Import/export HS code 847160: Computer input or output devices

Devices like keyboards, monitors, or printers, sometimes with built-in storage

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* 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 £
Netherlands 296,451,906
China 282,303,960
United States 71,091,133
Germany 55,490,386
Viet Nam 36,846,313

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 £
Netherlands 155,804,049 140,647,857 -15,156,192
China 142,799,494 139,504,466 -3,295,028
United States 32,905,817 38,185,316 +5,279,499
Germany 28,549,731 26,940,655 -1,609,076
Viet Nam 18,244,708 18,601,605 +356,897
Czechia 17,366,407 10,973,066 -6,393,341
Poland 13,671,798 11,546,891 -2,124,907
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 12,387,725 9,998,359 -2,389,366
Ireland 9,886,037 11,085,111 +1,199,074
France 11,817,310 6,786,634 -5,030,676

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 675,275,207
Viet Nam 70,709,394
United States 55,266,369
Japan 24,634,886
Germany 19,171,020

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 362,173,829 313,101,378 -49,072,451
Viet Nam 30,722,703 39,986,691 +9,263,988
United States 26,607,616 28,658,753 +2,051,137
Japan 11,135,841 13,499,045 +2,363,204
Germany 9,427,755 9,743,265 +315,510
Taiwan 5,419,310 4,310,642 -1,108,668
Thailand 1,891,974 7,828,959 +5,936,985
United Kingdom 3,935,349 5,314,877 +1,379,528
Mexico 5,102,522 2,799,697 -2,302,825
Indonesia 3,558,544 3,593,792 +35,248

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 243
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 186
Greater Manchester 124
Outer London - West and North West 108
Surrey, East and West Sussex 108

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 169 147 -22
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 140 130 -10
Greater Manchester 73 87 +14
Outer London - West and North West 73 69 -4
Surrey, East and West Sussex 74 77 +3
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 78 72 -6
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 76 70 -6
Inner London - East 63 64 +1
West Midlands 63 56 -7
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 58 61 +3

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) 376,100,889
Air transport 352,567,822
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 119,145,326
Other 105,633,950
Road transport 11,997,795

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) 204,185,062 171,915,827 -32,269,235
Air transport 140,263,343 212,304,479 +72,041,136
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 60,727,638 58,417,688 -2,309,950
Other 92,355,967 13,277,983 -79,077,984
Road transport 2,837,776 9,160,019 +6,322,243
Rail transport 333,989 0 -333,989

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Eurotunnel 134,847,851
Dover / Eurotunnel 106,415,380
000 105,633,950
499 89,861,048
London Heathrow Airport 84,466,053

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 £
Eurotunnel 106,510,085 28,337,766 -78,172,319
Dover / Eurotunnel 24,708,324 81,707,056 +56,998,732
000 92,355,967 13,277,983 -79,077,984
499 5,176,595 84,684,453 +79,507,858
London Heathrow Airport 44,395,941 40,070,112 -4,325,829
Felixstowe 39,329,085 32,821,820 -6,507,265
East Midlands Airport 35,821,172 28,505,253 -7,315,919
Harwich 22,261,509 21,217,843 -1,043,666
Birmingham Airport 22,299,639 19,964,530 -2,335,109
London Stansted Airport 18,971,886 22,823,730 +3,851,844

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
521
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
311
Computer programming, consultancy and related activities
228
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products
161
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities
143

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 393
2026-04 374
2026-03 384
2026-02 371
2026-01 355

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+ 885
1m-15m 734
0-1m 252
15m-54m 223
Other 221

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 £
United States 69,818,967
Netherlands 35,530,005
Ireland 23,680,463
Germany 21,422,974
Poland 15,735,593

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 £
United States 35,592,428 34,226,539 -1,365,889
Netherlands 20,320,514 15,209,491 -5,111,023
Ireland 12,653,737 11,026,726 -1,627,011
Germany 11,574,749 9,848,225 -1,726,524
Poland 8,042,508 7,693,085 -349,423
France 7,980,924 5,874,499 -2,106,425
Spain 5,826,467 5,254,648 -571,819
Italy 5,677,277 5,348,504 -328,773
Switzerland 1,228,682 6,416,472 +5,187,790
Belgium 3,804,666 3,752,412 -52,254

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 5,656
Ireland 1,018
Germany 368
Malaysia 178
XI 175

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 793 4,863 +4,070
Ireland 1,018 0 -1,018
Germany 368 0 -368
Malaysia 178 0 -178
XI 175 0 -175

Export volume by transport

What this shows: Export value by transport mode used to ship goods from the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Air transport 193,793,148
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 100,802,853
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 6,532,601
Road transport 75,438
Other 13,194

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 £
Air transport 100,661,686 93,131,462 -7,530,224
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 53,531,510 47,271,343 -6,260,167
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 4,128,350 2,404,251 -1,724,099
Road transport 37,202 38,236 +1,034
Other 7,734 5,460 -2,274

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 77,295,380
Dover / Eurotunnel 63,201,348
London Heathrow Airport 60,193,960
London Stansted Airport 28,413,637
ZLC 20,922,412

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 £
East Midlands Airport 44,541,242 32,754,138 -11,787,104
Dover / Eurotunnel 32,899,452 30,301,896 -2,597,556
London Heathrow Airport 26,104,510 34,089,450 +7,984,940
London Stansted Airport 14,504,927 13,908,710 -596,217
ZLC 11,749,143 9,173,269 -2,575,874
Holyhead 8,439,368 8,413,934 -25,434
Dover 3,368,844 4,049,275 +680,431
Manchester Airport 3,330,586 2,688,318 -642,268
Felixstowe 4,367,933 1,378,228 -2,989,705
Harwich 2,905,664 1,891,033 -1,014,631

Related HS codes

What this shows: Sibling or child HS codes in the same classification branch.

Quick facts

HS code: 847160

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

Description: Devices like keyboards, monitors, or printers, sometimes with built-in storage