Import/export HS code 851650: Microwave ovens

Electric ovens that use microwaves to cook or heat food quickly

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 251,143,225
Malaysia 17,600,740
Italy 12,407,909
Thailand 11,564,423
Germany 7,575,527

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 134,431,043 116,712,182 -17,718,861
Malaysia 8,347,897 9,252,843 +904,946
Italy 7,150,544 5,257,365 -1,893,179
Thailand 5,779,731 5,784,692 +4,961
Germany 1,056,132 6,519,395 +5,463,263
Poland 3,741,015 443,785 -3,297,230
France 451,227 1,176,100 +724,873
United States 854,670 737,637 -117,033
Singapore 803,690 777,642 -26,048
Turkey 607,930 602,772 -5,158

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 270,469,961
Malaysia 17,681,883
Thailand 11,431,325
Italy 8,566,232
United States 2,946,164

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 144,130,220 126,339,741 -17,790,479
Malaysia 8,511,051 9,170,832 +659,781
Thailand 5,693,654 5,737,671 +44,017
Italy 4,237,891 4,328,341 +90,450
United States 1,560,840 1,385,324 -175,516
United Kingdom 335,626 702,716 +367,090
Poland 113,510 335,657 +222,147
Portugal 119,626 289,504 +169,878
Germany 164,475 206,730 +42,255
Viet Nam 121,842 228,815 +106,973

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 17
West Yorkshire 13
Greater Manchester 12
Inner London - East 9
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 8

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 14 15 +1
West Yorkshire 13 12 -1
Greater Manchester 9 9 +0
Inner London - East 6 7 +1
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 7 6 -1
Essex 5 7 +2
Outer London - West and North West 6 6 +0
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 4 6 +2
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 6 5 -1
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 6 4 -2

Import volume by transport

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

Top 5 values

Transport £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 265,522,476
Other 23,474,159
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 22,322,104
Air transport 4,265,065
Road transport 10,615

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 £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 136,725,958 128,796,518 -7,929,440
Other 13,918,496 9,555,663 -4,362,833
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 13,273,931 9,048,173 -4,225,758
Air transport 1,988,402 2,276,663 +288,261
Road transport 0 10,615 +10,615

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 152,373,615
Southampton 60,136,094
London Gateway Port 32,526,078
000 23,474,159
Middlesbrough 17,167,829

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 90,595,511 61,778,104 -28,817,407
Southampton 31,278,353 28,857,741 -2,420,612
London Gateway Port 4,054,372 28,471,706 +24,417,334
000 13,918,496 9,555,663 -4,362,833
Middlesbrough 10,367,089 6,800,740 -3,566,349
Liverpool Docks 3,553,089 2,628,809 -924,280
Dover 3,952,256 1,807,547 -2,144,709
499 0 4,317,879 +4,317,879
London 1,477,981 1,033,929 -444,052
London Stansted Airport 966,528 1,053,722 +87,194

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 54
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 51
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 16
Manufacture of electrical equipment 11
Air transport 6

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 59
2025-10 66
2025-09 60
2025-08 58
2025-07 55

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+ 61
1m-15m 48
15m-54m 30
Other 19
0-1m 18

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 £
Germany 70,978,240
France 22,213,691
Ireland 8,306,479
Sweden 8,030,138
Netherlands 7,500,330

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 £
Germany 39,811,406 31,166,834 -8,644,572
France 11,510,940 10,702,751 -808,189
Ireland 4,109,681 4,196,798 +87,117
Sweden 4,033,077 3,997,061 -36,016
Netherlands 2,758,541 4,741,789 +1,983,248
Poland 2,559,897 3,259,025 +699,128
Italy 2,058,753 2,635,313 +576,560
Czechia 1,078,441 1,104,650 +26,209
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 801,677 527,080 -274,597
Spain 666,138 453,105 -213,033

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 353,410
XU 62,965
Italy 54,906
Poland 49,308
Germany 31,601

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 194,374 159,036 -35,338
XU 40,490 22,475 -18,015
Italy 29,303 25,603 -3,700
Poland 23,006 26,302 +3,296
Germany 14,200 17,401 +3,201
Turkey 1,293 21,456 +20,163
Ireland 8,111 11,230 +3,119
Japan 9,398 105 -9,293
XI 1,223 7,777 +6,554
Malaysia 0 1,049 +1,049

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) 126,710,052
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 7,343,899
Air transport 5,122,894
Other 615,131

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) 64,139,332 62,570,720 -1,568,612
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 5,988,574 1,355,325 -4,633,249
Air transport 2,393,420 2,729,474 +336,054
Other 322,022 293,109 -28,913

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 30,379,417
Dover 26,952,302
London 21,656,874
Immingham Docks 19,671,071
Eurotunnel 12,723,723

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 10,179,657 20,199,760 +10,020,103
Dover 23,519,915 3,432,387 -20,087,528
London 9,607,604 12,049,270 +2,441,666
Immingham Docks 9,106,983 10,564,088 +1,457,105
Eurotunnel 6,942,944 5,780,779 -1,162,165
Felixstowe 4,263,209 6,065,705 +1,802,496
Holyhead 2,223,329 2,526,778 +303,449
London Heathrow Airport 939,297 1,406,750 +467,453
Liverpool Docks 1,188,287 906,344 -281,943
East Midlands Airport 754,050 630,492 -123,558

Quick facts

HS code: 851650

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

Description: Electric ovens that use microwaves to cook or heat food quickly