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 217,621,929
Netherlands 133,877,575
China 113,030,368
United States 80,902,169
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 67,213,718

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 113,356,019 104,265,910 -9,090,109
Netherlands 64,015,153 69,862,422 +5,847,269
China 69,040,834 43,989,534 -25,051,300
United States 44,420,613 36,481,556 -7,939,057
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 22,557,280 44,656,438 +22,099,158
Germany 24,296,531 22,273,541 -2,022,990
Italy 16,766,689 21,772,285 +5,005,596
France 20,589,543 14,130,967 -6,458,576
Norway 2,048,098 26,572,634 +24,524,536
Sweden 10,637,113 14,026,280 +3,389,167

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 300,246,270
Viet Nam 240,114,308
United States 80,252,725
Italy 34,882,448
United Kingdom 30,790,646

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 154,477,434 145,768,836 -8,708,598
Viet Nam 117,298,512 122,815,796 +5,517,284
United States 41,444,521 38,808,204 -2,636,317
Italy 15,410,329 19,472,119 +4,061,790
United Kingdom 18,051,022 12,739,624 -5,311,398
Norway 831,755 25,685,497 +24,853,742
Germany 12,851,126 10,502,577 -2,348,549
Sweden 9,463,859 12,036,856 +2,572,997
France 8,034,240 8,027,438 -6,802
Taiwan 7,461,290 7,982,944 +521,654

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 282
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 247
Surrey, East and West Sussex 142
Greater Manchester 117
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 117

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 182 175 -7
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 163 165 +2
Surrey, East and West Sussex 98 91 -7
Greater Manchester 76 71 -5
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 78 84 +6
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 79 68 -11
Inner London - East 73 58 -15
Outer London - West and North West 68 73 +5
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 58 51 -7
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 46 46 +0

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 441,022,597
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 252,283,851
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 206,353,880
Road transport 38,487,960
Other 3,696,793

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 202,043,200 238,979,397 +36,936,197
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 124,697,949 127,585,902 +2,887,953
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 113,296,887 93,056,993 -20,239,894
Road transport 19,988,843 18,499,117 -1,489,726
Other 2,115,975 1,580,818 -535,157
Rail transport 49,443 18,598 -30,845

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 208,598,717
London Heathrow Airport 184,412,100
East Midlands Airport 132,196,887
London Stansted Airport 66,198,849
London Gateway Port 55,752,740

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 133,391,721 75,206,996 -58,184,725
London Heathrow Airport 83,708,337 100,703,763 +16,995,426
East Midlands Airport 51,842,649 80,354,238 +28,511,589
London Stansted Airport 38,613,408 27,585,441 -11,027,967
London Gateway Port 12,159,722 43,593,018 +31,433,296
ZLC 22,163,545 21,990,866 -172,679
Eurotunnel 21,728,902 20,570,511 -1,158,391
Dover 19,861,530 19,215,991 -645,539
Thamesport 11,253,558 15,037,770 +3,784,212
Birmingham Airport 11,964,120 13,267,682 +1,303,562

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
524
Computer programming, consultancy and related activities
283
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
238
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products
186
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities
179

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+ 926
1m-15m 855
0-1m 306
15m-54m 233
Other 218

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 95,826,186
Ukraine 92,593,380
Slovakia 43,379,988
Netherlands 42,082,489
France 40,144,619

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 51,882,602 43,943,584 -7,939,018
Ukraine 21,643,104 70,950,276 +49,307,172
Slovakia 23,298,507 20,081,481 -3,217,026
Netherlands 22,626,611 19,455,878 -3,170,733
France 19,255,122 20,889,497 +1,634,375
Germany 19,172,749 17,303,858 -1,868,891
Italy 12,211,544 12,311,646 +100,102
Ireland 9,043,266 8,598,040 -445,226
Austria 5,088,928 9,406,999 +4,318,071
China 8,009,550 6,349,103 -1,660,447

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 684,565
Belgium 133,748
Italy 85,073
Germany 47,690
China 43,285

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 305,156 379,409 +74,253
Belgium 24,287 109,461 +85,174
Italy 41,863 43,210 +1,347
Germany 47,690 0 -47,690
China 20,305 22,980 +2,675
Ireland 15,926 8,453 -7,473
France 15,963 0 -15,963
Spain 621 5,658 +5,037
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 414,777,761
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 164,345,427
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 16,163,725
Other 1,344,653
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 195,550,362 219,227,399 +23,677,037
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 71,130,741 93,214,686 +22,083,945
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 8,717,419 7,446,306 -1,271,113
Other 624,091 720,562 +96,471
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 246,256,619
Dover / Eurotunnel 125,213,822
London Stansted Airport 65,296,865
East Midlands Airport 47,585,393
ZLC 23,967,341

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 99,668,993 146,587,626 +46,918,633
Dover / Eurotunnel 54,640,026 70,573,796 +15,933,770
London Stansted Airport 35,059,972 30,236,893 -4,823,079
East Midlands Airport 26,404,742 21,180,651 -5,224,091
ZLC 15,929,968 8,037,373 -7,892,595
Manchester Airport 9,829,665 8,718,585 -1,111,080
Dover 4,985,049 4,025,401 -959,648
Holyhead 3,723,699 4,800,707 +1,077,008
London Gateway Port 4,584,762 2,466,160 -2,118,602
Harwich 1,413,036 4,566,653 +3,153,617

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