Import/export HS code 840890: Various engines

Engines not specifically for marine or vehicle use, including industrial engines

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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 £
Germany 95,361,118
United States 82,915,677
Sweden 53,442,436
China 45,870,832
Italy 41,843,219

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 53,351,767 42,009,351 -11,342,416
United States 53,092,134 29,823,543 -23,268,591
Sweden 26,892,850 26,549,586 -343,264
China 23,380,836 22,489,996 -890,840
Italy 22,022,514 19,820,705 -2,201,809
India 17,757,025 16,947,090 -809,935
Japan 16,756,309 12,668,123 -4,088,186
France 15,402,814 13,783,446 -1,619,368
Netherlands 9,722,873 9,337,448 -385,425
South Korea 5,783,727 10,055,680 +4,271,953

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 £
United States 92,426,266
Germany 91,949,747
Japan 46,839,620
China 39,624,194
Sweden 38,967,161

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 £
United States 56,208,406 36,217,860 -19,990,546
Germany 53,655,081 38,294,666 -15,360,415
Japan 24,291,490 22,548,130 -1,743,360
China 22,770,308 16,853,886 -5,916,422
Sweden 18,407,472 20,559,689 +2,152,217
Italy 19,060,982 18,107,787 -953,195
India 18,529,899 17,805,351 -724,548
France 15,439,963 16,103,110 +663,147
South Korea 5,951,856 10,310,945 +4,359,089
United Kingdom 6,718,117 5,626,331 -1,091,786

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 15
Surrey, East and West Sussex 13
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 12
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 12
Inner London - West 12

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
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 12 9 -3
Surrey, East and West Sussex 6 8 +2
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 6 9 +3
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 9 10 +1
Inner London - West 4 10 +6
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 9 9 +0
Essex 7 8 +1
Shropshire and Staffordshire 9 6 -3
Lincolnshire 8 4 -4
West Midlands 7 6 -1

Import volume by transport

What this shows: Import value by transport mode used to bring goods into the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 240,937,149
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 192,651,296
Other 46,784,621
Air transport 11,382,107
Road transport 1,210,049

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 £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 125,754,800 115,182,349 -10,572,451
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 102,671,020 89,980,276 -12,690,744
Other 33,136,856 13,647,765 -19,489,091
Air transport 5,684,392 5,697,715 +13,323
Road transport 948,498 261,551 -686,947

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 108,161,096
Southampton 70,406,774
000 46,784,621
Immingham Docks 44,776,612
Eurotunnel 31,931,584

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 £
Dover 57,990,580 50,170,516 -7,820,064
Southampton 44,065,447 26,341,327 -17,724,120
000 33,136,856 13,647,765 -19,489,091
Immingham Docks 22,768,149 22,008,463 -759,686
Eurotunnel 18,243,955 13,687,629 -4,556,326
Felixstowe 16,253,576 15,424,232 -829,344
Liverpool Docks 18,944,673 11,698,680 -7,245,993
London Gateway Port 7,625,094 19,367,299 +11,742,205
Killingholme 9,603,573 6,248,243 -3,355,330
Belfast Port 8,855,175 6,464,267 -2,390,908

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 61
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 43
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 27
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 22
Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers 13

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 48
2025-10 59
2025-09 46
2025-08 51
2025-07 55

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+ 107
1m-15m 71
15m-54m 29
Other 29
0-1m 11

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 1,208,731,291
China 397,957,544
Germany 214,624,245
United Arab Emirates 144,347,354
Turkey 138,570,892

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 598,070,840 610,660,451 +12,589,611
China 175,908,299 222,049,245 +46,140,946
Germany 100,986,417 113,637,828 +12,651,411
United Arab Emirates 50,282,434 94,064,920 +43,782,486
Turkey 61,322,112 77,248,780 +15,926,668
Italy 52,318,695 55,842,092 +3,523,397
France 46,962,561 49,827,162 +2,864,601
Japan 51,482,670 38,797,336 -12,685,334
Brazil 40,478,603 33,930,622 -6,547,981
South Korea 40,179,079 32,345,350 -7,833,729

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 £
XU 346,072
XI 190,769
Ireland 66,842
China 59,365
Nicaragua 54,087

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 £
XU 293,650 52,422 -241,228
XI 64,200 126,569 +62,369
Ireland 66,842 0 -66,842
China 41,839 17,526 -24,313
Nicaragua 36,668 17,419 -19,249
Germany 46,729 0 -46,729
Italy 21,175 18,040 -3,135
France 17,309 0 -17,309
Japan 4,544 10,895 +6,351
Belgium 747 0 -747

Export volume by transport

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

Top 5 values

Transport £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 2,362,872,938
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 896,253,503
Air transport 40,706,576
Other 836,574
Road transport 48,361

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 £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,171,877,952 1,190,994,986 +19,117,034
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 410,364,365 485,889,138 +75,524,773
Air transport 15,697,104 25,009,472 +9,312,368
Other 593,703 242,871 -350,832
Road transport 48,361 0 -48,361
Rail transport 9,551 0 -9,551

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Southampton 954,841,754
Dover / Eurotunnel 630,816,268
London Gateway Port 535,852,183
Liverpool Docks 510,365,175
Felixstowe 381,175,820

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 £
Southampton 417,651,502 537,190,252 +119,538,750
Dover / Eurotunnel 294,480,833 336,335,435 +41,854,602
London Gateway Port 270,869,327 264,982,856 -5,886,471
Liverpool Docks 279,510,958 230,854,217 -48,656,741
Felixstowe 186,996,598 194,179,222 +7,182,624
Immingham Docks 31,030,906 43,258,989 +12,228,083
Dover 32,316,805 13,551,597 -18,765,208
London Heathrow Airport 13,436,912 19,801,266 +6,364,354
Harwich 13,424,543 9,807,035 -3,617,508
Portsmouth 6,382,371 15,941,362 +9,558,991

Related HS codes

What this shows: Sibling or child HS codes in the same classification branch.

Quick facts

HS code: 840890

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

Description: Engines not specifically for marine or vehicle use, including industrial engines