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 207,772,401
Netherlands 127,170,480
China 112,528,595
United States 76,461,204
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 52,604,385

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 124,082,259 83,690,142 -40,392,117
Netherlands 62,824,442 64,346,038 +1,521,596
China 73,235,876 39,292,719 -33,943,157
United States 35,102,664 41,358,540 +6,255,876
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 9,354,768 43,249,617 +33,894,849
Germany 21,690,954 20,312,135 -1,378,819
France 17,759,562 18,893,914 +1,134,352
Italy 17,610,683 17,620,986 +10,303
Sweden 9,029,966 11,796,493 +2,766,527
Norway 2,149,289 15,934,928 +13,785,639

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 288,405,725
Viet Nam 216,390,838
United States 74,290,037
United Kingdom 35,617,375
Italy 29,966,216

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 142,724,841 145,680,884 +2,956,043
Viet Nam 127,831,211 88,559,627 -39,271,584
United States 33,736,893 40,553,144 +6,816,251
United Kingdom 18,012,924 17,604,451 -408,473
Italy 14,121,889 15,844,327 +1,722,438
Germany 10,918,621 11,193,985 +275,364
Sweden 7,554,997 10,041,187 +2,486,190
Norway 1,045,012 15,264,464 +14,219,452
France 6,175,009 8,855,961 +2,680,952
Taiwan 8,078,093 5,475,151 -2,602,942

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 265
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 252
Surrey, East and West Sussex 150
Greater Manchester 122
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 120

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 167 162 -5
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 177 155 -22
Surrey, East and West Sussex 102 94 -8
Greater Manchester 79 74 -5
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 81 80 -1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 83 67 -16
Inner London - East 80 54 -26
Outer London - West and North West 67 76 +9
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 59 46 -13
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 56 45 -11

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 396,954,238
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 247,123,913
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 191,361,271
Road transport 36,642,255
Other 3,857,808

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 187,991,342 208,962,896 +20,971,554
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 133,606,761 113,517,152 -20,089,609
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 105,379,086 85,982,185 -19,396,901
Road transport 19,099,426 17,542,829 -1,556,597
Other 2,263,540 1,594,268 -669,272
Rail transport 56,847 18,598 -38,249

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 221,530,394
London Heathrow Airport 162,763,348
East Midlands Airport 117,264,617
London Stansted Airport 63,977,318
ZLC 39,695,118

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 130,695,657 90,834,737 -39,860,920
London Heathrow Airport 83,399,994 79,363,354 -4,036,640
East Midlands Airport 46,201,580 71,063,037 +24,861,457
London Stansted Airport 32,468,110 31,509,208 -958,902
ZLC 19,920,079 19,775,039 -145,040
Eurotunnel 20,140,578 19,493,239 -647,339
Dover 18,312,529 18,486,871 +174,342
Southampton 26,216,284 5,734,237 -20,482,047
London Gateway Port 8,982,929 22,313,971 +13,331,042
Thamesport 10,584,443 11,437,514 +853,071

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 497
Computer programming, consultancy and related activities 276
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 233
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 189
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 177

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 329
2025-11 340
2025-10 406
2025-09 366
2025-08 361

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+ 918
1m-15m 863
0-1m 303
15m-54m 239
Other 205

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 86,354,999
Ukraine 49,282,566
France 42,134,900
Slovakia 41,339,740
Netherlands 40,921,759

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 48,241,191 38,113,808 -10,127,383
Ukraine 13,914,662 35,367,904 +21,453,242
France 19,435,338 22,699,562 +3,264,224
Slovakia 22,013,544 19,326,196 -2,687,348
Netherlands 21,383,825 19,537,934 -1,845,891
Germany 15,500,641 21,022,715 +5,522,074
Italy 9,618,209 12,292,295 +2,674,086
Ireland 8,462,709 8,075,312 -387,397
China 7,467,575 6,542,439 -925,136
United Arab Emirates 4,745,575 6,222,386 +1,476,811

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 621,201
Belgium 85,809
Italy 81,396
Germany 53,133
China 31,634

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 319,350 301,851 -17,499
Belgium 27,074 58,735 +31,661
Italy 43,494 37,902 -5,592
Germany 53,133 0 -53,133
China 24,786 6,848 -17,938
Ireland 20,107 9,088 -11,019
France 0 15,963 +15,963
United States 140 6,139 +5,999
Poland 3,853 193 -3,660
Spain 0 2,235 +2,235

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 361,411,537
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 146,280,004
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 16,240,241
Other 1,206,041
Road transport 825,023

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 169,650,031 191,761,506 +22,111,475
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 68,875,837 77,404,167 +8,528,330
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 9,425,972 6,814,269 -2,611,703
Other 644,989 561,052 -83,937
Road transport 825,023 0 -825,023

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 190,984,955
Dover / Eurotunnel 112,371,631
London Stansted Airport 66,501,340
East Midlands Airport 49,308,917
ZLC 25,409,977

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 82,978,269 108,006,686 +25,028,417
Dover / Eurotunnel 53,372,947 58,998,684 +5,625,737
London Stansted Airport 34,083,619 32,417,721 -1,665,898
East Midlands Airport 27,964,145 21,344,772 -6,619,373
ZLC 12,037,178 13,372,799 +1,335,621
Manchester Airport 6,856,808 8,583,552 +1,726,744
Dover 5,130,395 3,854,527 -1,275,868
Holyhead 3,777,726 4,223,766 +446,040
London Gateway Port 4,371,108 1,799,893 -2,571,215
Harwich 1,523,613 3,741,883 +2,218,270

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