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 3,853,605,411
United States 1,752,879,542
China 1,649,208,593
Ireland 1,183,480,629
Viet Nam 890,361,380

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 1,839,589,518 2,014,015,893 +174,426,375
United States 867,623,618 885,255,924 +17,632,306
China 787,815,890 861,392,703 +73,576,813
Ireland 420,627,448 762,853,181 +342,225,733
Viet Nam 406,451,484 483,909,896 +77,458,412
Germany 273,142,188 319,244,385 +46,102,197
Taiwan 273,136,333 315,726,744 +42,590,411
France 140,578,869 224,793,580 +84,214,711
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 167,291,256 185,938,590 +18,647,334
Sweden 116,496,487 156,542,064 +40,045,577

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 3,864,613,580
Viet Nam 2,223,828,034
Taiwan 1,681,149,057
United States 1,169,642,197
Thailand 1,089,571,463

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 2,051,316,983 1,813,296,597 -238,020,386
Viet Nam 907,531,841 1,316,296,193 +408,764,352
Taiwan 790,743,342 890,405,715 +99,662,373
United States 564,954,533 604,687,664 +39,733,131
Thailand 361,153,529 728,417,934 +367,264,405
Malaysia 345,808,360 434,916,303 +89,107,943
Mexico 292,803,821 388,871,097 +96,067,276
Poland 105,931,310 127,190,087 +21,258,777
Germany 93,602,954 114,255,968 +20,653,014
Indonesia 66,720,320 104,455,120 +37,734,800

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 876
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 685
Surrey, East and West Sussex 399
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 345
Inner London - East 340

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 577 605 +28
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 483 521 +38
Surrey, East and West Sussex 271 298 +27
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 238 262 +24
Inner London - East 230 232 +2
Greater Manchester 226 226 +0
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 226 234 +8
Outer London - West and North West 200 221 +21
West Midlands 178 195 +17
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 170 173 +3

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 6,136,645,362
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 3,471,726,154
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 2,541,153,966
Road transport 819,731,457
Other 620,496,008

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 2,776,635,586 3,360,009,776 +583,374,190
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 1,452,988,080 2,018,738,074 +565,749,994
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,093,206,905 1,447,947,061 +354,740,156
Road transport 438,399,482 381,331,975 -57,067,507
Other 514,557,826 105,938,182 -408,619,644
Rail transport 61,165 23,156 -38,009

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 3,507,184,854
East Midlands Airport 1,102,693,191
Felixstowe 1,064,091,479
ZLC 963,615,204
Eurotunnel 870,039,683

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 1,658,988,817 1,848,196,037 +189,207,220
East Midlands Airport 517,153,396 585,539,795 +68,386,399
Felixstowe 487,588,587 576,502,892 +88,914,305
ZLC 490,241,431 473,373,773 -16,867,658
Eurotunnel 342,344,163 527,695,520 +185,351,357
Holyhead 285,917,064 581,008,897 +295,091,833
London Stansted Airport 333,612,907 296,315,159 -37,297,748
000 514,557,826 105,938,182 -408,619,644
London Gateway Port 242,667,482 361,606,031 +118,938,549
Thamesport 221,093,995 195,987,344 -25,106,651

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 1464
Computer programming, consultancy and related activities 710
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 679
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 477
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 471

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 1519
2026-03 1548
2026-02 1452
2026-01 1388
2025-12 1458

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+ 2767
1m-15m 2598
0-1m 865
15m-54m 723
Other 651

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 696,116,846
Netherlands 632,197,810
United States 606,050,694
Ireland 391,423,356
France 342,090,823

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 285,468,175 410,648,671 +125,180,496
Netherlands 307,396,185 324,801,625 +17,405,440
United States 297,111,044 308,939,650 +11,828,606
Ireland 188,840,043 202,583,313 +13,743,270
France 166,408,972 175,681,851 +9,272,879
India 116,512,646 139,177,062 +22,664,416
Australia 95,664,796 133,596,903 +37,932,107
Poland 76,865,861 125,701,675 +48,835,814
United Arab Emirates 62,000,795 79,963,879 +17,963,084
Hungary 49,686,882 58,398,669 +8,711,787

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 20,955,813
United States 58,208
China 44,307
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 9,286,704 11,669,109 +2,382,405
United States 14,147 44,061 +29,914
China 24,320 19,987 -4,333
Sweden 13,359 0 -13,359
Netherlands 11,605 0 -11,605
Germany 1,986 8,374 +6,388
Israel 7,230 0 -7,230
France 864 2,967 +2,103
Denmark 0 3,600 +3,600
South Korea 0 2,450 +2,450

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 3,263,223,691
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 1,965,598,579
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 151,652,027
Other 21,188,763
Road transport 1,909,655

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 1,502,129,338 1,761,094,353 +258,965,015
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 876,711,812 1,088,886,767 +212,174,955
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 81,346,900 70,305,127 -11,041,773
Other 9,400,355 11,788,408 +2,388,053
Road transport 1,545,631 364,024 -1,181,607
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 1,980,374,523
Dover / Eurotunnel 1,232,863,826
East Midlands Airport 583,131,580
London Stansted Airport 370,974,815
Holyhead 289,630,679

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 887,787,654 1,092,586,869 +204,799,215
Dover / Eurotunnel 561,550,174 671,313,652 +109,763,478
East Midlands Airport 275,672,503 307,459,077 +31,786,574
London Stansted Airport 169,102,277 201,872,538 +32,770,261
Holyhead 121,950,052 167,680,627 +45,730,575
ZLC 127,295,733 115,500,999 -11,794,734
Dover 42,590,423 47,097,177 +4,506,754
London 32,748,663 56,069,622 +23,320,959
Felixstowe 31,412,290 38,115,386 +6,703,096
Harwich 27,593,878 40,526,822 +12,932,944

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