Import/export HS code 847160: Computer input or output devices

Devices like keyboards, monitors, or printers, sometimes with built-in storage

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 £
Netherlands 287,355,736
China 281,560,374
United States 62,324,327
Germany 53,501,977
Viet Nam 32,951,398

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 154,532,345 132,823,391 -21,708,954
China 142,194,817 139,365,557 -2,829,260
United States 30,561,815 31,762,512 +1,200,697
Germany 29,038,557 24,463,420 -4,575,137
Viet Nam 10,854,536 22,096,862 +11,242,326
Czechia 15,360,588 12,536,948 -2,823,640
Poland 14,093,075 11,616,314 -2,476,761
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 12,809,420 10,399,584 -2,409,836
Ireland 11,062,032 10,295,263 -766,769
France 11,398,307 8,664,474 -2,733,833

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 675,962,023
Viet Nam 58,725,571
United States 52,246,533
Japan 23,761,640
Germany 17,932,808

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 356,492,138 319,469,885 -37,022,253
Viet Nam 23,105,931 35,619,640 +12,513,709
United States 27,482,292 24,764,241 -2,718,051
Japan 11,986,731 11,774,909 -211,822
Germany 8,974,990 8,957,818 -17,172
Mexico 6,136,347 4,268,135 -1,868,212
United Kingdom 4,036,155 5,296,133 +1,259,978
Taiwan 4,732,771 4,547,604 -185,167
Canada 2,460,088 5,134,153 +2,674,065
Indonesia 4,139,134 3,245,130 -894,004

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 250
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 200
Greater Manchester 122
Surrey, East and West Sussex 118
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 109

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 169 152 -17
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 149 131 -18
Greater Manchester 81 80 -1
Surrey, East and West Sussex 88 68 -20
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 79 71 -8
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 86 63 -23
Outer London - West and North West 70 69 -1
Inner London - East 63 68 +5
West Midlands 62 55 -7
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 56 50 -6

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) 369,511,720
Air transport 303,860,056
Other 150,159,532
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 113,482,703
Road transport 6,794,423

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) 204,285,405 165,226,315 -39,059,090
Air transport 140,800,051 163,060,005 +22,259,954
Other 95,830,998 54,328,534 -41,502,464
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 45,404,968 68,077,735 +22,672,767
Road transport 552,473 6,241,950 +5,689,477
Rail transport 156,688 238,968 +82,280

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Eurotunnel 167,029,788
000 150,159,532
London Heathrow Airport 88,585,611
Dover / Eurotunnel 72,404,296
Felixstowe 68,855,596

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 £
Eurotunnel 116,305,831 50,723,957 -65,581,874
000 95,830,998 54,328,534 -41,502,464
London Heathrow Airport 49,196,078 39,389,533 -9,806,545
Dover / Eurotunnel 17,336,031 55,068,265 +37,732,234
Felixstowe 31,987,627 36,867,969 +4,880,342
East Midlands Airport 36,683,153 30,447,544 -6,235,609
499 3,709,730 44,150,472 +40,440,742
Dover 24,631,536 16,573,801 -8,057,735
Birmingham Airport 18,731,057 18,748,616 +17,559
London Stansted Airport 19,528,848 17,842,957 -1,685,891

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 506
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 299
Computer programming, consultancy and related activities 222
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 160
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 156

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 361
2025-10 428
2025-09 367
2025-08 348
2025-07 382

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+ 928
1m-15m 768
0-1m 247
15m-54m 210
Other 204

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 74,903,861
Netherlands 36,276,082
Ireland 24,498,438
Germany 24,234,709
Poland 14,861,269

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 39,231,368 35,672,493 -3,558,875
Netherlands 16,923,585 19,352,497 +2,428,912
Ireland 13,574,074 10,924,364 -2,649,710
Germany 14,025,339 10,209,370 -3,815,969
Poland 6,021,481 8,839,788 +2,818,307
France 7,841,566 6,089,879 -1,751,687
Italy 5,875,236 4,900,445 -974,791
Spain 4,703,043 5,518,548 +815,505
Sweden 4,708,461 3,323,729 -1,384,732
Belgium 4,235,068 3,397,553 -837,515

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 30,158
Poland 17,420
China 10,380
XU 7,790
Ireland 2,027

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 30,031 127 -29,904
Poland 17,420 0 -17,420
China 10,377 3 -10,374
XU 4,707 3,083 -1,624
Ireland 2,027 0 -2,027
Germany 0 368 +368
Nicaragua 355 0 -355
Malaysia 178 0 -178

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 197,197,547
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 98,507,946
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 7,805,891
Road transport 1,264,059
Other 68,676

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 100,665,696 96,531,851 -4,133,845
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 48,197,672 50,310,274 +2,112,602
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 5,118,354 2,687,537 -2,430,817
Road transport 1,246,975 17,084 -1,229,891
Other 65,095 3,581 -61,514

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 89,017,419
Dover / Eurotunnel 62,083,494
London Heathrow Airport 55,498,704
London Stansted Airport 25,027,288
ZLC 23,002,813

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 £
East Midlands Airport 51,967,433 37,049,986 -14,917,447
Dover / Eurotunnel 29,587,036 32,496,458 +2,909,422
London Heathrow Airport 25,950,888 29,547,816 +3,596,928
London Stansted Airport 9,478,718 15,548,570 +6,069,852
ZLC 12,177,389 10,825,424 -1,351,965
Holyhead 10,052,444 7,440,676 -2,611,768
Dover 4,137,089 3,549,095 -587,994
Felixstowe 1,544,096 4,065,003 +2,520,907
Harwich 4,109,328 1,344,075 -2,765,253
Manchester Airport 1,780,149 3,084,348 +1,304,199

Related HS codes

What this shows: Sibling or child HS codes in the same classification branch.

Quick facts

HS code: 847160

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

Description: Devices like keyboards, monitors, or printers, sometimes with built-in storage