Import/export HS code 851762: Data transmission devices

Machines for sending, receiving, and converting voice, images, or data

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 3,653,860,850
China 1,680,862,324
United States 1,639,419,806
Ireland 961,768,435
Viet Nam 859,664,611

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 1,931,413,951 1,722,446,899 -208,967,052
China 985,626,527 695,235,797 -290,390,730
United States 724,991,036 914,428,770 +189,437,734
Ireland 403,700,974 558,067,461 +154,366,487
Viet Nam 408,729,705 450,934,906 +42,205,201
Germany 280,713,962 274,250,497 -6,463,465
Taiwan 257,108,886 260,595,297 +3,486,411
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 171,682,284 154,157,674 -17,524,610
France 134,779,165 182,906,655 +48,127,490
Sweden 100,437,524 121,783,838 +21,346,314

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 3,942,786,935
Viet Nam 1,993,433,717
Taiwan 1,569,068,690
United States 1,120,163,236
Thailand 815,484,347

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 2,246,920,584 1,695,866,351 -551,054,233
Viet Nam 951,837,163 1,041,596,554 +89,759,391
Taiwan 813,676,170 755,392,520 -58,283,650
United States 496,844,040 623,319,196 +126,475,156
Thailand 296,319,109 519,165,238 +222,846,129
Malaysia 339,371,995 361,118,629 +21,746,634
Mexico 295,621,141 296,112,677 +491,536
Poland 92,315,852 99,413,689 +7,097,837
Germany 98,461,045 92,213,363 -6,247,682
Czechia 58,774,968 57,478,757 -1,296,211

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 829
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 661
Surrey, East and West Sussex 392
Inner London - East 334
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 328

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 569 545 -24
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 482 477 -5
Surrey, East and West Sussex 288 269 -19
Inner London - East 218 228 +10
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 244 248 +4
Greater Manchester 221 207 -14
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 231 219 -12
Outer London - West and North West 203 212 +9
West Midlands 180 173 -7
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 167 158 -9

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 5,538,211,109
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 3,024,075,722
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 2,345,183,256
Other 881,556,247
Road transport 826,193,708

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 2,599,545,860 2,938,665,249 +339,119,389
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 1,478,157,959 1,545,917,763 +67,759,804
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,170,355,081 1,174,828,175 +4,473,094
Other 638,736,598 242,819,649 -395,916,949
Road transport 472,885,654 353,308,054 -119,577,600
Rail transport 31,050 57,120 +26,070

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 3,214,374,162
East Midlands Airport 1,032,334,223
Felixstowe 966,027,468
ZLC 920,820,065
000 881,556,247

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 1,519,907,905 1,694,466,257 +174,558,352
East Midlands Airport 512,534,378 519,799,845 +7,265,467
Felixstowe 483,333,075 482,694,393 -638,682
ZLC 507,789,051 413,031,014 -94,758,037
000 638,736,598 242,819,649 -395,916,949
Eurotunnel 340,778,581 384,466,224 +43,687,643
Holyhead 291,901,305 386,799,450 +94,898,145
London Stansted Airport 314,482,649 292,632,654 -21,849,995
London Gateway Port 240,737,601 302,885,399 +62,147,798
Dover / Eurotunnel 261,325,225 185,806,961 -75,518,264

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 1388
Computer programming, consultancy and related activities 695
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 648
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 463
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 461

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 1509
2025-10 1598
2025-09 1443
2025-08 1469
2025-07 1509

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+ 2692
1m-15m 2539
0-1m 824
15m-54m 671
Other 620

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 £
Netherlands 609,927,107
Germany 599,101,178
United States 547,980,828
Ireland 372,331,929
France 316,952,908

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 £
Netherlands 319,977,226 289,949,881 -30,027,345
Germany 240,658,460 358,442,718 +117,784,258
United States 292,902,296 255,078,532 -37,823,764
Ireland 187,563,995 184,767,934 -2,796,061
France 154,431,920 162,520,988 +8,089,068
India 92,878,450 101,764,237 +8,885,787
Australia 92,386,495 85,170,012 -7,216,483
Poland 66,726,862 108,316,473 +41,589,611
United Arab Emirates 62,636,811 74,155,718 +11,518,907
Taiwan 56,263,632 46,939,902 -9,323,730

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 18,681,799
United States 55,894
XU 54,984
China 30,426
Sweden 15,991

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 8,828,112 9,853,687 +1,025,575
United States 8,538 47,356 +38,818
XU 34,745 20,239 -14,506
China 21,902 8,524 -13,378
Sweden 15,991 0 -15,991
Netherlands 0 11,605 +11,605
Germany 1,089 9,271 +8,182
Israel 7,230 0 -7,230
Ireland 4,504 654 -3,850
Denmark 0 3,600 +3,600

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 2,870,793,474
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 1,763,569,439
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 173,785,348
Other 18,886,869
Road transport 18,091,633

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 1,399,490,778 1,471,302,696 +71,811,918
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 826,837,540 936,731,899 +109,894,359
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 98,134,422 75,650,926 -22,483,496
Other 8,925,255 9,961,614 +1,036,359
Road transport 17,692,150 399,483 -17,292,667
Rail transport 0 26,116 +26,116

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 1,680,797,078
Dover / Eurotunnel 1,123,670,278
East Midlands Airport 546,904,764
London Stansted Airport 328,636,625
Holyhead 256,680,594

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 820,806,760 859,990,318 +39,183,558
Dover / Eurotunnel 536,277,410 587,392,868 +51,115,458
East Midlands Airport 271,117,287 275,787,477 +4,670,190
London Stansted Airport 153,275,284 175,361,341 +22,086,057
Holyhead 113,378,579 143,302,015 +29,923,436
ZLC 126,812,871 116,126,633 -10,686,238
Dover 46,427,552 39,988,082 -6,439,470
London 16,737,974 54,037,359 +37,299,385
Southampton 32,617,361 32,060,186 -557,175
Felixstowe 31,579,281 31,216,701 -362,580

Quick facts

HS code: 851762

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

Description: Machines for sending, receiving, and converting voice, images, or data