Import/export HS code 851769: Various communication devices

Other devices for communication, such as videophones and entry-phone systems

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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 £
Viet Nam 207,214,913
Netherlands 127,075,963
China 105,586,552
United States 77,199,801
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 66,571,276

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 £
Viet Nam 109,082,813 98,132,100 -10,950,713
Netherlands 62,010,284 65,065,679 +3,055,395
China 65,383,221 40,203,331 -25,179,890
United States 44,823,146 32,376,655 -12,446,491
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 26,308,459 40,262,817 +13,954,358
Germany 23,731,123 20,652,914 -3,078,209
Italy 17,079,096 19,892,532 +2,813,436
France 20,561,037 12,537,363 -8,023,674
Norway 2,793,703 25,678,400 +22,884,697
Sweden 11,308,950 12,764,197 +1,455,247

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 284,485,225
Viet Nam 229,511,469
United States 75,665,967
Italy 33,721,923
United Kingdom 29,881,160

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 152,333,359 132,151,866 -20,181,493
Viet Nam 112,864,178 116,647,291 +3,783,113
United States 39,989,135 35,676,832 -4,312,303
Italy 15,965,496 17,756,427 +1,790,931
United Kingdom 18,584,911 11,296,249 -7,288,662
Norway 1,648,414 24,837,324 +23,188,910
Germany 12,961,645 9,449,022 -3,512,623
Sweden 9,904,831 11,117,954 +1,213,123
France 7,668,431 7,557,123 -111,308
Taiwan 7,530,098 7,443,176 -86,922

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 273
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 239
Surrey, East and West Sussex 138
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 117
Greater Manchester 111

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 177 167 -10
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 166 155 -11
Surrey, East and West Sussex 96 91 -5
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 83 77 -6
Greater Manchester 73 66 -7
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 76 65 -11
Outer London - West and North West 67 71 +4
Inner London - East 71 55 -16
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 57 49 -8
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 46 43 -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 425,228,735
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 241,549,527
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 194,897,823
Road transport 35,437,694
Other 3,506,054

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 203,337,366 221,891,369 +18,554,003
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 124,132,087 117,417,440 -6,714,647
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 108,247,882 86,649,941 -21,597,941
Road transport 18,219,726 17,217,968 -1,001,758
Other 2,372,467 1,133,587 -1,238,880
Rail transport 39,201 18,598 -20,603

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 197,741,646
London Heathrow Airport 177,776,355
East Midlands Airport 128,430,874
London Stansted Airport 63,255,652
London Gateway Port 55,140,746

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 £
Felixstowe 129,692,531 68,049,115 -61,643,416
London Heathrow Airport 83,691,536 94,084,819 +10,393,283
East Midlands Airport 55,020,408 73,410,466 +18,390,058
London Stansted Airport 37,967,900 25,287,752 -12,680,148
London Gateway Port 12,641,291 42,499,455 +29,858,164
ZLC 20,413,842 20,689,338 +275,496
Eurotunnel 21,073,391 19,718,941 -1,354,450
Dover 18,816,048 18,111,229 -704,819
Thamesport 11,863,620 13,599,786 +1,736,166
Birmingham Airport 11,950,182 12,575,280 +625,098

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
511
Computer programming, consultancy and related activities
274
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
229
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products
176
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities
173

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 348
2026-04 359
2026-03 375
2026-02 360
2026-01 330

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+ 895
1m-15m 832
0-1m 286
15m-54m 228
Other 215

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 92,253,749
Ukraine 91,736,081
Slovakia 41,599,057
Netherlands 40,132,216
France 38,080,847

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 55,096,502 37,157,247 -17,939,255
Ukraine 26,056,263 65,679,818 +39,623,555
Slovakia 23,419,432 18,179,625 -5,239,807
Netherlands 22,039,522 18,092,694 -3,946,828
France 18,746,173 19,334,674 +588,501
Germany 19,130,432 16,394,112 -2,736,320
Italy 12,021,992 11,342,287 -679,705
Ireland 9,256,466 7,857,498 -1,398,968
Austria 5,288,299 9,067,190 +3,778,891
China 7,655,604 6,176,605 -1,478,999

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 653,060
Belgium 133,748
Italy 81,852
Germany 47,690
China 41,563

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 303,743 349,317 +45,574
Belgium 57,446 76,302 +18,856
Italy 43,217 38,635 -4,582
Germany 47,690 0 -47,690
China 19,381 22,182 +2,801
Ireland 14,303 7,851 -6,452
France 15,963 0 -15,963
Spain 1,037 5,242 +4,205
United States 140 6,139 +5,999
Poland 4,046 0 -4,046

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 399,918,992
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 158,907,512
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 15,297,108
Other 1,276,169
Road transport 24,198

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 203,418,738 196,500,254 -6,918,484
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 74,147,602 84,759,910 +10,612,308
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 8,255,541 7,041,567 -1,213,974
Other 664,200 611,969 -52,231
Road transport 24,198 0 -24,198

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 238,292,347
Dover / Eurotunnel 121,073,556
London Stansted Airport 62,205,633
East Midlands Airport 45,363,821
ZLC 23,428,783

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 107,380,502 130,911,845 +23,531,343
Dover / Eurotunnel 55,977,433 65,096,123 +9,118,690
London Stansted Airport 34,305,526 27,900,107 -6,405,419
East Midlands Airport 27,496,737 17,867,084 -9,629,653
ZLC 15,984,528 7,444,255 -8,540,273
Manchester Airport 10,403,792 7,952,870 -2,450,922
Dover 4,796,414 3,597,629 -1,198,785
Holyhead 3,883,540 4,346,943 +463,403
London Gateway Port 4,367,360 2,355,331 -2,012,029
Harwich 1,809,607 4,149,553 +2,339,946

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 851769

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

Description: Other devices for communication, such as videophones and entry-phone systems