Import/export HS code 84717050: Hard disk drives

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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 £
Thailand 120,997,906
Netherlands 87,621,956
Germany 68,878,345
China 50,056,003
United States 41,116,525

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 £
Thailand 60,720,883 60,277,023 -443,860
Netherlands 48,384,236 39,237,720 -9,146,516
Germany 30,915,916 37,962,429 +7,046,513
China 26,017,190 24,038,813 -1,978,377
United States 23,947,572 17,168,953 -6,778,619
Ireland 11,125,635 18,050,328 +6,924,693
Czechia 8,098,272 6,658,779 -1,439,493
Mexico 3,679,413 9,069,858 +5,390,445
France 5,754,401 5,044,805 -709,596
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 2,886,322 4,099,329 +1,213,007

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 £
Thailand 198,565,015
China 102,702,510
Philippines 44,378,403
United States 36,884,366
Japan 18,654,394

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 £
Thailand 99,417,783 99,147,232 -270,551
China 53,692,846 49,009,664 -4,683,182
Philippines 20,921,497 23,456,906 +2,535,409
United States 22,919,699 13,964,667 -8,955,032
Japan 8,155,902 10,498,492 +2,342,590
Mexico 4,994,933 9,850,110 +4,855,177
Malaysia 4,878,485 5,196,991 +318,506
Czechia 1,651,410 6,241,641 +4,590,231
Germany 3,003,103 4,652,316 +1,649,213
Ireland 2,978,023 4,197,125 +1,219,102

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 80
Inner London - West 76
Surrey, East and West Sussex 48
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 41
Greater Manchester 38

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
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 49 58 +9
Inner London - West 52 48 -4
Surrey, East and West Sussex 28 34 +6
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 29 28 -1
Greater Manchester 28 26 -2
Outer London - West and North West 28 24 -4
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 23 19 -4
Inner London - East 18 16 -2
West Midlands 14 10 -4
Essex 9 13 +4

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 295,762,576
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 148,664,872
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 30,339,948
Other 1,213,651
Rail transport 413,721

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 144,632,697 151,129,879 +6,497,182
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 74,040,846 74,624,026 +583,180
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 16,180,145 14,159,803 -2,020,342
Other 569,325 644,326 +75,001
Rail transport 413,721 0 -413,721
Road transport 189,501 16,830 -172,671

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 244,402,992
Eurotunnel 58,406,769
Dover / Eurotunnel 50,572,384
East Midlands Airport 28,023,111
Dover 23,542,389

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 123,710,311 120,692,681 -3,017,630
Eurotunnel 28,206,578 30,200,191 +1,993,613
Dover / Eurotunnel 28,884,902 21,687,482 -7,197,420
East Midlands Airport 11,056,167 16,966,944 +5,910,777
Dover 12,096,691 11,445,698 -650,993
London Gateway Port 10,890,775 8,578,676 -2,312,099
London Stansted Airport 6,169,646 8,327,428 +2,157,782
Thamesport 2,540,757 4,371,547 +1,830,790
Holyhead 216,715 5,805,699 +5,588,984
Birmingham Airport 2,374,747 3,538,091 +1,163,344

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
156
Computer programming, consultancy and related activities
124
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
57
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities
44
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products
42

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 143
2026-04 129
2026-03 139
2026-02 128
2026-01 125

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+ 313
1m-15m 176
Other 67
15m-54m 66
0-1m 49

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 49,473,806
Germany 42,618,478
France 38,628,209
United States 33,912,260
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 21,523,647

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 23,960,813 25,512,993 +1,552,180
Germany 7,053,387 35,565,091 +28,511,704
France 10,813,589 27,814,620 +17,001,031
United States 14,545,555 19,366,705 +4,821,150
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 5,640,573 15,883,074 +10,242,501
Ireland 6,971,658 11,473,075 +4,501,417
Norway 15,553,589 1,272,164 -14,281,425
Denmark 3,796,144 7,246,127 +3,449,983
United Arab Emirates 2,383,430 4,691,642 +2,308,212
Czechia 4,326,639 2,083,611 -2,243,028

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 25,657
XI 2,584
Thailand 978

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 13,638 12,019 -1,619
XI 2,584 0 -2,584
Thailand 978 0 -978

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 152,481,049
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 141,185,371
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,797,615
Road transport 85,913
Other 31,063

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 55,415,108 97,065,941 +41,650,833
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 56,605,758 84,579,613 +27,973,855
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,187,394 610,221 -577,173
Road transport 85,913 0 -85,913
Other 18,864 12,199 -6,665

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Eurotunnel 61,211,021
London Heathrow Airport 60,991,670
East Midlands Airport 47,182,713
Dover / Eurotunnel 44,205,509
ZLC 27,636,474

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 £
Eurotunnel 16,722,891 44,488,130 +27,765,239
London Heathrow Airport 19,800,172 41,191,498 +21,391,326
East Midlands Airport 19,110,080 28,072,633 +8,962,553
Dover / Eurotunnel 21,728,601 22,476,908 +748,307
ZLC 8,382,568 19,253,906 +10,871,338
Dover 9,436,554 8,455,563 -980,991
London Stansted Airport 5,938,787 7,354,419 +1,415,632
Holyhead 3,838,469 4,804,809 +966,340
Harwich 2,590,227 624,994 -1,965,233
Felixstowe 1,927,375 964,428 -962,947

Quick facts

HS code: 84717050

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

Description: Devices for storing large amounts of data on a computer