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 7,915,200,611
Netherlands 1,152,176,497
Viet Nam 1,099,749,971
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 706,849,877
Germany 507,268,681

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 4,030,784,775 3,884,415,836 -146,368,939
Netherlands 605,259,766 546,916,731 -58,343,035
Viet Nam 458,426,101 641,323,870 +182,897,769
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 325,728,780 381,121,097 +55,392,317
Germany 261,955,993 245,312,688 -16,643,305
Ireland 66,133,343 269,601,085 +203,467,742
United States 121,621,266 119,901,382 -1,719,884
Czechia 84,157,872 54,331,881 -29,825,991
Taiwan 50,822,576 52,691,845 +1,869,269
Thailand 36,436,081 33,635,384 -2,800,697

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 10,638,945,232
Viet Nam 1,351,062,553
Thailand 152,890,541
Taiwan 134,207,881
United States 117,339,814

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 5,263,713,061 5,375,232,171 +111,519,110
Viet Nam 661,166,492 689,896,061 +28,729,569
Thailand 84,997,773 67,892,768 -17,105,005
Taiwan 57,853,817 76,354,064 +18,500,247
United States 56,058,149 61,281,665 +5,223,516
Ireland 1,976,194 87,007,249 +85,031,055
Germany 17,392,092 17,818,933 +426,841
United Kingdom 8,292,062 10,731,486 +2,439,424
Poland 9,549,044 7,044,074 -2,504,970
India 6,079,358 7,350,685 +1,271,327

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 649
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 378
Inner London - East 201
Surrey, East and West Sussex 192
Greater Manchester 182

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 425 431 +6
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 260 269 +9
Inner London - East 141 121 -20
Surrey, East and West Sussex 130 130 +0
Greater Manchester 121 115 -6
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 113 99 -14
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 113 87 -26
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 94 96 +2
West Midlands 89 88 -1
Outer London - West and North West 83 81 -2

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 6,809,464,842
Other 3,312,935,474
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,346,639,294
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 1,260,040,159
Road transport 9,195,517

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 2,304,672,334 4,504,792,508 +2,200,120,174
Other 2,674,106,034 638,829,440 -2,035,276,594
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 684,493,247 662,146,047 -22,347,200
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 573,159,473 686,880,686 +113,721,213
Road transport 4,878,921 4,316,596 -562,325

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 3,806,966,490
000 3,312,935,474
499 2,050,227,291
Felixstowe 877,992,077
East Midlands Airport 548,255,227

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 1,857,577,001 1,949,389,489 +91,812,488
000 2,674,106,034 638,829,440 -2,035,276,594
499 220,627 2,050,006,664 +2,049,786,037
Felixstowe 596,169,018 281,823,059 -314,345,959
East Midlands Airport 255,181,403 293,073,824 +37,892,421
Southampton 226,544,093 282,420,917 +55,876,824
London Gateway Port 85,275,557 322,616,397 +237,340,840
Eurotunnel 156,236,658 179,367,402 +23,130,744
Dover 80,706,045 190,226,502 +109,520,457
London Stansted Airport 101,431,996 101,940,500 +508,504

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 813
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 381
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 276
Computer programming, consultancy and related activities 261
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 187

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+ 1862
1m-15m 1155
Other 479
15m-54m 447
0-1m 246

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 500,219,913
Netherlands 393,027,172
Germany 136,465,479
United Arab Emirates 132,637,582
Czechia 56,928,465

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 238,510,108 261,709,805 +23,199,697
Netherlands 196,575,113 196,452,059 -123,054
Germany 70,960,104 65,505,375 -5,454,729
United Arab Emirates 63,301,851 69,335,731 +6,033,880
Czechia 39,058,942 17,869,523 -21,189,419
Poland 23,730,189 32,788,097 +9,057,908
United States 28,742,444 25,848,562 -2,893,882
France 20,683,760 31,886,890 +11,203,130
China 23,323,402 10,333,023 -12,990,379
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 13,898,130 14,093,597 +195,467

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 67,296
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 174,487 393,637 +219,150
XI 44,145 23,151 -20,994
Ireland 17,068 27,675 +10,607
Czechia 0 19,276 +19,276
Germany 1,600 5,476 +3,876
Viet Nam 400 4,686 +4,286
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) 1,104,943,531
Air transport 602,741,055
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 64,618,618
Other 820,583
Road transport 554,947

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) 552,901,347 552,042,184 -859,163
Air transport 300,102,376 302,638,679 +2,536,303
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 38,073,971 26,544,647 -11,529,324
Other 258,332 562,251 +303,919
Road transport 213,674 341,273 +127,599
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 463,632,097
Holyhead 330,709,532
London Heathrow Airport 256,310,193
East Midlands Airport 185,237,859
Felixstowe 137,120,498

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 259,394,616 204,237,481 -55,157,135
Holyhead 146,441,462 184,268,070 +37,826,608
London Heathrow Airport 123,423,940 132,886,253 +9,462,313
East Midlands Airport 102,452,083 82,785,776 -19,666,307
Felixstowe 60,612,063 76,508,435 +15,896,372
Dover 34,081,002 37,339,376 +3,258,374
ZLC 22,781,922 39,116,121 +16,334,199
London Stansted Airport 30,433,726 27,946,425 -2,487,301
Liverpool Docks 36,779,328 20,306,553 -16,472,775
London Gateway Port 12,074,944 19,870,066 +7,795,122

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