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 7,565,187,280
Viet Nam 1,110,874,345
Netherlands 1,108,904,962
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 694,401,179
Germany 487,466,022

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 3,971,218,483 3,593,968,797 -377,249,686
Viet Nam 492,209,825 618,664,520 +126,454,695
Netherlands 615,460,544 493,444,418 -122,016,126
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 360,932,391 333,468,788 -27,463,603
Germany 260,535,088 226,930,934 -33,604,154
Ireland 76,944,789 302,675,465 +225,730,676
United States 128,014,159 108,951,122 -19,063,037
Czechia 84,516,725 48,792,218 -35,724,507
Taiwan 50,792,430 48,313,525 -2,478,905
Thailand 38,622,949 43,297,235 +4,674,286

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 10,239,408,633
Viet Nam 1,344,010,282
Thailand 168,732,862
Taiwan 130,136,453
United States 115,956,627

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 5,304,896,607 4,934,512,026 -370,384,581
Viet Nam 644,809,632 699,200,650 +54,391,018
Thailand 94,412,757 74,320,105 -20,092,652
Taiwan 58,454,986 71,681,467 +13,226,481
United States 57,646,512 58,310,115 +663,603
Ireland 2,188,099 107,445,237 +105,257,138
Germany 17,583,765 15,863,783 -1,719,982
United Kingdom 9,367,452 9,231,443 -136,009
Poland 8,816,482 6,200,936 -2,615,546
India 5,230,686 7,186,699 +1,956,013

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 627
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 374
Inner London - East 196
Surrey, East and West Sussex 185
Greater Manchester 180

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 421 411 -10
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 259 257 -2
Inner London - East 138 115 -23
Surrey, East and West Sussex 128 127 -1
Greater Manchester 125 109 -16
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 113 94 -19
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 97 97 +0
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 110 86 -24
West Midlands 80 89 +9
Outer London - West and North West 72 84 +12

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 6,888,185,238
Other 2,896,462,872
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,325,411,531
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 1,236,377,517
Road transport 8,873,236

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 2,388,913,138 4,499,272,100 +2,110,358,962
Other 2,619,241,728 277,221,144 -2,342,020,584
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 681,615,116 643,796,415 -37,818,701
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 579,953,042 656,424,475 +76,471,433
Road transport 4,644,687 4,228,549 -416,138

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 3,749,885,170
000 2,896,462,872
499 2,205,169,209
Felixstowe 788,671,839
East Midlands Airport 529,958,018

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 1,931,857,087 1,818,028,083 -113,829,004
000 2,619,241,728 277,221,144 -2,342,020,584
499 404,690 2,204,764,519 +2,204,359,829
Felixstowe 529,709,963 258,961,876 -270,748,087
East Midlands Airport 251,414,550 278,543,468 +27,128,918
Southampton 257,238,848 257,692,668 +453,820
London Gateway Port 117,414,099 332,575,544 +215,161,445
Eurotunnel 155,009,746 167,983,172 +12,973,426
Dover 82,815,749 204,525,858 +121,710,109
London Stansted Airport 107,619,632 93,562,074 -14,057,558

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
786
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
367
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities
287
Computer programming, consultancy and related activities
258
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products
183

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 537
2026-04 531
2026-03 550
2026-02 534
2026-01 558

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+ 1827
1m-15m 1129
Other 464
15m-54m 435
0-1m 231

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 487,166,506
Netherlands 367,568,272
United Arab Emirates 128,626,325
Germany 125,606,545
Poland 56,380,230

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 238,479,852 248,686,654 +10,206,802
Netherlands 189,005,376 178,562,896 -10,442,480
United Arab Emirates 63,651,714 64,974,611 +1,322,897
Germany 69,124,799 56,481,746 -12,643,053
Poland 25,348,195 31,032,035 +5,683,840
Czechia 40,024,211 15,459,561 -24,564,650
United States 27,852,501 24,292,222 -3,560,279
France 19,423,024 29,495,643 +10,072,619
China 21,180,106 11,169,104 -10,011,002
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 15,213,638 11,510,370 -3,703,268

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 606,083
XI 59,981
Ireland 44,388
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 184,722 421,361 +236,639
XI 29,029 30,952 +1,923
Ireland 16,713 27,675 +10,962
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
Poland 856 662 -194

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) 1,055,397,656
Air transport 578,912,248
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 63,886,109
Other 850,179
Road transport 643,368

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) 544,998,015 510,399,641 -34,598,374
Air transport 295,675,628 283,236,620 -12,439,008
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 36,783,619 27,102,490 -9,681,129
Other 252,401 597,778 +345,377
Road transport 185,480 457,888 +272,408
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 434,073,168
Holyhead 323,914,122
London Heathrow Airport 249,222,322
East Midlands Airport 175,514,006
Felixstowe 133,108,305

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 252,299,359 181,773,809 -70,525,550
Holyhead 145,954,669 177,959,453 +32,004,784
London Heathrow Airport 121,504,472 127,717,850 +6,213,378
East Midlands Airport 99,849,571 75,664,435 -24,185,136
Felixstowe 64,104,083 69,004,222 +4,900,139
Dover 29,899,983 33,038,575 +3,138,592
ZLC 26,897,804 33,627,569 +6,729,765
London Stansted Airport 28,452,413 26,730,892 -1,721,521
Liverpool Docks 35,351,949 18,775,639 -16,576,310
London Gateway Port 13,008,537 19,640,489 +6,631,952

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