Import/export HS code 847050: Cash registers

Machines used in stores to record sales, calculate totals, and manage transactions

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 £
Hungary 128,757,444
China 56,681,933
France 49,252,858
Netherlands 32,569,597
Taiwan 28,938,207

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 £
Hungary 81,170,011 47,587,433 -33,582,578
China 29,826,244 26,855,689 -2,970,555
France 19,479,558 29,773,300 +10,293,742
Netherlands 11,739,019 20,830,578 +9,091,559
Taiwan 17,992,091 10,946,116 -7,045,975
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 13,467,039 15,244,607 +1,777,568
Viet Nam 23,228,520 3,808,132 -19,420,388
Germany 7,447,147 15,604,494 +8,157,347
Thailand 7,625,555 13,163,708 +5,538,153
United States 5,153,364 3,794,939 -1,358,425

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 123,926,823
Hungary 114,790,088
Viet Nam 68,035,347
Thailand 34,357,719
Germany 32,335,511

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 60,890,803 63,036,020 +2,145,217
Hungary 74,491,221 40,298,867 -34,192,354
Viet Nam 36,408,314 31,627,033 -4,781,281
Thailand 8,966,541 25,391,178 +16,424,637
Germany 17,593,855 14,741,656 -2,852,199
Taiwan 18,256,413 12,988,122 -5,268,291
Malaysia 2,389,751 6,599,367 +4,209,616
South Korea 2,828,773 2,998,394 +169,621
Mexico 3,421,697 135,769 -3,285,928
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 2,235,777 1,021,578 -1,214,199

Importers across UK regions

What this shows: Number of importing companies by UK ITL2 region.

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 86
Greater Manchester 46
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 22
Inner London - East 17
Surrey, East and West Sussex 14

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
Inner London - West 49 58 +9
Greater Manchester 25 28 +3
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 13 16 +3
Inner London - East 10 11 +1
Surrey, East and West Sussex 9 10 +1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 6 7 +1
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 4 9 +5
Outer London - West and North West 8 10 +2
West Midlands 6 10 +4
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 5 7 +2

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) 201,798,084
Air transport 173,699,639
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 61,889,325
Other 57,154
Road transport 55,010

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) 124,798,705 76,999,379 -47,799,326
Air transport 79,263,144 94,436,495 +15,173,351
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 27,758,860 34,130,465 +6,371,605
Other 1,679 55,475 +53,796
Road transport 6,099 48,911 +42,812

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 100,825,333
Eurotunnel 72,979,160
London Heathrow Airport 72,192,756
Felixstowe 55,021,505
Glasgow Airport 54,774,897

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 59,941,617 40,883,716 -19,057,901
Eurotunnel 44,399,257 28,579,903 -15,819,354
London Heathrow Airport 28,784,540 43,408,216 +14,623,676
Felixstowe 30,182,179 24,839,326 -5,342,853
Glasgow Airport 27,912,115 26,862,782 -1,049,333
East Midlands Airport 2,705,562 12,573,926 +9,868,364
Birmingham Airport 4,621,612 7,708,394 +3,086,782
Edinburgh Airport 11,635,651 359,878 -11,275,773
Thamesport 3,706,499 4,089,909 +383,410
London Gateway Port 2,478,494 4,034,505 +1,556,011

Importer companies by SIC division

What this shows: Industry breakdown (SIC divisions) of importing companies.

Top 5 values

SIC Companies
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 137
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 58
Computer programming, consultancy and related activities 48
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 20
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 14

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 55
2026-03 51
2026-02 52
2026-01 46
2025-12 55

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+ 127
1m-15m 96
0-1m 58
Other 54
15m-54m 25

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 25,649,417
Germany 14,818,255
Denmark 13,101,813
Ireland 11,643,290
Poland 9,382,706

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 7,934,854 17,714,563 +9,779,709
Germany 4,770,171 10,048,084 +5,277,913
Denmark 7,741,339 5,360,474 -2,380,865
Ireland 6,126,819 5,516,471 -610,348
Poland 3,737,255 5,645,451 +1,908,196
Italy 3,077,713 3,111,226 +33,513
Hungary 3,423,027 1,632,361 -1,790,666
Sweden 3,062,857 1,805,167 -1,257,690
United States 811,042 2,818,417 +2,007,375
Austria 1,599,428 885,721 -713,707

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 £
China 91

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 £
China 65 26 -39

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) 85,508,964
Air transport 13,400,128
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 9,561,487
Road transport 2,760
Other 91

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) 36,132,570 49,376,394 +13,243,824
Air transport 4,930,261 8,469,867 +3,539,606
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 6,169,667 3,391,820 -2,777,847
Road transport 2,760 0 -2,760
Other 65 26 -39

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 48,654,454
Immingham Docks 15,728,989
Dover 11,825,429
Holyhead 9,082,054
Felixstowe 5,673,338

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 16,095,147 32,559,307 +16,464,160
Immingham Docks 11,390,433 4,338,556 -7,051,877
Dover 6,939,396 4,886,033 -2,053,363
Holyhead 4,537,446 4,544,608 +7,162
Felixstowe 1,930,512 3,742,826 +1,812,314
East Midlands Airport 1,937,503 2,150,905 +213,402
ZLC 1,540,730 2,335,836 +795,106
London Heathrow Airport 851,294 2,969,854 +2,118,560
Harwich 539,654 1,015,280 +475,626
Manchester Airport 108,558 714,581 +606,023

Quick facts

HS code: 847050

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

Description: Machines used in stores to record sales, calculate totals, and manage transactions