Import/export HS code 851718: Various telephones

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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 58,090,287
Netherlands 24,348,512
Germany 23,865,550
United States 14,146,657
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 7,564,038

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 32,949,233 25,141,054 -7,808,179
Netherlands 12,283,089 12,065,423 -217,666
Germany 16,433,976 7,431,574 -9,002,402
United States 9,935,276 4,211,381 -5,723,895
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 3,191,328 4,372,710 +1,181,382
United Arab Emirates 3,608,633 2,833,921 -774,712
Norway 4,613,654 1,645,575 -2,968,079
New Zealand 4,000,536 1,614,772 -2,385,764
India 1,461,171 2,598,676 +1,137,505
France 1,841,924 1,242,338 -599,586

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 110,120,106
United States 10,439,409
Viet Nam 8,031,929
New Zealand 5,583,896
India 3,774,094

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 60,805,431 49,314,675 -11,490,756
United States 6,959,137 3,480,272 -3,478,865
Viet Nam 4,226,540 3,805,389 -421,151
New Zealand 3,970,372 1,613,524 -2,356,848
India 1,524,264 2,249,830 +725,566
Germany 2,399,176 1,336,893 -1,062,283
Norway 3,220,227 436,873 -2,783,354
United Arab Emirates 1,909,451 1,073,831 -835,620
Poland 1,466,262 885,918 -580,344
Mexico 1,594,010 504,936 -1,089,074

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 107
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 55
Greater Manchester 38
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 35
Outer London - West and North West 35

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 72 63 -9
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 41 30 -11
Greater Manchester 26 19 -7
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 27 21 -6
Outer London - West and North West 25 25 +0
Surrey, East and West Sussex 26 20 -6
Inner London - East 22 14 -8
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 21 15 -6
Shropshire and Staffordshire 12 13 +1
South East Wales 15 9 -6

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 72,735,086
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 53,591,825
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 34,652,490
Road transport 5,750,452
Other 114,789

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 43,825,553 28,909,533 -14,916,020
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 29,790,554 23,801,271 -5,989,283
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 20,389,313 14,263,177 -6,126,136
Road transport 3,016,384 2,734,068 -282,316
Other 93,080 21,709 -71,371

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 57,565,502
London Heathrow Airport 33,350,086
East Midlands Airport 17,491,726
London Stansted Airport 12,324,227
ZLC 6,231,189

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 32,964,068 24,601,434 -8,362,634
London Heathrow Airport 19,118,285 14,231,801 -4,886,484
East Midlands Airport 9,875,526 7,616,200 -2,259,326
London Stansted Airport 8,965,270 3,358,957 -5,606,313
ZLC 3,310,858 2,920,331 -390,527
Eurotunnel 3,095,331 2,069,869 -1,025,462
Harwich 1,472,927 3,329,613 +1,856,686
Immingham Docks 2,249,087 1,729,511 -519,576
Manchester Airport 2,571,418 871,960 -1,699,458
Dover / Eurotunnel 2,158,321 910,424 -1,247,897

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 176
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 92
Computer programming, consultancy and related activities 70
Telecommunications 66
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 50

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 97
2025-10 99
2025-09 89
2025-08 81
2025-07 93

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+ 253
1m-15m 249
0-1m 81
Other 79
15m-54m 65

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 Arab Emirates 151,658,720
Germany 20,874,915
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 17,351,230
United States 11,607,509
Netherlands 9,946,100

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 Arab Emirates 69,671,523 81,987,197 +12,315,674
Germany 9,179,375 11,695,540 +2,516,165
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 11,202,213 6,149,017 -5,053,196
United States 7,957,610 3,649,899 -4,307,711
Netherlands 5,664,874 4,281,226 -1,383,648
Ireland 3,320,742 2,942,715 -378,027
France 2,416,093 1,639,261 -776,832
Sweden 2,226,610 1,759,453 -467,157
Saudi Arabia 976,582 1,169,587 +193,005
Italy 991,091 590,800 -400,291

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 £
Switzerland 518,270
XI 445,375
Germany 397,778
Ireland 371,122
Spain 65,810

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 £
Switzerland 238,841 279,429 +40,588
XI 270,015 175,360 -94,655
Germany 397,778 0 -397,778
Ireland 329,097 42,025 -287,072
Spain 0 65,810 +65,810
India 0 63,721 +63,721
France 83 45,906 +45,823
Netherlands 10,012 6,803 -3,209
Malaysia 13,020 1,600 -11,420
Austria 3,659 1,991 -1,668

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 216,823,968
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 33,555,096
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 2,520,947
Other 1,961,952
Road transport 689,340

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 107,902,621 108,921,347 +1,018,726
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 14,718,517 18,836,579 +4,118,062
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,842,379 678,568 -1,163,811
Other 1,264,186 697,766 -566,420
Road transport 689,340 0 -689,340

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 94,836,898
London Gatwick Airport 73,049,530
Dover / Eurotunnel 22,307,097
Manchester Airport 16,891,627
East Midlands Airport 9,906,532

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 32,938,248 61,898,650 +28,960,402
London Gatwick Airport 53,667,622 19,381,908 -34,285,714
Dover / Eurotunnel 8,071,529 14,235,568 +6,164,039
Manchester Airport 2,265,520 14,626,107 +12,360,587
East Midlands Airport 5,806,641 4,099,891 -1,706,750
London Stansted Airport 5,245,833 4,438,976 -806,857
ZLC 5,454,723 3,900,996 -1,553,727
Dover 2,297,962 2,059,604 -238,358
Holyhead 1,909,154 1,969,980 +60,826
Birmingham Airport 2,113,980 117,148 -1,996,832

Quick facts

HS code: 851718

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

Description: Other types of telephones not specified elsewhere