Import/export HS code 820890: Various machine knives and blades

Other types of knives and cutting blades for machines not listed above

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 £
Germany 17,766,861
China 8,491,426
United States 5,367,735
Austria 4,880,372
Switzerland 4,374,646

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 £
Germany 9,225,446 8,541,415 -684,031
China 4,118,532 4,372,894 +254,362
United States 2,871,747 2,495,988 -375,759
Austria 2,403,687 2,476,685 +72,998
Switzerland 2,101,502 2,273,144 +171,642
Netherlands 2,019,342 1,868,039 -151,303
Italy 1,496,399 1,431,004 -65,395
France 1,513,359 745,807 -767,552
Thailand 776,379 945,646 +169,267
Japan 658,587 462,224 -196,363

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 £
Germany 13,606,055
China 10,021,987
Switzerland 5,590,063
Austria 4,930,271
United States 4,016,062

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 £
Germany 7,352,641 6,253,414 -1,099,227
China 4,863,450 5,158,537 +295,087
Switzerland 2,770,458 2,819,605 +49,147
Austria 2,424,927 2,505,344 +80,417
United States 1,979,819 2,036,243 +56,424
Japan 1,755,953 1,518,932 -237,021
India 1,609,729 1,353,823 -255,906
Italy 1,198,052 1,235,276 +37,224
Thailand 780,080 971,463 +191,383
Slovenia 794,858 629,144 -165,714

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
West Yorkshire 78
West Midlands 77
Greater Manchester 76
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 70
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 60

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
West Yorkshire 56 52 -4
West Midlands 60 50 -10
Greater Manchester 53 58 +5
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 55 42 -13
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 45 35 -10
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 31 30 -1
Shropshire and Staffordshire 32 28 -4
Inner London - West 32 28 -4
Lancashire 25 26 +1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 29 26 -3

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 29,073,110
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 14,950,589
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 13,334,401
Road transport 1,888,885
Other 869,517

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 14,155,976 14,917,134 +761,158
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 7,847,467 7,103,122 -744,345
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 7,213,532 6,120,869 -1,092,663
Road transport 954,868 934,017 -20,851
Other 483,921 385,596 -98,325

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 14,433,930
Dover 5,770,789
Thamesport 5,254,754
Birmingham Airport 4,491,814
Felixstowe 4,138,164

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 £
East Midlands Airport 7,052,139 7,381,791 +329,652
Dover 3,412,353 2,358,436 -1,053,917
Thamesport 2,764,082 2,490,672 -273,410
Birmingham Airport 1,774,958 2,716,856 +941,898
Felixstowe 2,279,736 1,858,428 -421,308
London Gateway Port 1,912,248 1,832,096 -80,152
London Heathrow Airport 1,982,514 1,315,212 -667,302
Eurotunnel 1,551,452 1,571,241 +19,789
London Stansted Airport 1,646,187 1,463,303 -182,884
Leeds Bradford Airport 1,015,779 823,043 -192,736

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 258
Manufacture of rubber and plastic products 105
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 90
Other manufacturing 90
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 72

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 204
2025-10 205
2025-09 196
2025-08 207
2025-07 210

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+ 437
1m-15m 405
15m-54m 146
0-1m 122
Other 72

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 11,041,962
Germany 6,414,763
Italy 3,009,596
France 2,380,079
Netherlands 1,974,531

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 5,456,965 5,584,997 +128,032
Germany 2,763,496 3,651,267 +887,771
Italy 1,450,037 1,559,559 +109,522
France 1,290,717 1,089,362 -201,355
Netherlands 963,887 1,010,644 +46,757
Ireland 1,003,720 866,847 -136,873
Spain 747,263 805,568 +58,305
Turkey 482,650 1,014,399 +531,749
Poland 810,674 648,559 -162,115
Canada 490,259 716,386 +226,127

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 82,536
China 59,346
XU 20,413
Germany 3,018
United States 2,212

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 47,661 34,875 -12,786
China 28,144 31,202 +3,058
XU 8,705 11,708 +3,003
Germany 2,854 164 -2,690
United States 1,182 1,030 -152
Nicaragua 345 67 -278
Belarus 66 278 +212
France 161 82 -79
Taiwan 198 24 -174
Ireland 64 154 +90

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 30,200,259
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 11,730,511
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 5,994,776
Road transport 195,641
Other 169,283

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 15,304,688 14,895,571 -409,117
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 5,511,336 6,219,175 +707,839
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 2,810,119 3,184,657 +374,538
Road transport 195,641 0 -195,641
Other 89,396 79,887 -9,509

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 19,717,280
Dover / Eurotunnel 7,110,557
London Heathrow Airport 5,559,063
London Gateway Port 2,765,358
ZLC 2,689,993

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 £
East Midlands Airport 10,235,345 9,481,935 -753,410
Dover / Eurotunnel 3,398,930 3,711,627 +312,697
London Heathrow Airport 2,229,148 3,329,915 +1,100,767
London Gateway Port 1,793,930 971,428 -822,502
ZLC 1,610,659 1,079,334 -531,325
Dover 1,090,536 1,553,125 +462,589
Immingham Docks 589,247 1,062,574 +473,327
London Stansted Airport 919,192 529,968 -389,224
Southampton 442,356 956,186 +513,830
Manchester Airport 475,981 400,881 -75,100

Quick facts

HS code: 820890

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

Description: Other types of knives and cutting blades for machines not listed above