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 11,327,044
Italy 10,959,838
United States 10,038,242
France 6,077,238
Netherlands 4,978,400

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 6,004,849 5,322,195 -682,654
Italy 5,797,190 5,162,648 -634,542
United States 3,555,978 6,482,264 +2,926,286
France 2,955,525 3,121,713 +166,188
Netherlands 2,606,981 2,371,419 -235,562
Viet Nam 2,453,776 571,659 -1,882,117
Germany 1,497,233 1,147,160 -350,073
Malaysia 2,359,419 4,891 -2,354,528
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 1,004,036 687,685 -316,351
Belgium 743,831 831,040 +87,209

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 18,213,823
United States 10,962,917
Italy 10,502,993
Viet Nam 4,974,061
Germany 3,084,654

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 9,319,350 8,894,473 -424,877
United States 4,178,511 6,784,406 +2,605,895
Italy 5,603,694 4,899,299 -704,395
Viet Nam 3,374,880 1,599,181 -1,775,699
Germany 1,349,186 1,735,468 +386,282
Malaysia 2,511,048 126,657 -2,384,391
Hungary 1,902,703 396,305 -1,506,398
France 998,918 1,034,588 +35,670
Canada 751,604 642,717 -108,887
United Kingdom 767,788 545,043 -222,745

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 33
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 31
Surrey, East and West Sussex 31
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 30 30 +0
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 24 22 -2
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 25 20 -5
Surrey, East and West Sussex 23 21 -2
Inner London - East 13 18 +5
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 16 16 +0
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 14 12 -2
Outer London - West and North West 8 16 +8
Essex 15 10 -5
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 11 12 +1

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 26,092,553
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 20,979,692
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 14,955,799
Other 2,779,747
Road transport 22,635

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 13,734,949 12,357,604 -1,377,345
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 11,687,518 9,292,174 -2,395,344
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 7,560,662 7,395,137 -165,525
Other 1,876,525 903,222 -973,303
Road transport 13,823 8,812 -5,011
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 12,083,187
Thamesport 6,992,829
Felixstowe 6,576,054
Dover 5,401,343
Birmingham Airport 4,714,838

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 6,325,885 5,757,302 -568,583
Thamesport 3,841,854 3,150,975 -690,879
Felixstowe 3,690,442 2,885,612 -804,830
Dover 3,185,098 2,216,245 -968,853
Birmingham Airport 2,227,781 2,487,057 +259,276
London Stansted Airport 2,342,966 1,969,508 -373,458
Eurotunnel 1,828,861 2,258,110 +429,249
East Midlands Airport 2,251,206 1,520,186 -731,020
Southampton 2,620,922 1,149,455 -1,471,467
000 1,876,525 903,222 -973,303

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 92
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 32
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 32
Manufacture of electrical equipment 30

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 90
2025-10 88
2025-09 93
2025-08 83
2025-07 94

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+ 121
0-1m 95
15m-54m 51
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 15,356,212
Poland 5,499,302
France 5,373,722
Netherlands 3,654,126
Germany 3,521,629

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 8,018,231 7,337,981 -680,250
Poland 2,681,877 2,817,425 +135,548
France 2,438,739 2,934,983 +496,244
Netherlands 2,768,036 886,090 -1,881,946
Germany 2,160,943 1,360,686 -800,257
Ireland 1,489,997 1,211,888 -278,109
Canada 1,143,960 1,332,453 +188,493
Italy 1,596,300 855,012 -741,288
China 1,212,327 1,197,124 -15,203
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 988,177 1,135,610 +147,433

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 498,220
Ireland 99,862
XU 23,477
China 4,048
Viet Nam 1,188

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 304,918 193,302 -111,616
Ireland 34,625 65,237 +30,612
XU 21,226 2,251 -18,975
China 2,184 1,864 -320
Viet Nam 600 588 -12
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 28,428,155
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 26,034,109
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 16,920,221
Other 628,059
Road transport 129,643

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 15,879,943 12,548,212 -3,331,731
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 14,344,614 11,689,495 -2,655,119
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 8,201,849 8,718,372 +516,523
Other 363,969 264,090 -99,879
Road transport 129,643 0 -129,643

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 18,689,196
London Heathrow Airport 15,297,054
East Midlands Airport 6,743,626
London Gateway Port 6,392,741
Southampton 5,718,139

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 9,811,040 8,878,156 -932,884
London Heathrow Airport 8,725,143 6,571,911 -2,153,232
East Midlands Airport 3,920,670 2,822,956 -1,097,714
London Gateway Port 2,830,005 3,562,736 +732,731
Southampton 2,093,709 3,624,430 +1,530,721
London Stansted Airport 1,603,315 1,536,697 -66,618
Felixstowe 1,676,312 931,301 -745,011
ZLC 1,212,562 1,158,997 -53,565
Liverpool Docks 1,438,390 680,854 -757,536
Immingham Docks 1,152,055 795,328 -356,727

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