surrey, East and West Sussex 46 44 -2
Inner London - West 43 38 -5
Greater Manchester 36 37 +1
West Midlands 36 40 +4
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 33 35 +2
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 36 30 -6
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 27 33 +6
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 24 27 +3
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 25 28 +3

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) 88,614,724
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 65,943,722
Air transport 37,795,920
Other 6,919,427
Road transport 560,694

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) 42,743,821 45,870,903 +3,127,082
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 29,474,308 36,469,414 +6,995,106
Air transport 18,870,070 18,925,850 +55,780
Other 1,743,589 5,175,838 +3,432,249
Road transport 174,808 385,886 +211,078

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 39,735,445
Felixstowe 25,985,568
Immingham Docks 23,509,302
Eurotunnel 20,857,935
London Heathrow Airport 16,748,808

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 20,063,273 19,672,172 -391,101
Felixstowe 14,065,599 11,919,969 -2,145,630
Immingham Docks 8,590,319 14,918,983 +6,328,664
Eurotunnel 8,025,005 12,832,930 +4,807,925
London Heathrow Airport 8,945,087 7,803,721 -1,141,366
Southampton 3,658,883 8,050,697 +4,391,814
London Gateway Port 2,806,068 4,912,206 +2,106,138
000 1,743,589 5,175,838 +3,432,249
London Stansted Airport 2,894,799 3,684,086 +789,287
East Midlands Airport 3,141,850 2,898,217 -243,633

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 232
Manufacture of electrical equipment 119
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 101
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 92
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 81

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 203
2025-10 219
2025-09 205
2025-08 175
2025-07 199

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 421
54m+ 391
15m-54m 120
0-1m 93
Other 73

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 15,565,152
Spain 12,456,738
Ireland 9,860,319
France 6,688,349
Germany 6,225,232

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 9,928,692 5,636,460 -4,292,232
Spain 4,364,219 8,092,519 +3,728,300
Ireland 4,657,445 5,202,874 +545,429
France 3,613,061 3,075,288 -537,773
Germany 4,502,076 1,723,156 -2,778,920
Netherlands 2,233,366 2,008,030 -225,336
Italy 2,189,360 1,079,483 -1,109,877
Saudi Arabia 1,056,454 1,844,613 +788,159
Belgium 1,729,320 880,152 -849,168
Australia 1,548,668 850,953 -697,715

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 2,333,510
China 1,395,397
XI 170,287
Spain 121,502
France 73,864

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 1,030,076 1,303,434 +273,358
China 819,355 576,042 -243,313
XI 4,545 165,742 +161,197
Spain 61,002 60,500 -502
France 27,495 46,369 +18,874
India 9,216 19,887 +10,671
Nicaragua 9,452 640 -8,812
Hungary 3,232 2,604 -628
Bulgaria 2,976 2,416 -560
Italy 210 4,867 +4,657

Export volume by transport

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

Top 5 values

Transport £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 39,071,681
Air transport 38,256,186
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 10,613,765
Other 4,162,976
Road transport 447,113

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 £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 19,766,905 19,304,776 -462,129
Air transport 21,300,930 16,955,256 -4,345,674
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 5,781,494 4,832,271 -949,223
Other 1,972,425 2,190,551 +218,126
Road transport 444,549 2,564 -441,985

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 23,619,506
London Heathrow Airport 14,893,859
East Midlands Airport 10,494,416
London Stansted Airport 6,772,758
London Gateway Port 5,931,823

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 £
Dover / Eurotunnel 13,773,758 9,845,748 -3,928,010
London Heathrow Airport 8,853,521 6,040,338 -2,813,183
East Midlands Airport 5,771,073 4,723,343 -1,047,730
London Stansted Airport 3,160,709 3,612,049 +451,340
London Gateway Port 2,694,654 3,237,169 +542,515
Portsmouth 1,309,246 4,156,316 +2,847,070
000 1,972,425 2,190,551 +218,126
ZLC 2,721,576 1,160,795 -1,560,781
Holyhead 1,856,494 1,497,258 -359,236
Manchester Airport 982,447 1,209,949 +227,502

Quick facts

HS code: 853810

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

Description: Bases, panels, consoles, desks, and cabinets for electric control panels, without installed devices