Import/export HS code 847130: Portable computers

Lightweight computers under 10 kg, with a CPU, keyboard, and display

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 7,564,343,411
Netherlands 1,120,996,185
Viet Nam 1,081,701,183
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 692,354,452
Germany 485,957,110

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 3,992,741,874 3,571,601,537 -421,140,337
Netherlands 625,848,868 495,147,317 -130,701,551
Viet Nam 469,636,945 612,064,238 +142,427,293
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 359,072,230 333,282,222 -25,790,008
Germany 268,153,802 217,803,308 -50,350,494
Ireland 71,235,136 262,002,089 +190,766,953
United States 126,986,551 108,584,192 -18,402,359
Czechia 85,872,787 49,243,377 -36,629,410
Taiwan 48,696,011 49,613,347 +917,336
Thailand 37,291,600 30,631,707 -6,659,893

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 10,227,538,712
Viet Nam 1,308,247,271
Thailand 150,384,430
Taiwan 128,899,918
United States 115,059,243

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 5,309,720,233 4,917,818,479 -391,901,754
Viet Nam 654,126,371 654,120,900 -5,471
Thailand 91,177,655 59,206,775 -31,970,880
Taiwan 56,570,202 72,329,716 +15,759,514
United States 57,332,017 57,727,226 +395,209
Ireland 1,987,721 86,834,714 +84,846,993
Germany 17,750,327 15,750,133 -2,000,194
United Kingdom 8,133,548 10,143,573 +2,010,025
Poland 9,142,188 6,625,379 -2,516,809
India 5,322,058 7,208,174 +1,886,116

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 629
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 369
Inner London - East 196
Surrey, East and West Sussex 188
Greater Manchester 179

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 425 413 -12
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 262 253 -9
Inner London - East 141 113 -28
Surrey, East and West Sussex 132 123 -9
Greater Manchester 124 109 -15
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 113 93 -20
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 116 80 -36
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 94 91 -3
West Midlands 87 83 -4
Outer London - West and North West 81 78 -3

Import volume by transport

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

Top 5 values

Transport £
Air transport 6,651,035,591
Other 3,088,681,999
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,294,260,064
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 1,220,973,948
Road transport 8,990,981

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 £
Air transport 2,345,299,940 4,305,735,651 +1,960,435,711
Other 2,652,549,993 436,132,006 -2,216,417,987
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 690,233,312 604,026,752 -86,206,560
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 591,460,258 629,513,690 +38,053,432
Road transport 4,764,411 4,226,570 -537,841

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 3,677,656,888
000 3,088,681,999
499 2,050,185,405
Felixstowe 819,633,502
East Midlands Airport 526,100,556

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 1,894,226,194 1,783,430,694 -110,795,500
000 2,652,549,993 436,132,006 -2,216,417,987
499 377,907 2,049,807,498 +2,049,429,591
Felixstowe 570,271,444 249,362,058 -320,909,386
East Midlands Airport 251,758,532 274,342,024 +22,583,492
Southampton 255,664,304 243,912,314 -11,751,990
London Gateway Port 95,627,251 308,171,409 +212,544,158
Eurotunnel 160,302,102 166,666,535 +6,364,433
Dover 82,977,833 182,572,023 +99,594,190
London Stansted Airport 106,379,828 92,677,359 -13,702,469

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 797
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 375
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 273
Computer programming, consultancy and related activities 256
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 181

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 531
2026-03 550
2026-02 534
2026-01 558
2025-12 526

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+ 1826
1m-15m 1123
Other 466
15m-54m 440
0-1m 235

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 £
Ireland 483,381,855
Netherlands 370,918,768
Germany 128,750,087
United Arab Emirates 128,055,184
Czechia 56,520,395

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 £
Ireland 238,270,355 245,111,500 +6,841,145
Netherlands 188,034,655 182,884,113 -5,150,542
Germany 70,856,722 57,893,365 -12,963,357
United Arab Emirates 65,415,264 62,639,920 -2,775,344
Czechia 41,029,241 15,491,154 -25,538,087
Poland 24,794,308 29,986,007 +5,191,699
United States 29,810,981 22,970,301 -6,840,680
France 20,259,231 30,475,213 +10,215,982
China 21,452,844 9,575,710 -11,877,134
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 13,688,928 13,653,411 -35,517

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 568,124
XI 62,911
Ireland 44,743
Czechia 19,276
Germany 7,076

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 184,722 383,402 +198,680
XI 40,159 22,752 -17,407
Ireland 17,068 27,675 +10,607
Czechia 0 19,276 +19,276
Germany 1,600 5,476 +3,876
Viet Nam 149 4,686 +4,537
Nicaragua 4,477 0 -4,477
South Korea 0 2,664 +2,664
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 1,174 1,121 -53
Taiwan 866 0 -866

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) 1,059,049,155
Air transport 578,210,031
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 62,120,804
Other 815,613
Road transport 534,934

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) 549,324,435 509,724,720 -39,599,715
Air transport 298,401,639 279,808,392 -18,593,247
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 37,318,576 24,802,228 -12,516,348
Other 265,241 550,372 +285,131
Road transport 194,630 340,304 +145,674
Rail transport 0 3,691 +3,691

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 441,430,785
Holyhead 319,263,017
London Heathrow Airport 244,572,610
East Midlands Airport 176,852,688
Felixstowe 133,146,276

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 254,653,027 186,777,758 -67,875,269
Holyhead 147,030,935 172,232,082 +25,201,147
London Heathrow Airport 122,658,866 121,913,744 -745,122
East Midlands Airport 101,537,510 75,315,178 -26,222,332
Felixstowe 63,288,360 69,857,916 +6,569,556
Dover 30,549,072 34,087,767 +3,538,695
ZLC 23,433,874 37,416,464 +13,982,590
London Stansted Airport 30,197,923 25,997,765 -4,200,158
Liverpool Docks 36,942,558 18,099,842 -18,842,716
London Gateway Port 12,949,825 18,699,971 +5,750,146

Quick facts

HS code: 847130

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

Description: Lightweight computers under 10 kg, with a CPU, keyboard, and display