Import/export HS code 851850: Sound amplifier sets

Complete sets of electric sound amplifiers for professional or home use

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 £
China 11,280,875
Italy 10,795,813
United States 10,205,643
France 6,156,302
Netherlands 4,900,501

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 6,030,747 5,250,128 -780,619
Italy 5,712,570 5,083,243 -629,327
United States 3,465,956 6,739,687 +3,273,731
France 2,759,704 3,396,598 +636,894
Netherlands 2,595,890 2,304,611 -291,279
Viet Nam 2,561,368 332,680 -2,228,688
Germany 1,524,594 1,152,616 -371,978
Malaysia 2,359,419 4,891 -2,354,528
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 920,050 967,383 +47,333
Belgium 725,988 865,671 +139,683

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 18,302,393
United States 11,048,227
Italy 10,642,623
Viet Nam 4,901,674
Germany 3,097,615

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 9,198,724 9,103,669 -95,055
United States 4,008,919 7,039,308 +3,030,389
Italy 5,442,061 5,200,562 -241,499
Viet Nam 3,487,192 1,414,482 -2,072,710
Germany 1,346,510 1,751,105 +404,595
Malaysia 2,520,648 109,325 -2,411,323
Hungary 1,667,975 400,109 -1,267,866
France 1,017,641 974,479 -43,162
United Kingdom 746,786 562,591 -184,195
Canada 639,873 623,349 -16,524

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 46
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 32
Surrey, East and West Sussex 32
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 29
Inner London - East 25

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 32 26 -6
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 23 20 -3
Surrey, East and West Sussex 22 23 +1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 23 19 -4
Inner London - East 13 19 +6
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 16 17 +1
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 17 10 -7
Outer London - West and North West 9 16 +7
Essex 15 10 -5
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 13 13 +0

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 26,190,591
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 20,460,617
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 15,158,393
Other 2,691,486
Road transport 21,252

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 13,312,456 12,878,135 -434,321
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 11,517,491 8,943,126 -2,574,365
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 7,238,777 7,919,616 +680,839
Other 1,867,293 824,193 -1,043,100
Road transport 11,402 9,850 -1,552
Rail transport 875 0 -875

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 12,202,645
Thamesport 6,785,528
Felixstowe 6,520,295
Dover 5,252,807
Birmingham Airport 4,795,274

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 6,176,399 6,026,246 -150,153
Thamesport 3,669,103 3,116,425 -552,678
Felixstowe 3,910,544 2,609,751 -1,300,793
Dover 3,010,003 2,242,804 -767,199
Birmingham Airport 2,248,263 2,547,011 +298,748
Eurotunnel 1,768,702 2,617,445 +848,743
London Stansted Airport 2,212,845 1,871,457 -341,388
East Midlands Airport 2,077,260 1,786,363 -290,897
Southampton 2,479,135 1,145,298 -1,333,837
000 1,867,293 824,193 -1,043,100

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 112
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 95
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 33
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 31
Manufacture of electrical equipment 30

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 61
2025-11 90
2025-10 88
2025-09 93
2025-08 83

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
1m-15m 193
54m+ 122
0-1m 94
15m-54m 50
Other 30

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 16,045,156
France 5,503,171
Poland 5,382,283
Netherlands 3,586,088
Germany 3,469,156

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 7,944,727 8,100,429 +155,702
France 2,441,785 3,061,386 +619,601
Poland 2,619,822 2,762,461 +142,639
Netherlands 2,686,712 899,376 -1,787,336
Germany 2,167,447 1,301,709 -865,738
Ireland 1,440,047 1,316,778 -123,269
Italy 1,597,617 884,498 -713,119
China 1,171,129 1,208,352 +37,223
Canada 1,039,575 1,332,051 +292,476
Australia 954,684 1,181,101 +226,417

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 477,901
Ireland 99,862
China 3,996
Viet Nam 1,188
Malaysia 712

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 297,411 180,490 -116,921
Ireland 34,625 65,237 +30,612
China 2,533 1,463 -1,070
Viet Nam 849 339 -510
Malaysia 0 712 +712
Slovakia 416 136 -280

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 29,258,418
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 25,939,647
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 16,799,098
Other 607,688
Road transport 103,437

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 15,516,115 13,742,303 -1,773,812
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 14,171,067 11,768,580 -2,402,487
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 7,961,906 8,837,192 +875,286
Other 357,060 250,628 -106,432
Road transport 103,437 0 -103,437

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 18,504,585
London Heathrow Airport 16,156,296
East Midlands Airport 6,678,029
London Gateway Port 6,429,401
Southampton 5,879,091

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 £
Dover / Eurotunnel 9,609,144 8,895,441 -713,703
London Heathrow Airport 8,376,137 7,780,159 -595,978
East Midlands Airport 3,885,646 2,792,383 -1,093,263
London Gateway Port 2,991,251 3,438,150 +446,899
Southampton 2,021,356 3,857,735 +1,836,379
London Stansted Airport 1,589,170 1,440,717 -148,453
Felixstowe 1,657,909 929,200 -728,709
ZLC 1,202,965 1,280,358 +77,393
Liverpool Docks 1,315,226 700,960 -614,266
Immingham Docks 1,144,418 757,991 -386,427

Quick facts

HS code: 851850

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

Description: Complete sets of electric sound amplifiers for professional or home use