Import/export HS code 851762: Data transmission devices

Machines for sending, receiving, and converting voice, images, or data

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 £
Netherlands 3,894,103,165
United States 1,776,754,028
China 1,634,426,011
Ireland 1,184,273,892
Viet Nam 905,752,719

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 1,868,779,084 2,025,324,081 +156,544,997
United States 884,080,078 892,673,950 +8,593,872
China 754,576,994 879,849,017 +125,272,023
Ireland 418,166,319 766,107,573 +347,941,254
Viet Nam 424,150,777 481,601,942 +57,451,165
Germany 276,318,162 323,532,984 +47,214,822
Taiwan 281,760,292 317,269,307 +35,509,015
France 144,351,054 230,029,820 +85,678,766
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 164,901,785 190,334,896 +25,433,111
Sweden 123,504,237 159,561,969 +36,057,732

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 3,836,955,570
Viet Nam 2,246,228,036
Taiwan 1,697,580,289
United States 1,187,911,159
Thailand 1,143,567,697

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 2,024,556,674 1,812,398,896 -212,157,778
Viet Nam 934,929,084 1,311,298,952 +376,369,868
Taiwan 796,228,096 901,352,193 +105,124,097
United States 584,222,154 603,689,005 +19,466,851
Thailand 370,694,050 772,873,647 +402,179,597
Malaysia 362,159,797 427,532,657 +65,372,860
Mexico 286,837,034 402,256,644 +115,419,610
Poland 108,650,641 129,835,606 +21,184,965
Germany 93,999,631 115,678,266 +21,678,635
Indonesia 66,279,570 111,098,550 +44,818,980

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 898
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 691
Surrey, East and West Sussex 396
Inner London - East 345
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 341

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 586 614 +28
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 489 519 +30
Surrey, East and West Sussex 274 297 +23
Inner London - East 229 235 +6
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 242 257 +15
Greater Manchester 229 229 +0
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 226 235 +9
Outer London - West and North West 207 212 +5
West Midlands 172 196 +24
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 172 170 -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 6,221,395,956
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 3,551,567,349
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 2,601,810,046
Road transport 807,544,096
Other 563,438,613

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 2,807,483,262 3,413,912,694 +606,429,432
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 1,449,965,280 2,101,602,069 +651,636,789
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,115,551,805 1,486,258,241 +370,706,436
Road transport 458,620,646 348,923,450 -109,697,196
Other 498,187,843 65,250,770 -432,937,073
Rail transport 76,508 16,376 -60,132

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 3,552,036,793
East Midlands Airport 1,113,011,439
Felixstowe 1,075,834,875
ZLC 991,124,170
Eurotunnel 895,523,916

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 1,674,673,573 1,877,363,220 +202,689,647
East Midlands Airport 524,478,646 588,532,793 +64,054,147
Felixstowe 497,248,092 578,586,783 +81,338,691
ZLC 513,811,798 477,312,372 -36,499,426
Eurotunnel 342,156,282 553,367,634 +211,211,352
Holyhead 267,294,601 594,560,266 +327,265,665
London Gateway Port 253,941,156 377,925,132 +123,983,976
London Stansted Airport 333,072,549 296,928,931 -36,143,618
000 498,187,843 65,250,770 -432,937,073
499 2,757,377 432,437,288 +429,679,911

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
1489
Computer programming, consultancy and related activities
715
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
694
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products
476
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities
465

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 1467
2026-04 1520
2026-03 1548
2026-02 1453
2026-01 1388

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+ 2793
1m-15m 2608
0-1m 876
15m-54m 741
Other 646

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 £
Germany 697,250,484
Netherlands 629,605,871
United States 611,316,695
Ireland 390,523,119
France 344,173,996

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 £
Germany 296,768,917 400,481,567 +103,712,650
Netherlands 307,797,142 321,808,729 +14,011,587
United States 290,213,428 321,103,267 +30,889,839
Ireland 188,319,802 202,203,317 +13,883,515
France 171,638,561 172,535,435 +896,874
India 116,042,334 152,697,777 +36,655,443
Australia 97,956,690 160,801,217 +62,844,527
Poland 81,896,257 132,010,071 +50,113,814
United Arab Emirates 63,139,053 85,491,902 +22,352,849
Hungary 48,379,737 59,561,374 +11,181,637

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 £
XI 20,933,724
United States 58,208
China 45,128
Sweden 13,359
Netherlands 11,605

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 £
XI 9,488,730 11,444,994 +1,956,264
United States 14,147 44,061 +29,914
China 23,386 21,742 -1,644
Sweden 13,359 0 -13,359
Netherlands 11,605 0 -11,605
Germany 1,379 8,374 +6,995
France 864 2,967 +2,103
Denmark 0 3,600 +3,600
South Korea 0 2,450 +2,450
Ireland 813 1,275 +462

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 3,345,115,106
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 1,979,901,088
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 154,985,625
Other 21,160,804
Road transport 1,669,514

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 1,524,272,839 1,820,842,267 +296,569,428
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 890,580,049 1,089,321,039 +198,740,990
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 80,509,996 74,475,629 -6,034,367
Other 9,593,145 11,567,659 +1,974,514
Road transport 1,506,248 163,266 -1,342,982
Rail transport 0 51,814 +51,814

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 2,043,209,694
Dover / Eurotunnel 1,246,641,700
East Midlands Airport 588,323,511
London Stansted Airport 373,674,422
Holyhead 294,028,143

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 £
London Heathrow Airport 896,162,985 1,147,046,709 +250,883,724
Dover / Eurotunnel 572,484,941 674,156,759 +101,671,818
East Midlands Airport 280,997,513 307,325,998 +26,328,485
London Stansted Airport 170,993,462 202,680,960 +31,687,498
Holyhead 125,165,710 168,862,433 +43,696,723
ZLC 129,035,520 116,365,779 -12,669,741
London 37,623,228 54,129,129 +16,505,901
Dover 40,712,197 48,291,379 +7,579,182
Southampton 41,770,593 29,743,389 -12,027,204
Felixstowe 33,409,288 35,762,101 +2,352,813

Quick facts

HS code: 851762

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

Description: Machines for sending, receiving, and converting voice, images, or data