Import/export HS code 851850: Sound amplifier sets

Complete sets of electric sound amplifiers for professional or home use

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 £
United States 12,797,709
China 11,787,077
Italy 9,893,357
France 8,034,042
Netherlands 4,852,845

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 £
United States 4,812,151 7,985,558 +3,173,407
China 6,448,936 5,338,141 -1,110,795
Italy 5,533,994 4,359,363 -1,174,631
France 3,539,970 4,494,072 +954,102
Netherlands 2,640,203 2,212,642 -427,561
Germany 1,683,685 1,205,629 -478,056
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 1,171,882 829,372 -342,510
Viet Nam 1,534,852 125,904 -1,408,948
Belgium 874,297 693,065 -181,232
Ireland 347,224 690,777 +343,553

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 19,478,222
United States 13,472,049
Italy 9,831,189
Germany 5,556,253
Viet Nam 3,706,421

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 10,338,946 9,139,276 -1,199,670
United States 5,306,439 8,165,610 +2,859,171
Italy 5,267,356 4,563,833 -703,523
Germany 2,069,485 3,486,768 +1,417,283
Viet Nam 2,550,051 1,156,370 -1,393,681
France 1,163,382 657,440 -505,942
Hungary 952,449 455,830 -496,619
United Kingdom 681,005 489,859 -191,146
Canada 432,322 349,977 -82,345
Switzerland 158,308 483,123 +324,815

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 50
Surrey, East and West Sussex 33
Inner London - East 31
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 30
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 27

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 33 30 -3
Surrey, East and West Sussex 21 25 +4
Inner London - East 16 24 +8
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 18 20 +2
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 22 19 -3
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 19 16 -3
Outer London - West and North West 16 12 -4
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 15 10 -5
Essex 13 12 -1
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 11 11 +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 26,711,587
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 18,960,295
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 17,159,713
Other 2,006,529
Road transport 28,122

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 12,179,484 14,532,103 +2,352,619
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 10,660,246 8,300,049 -2,360,197
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 8,042,619 9,117,094 +1,074,475
Other 1,856,082 150,447 -1,705,635
Road transport 10,385 17,737 +7,352

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 12,449,113
Eurotunnel 7,089,266
Felixstowe 6,261,239
Thamesport 6,115,778
Birmingham Airport 4,806,036

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 5,574,998 6,874,115 +1,299,117
Eurotunnel 2,700,946 4,388,320 +1,687,374
Felixstowe 3,950,762 2,310,477 -1,640,285
Thamesport 3,526,653 2,589,125 -937,528
Birmingham Airport 2,471,960 2,334,076 -137,884
Dover 2,696,065 1,854,937 -841,128
London Stansted Airport 1,958,628 2,215,744 +257,116
East Midlands Airport 1,571,056 1,994,261 +423,205
Southampton 1,700,029 1,195,038 -504,991
London Gateway Port 1,090,765 1,436,418 +345,653

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
113
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
102
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities
31
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products
30
Manufacture of electrical equipment
28

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 80
2026-04 81
2026-03 88
2026-02 82
2026-01 61

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
1m-15m 198
54m+ 109
0-1m 100
15m-54m 47
Other 33

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 16,688,520
France 5,792,337
Poland 4,874,488
Ireland 4,247,190
Germany 3,019,943

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 7,289,615 9,398,905 +2,109,290
France 3,072,415 2,719,922 -352,493
Poland 2,496,197 2,378,291 -117,906
Ireland 1,326,297 2,920,893 +1,594,596
Germany 1,723,362 1,296,581 -426,781
Netherlands 1,813,172 901,692 -911,480
Canada 808,882 1,468,235 +659,353
Italy 1,546,365 729,683 -816,682
Australia 1,008,599 1,178,071 +169,472
United Arab Emirates 865,615 1,255,225 +389,610

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 578,468
Ireland 65,237
China 10,280
Viet Nam 1,699
Malaysia 980

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 271,467 307,001 +35,534
Ireland 65,237 0 -65,237
China 2,459 7,821 +5,362
Viet Nam 849 850 +1
Malaysia 0 980 +980
Slovakia 416 272 -144

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 28,622,850
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 25,983,002
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 15,392,101
Other 666,300
Road transport 48,169

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 13,181,335 15,441,515 +2,260,180
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 13,566,889 12,416,113 -1,150,776
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 7,038,161 8,353,940 +1,315,779
Other 349,376 316,924 -32,452
Road transport 48,169 0 -48,169

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 17,858,200
London Heathrow Airport 16,644,301
East Midlands Airport 6,048,537
Southampton 5,950,106
London Gateway Port 5,509,631

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 £
Dover / Eurotunnel 9,629,867 8,228,333 -1,401,534
London Heathrow Airport 6,953,648 9,690,653 +2,737,005
East Midlands Airport 3,322,090 2,726,447 -595,643
Southampton 1,440,605 4,509,501 +3,068,896
London Gateway Port 3,406,018 2,103,613 -1,302,405
Holyhead 622,308 2,228,749 +1,606,441
Felixstowe 1,811,462 973,311 -838,151
London Stansted Airport 1,259,816 1,434,212 +174,396
ZLC 1,231,080 1,281,282 +50,202
Liverpool Docks 1,210,180 606,753 -603,427

Quick facts

HS code: 851850

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

Description: Complete sets of electric sound amplifiers for professional or home use