Import/export HS code 844331: Multifunction printers, copiers, and fax machines

Machines that can print, copy, and send faxes, and connect to computers or networks

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.
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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 £
Netherlands 301,558,696
Germany 172,146,670
Czechia 49,505,906
Philippines 28,735,395
Indonesia 20,597,915

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 161,058,763 140,499,933 -20,558,830
Germany 92,481,401 79,665,269 -12,816,132
Czechia 25,477,133 24,028,773 -1,448,360
Philippines 15,138,965 13,596,430 -1,542,535
Indonesia 8,683,869 11,914,046 +3,230,177
France 10,955,621 9,515,796 -1,439,825
Switzerland 12,054,873 4,883,788 -7,171,085
China 5,138,780 4,471,726 -667,054
Japan 5,423,896 2,557,888 -2,866,008
Thailand 4,409,264 3,208,817 -1,200,447

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 221,383,320
Thailand 193,934,497
Viet Nam 69,509,620
Czechia 40,524,457
Malaysia 39,084,783

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 127,346,173 94,037,147 -33,309,026
Thailand 101,177,997 92,756,500 -8,421,497
Viet Nam 35,619,814 33,889,806 -1,730,008
Czechia 16,705,835 23,818,622 +7,112,787
Malaysia 17,014,698 22,070,085 +5,055,387
Philippines 16,889,362 16,335,748 -553,614
Japan 14,432,025 9,303,804 -5,128,221
Indonesia 11,273,283 10,436,814 -836,469
United States 717,338 406,312 -311,026
United Kingdom 957,851 62,122 -895,729

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 15
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 13
Inner London - East 13
Greater Manchester 11
Outer London - West and North West 11

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 10 10 +0
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 13 8 -5
Inner London - East 8 6 -2
Greater Manchester 7 7 +0
Outer London - West and North West 8 6 -2
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 4 7 +3
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 4 7 +3
Gloucestershire and Wiltshire 4 3 -1
South East Wales 4 3 -1
Surrey, East and West Sussex 4 4 +0

Import volume by transport

What this shows: Import value by transport mode used to bring goods into the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 424,107,529
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 183,220,373
Rail transport 31,606,928
Other 11,542,251
Air transport 4,657,199

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 £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 224,322,587 199,784,942 -24,537,645
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 94,402,249 88,818,124 -5,584,125
Rail transport 20,141,698 11,465,230 -8,676,468
Other 7,089,273 4,452,978 -2,636,295
Air transport 1,801,950 2,855,249 +1,053,299
Road transport 24,857 1,051 -23,806

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 178,178,831
Eurotunnel 95,675,619
Immingham Docks 77,333,085
Dover / Eurotunnel 58,748,402
Harwich 55,647,604

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 94,044,993 84,133,838 -9,911,155
Eurotunnel 48,886,321 46,789,298 -2,097,023
Immingham Docks 38,303,088 39,029,997 +726,909
Dover / Eurotunnel 33,202,846 25,545,556 -7,657,290
Harwich 32,632,805 23,014,799 -9,618,006
London 33,568,035 19,603,360 -13,964,675
Southampton 23,401,413 18,699,640 -4,701,773
Dover 13,775,112 12,736,374 -1,038,738
Thamesport 12,660,044 12,296,758 -363,286
London Gateway Port 1,381,496 12,518,200 +11,136,704

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 34
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 24
Computer programming, consultancy and related activities 11
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 11
Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities 9

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 32
2025-10 26
2025-09 23
2025-08 25
2025-07 30

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+ 82
1m-15m 40
Other 25
15m-54m 17
0-1m 9

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 £
Ireland 21,418,792
Germany 16,603,645
Netherlands 12,565,301
China 7,186,147
Czechia 3,856,524

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 £
Ireland 9,294,820 12,123,972 +2,829,152
Germany 10,677,834 5,925,811 -4,752,023
Netherlands 6,133,405 6,431,896 +298,491
China 4,449,408 2,736,739 -1,712,669
Czechia 2,521,087 1,335,437 -1,185,650
France 2,345,892 1,266,921 -1,078,971
Egypt 1,861,303 310,538 -1,550,765
Poland 1,350,601 796,811 -553,790
United Arab Emirates 1,467,267 475,762 -991,505
Belgium 1,137,771 566,267 -571,504

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 £
China 11,186
France 6,731
XI 68

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 £
China 5,380 5,806 +426
France 2,404 4,327 +1,923
XI 68 0 -68

Export volume by transport

What this shows: Export value by transport mode used to ship goods from the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 65,201,491
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 20,936,311
Air transport 3,796,921
Road transport 71,397
Other 17,985

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 £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 34,488,860 30,712,631 -3,776,229
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 14,814,954 6,121,357 -8,693,597
Air transport 2,707,884 1,089,037 -1,618,847
Road transport 71,397 0 -71,397
Other 7,852 10,133 +2,281

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 30,970,325
Holyhead 16,792,777
Harwich 7,839,684
Liverpool Docks 6,620,531
Felixstowe 5,155,442

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 19,009,019 11,961,306 -7,047,713
Holyhead 7,046,390 9,746,387 +2,699,997
Harwich 3,378,747 4,460,937 +1,082,190
Liverpool Docks 3,048,982 3,571,549 +522,567
Felixstowe 4,440,632 714,810 -3,725,822
London Gateway Port 2,266,005 1,656,525 -609,480
London 2,651,967 241,741 -2,410,226
Southampton 2,375,926 417,023 -1,958,903
Immingham Docks 1,262,314 928,869 -333,445
Dover 722,882 1,171,257 +448,375

Quick facts

HS code: 844331

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

Description: Machines that can print, copy, and send faxes, and connect to computers or networks