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 252,325,515
Malaysia 17,987,530
Italy 12,249,896
Thailand 11,216,836
Germany 7,976,060

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 137,735,687 114,589,828 -23,145,859
Malaysia 8,800,072 9,187,458 +387,386
Italy 7,062,749 5,187,147 -1,875,602
Thailand 5,724,988 5,491,848 -233,140
Germany 1,036,753 6,939,307 +5,902,554
Poland 3,797,717 249,996 -3,547,721
France 583,870 1,059,689 +475,819
United States 943,369 647,239 -296,130
Singapore 934,556 636,076 -298,480
Turkey 607,930 631,056 +23,126

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 272,484,943
Malaysia 18,068,654
Thailand 11,087,415
Italy 8,340,706
United States 2,889,053

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 147,817,878 124,667,065 -23,150,813
Malaysia 8,872,474 9,196,180 +323,706
Thailand 5,583,352 5,504,063 -79,289
Italy 4,069,376 4,271,330 +201,954
United States 1,614,300 1,274,753 -339,547
United Kingdom 399,383 701,937 +302,554
Poland 128,814 302,625 +173,811
Portugal 126,935 294,587 +167,652
Viet Nam 123,325 287,731 +164,406
Germany 215,912 160,879 -55,033

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 11
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 8 9 +1
Inner London - East 6 7 +1
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 7 6 -1
Essex 5 7 +2
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 6 3 -3
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 7 4 -3
Outer London - West and North West 5 6 +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) 268,081,335
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 22,846,768
Other 22,212,678
Air transport 4,323,353
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) 140,518,333 127,563,002 -12,955,331
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 13,096,810 9,749,958 -3,346,852
Other 14,000,784 8,211,894 -5,788,890
Air transport 2,258,330 2,065,023 -193,307
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 151,812,162
Southampton 60,198,007
London Gateway Port 36,412,076
000 22,212,678
Middlesbrough 16,801,997

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 93,399,965 58,412,197 -34,987,768
Southampton 32,557,849 27,640,158 -4,917,691
London Gateway Port 4,904,224 31,507,852 +26,603,628
000 14,000,784 8,211,894 -5,788,890
Middlesbrough 9,309,230 7,492,767 -1,816,463
Liverpool Docks 3,474,020 2,424,052 -1,049,968
Dover 3,895,439 1,749,661 -2,145,778
499 0 4,885,390 +4,885,390
London 1,610,730 977,113 -633,617
London Stansted Airport 1,004,005 1,008,384 +4,379

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 50
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
2026-01 62
2025-11 60
2025-10 67
2025-09 60
2025-08 58

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+ 60
1m-15m 48
15m-54m 30
Other 20
0-1m 15

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 70,387,646
France 22,120,588
Ireland 8,399,342
Netherlands 7,922,438
Sweden 7,910,121

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 39,513,229 30,874,417 -8,638,812
France 11,761,422 10,359,166 -1,402,256
Ireland 4,115,099 4,284,243 +169,144
Netherlands 3,112,144 4,810,294 +1,698,150
Sweden 3,975,803 3,934,318 -41,485
Poland 2,267,389 3,559,410 +1,292,021
Italy 2,025,973 2,717,789 +691,816
Czechia 997,368 1,126,455 +129,087
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 801,677 527,080 -274,597
Spain 640,351 444,156 -196,195

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 351,946
Italy 52,448
Poland 49,268
Germany 30,986
Turkey 22,398

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 193,901 158,045 -35,856
Italy 28,971 23,477 -5,494
Poland 22,861 26,407 +3,546
Germany 14,532 16,454 +1,922
Turkey 22,209 189 -22,020
Ireland 11,704 9,180 -2,524
XI 2,331 6,625 +4,294
Japan 8,320 105 -8,215
Malaysia 0 1,049 +1,049
Portugal 440 0 -440

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) 127,620,084
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 6,106,108
Air transport 5,270,688
Other 608,229

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) 65,160,275 62,459,809 -2,700,466
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 5,049,112 1,056,996 -3,992,116
Air transport 2,315,235 2,955,453 +640,218
Other 345,943 262,286 -83,657

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 32,306,360
London 23,412,201
Dover 22,902,907
Immingham Docks 20,383,782
Eurotunnel 12,351,674

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 11,376,768 20,929,592 +9,552,824
London 10,775,721 12,636,480 +1,860,759
Dover 19,853,438 3,049,469 -16,803,969
Immingham Docks 9,969,248 10,414,534 +445,286
Eurotunnel 7,323,675 5,027,999 -2,295,676
Felixstowe 4,882,236 5,760,710 +878,474
Holyhead 2,198,836 2,659,144 +460,308
London Heathrow Airport 902,782 1,586,864 +684,082
Liverpool Docks 1,179,334 903,301 -276,033
East Midlands Airport 722,858 627,407 -95,451

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