Import/export HS code 847130: Portable computers

Lightweight computers under 10 kg, with a CPU, keyboard, and display

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 £
China 7,533,854,698
Netherlands 1,043,413,484
Viet Nam 1,017,023,485
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 635,756,778
Germany 510,926,408

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 £
China 4,075,495,092 3,458,359,606 -617,135,486
Netherlands 550,948,896 492,464,588 -58,484,308
Viet Nam 365,823,107 651,200,378 +285,377,271
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 257,388,732 378,368,046 +120,979,314
Germany 260,349,557 250,576,851 -9,772,706
United States 108,844,823 101,319,191 -7,525,632
Ireland 43,313,838 115,942,380 +72,628,542
Czechia 74,858,167 63,221,024 -11,637,143
Taiwan 48,614,694 52,891,600 +4,276,906
United Arab Emirates 32,284,282 25,066,940 -7,217,342

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 10,050,975,418
Viet Nam 1,190,193,655
Taiwan 126,652,391
Thailand 123,592,165
United States 99,971,680

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 5,099,910,075 4,951,065,343 -148,844,732
Viet Nam 632,423,557 557,770,098 -74,653,459
Taiwan 59,332,047 67,320,344 +7,988,297
Thailand 51,322,103 72,270,062 +20,947,959
United States 49,307,927 50,663,753 +1,355,826
Germany 19,818,090 17,193,008 -2,625,082
Poland 15,868,997 5,366,774 -10,502,223
United Kingdom 7,005,239 10,659,883 +3,654,644
Japan 8,847,825 5,394,074 -3,453,751
Netherlands 5,003,943 3,953,113 -1,050,830

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 630
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 361
Inner London - East 201
Surrey, East and West Sussex 188
Greater Manchester 169

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 419 403 -16
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 251 242 -9
Inner London - East 154 112 -42
Surrey, East and West Sussex 125 129 +4
Greater Manchester 116 108 -8
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 113 100 -13
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 91 102 +11
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 108 84 -24
West Midlands 93 85 -8
Outer London - West and North West 85 75 -10

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 5,487,004,103
Other 4,001,657,426
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,260,120,405
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 1,068,779,049
Road transport 11,154,887

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 2,278,631,048 3,208,373,055 +929,742,007
Other 2,544,145,398 1,457,512,028 -1,086,633,370
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 656,358,361 603,762,044 -52,596,317
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 532,212,594 536,566,455 +4,353,861
Road transport 6,522,706 4,632,181 -1,890,525
Inland waterway transport 33,188 0 -33,188

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
000 4,001,657,426
London Heathrow Airport 3,655,725,121
499 954,179,647
Felixstowe 952,548,602
East Midlands Airport 507,387,986

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 £
000 2,544,145,398 1,457,512,028 -1,086,633,370
London Heathrow Airport 1,840,545,403 1,815,179,718 -25,365,685
499 324,032 953,855,615 +953,531,583
Felixstowe 637,163,358 315,385,244 -321,778,114
East Midlands Airport 259,293,942 248,094,044 -11,199,898
Southampton 153,265,196 278,319,829 +125,054,633
London Gateway Port 76,593,599 209,672,535 +133,078,936
Eurotunnel 123,370,817 161,313,640 +37,942,823
London Stansted Airport 102,533,092 92,593,669 -9,939,423
Dover 78,482,846 87,218,955 +8,736,109

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 800
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 370
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 271
Computer programming, consultancy and related activities 256
Other manufacturing 191

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 583
2025-10 664
2025-09 521
2025-08 568
2025-07 586

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+ 1879
1m-15m 1123
Other 450
15m-54m 417
0-1m 233

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 456,469,503
Netherlands 357,497,176
Germany 150,060,779
United Arab Emirates 122,076,355
Czechia 52,340,171

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 237,384,693 219,084,810 -18,299,883
Netherlands 185,172,840 172,324,336 -12,848,504
Germany 90,334,980 59,725,799 -30,609,181
United Arab Emirates 61,214,237 60,862,118 -352,119
Czechia 35,028,560 17,311,611 -17,716,949
United States 28,062,547 24,255,687 -3,806,860
Poland 23,683,088 27,173,132 +3,490,044
France 22,394,945 28,181,401 +5,786,456
China 26,070,782 9,545,613 -16,525,169
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 9,858,995 14,781,200 +4,922,205

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 412,646
XI 75,414
XU 60,393
Ireland 48,836
Czechia 7,338

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 172,520 240,126 +67,606
XI 45,492 29,922 -15,570
XU 12,728 47,665 +34,937
Ireland 32,617 16,219 -16,398
Czechia 0 7,338 +7,338
Nicaragua 4,477 0 -4,477
South Korea 0 2,664 +2,664
Germany 1,646 994 -652
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 1,174 0 -1,174
Taiwan 552 314 -238

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) 1,015,629,688
Air transport 563,022,482
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 81,843,587
Road transport 2,954,609
Other 618,215

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) 532,389,334 483,240,354 -49,148,980
Air transport 294,587,944 268,434,538 -26,153,406
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 56,982,964 24,860,623 -32,122,341
Road transport 2,777,817 176,792 -2,601,025
Other 271,606 346,609 +75,003

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 434,017,327
Holyhead 297,727,204
London Heathrow Airport 229,090,128
East Midlands Airport 186,429,400
Felixstowe 128,666,418

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 240,569,440 193,447,887 -47,121,553
Holyhead 153,690,079 144,037,125 -9,652,954
London Heathrow Airport 118,868,592 110,221,536 -8,647,056
East Midlands Airport 99,636,951 86,792,449 -12,844,502
Felixstowe 63,375,203 65,291,215 +1,916,012
Dover 52,895,884 34,299,799 -18,596,085
Liverpool Docks 34,860,528 23,066,881 -11,793,647
ZLC 25,757,671 30,601,962 +4,844,291
London Stansted Airport 29,098,439 25,920,713 -3,177,726
London Gateway Port 8,763,535 15,469,598 +6,706,063

Quick facts

HS code: 847130

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

Description: Lightweight computers under 10 kg, with a CPU, keyboard, and display