Import/export HS code 950450: Video game consoles

Gaming consoles and machines, excluding coin-operated arcade games

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 1,396,397,723
France 210,946,059
Netherlands 177,606,990
Japan 72,124,344
Germany 70,781,611

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 £
China 690,118,056 706,279,667 +16,161,611
France 146,380,313 64,565,746 -81,814,567
Netherlands 89,566,978 88,040,012 -1,526,966
Japan 2,723,469 69,400,875 +66,677,406
Germany 9,534,520 61,247,091 +51,712,571
Viet Nam 14,391,283 43,619,459 +29,228,176
Singapore 13,910,938 16,080,741 +2,169,803
Ireland 16,250,691 10,419,467 -5,831,224
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 14,972,712 10,798,894 -4,173,818
Poland 13,059,673 10,051,898 -3,007,775

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 1,908,234,591
Japan 131,981,820
Viet Nam 88,907,003
Poland 20,227,927
Cambodia 5,782,448

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 939,381,678 968,852,913 +29,471,235
Japan 52,937,055 79,044,765 +26,107,710
Viet Nam 27,688,597 61,218,406 +33,529,809
Poland 8,547,940 11,679,987 +3,132,047
Cambodia 5,362,574 419,874 -4,942,700
United States 2,575,050 1,840,989 -734,061
Italy 2,295,099 1,258,587 -1,036,512
Canada 214,914 2,983,814 +2,768,900
Germany 1,941,458 1,082,419 -859,039
Taiwan 1,572,583 1,337,381 -235,202

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 78
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 50
Outer London - West and North West 47
Inner London - East 44
Surrey, East and West Sussex 33

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 48 47 -1
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 31 38 +7
Outer London - West and North West 30 35 +5
Inner London - East 29 26 -3
Surrey, East and West Sussex 21 25 +4
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 17 18 +1
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 20 16 -4
West Midlands 15 14 -1
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 15 11 -4
Greater Manchester 13 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 £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,359,561,542
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 498,296,584
Air transport 337,681,787
Other 14,244,635
Road transport 16,660

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 £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 550,837,601 808,723,941 +257,886,340
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 274,930,697 223,365,887 -51,564,810
Air transport 226,621,842 111,059,945 -115,561,897
Other 8,345,038 5,899,597 -2,445,441
Road transport 16,660 0 -16,660

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 885,582,860
Southampton 373,977,798
Eurotunnel 289,123,787
London Heathrow Airport 283,250,625
Harwich 71,290,948

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 447,075,665 438,507,195 -8,568,470
Southampton 81,980,953 291,996,845 +210,015,892
Eurotunnel 182,274,004 106,849,783 -75,424,221
London Heathrow Airport 199,954,195 83,296,430 -116,657,765
Harwich 8,367,480 62,923,468 +54,555,988
London Gateway Port 17,358,127 50,031,908 +32,673,781
Dover / Eurotunnel 29,539,771 25,306,624 -4,233,147
Dover 36,138,352 18,476,185 -17,662,167
499 859,417 25,906,926 +25,047,509
East Midlands Airport 11,629,523 12,720,384 +1,090,861

Importer companies by SIC division

What this shows: Industry breakdown (SIC divisions) of importing companies.

Top 5 values

SIC Companies
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 185
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 144
Computer programming, consultancy and related activities 70
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 41
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 31

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 129
2025-10 134
2025-09 128
2025-08 103
2025-07 123

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 213
54m+ 161
0-1m 145
Other 60
15m-54m 56

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 £
Ireland 118,925,192
United Arab Emirates 96,375,969
Netherlands 73,404,132
United States 49,817,733
Saudi Arabia 23,658,133

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 £
Ireland 56,934,580 61,990,612 +5,056,032
United Arab Emirates 50,993,241 45,382,728 -5,610,513
Netherlands 42,997,757 30,406,375 -12,591,382
United States 26,180,207 23,637,526 -2,542,681
Saudi Arabia 6,561,865 17,096,268 +10,534,403
Germany 9,270,589 10,693,094 +1,422,505
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 13,767,580 5,241,753 -8,525,827
India 12,472,618 144,919 -12,327,699
France 7,759,203 3,196,727 -4,562,476
Czechia 6,949,795 2,778,861 -4,170,934

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 £
China 432
Ireland 352
XU 29

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 £
China 0 432 +432
Ireland 0 352 +352
XU 0 29 +29

Export volume by transport

What this shows: Export value by transport mode used to ship goods from the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 248,757,179
Air transport 206,715,477
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 51,908,546
Road transport 377,985
Other 813

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 £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 132,427,143 116,330,036 -16,097,107
Air transport 96,930,030 109,785,447 +12,855,417
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 47,514,815 4,393,731 -43,121,084
Road transport 372,126 5,859 -366,267
Other 0 813 +813

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 113,803,143
Dover / Eurotunnel 108,515,771
Holyhead 103,013,004
London Gateway Port 45,712,273
London Gatwick Airport 28,824,963

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 43,384,662 70,418,481 +27,033,819
Dover / Eurotunnel 65,155,237 43,360,534 -21,794,703
Holyhead 48,363,050 54,649,954 +6,286,904
London Gateway Port 42,828,065 2,884,208 -39,943,857
London Gatwick Airport 14,147,094 14,677,869 +530,775
ZLC 12,610,663 8,824,227 -3,786,436
London Stansted Airport 13,616,472 7,515,709 -6,100,763
Dover 8,293,774 9,534,947 +1,241,173
East Midlands Airport 10,332,822 7,063,101 -3,269,721
Liverpool Docks 7,496,428 4,031,329 -3,465,099

Quick facts

HS code: 950450

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

Description: Gaming consoles and machines, excluding coin-operated arcade games