Import/export HS code 851769: Various communication devices

Other devices for communication, such as videophones and entry-phone systems

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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 £
Viet Nam 210,006,927
Netherlands 128,581,359
China 114,164,025
United States 77,493,121
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 48,662,262

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 £
Viet Nam 112,016,344 97,990,583 -14,025,761
Netherlands 65,514,651 63,066,708 -2,447,943
China 74,003,883 40,160,142 -33,843,741
United States 35,430,317 42,062,804 +6,632,487
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 6,244,599 42,417,663 +36,173,064
Germany 22,133,677 20,449,983 -1,683,694
France 17,695,045 19,797,313 +2,102,268
Italy 15,728,290 18,913,940 +3,185,650
Sweden 8,744,560 11,635,961 +2,891,401
Norway 1,978,994 13,787,654 +11,808,660

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 283,451,634
Viet Nam 218,675,266
United States 76,194,607
United Kingdom 35,970,894
Italy 29,429,282

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 142,037,587 141,414,047 -623,540
Viet Nam 115,894,479 102,780,787 -13,113,692
United States 34,918,534 41,276,073 +6,357,539
United Kingdom 17,965,580 18,005,314 +39,734
Italy 12,263,348 17,165,934 +4,902,586
Germany 11,358,453 11,364,956 +6,503
Sweden 7,009,578 10,101,317 +3,091,739
France 6,051,906 9,002,841 +2,950,935
Taiwan 8,536,965 5,503,145 -3,033,820
Norway 778,161 13,146,788 +12,368,627

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 255
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 252
Surrey, East and West Sussex 151
Greater Manchester 119
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 118

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 157 164 +7
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 176 151 -25
Surrey, East and West Sussex 104 95 -9
Greater Manchester 75 74 -1
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 78 79 +1
Inner London - East 87 55 -32
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 82 66 -16
Outer London - West and North West 68 79 +11
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 59 45 -14
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 53 47 -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 394,918,362
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 248,423,663
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 189,132,111
Road transport 36,541,554
Other 3,864,578

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 188,119,833 206,798,529 +18,678,696
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 134,209,995 114,213,668 -19,996,327
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 91,969,441 97,162,670 +5,193,229
Road transport 19,186,134 17,355,420 -1,830,714
Other 2,207,875 1,656,703 -551,172
Rail transport 54,348 21,097 -33,251

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 221,047,165
London Heathrow Airport 165,885,745
East Midlands Airport 111,667,657
London Stansted Airport 64,819,541
ZLC 40,422,145

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 114,611,791 106,435,374 -8,176,417
London Heathrow Airport 84,974,375 80,911,370 -4,063,005
East Midlands Airport 45,440,355 66,227,302 +20,786,947
London Stansted Airport 31,985,808 32,833,733 +847,925
ZLC 20,780,230 19,641,915 -1,138,315
Dover 17,888,804 19,254,069 +1,365,265
Eurotunnel 18,550,049 18,273,383 -276,666
Southampton 29,622,234 5,680,417 -23,941,817
London Gateway Port 9,006,819 20,766,602 +11,759,783
Thamesport 10,675,934 10,891,866 +215,932

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 498
Computer programming, consultancy and related activities 277
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 229
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 189
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 178

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 340
2025-10 406
2025-09 365
2025-08 361
2025-07 407

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+ 911
1m-15m 870
0-1m 301
15m-54m 237
Other 203

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 States 84,901,598
France 42,872,105
Slovakia 41,654,548
Netherlands 41,521,134
Ukraine 38,097,933

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 States 47,279,158 37,622,440 -9,656,718
France 20,256,323 22,615,782 +2,359,459
Slovakia 22,542,113 19,112,435 -3,429,678
Netherlands 21,801,223 19,719,911 -2,081,312
Ukraine 12,408,626 25,689,307 +13,280,681
Germany 15,087,859 20,830,953 +5,743,094
Italy 8,475,944 13,233,551 +4,757,607
Ireland 8,305,704 7,623,883 -681,821
China 7,569,634 6,748,528 -821,106
United Arab Emirates 5,168,975 6,603,444 +1,434,469

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 642,189
XU 268,339
Belgium 85,809
Italy 79,521
Germany 53,133

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 355,045 287,144 -67,901
XU 141,643 126,696 -14,947
Belgium 25,667 60,142 +34,475
Italy 43,260 36,261 -6,999
Germany 53,133 0 -53,133
China 21,444 10,464 -10,980
Ireland 19,960 9,461 -10,499
France 0 15,963 +15,963
United States 140 6,139 +5,999
Poland 3,853 193 -3,660

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 348,740,416
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 146,393,196
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 16,306,178
Other 1,221,520
Road transport 1,062,258

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 164,707,321 184,033,095 +19,325,774
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 69,684,626 76,708,570 +7,023,944
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 9,599,970 6,706,208 -2,893,762
Other 665,887 555,633 -110,254
Road transport 1,062,258 0 -1,062,258

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 176,769,435
Dover / Eurotunnel 113,317,958
London Stansted Airport 67,135,484
East Midlands Airport 50,647,703
ZLC 25,421,918

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 78,299,642 98,469,793 +20,170,151
Dover / Eurotunnel 54,430,643 58,887,315 +4,456,672
London Stansted Airport 34,613,088 32,522,396 -2,090,692
East Midlands Airport 28,753,766 21,893,937 -6,859,829
ZLC 12,022,357 13,399,561 +1,377,204
Manchester Airport 5,454,059 9,572,304 +4,118,245
Dover 5,267,519 3,751,997 -1,515,522
Holyhead 3,702,361 3,757,797 +55,436
London Gateway Port 4,196,996 1,979,730 -2,217,266
Harwich 1,531,199 3,809,371 +2,278,172

Related HS codes

What this shows: Sibling or child HS codes in the same classification branch.

Quick facts

HS code: 851769

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

Description: Other devices for communication, such as videophones and entry-phone systems