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 133,315,628
China 54,333,732
France 42,276,437
Netherlands 32,317,879
Viet Nam 31,866,417

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 63,499,051 69,816,577 +6,317,526
China 32,550,864 21,782,868 -10,767,996
France 19,472,623 22,803,814 +3,331,191
Netherlands 15,509,886 16,807,993 +1,298,107
Viet Nam 28,260,237 3,606,180 -24,654,057
Taiwan 20,603,756 8,196,129 -12,407,627
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 9,141,320 15,269,375 +6,128,055
Thailand 4,896,688 16,964,397 +12,067,709
Germany 7,113,203 9,282,415 +2,169,212
United States 4,486,606 4,555,055 +68,449

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 121,874,593
China 117,154,450
Viet Nam 61,047,711
Germany 36,796,611
Taiwan 29,562,959

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 58,434,392 63,440,201 +5,005,809
China 64,499,397 52,655,053 -11,844,344
Viet Nam 39,167,848 21,879,863 -17,287,985
Germany 25,194,551 11,602,060 -13,592,491
Taiwan 15,421,164 14,141,795 -1,279,369
Thailand 4,209,791 24,393,846 +20,184,055
Malaysia 2,088,507 4,903,219 +2,814,712
South Korea 2,369,292 3,052,209 +682,917
Mexico 1,697,161 1,899,424 +202,263
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 976,332 2,254,046 +1,277,714

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 78
Greater Manchester 42
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 22
Inner London - East 17
Outer London - West and North West 16

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 48 53 +5
Greater Manchester 21 26 +5
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 16 14 -2
Inner London - East 13 10 -3
Outer London - West and North West 12 8 -4
Surrey, East and West Sussex 6 10 +4
West Midlands 8 10 +2
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 6 7 +1
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) 211,548,742
Air transport 152,315,989
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 60,791,476
Other 56,402
Road transport 45,435

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) 114,154,711 97,394,031 -16,760,680
Air transport 76,275,150 76,040,839 -234,311
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 29,080,765 31,710,711 +2,629,946
Other 1,523 54,879 +53,356
Road transport 6,099 39,336 +33,237

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 105,435,175
Eurotunnel 70,943,995
London Heathrow Airport 64,319,576
Felixstowe 60,289,787
Glasgow Airport 48,608,859

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 54,568,897 50,866,278 -3,702,619
Eurotunnel 32,491,778 38,452,217 +5,960,439
London Heathrow Airport 29,476,871 34,842,705 +5,365,834
Felixstowe 35,760,422 24,529,365 -11,231,057
Glasgow Airport 27,645,938 20,962,921 -6,683,017
Edinburgh Airport 10,031,735 3,452,091 -6,579,644
Birmingham Airport 2,605,353 6,867,045 +4,261,692
East Midlands Airport 2,612,695 6,791,274 +4,178,579
Southampton 4,904,047 2,194,724 -2,709,323
Thamesport 3,819,320 2,717,852 -1,101,468

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 125
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 62
Computer programming, consultancy and related activities 46
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 21
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
2025-11 51
2025-10 63
2025-09 49
2025-08 51
2025-07 54

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+ 127
1m-15m 87
0-1m 57
Other 41
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 22,628,071
Denmark 19,483,662
Germany 14,287,216
Ireland 11,995,581
Poland 6,459,001

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 7,323,503 15,304,568 +7,981,065
Denmark 14,774,624 4,709,038 -10,065,586
Germany 5,132,644 9,154,572 +4,021,928
Ireland 5,552,738 6,442,843 +890,105
Poland 1,917,061 4,541,940 +2,624,879
Italy 2,322,654 3,718,248 +1,395,594
Hungary 2,890,608 2,393,121 -497,487
Sweden 2,984,761 1,462,779 -1,521,982
Austria 1,490,352 939,123 -551,229
Spain 2,005,350 363,788 -1,641,562

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 123

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 112 11 -101

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) 78,231,462
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 16,533,935
Air transport 11,307,918
Road transport 477,157
Other 123

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) 31,171,966 47,059,496 +15,887,530
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 14,901,574 1,632,361 -13,269,213
Air transport 5,509,325 5,798,593 +289,268
Road transport 477,157 0 -477,157
Other 112 11 -101

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 41,310,150
Immingham Docks 22,716,870
Dover 11,326,388
Holyhead 8,686,643
Felixstowe 5,943,456

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 13,319,766 27,990,384 +14,670,618
Immingham Docks 18,523,469 4,193,401 -14,330,068
Dover 6,816,931 4,509,457 -2,307,474
Holyhead 3,602,068 5,084,575 +1,482,507
Felixstowe 1,456,047 4,487,409 +3,031,362
East Midlands Airport 2,866,079 1,983,535 -882,544
ZLC 1,516,479 1,902,354 +385,875
London Heathrow Airport 622,547 1,594,058 +971,511
Harwich 539,654 1,015,280 +475,626
Liverpool Docks 961,365 215,156 -746,209

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