Import/export HS code 847050: Cash registers

Machines used in stores to record sales, calculate totals, and manage transactions

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 £
Hungary 133,035,113
China 53,533,968
France 43,388,489
Netherlands 30,551,756
Viet Nam 30,269,376

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 £
Hungary 63,906,591 69,128,522 +5,221,931
China 30,891,934 22,642,034 -8,249,900
France 18,489,599 24,898,890 +6,409,291
Netherlands 12,998,195 17,553,561 +4,555,366
Viet Nam 27,871,839 2,397,537 -25,474,302
Taiwan 19,907,466 7,941,030 -11,966,436
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 10,723,116 13,655,334 +2,932,218
Thailand 6,600,921 14,520,851 +7,919,930
Germany 7,022,619 10,042,014 +3,019,395
United States 4,313,802 4,417,759 +103,957

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 £
Hungary 120,366,724
China 115,617,198
Viet Nam 59,626,741
Germany 34,403,319
Thailand 30,180,062

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 £
Hungary 57,323,673 63,043,051 +5,719,378
China 61,502,309 54,114,889 -7,387,420
Viet Nam 38,718,503 20,908,238 -17,810,265
Germany 22,208,873 12,194,446 -10,014,427
Thailand 5,456,726 24,723,336 +19,266,610
Taiwan 17,289,173 12,681,409 -4,607,764
Malaysia 1,931,321 5,173,139 +3,241,818
South Korea 2,240,411 3,283,238 +1,042,827
Mexico 3,344,223 234,903 -3,109,320
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 1,331,314 1,819,819 +488,505

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 81
Greater Manchester 43
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 21
Inner London - East 18
Outer London - West and North West 17

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 49 55 +6
Greater Manchester 25 24 -1
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 15 15 +0
Inner London - East 14 8 -6
Outer London - West and North West 13 9 -4
Surrey, East and West Sussex 7 10 +3
West Midlands 8 10 +2
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 6 6 +0
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 7 4 -3
West Central Scotland 6 3 -3

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) 207,839,135
Air transport 151,623,557
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 60,467,268
Other 56,373
Road transport 49,080

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) 111,802,841 96,036,294 -15,766,547
Air transport 76,575,457 75,048,100 -1,527,357
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 28,495,348 31,971,920 +3,476,572
Other 1,532 54,841 +53,309
Road transport 6,099 42,981 +36,882

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 103,612,541
Eurotunnel 72,338,582
London Heathrow Airport 62,437,181
Felixstowe 57,624,358
Glasgow Airport 48,106,399

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 £
Dover 52,140,464 51,472,077 -668,387
Eurotunnel 34,536,223 37,802,359 +3,266,136
London Heathrow Airport 28,468,589 33,968,592 +5,500,003
Felixstowe 33,879,061 23,745,297 -10,133,764
Glasgow Airport 27,069,521 21,036,878 -6,032,643
Edinburgh Airport 11,052,782 2,444,990 -8,607,792
East Midlands Airport 2,549,292 8,232,518 +5,683,226
Birmingham Airport 3,549,239 6,168,620 +2,619,381
Southampton 4,654,918 2,324,730 -2,330,188
Thamesport 3,721,696 2,756,730 -964,966

Importer companies by SIC division

What this shows: Industry breakdown (SIC divisions) of importing companies.

Top 5 values

SIC Companies
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 126
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 63
Computer programming, consultancy and related activities 46
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 22
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 14

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 46
2025-11 51
2025-10 63
2025-09 49
2025-08 51

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+ 130
1m-15m 87
0-1m 59
Other 42
15m-54m 23

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 £
Netherlands 22,712,481
Denmark 20,453,399
Germany 14,136,101
Ireland 12,076,538
Poland 6,776,562

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 £
Netherlands 7,551,063 15,161,418 +7,610,355
Denmark 14,509,420 5,943,979 -8,565,441
Germany 5,213,602 8,922,499 +3,708,897
Ireland 5,492,475 6,584,063 +1,091,588
Poland 1,768,282 5,008,280 +3,239,998
Italy 2,673,692 3,343,423 +669,731
Hungary 2,889,846 2,291,098 -598,748
Sweden 2,950,328 1,741,551 -1,208,777
United States 819,425 1,513,186 +693,761
Austria 1,292,985 985,807 -307,178

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 149

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 123 26 -97

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) 78,413,062
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 17,429,547
Air transport 11,954,411
Road transport 350,231
Other 149

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) 31,203,196 47,209,866 +16,006,670
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 14,453,701 2,975,846 -11,477,855
Air transport 5,329,943 6,624,468 +1,294,525
Road transport 350,231 0 -350,231
Other 123 26 -97

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 41,572,012
Immingham Docks 23,917,372
Dover 11,287,787
Holyhead 9,084,874
Felixstowe 5,960,224

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 13,320,273 28,251,739 +14,931,466
Immingham Docks 18,358,647 5,558,725 -12,799,922
Dover 6,855,551 4,432,236 -2,423,315
Holyhead 3,671,559 5,413,315 +1,741,756
Felixstowe 1,699,906 4,260,318 +2,560,412
East Midlands Airport 2,640,471 2,024,099 -616,372
ZLC 1,396,037 1,993,856 +597,819
London Heathrow Airport 669,894 1,831,797 +1,161,903
Harwich 539,654 1,015,280 +475,626
Liverpool Docks 765,566 147,550 -618,016

Quick facts

HS code: 847050

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

Description: Machines used in stores to record sales, calculate totals, and manage transactions