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 197,173,073
Netherlands 120,871,762
China 110,054,456
United States 72,184,001
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 52,283,525

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 £
Viet Nam 119,681,463 77,491,610 -42,189,853
Netherlands 63,605,413 57,266,349 -6,339,064
China 74,712,659 35,341,797 -39,370,862
United States 33,679,977 38,504,024 +4,824,047
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 12,598,922 39,684,603 +27,085,681
Germany 23,254,650 17,389,615 -5,865,035
France 18,009,260 17,305,152 -704,108
Italy 17,601,166 16,381,700 -1,219,466
Sweden 9,606,529 10,571,215 +964,686
Norway 1,885,544 15,719,722 +13,834,178

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 279,438,201
Viet Nam 204,869,664
United States 69,995,970
United Kingdom 34,551,217
Italy 28,856,276

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 148,308,852 131,129,349 -17,179,503
Viet Nam 122,720,730 82,148,934 -40,571,796
United States 31,843,769 38,152,201 +6,308,432
United Kingdom 18,877,959 15,673,258 -3,204,701
Italy 14,014,328 14,841,948 +827,620
Germany 11,559,621 9,720,089 -1,839,532
Sweden 8,826,666 8,285,592 -541,074
Norway 691,309 15,172,006 +14,480,697
France 6,633,076 8,019,762 +1,386,686
Taiwan 8,031,266 4,877,221 -3,154,045

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 263
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 241
Surrey, East and West Sussex 146
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 117
Greater Manchester 110

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 170 151 -19
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 169 150 -19
Surrey, East and West Sussex 100 91 -9
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 79 76 -3
Greater Manchester 72 68 -4
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 82 63 -19
Inner London - East 77 52 -25
Outer London - West and North West 69 75 +6
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 56 46 -10
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 50 44 -6

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 377,056,572
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 238,054,449
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 185,963,539
Road transport 34,512,311
Other 3,488,008

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 185,472,050 191,584,522 +6,112,472
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 133,478,258 104,576,191 -28,902,067
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 108,749,140 77,214,399 -31,534,741
Road transport 19,962,033 14,550,278 -5,411,755
Other 2,117,323 1,370,685 -746,638
Rail transport 56,847 18,598 -38,249

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 214,747,890
London Heathrow Airport 152,579,364
East Midlands Airport 110,460,066
London Stansted Airport 62,532,695
Eurotunnel 37,824,495

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 132,430,011 82,317,879 -50,112,132
London Heathrow Airport 78,322,883 74,256,481 -4,066,402
East Midlands Airport 45,578,683 64,881,383 +19,302,700
London Stansted Airport 34,689,505 27,843,190 -6,846,315
Eurotunnel 20,567,974 17,256,521 -3,311,453
ZLC 20,749,896 16,772,554 -3,977,342
Dover 18,772,076 16,455,094 -2,316,982
Southampton 26,600,434 4,732,760 -21,867,674
London Gateway Port 8,795,881 21,707,488 +12,911,607
Thamesport 10,782,764 10,283,545 -499,219

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 482
Computer programming, consultancy and related activities 266
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 225
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 186
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 174

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 329
2025-11 340
2025-10 406
2025-09 366
2025-08 361

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+ 896
1m-15m 840
0-1m 292
15m-54m 228
Other 201

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 84,203,451
Ukraine 49,281,653
France 39,822,341
Slovakia 39,239,278
Netherlands 38,875,005

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 50,581,855 33,621,596 -16,960,259
Ukraine 15,514,642 33,767,011 +18,252,369
France 18,424,359 21,397,982 +2,973,623
Slovakia 22,685,085 16,554,193 -6,130,892
Netherlands 20,898,501 17,976,504 -2,921,997
Germany 19,612,389 15,385,951 -4,226,438
Italy 9,443,564 12,002,505 +2,558,941
Ireland 8,625,313 7,500,642 -1,124,671
China 7,154,193 6,420,624 -733,569
Estonia 845,489 9,945,296 +9,099,807

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 595,786
Belgium 85,809
Italy 79,159
Germany 53,133
China 30,603

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 319,508 276,278 -43,230
Belgium 27,074 58,735 +31,661
Italy 43,698 35,461 -8,237
Germany 53,133 0 -53,133
China 27,173 3,430 -23,743
Ireland 20,089 7,716 -12,373
France 0 15,963 +15,963
United States 140 6,139 +5,999
Poland 3,853 193 -3,660
Spain 0 2,235 +2,235

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 350,609,333
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 140,581,727
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 14,967,438
Other 1,171,887
Road transport 376,895

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 178,411,598 172,197,735 -6,213,863
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 68,935,219 71,646,508 +2,711,289
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 8,825,740 6,141,698 -2,684,042
Other 648,375 523,512 -124,863
Road transport 376,895 0 -376,895

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 186,422,643
Dover / Eurotunnel 107,405,481
London Stansted Airport 64,363,899
East Midlands Airport 46,696,437
ZLC 24,151,220

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 86,470,758 99,951,885 +13,481,127
Dover / Eurotunnel 53,080,425 54,325,056 +1,244,631
London Stansted Airport 33,811,219 30,552,680 -3,258,539
East Midlands Airport 27,196,790 19,499,647 -7,697,143
ZLC 16,645,514 7,505,706 -9,139,808
Manchester Airport 6,788,292 8,505,509 +1,717,217
Dover 5,139,726 3,426,205 -1,713,521
Holyhead 3,990,611 3,862,480 -128,131
London Gateway Port 4,670,295 1,315,107 -3,355,188
Harwich 1,579,160 3,677,889 +2,098,729

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