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 122,240,136
Germany 52,225,668
France 43,508,772
Italy 22,848,656
Ireland 19,506,680

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 60,688,642 61,551,494 +862,852
Germany 29,025,176 23,200,492 -5,824,684
France 22,654,200 20,854,572 -1,799,628
Italy 10,026,753 12,821,903 +2,795,150
Ireland 9,021,485 10,485,195 +1,463,710
Netherlands 9,913,307 6,845,088 -3,068,219
Japan 6,870,113 5,222,341 -1,647,772
China 5,662,651 5,286,362 -376,289
Sweden 4,898,598 4,399,822 -498,776
India 4,854,944 3,541,755 -1,313,189

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 145,185,709
United Kingdom 54,118,497
France 40,870,059
Italy 16,656,891
Philippines 16,045,470

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 76,687,740 68,497,969 -8,189,771
United Kingdom 23,683,298 30,435,199 +6,751,901
France 23,361,999 17,508,060 -5,853,939
Italy 7,973,907 8,682,984 +709,077
Philippines 6,541,379 9,504,091 +2,962,712
China 9,165,949 4,426,134 -4,739,815
Germany 6,363,318 6,866,856 +503,538
Sweden 4,474,598 5,333,759 +859,161
Japan 4,301,943 4,804,424 +502,481
India 4,237,066 3,687,026 -550,040

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 54
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 40
Inner London - West 40
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 39
Surrey, East and West Sussex 38

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 36 43 +7
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 27 30 +3
Inner London - West 23 28 +5
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 27 27 +0
Surrey, East and West Sussex 26 28 +2
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 23 27 +4
Shropshire and Staffordshire 23 21 -2
Greater Manchester 19 22 +3
West Midlands 20 19 -1
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 260,623,273
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 73,320,264
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 21,568,140
Other 20,736,405
Road transport 1,556,897

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 133,381,168 127,242,105 -6,139,063
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 39,473,498 33,846,766 -5,626,732
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 9,235,453 12,332,687 +3,097,234
Other 9,788,660 10,947,745 +1,159,085
Road transport 818,015 738,882 -79,133
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 111,278,664
London Stansted Airport 69,753,176
East Midlands Airport 56,420,415
Dover 27,389,484
000 20,736,405

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 55,176,321 56,102,343 +926,022
London Stansted Airport 37,231,991 32,521,185 -4,710,806
East Midlands Airport 29,663,035 26,757,380 -2,905,655
Dover 17,430,357 9,959,127 -7,471,230
000 9,788,660 10,947,745 +1,159,085
Immingham Docks 5,282,212 6,093,393 +811,181
Hull 3,502,275 5,735,779 +2,233,504
Eurotunnel 5,034,914 3,095,287 -1,939,627
Birmingham Airport 3,420,258 2,990,537 -429,721
Aberdeen Airport 3,050,328 2,259,640 -790,688

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. 117
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 70
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 42
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 42

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 146
2025-11 165
2025-10 174
2025-09 156
2025-08 156

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+ 395
1m-15m 229
15m-54m 87
Other 58
0-1m 34

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 234,867,447
Germany 65,241,658
Italy 49,088,665
France 43,768,346
Spain 16,983,684

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 117,646,569 117,220,878 -425,691
Germany 34,036,734 31,204,924 -2,831,810
Italy 24,928,515 24,160,150 -768,365
France 17,293,612 26,474,734 +9,181,122
Spain 8,637,449 8,346,235 -291,214
Netherlands 9,581,594 6,963,748 -2,617,846
United Arab Emirates 8,137,793 5,268,840 -2,868,953
Ireland 6,673,094 6,002,663 -670,431
Mexico 4,190,920 7,891,375 +3,700,455
Turkey 1,293,397 9,025,832 +7,732,435

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 1,790,001
XI 488,712
China 132,070
France 66,535
Ireland 25,665

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 958,234 831,767 -126,467
XI 241,181 247,531 +6,350
China 59,348 72,722 +13,374
France 37,454 29,081 -8,373
Ireland 14,908 10,757 -4,151
Czechia 1,024 12,296 +11,272
Mexico 1,896 1,939 +43
India 1,376 1,834 +458
United States 4 2,578 +2,574
Italy 989 1,497 +508

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 487,470,458
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 80,357,994
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 23,676,908
Other 2,546,825
Road transport 487,269

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 245,075,663 242,394,795 -2,680,868
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 37,759,883 42,598,111 +4,838,228
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 14,338,418 9,338,490 -4,999,928
Other 1,322,944 1,223,881 -99,063
Road transport 486,190 1,079 -485,111

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 293,340,826
London Stansted Airport 81,563,486
East Midlands Airport 66,666,479
Dover / Eurotunnel 53,738,986
ZLC 22,153,572

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 145,385,600 147,955,226 +2,569,626
London Stansted Airport 37,354,024 44,209,462 +6,855,438
East Midlands Airport 32,508,958 34,157,521 +1,648,563
Dover / Eurotunnel 26,008,255 27,730,731 +1,722,476
ZLC 11,923,842 10,229,730 -1,694,112
Hull 5,339,093 8,278,747 +2,939,654
London Gateway Port 4,629,610 2,142,263 -2,487,347
Immingham Docks 3,412,885 3,061,861 -351,024
Manchester Airport 3,309,619 2,699,689 -609,930
Brize Norton 4,064,766 1,354,922 -2,709,844

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