Import/export HS code 851713: Smartphones

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* 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 8,633,748,871
Viet Nam 2,932,675,783
India 946,983,878
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 921,450,057
South Korea 509,281,157

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 4,646,644,148 3,987,104,723 -659,539,425
Viet Nam 1,296,641,856 1,636,033,927 +339,392,071
India 659,467,104 287,516,774 -371,950,330
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 504,093,765 417,356,292 -86,737,473
South Korea 289,736,285 219,544,872 -70,191,413
Netherlands 303,300,395 110,595,465 -192,704,930
United Arab Emirates 163,623,516 171,919,658 +8,296,142
Ireland 75,691,564 166,586,383 +90,894,819
Germany 32,905,634 36,852,800 +3,947,166
Poland 34,431,821 32,832,969 -1,598,852

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 10,154,984,848
India 2,436,750,514
Viet Nam 1,943,224,437
South Korea 516,877,520
United Arab Emirates 174,271,276

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 5,073,542,121 5,081,442,727 +7,900,606
India 1,711,534,614 725,215,900 -986,318,714
Viet Nam 904,218,634 1,039,005,803 +134,787,169
South Korea 295,894,376 220,983,144 -74,911,232
United Arab Emirates 83,307,356 90,963,920 +7,656,564
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 19,657,421 24,155,864 +4,498,443
Germany 15,677,575 15,295,989 -381,586
United States 11,419,534 16,616,077 +5,196,543
Poland 9,294,806 9,202,509 -92,297
Netherlands 11,464,706 5,568,177 -5,896,529

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 171
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 82
Inner London - East 65
Greater Manchester 64
Outer London - West and North West 64

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 113 105 -8
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 52 61 +9
Inner London - East 39 42 +3
Greater Manchester 39 33 -6
Outer London - West and North West 41 44 +3
Surrey, East and West Sussex 33 34 +1
West Midlands 29 30 +1
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 31 24 -7
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 19 21 +2
Outer London - East and North East 22 23 +1

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 8,671,232,887
Other 5,912,247,195
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 761,867,172
Road transport 46,861,837
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 46,236,013

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 3,388,926,666 5,282,306,221 +1,893,379,555
Other 4,207,814,015 1,704,433,180 -2,503,380,835
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 542,993,625 218,873,547 -324,120,078
Road transport 20,413,900 26,447,937 +6,034,037
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 18,909,106 27,326,907 +8,417,801

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 6,493,481,496
000 5,912,247,195
499 1,459,864,654
Eurotunnel 690,802,056
East Midlands Airport 355,082,045

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 £
London Heathrow Airport 3,007,661,304 3,485,820,192 +478,158,888
000 4,207,814,015 1,704,433,180 -2,503,380,835
499 2,594,222 1,457,270,432 +1,454,676,210
Eurotunnel 501,280,080 189,521,976 -311,758,104
East Midlands Airport 180,632,973 174,449,072 -6,183,901
London Stansted Airport 139,644,098 120,662,774 -18,981,324
Birmingham Airport 41,204,441 32,957,975 -8,246,466
ZLC 19,066,244 23,748,118 +4,681,874
Dover 20,873,821 15,692,403 -5,181,418
Thamesport 8,973,219 15,195,202 +6,221,983

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 272
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 229
Computer programming, consultancy and related activities 89
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 66
Telecommunications 61

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 160
2025-11 187
2025-10 197
2025-09 190
2025-08 176

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+ 388
1m-15m 273
0-1m 177
Other 127
15m-54m 78

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 642,541,699
United Arab Emirates 575,301,170
Netherlands 401,345,437
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 221,550,436
Germany 114,682,729

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 356,296,012 286,245,687 -70,050,325
United Arab Emirates 358,591,345 216,709,825 -141,881,520
Netherlands 201,890,637 199,454,800 -2,435,837
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 77,158,343 144,392,093 +67,233,750
Germany 41,631,203 73,051,526 +31,420,323
Poland 25,305,595 34,031,510 +8,725,915
Italy 15,971,021 41,014,866 +25,043,845
United States 22,602,543 8,893,855 -13,708,688
Denmark 17,577,411 13,484,583 -4,092,828
Spain 11,046,660 15,830,627 +4,783,967

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 44,004,680
China 5,264
Ireland 4,071

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 13,935,627 30,069,053 +16,133,426
China 0 5,264 +5,264
Ireland 4,071 0 -4,071

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 1,429,645,336
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 879,368,300
Other 44,014,015
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 6,008,354
Road transport 361,415

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 746,400,779 683,244,557 -63,156,222
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 457,537,048 421,831,252 -35,705,796
Other 13,939,698 30,074,317 +16,134,619
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 4,519,693 1,488,661 -3,031,032
Road transport 360,390 1,025 -359,365

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 711,911,546
Holyhead 388,105,891
East Midlands Airport 375,796,948
Dover / Eurotunnel 223,680,477
Liverpool Docks 173,896,403

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 £
London Heathrow Airport 361,262,334 350,649,212 -10,613,122
Holyhead 195,349,989 192,755,902 -2,594,087
East Midlands Airport 191,351,550 184,445,398 -6,906,152
Dover / Eurotunnel 132,352,292 91,328,185 -41,024,107
Liverpool Docks 106,123,289 67,773,114 -38,350,175
London Stansted Airport 54,510,887 61,399,287 +6,888,400
London Gatwick Airport 67,401,334 15,224,126 -52,177,208
ZLC 34,340,521 35,346,833 +1,006,312
Manchester Airport 30,195,665 33,949,063 +3,753,398
000 13,939,698 30,074,317 +16,134,619

Quick facts

HS code: 851713

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

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