Import/export HS code 85444999: High-voltage cables

Cables for voltages of 1,000V or more

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 £
Egypt 114,376,908
Greece 51,442,037
Turkey 36,624,016
Poland 24,716,947
United Arab Emirates 24,258,665

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 £
Egypt 64,791,708 49,585,200 -15,206,508
Greece 23,173,177 28,268,860 +5,095,683
Turkey 17,347,899 19,276,117 +1,928,218
Poland 12,800,959 11,915,988 -884,971
United Arab Emirates 12,186,883 12,071,782 -115,101
Germany 11,550,917 10,092,501 -1,458,416
United States 9,663,709 10,971,856 +1,308,147
Portugal 8,988,229 9,046,386 +58,157
China 6,008,963 4,392,791 -1,616,172
India 2,877,963 4,782,513 +1,904,550

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 £
Egypt 111,885,486
Greece 49,813,577
Turkey 39,851,586
United Arab Emirates 24,076,817
Poland 21,039,210

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 £
Egypt 64,939,026 46,946,460 -17,992,566
Greece 21,852,070 27,961,507 +6,109,437
Turkey 17,518,820 22,332,766 +4,813,946
United Arab Emirates 12,095,535 11,981,282 -114,253
Poland 11,322,124 9,717,086 -1,605,038
United States 8,875,332 10,381,458 +1,506,126
Germany 9,271,108 8,643,099 -628,009
Portugal 8,609,509 9,070,123 +460,614
China 7,093,586 4,971,891 -2,121,695
Italy 5,229,487 4,224,972 -1,004,515

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 109
Inner London - West 66
Surrey, East and West Sussex 64
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 60
Greater Manchester 53

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 70 68 -2
Inner London - West 42 45 +3
Surrey, East and West Sussex 39 41 +2
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 37 39 +2
Greater Manchester 38 33 -5
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 36 27 -9
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 27 31 +4
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 31 24 -7
West Midlands 25 20 -5
Essex 26 21 -5

Import volume by transport

What this shows: Import value by transport mode used to bring goods into the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 263,850,683
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 68,981,823
Air transport 24,408,989
Other 6,312,893
Road transport 348,504

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 £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 135,796,204 128,054,479 -7,741,725
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 37,685,521 31,296,302 -6,389,219
Air transport 12,548,833 11,860,156 -688,677
Other 3,498,471 2,814,422 -684,049
Road transport 140,984 207,520 +66,536

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Gateway Port 118,278,675
Felixstowe 71,650,795
Southampton 44,816,177
Dover 38,358,216
Liverpool Docks 31,664,127

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 Gateway Port 78,490,092 39,788,583 -38,701,509
Felixstowe 38,145,361 33,505,434 -4,639,927
Southampton 15,026,143 29,790,034 +14,763,891
Dover 18,429,525 19,928,691 +1,499,166
Liverpool Docks 7,755,825 23,908,302 +16,152,477
East Midlands Airport 5,581,019 5,353,752 -227,267
Immingham Docks 2,861,794 3,815,673 +953,879
000 3,498,471 2,814,422 -684,049
London Stansted Airport 3,091,341 3,009,952 -81,389
Thamesport 3,178,768 1,786,226 -1,392,542

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 259
Manufacture of electrical equipment 136
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 119
Other manufacturing 80
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 78

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 138
2025-10 146
2025-09 155
2025-08 155
2025-07 152

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 460
54m+ 400
0-1m 121
15m-54m 106
Other 93

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 £
Netherlands 5,748,448
Norway 3,761,289
Ireland 2,850,925
India 1,822,339
United States 1,316,424

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 £
Netherlands 3,688,957 2,059,491 -1,629,466
Norway 121,143 3,640,146 +3,519,003
Ireland 1,049,104 1,801,821 +752,717
India 316,937 1,505,402 +1,188,465
United States 817,285 499,139 -318,146
Iraq 515,010 724,252 +209,242
United Arab Emirates 411,851 765,342 +353,491
Azerbaijan 40,149 1,069,540 +1,029,391
Spain 489,106 521,781 +32,675
Italy 204,920 765,572 +560,652

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 £
Turkey 62,985
France 26,798
XU 10,669
Ireland 9,790
Bulgaria 5,580

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 £
Turkey 36,966 26,019 -10,947
France 17,324 9,474 -7,850
XU 454 10,215 +9,761
Ireland 0 9,790 +9,790
Bulgaria 5,580 0 -5,580
Belgium 2,230 105 -2,125
India 1,732 0 -1,732
China 0 1,195 +1,195
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 732 0 -732
Italy 556 0 -556

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) 18,280,624
Air transport 8,342,123
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 6,949,175
Other 123,491
Road transport 24,618

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) 6,344,389 11,936,235 +5,591,846
Air transport 4,858,766 3,483,357 -1,375,409
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 3,039,712 3,909,463 +869,751
Other 66,162 57,329 -8,833
Road transport 24,618 0 -24,618

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 6,621,988
Immingham Docks 4,238,474
London Heathrow Airport 3,248,153
London 3,198,167
London Gateway Port 2,182,499

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 2,999,362 3,622,626 +623,264
Immingham Docks 276,488 3,961,986 +3,685,498
London Heathrow Airport 1,833,999 1,414,154 -419,845
London 1,605,614 1,592,553 -13,061
London Gateway Port 780,423 1,402,076 +621,653
East Midlands Airport 1,176,970 897,548 -279,422
Felixstowe 252,478 1,531,659 +1,279,181
Holyhead 591,929 1,171,607 +579,678
Dover 698,037 523,748 -174,289
London Stansted Airport 793,866 215,909 -577,957

Quick facts

HS code: 85444999

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

Description: Cables for voltages of 1,000V or more