Import/export HS code 84122120: Hydraulic systems

Systems that use liquid pressure to power machinery, like lifts or heavy equipment

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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 £
United States 120,673,656
Germany 52,827,989
France 43,288,392
Italy 22,079,115
Ireland 19,231,261

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 £
United States 60,507,146 60,166,510 -340,636
Germany 29,556,079 23,271,910 -6,284,169
France 21,912,041 21,376,351 -535,690
Italy 9,993,491 12,085,624 +2,092,133
Ireland 8,688,381 10,542,880 +1,854,499
Netherlands 10,414,621 6,855,671 -3,558,950
Japan 6,807,701 4,994,268 -1,813,433
China 5,745,010 5,050,799 -694,211
Sweden 4,880,030 4,643,383 -236,647
India 4,573,146 3,705,934 -867,212

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 144,590,619
United Kingdom 51,972,844
France 41,289,288
Italy 16,380,909
Philippines 15,329,957

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 76,258,630 68,331,989 -7,926,641
United Kingdom 24,490,972 27,481,872 +2,990,900
France 22,867,794 18,421,494 -4,446,300
Italy 8,091,610 8,289,299 +197,689
Philippines 6,209,517 9,120,440 +2,910,923
China 9,203,446 4,289,315 -4,914,131
Germany 6,549,682 6,622,222 +72,540
Sweden 4,504,494 5,587,815 +1,083,321
Japan 4,161,368 4,575,532 +414,164
India 3,957,153 3,844,665 -112,488

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 52
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 40
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 39
Inner London - West 37
Surrey, East and West Sussex 37

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 37 40 +3
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 26 31 +5
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 27 28 +1
Inner London - West 23 27 +4
Surrey, East and West Sussex 25 27 +2
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 22 26 +4
Shropshire and Staffordshire 24 21 -3
Greater Manchester 21 22 +1
West Yorkshire 21 15 -6
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 22 21 -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 257,954,296
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 73,351,481
Other 20,694,019
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 20,635,383
Road transport 1,203,837

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 133,291,964 124,662,332 -8,629,632
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 39,438,099 33,913,382 -5,524,717
Other 9,364,739 11,329,280 +1,964,541
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 8,983,433 11,651,950 +2,668,517
Road transport 814,624 389,213 -425,411
Rail transport 5,195 0 -5,195

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 110,943,119
London Stansted Airport 69,306,613
East Midlands Airport 57,168,986
Dover 27,185,498
000 20,694,019

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 54,151,723 56,791,396 +2,639,673
London Stansted Airport 38,118,467 31,188,146 -6,930,321
East Midlands Airport 29,327,853 27,841,133 -1,486,720
Dover 17,704,543 9,480,955 -8,223,588
000 9,364,739 11,329,280 +1,964,541
Immingham Docks 4,870,567 6,248,454 +1,377,887
Hull 3,969,858 5,807,172 +1,837,314
Eurotunnel 5,036,912 3,094,702 -1,942,210
Birmingham Airport 3,633,541 2,903,780 -729,761
Thamesport 2,572,547 2,015,717 -556,830

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 134
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 115
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 71
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 41
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 41

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 165
2025-10 174
2025-09 156
2025-08 156
2025-07 152

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+ 392
1m-15m 223
15m-54m 88
Other 58
0-1m 35

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 232,512,337
Germany 67,355,607
Italy 49,094,168
France 42,132,139
Spain 16,569,591

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 116,803,470 115,708,867 -1,094,603
Germany 36,187,958 31,167,649 -5,020,309
Italy 24,376,973 24,717,195 +340,222
France 16,579,573 25,552,566 +8,972,993
Spain 8,606,961 7,962,630 -644,331
Netherlands 8,382,174 7,851,163 -531,011
United Arab Emirates 8,459,725 5,050,070 -3,409,655
Ireland 6,862,536 5,758,750 -1,103,786
Mexico 3,879,952 7,952,089 +4,072,137
Turkey 1,469,068 8,923,591 +7,454,523

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 £
Nicaragua 1,874,523
XI 483,729
China 133,997
France 66,535
Ireland 26,245

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 £
Nicaragua 967,985 906,538 -61,447
XI 255,853 227,876 -27,977
China 59,084 74,913 +15,829
France 37,454 29,081 -8,373
Ireland 14,992 11,253 -3,739
Czechia 1,024 12,296 +11,272
XU 1,820 7,364 +5,544
Mexico 1,632 2,203 +571
India 862 2,348 +1,486
United States 4 2,578 +2,574

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 481,993,507
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 79,713,926
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 25,518,851
Other 2,630,336
Road transport 754,074

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 239,596,685 242,396,822 +2,800,137
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 37,877,929 41,835,997 +3,958,068
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 16,001,203 9,517,648 -6,483,555
Other 1,347,421 1,282,915 -64,506
Road transport 752,995 1,079 -751,916

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 289,609,808
London Stansted Airport 79,664,777
East Midlands Airport 65,427,028
Dover / Eurotunnel 52,449,829
ZLC 23,203,107

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 139,999,020 149,610,788 +9,611,768
London Stansted Airport 37,840,501 41,824,276 +3,983,775
East Midlands Airport 31,315,016 34,112,012 +2,796,996
Dover / Eurotunnel 25,779,741 26,670,088 +890,347
ZLC 13,077,080 10,126,027 -2,951,053
Hull 5,403,993 8,950,389 +3,546,396
London Gateway Port 4,631,569 2,362,691 -2,268,878
Immingham Docks 3,807,781 3,113,018 -694,763
Manchester Airport 3,352,007 2,166,048 -1,185,959
Brize Norton 2,709,844 2,709,844 +0

Quick facts

HS code: 84122120

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

Description: Systems that use liquid pressure to power machinery, like lifts or heavy equipment