Import/export HS code 84122981: Hydraulic fluid power motors

Motors that use hydraulic fluid to create movement, often found in heavy machinery

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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 50,861,811
United States 29,662,991
Italy 29,060,298
Japan 13,608,829
France 11,084,943

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 28,467,075 22,394,736 -6,072,339
United States 14,605,389 15,057,602 +452,213
Italy 15,860,240 13,200,058 -2,660,182
Japan 5,439,532 8,169,297 +2,729,765
France 5,763,068 5,321,875 -441,193
Sweden 4,528,362 4,374,375 -153,987
Denmark 4,015,716 3,880,020 -135,696
India 2,941,696 2,372,640 -569,056
Czechia 2,095,153 2,071,594 -23,559
Bulgaria 1,836,176 2,056,428 +220,252

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 36,576,775
Italy 28,581,011
United Kingdom 26,728,057
United States 21,622,914
Japan 14,494,676

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 21,255,177 15,321,598 -5,933,579
Italy 15,589,621 12,991,390 -2,598,231
United Kingdom 10,353,149 16,374,908 +6,021,759
United States 12,293,519 9,329,395 -2,964,124
Japan 5,712,596 8,782,080 +3,069,484
Turkey 4,781,572 5,623,002 +841,430
Sweden 4,628,092 5,218,364 +590,272
France 3,808,140 2,805,897 -1,002,243
India 3,226,708 2,514,751 -711,957
South Korea 2,631,624 2,074,498 -557,126

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 39
North Eastern Scotland 31
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 25
Surrey, East and West Sussex 25
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 20

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 27 27 +0
North Eastern Scotland 16 22 +6
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 22 19 -3
Surrey, East and West Sussex 18 19 +1
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 13 11 -2
Northumberland, Durham and Tyne & Wear 17 14 -3
Shropshire and Staffordshire 13 16 +3
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 15 12 -3
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 10 12 +2
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 8 11 +3

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) 85,974,942
Air transport 67,735,787
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 21,049,740
Other 19,810,782
Road transport 2,007,731

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) 47,661,720 38,313,222 -9,348,498
Air transport 31,262,766 36,473,021 +5,210,255
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 9,333,566 11,716,174 +2,382,608
Other 11,911,020 7,899,762 -4,011,258
Road transport 272,700 1,735,031 +1,462,331

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 57,432,025
East Midlands Airport 21,294,115
London Heathrow Airport 21,275,857
000 19,810,782
London Stansted Airport 11,924,186

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 32,638,178 24,793,847 -7,844,331
East Midlands Airport 9,645,163 11,648,952 +2,003,789
London Heathrow Airport 10,039,833 11,236,024 +1,196,191
000 11,911,020 7,899,762 -4,011,258
London Stansted Airport 5,809,820 6,114,366 +304,546
Eurotunnel 4,607,304 4,923,777 +316,473
Birmingham Airport 3,093,764 4,680,877 +1,587,113
London Gateway Port 2,351,783 4,320,510 +1,968,727
Immingham Docks 3,300,191 3,089,259 -210,932
London 3,071,293 2,749,800 -321,493

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 117
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 96
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 57
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 25
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 25

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 91
2025-11 103
2025-10 108
2025-09 110
2025-08 104

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+ 213
1m-15m 185
15m-54m 52
Other 37
0-1m 19

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 132,183,556
Netherlands 42,150,509
Germany 25,168,547
Canada 22,411,657
China 18,894,711

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 82,095,335 50,088,221 -32,007,114
Netherlands 26,368,244 15,782,265 -10,585,979
Germany 13,370,509 11,798,038 -1,572,471
Canada 5,651,182 16,760,475 +11,109,293
China 8,598,569 10,296,142 +1,697,573
France 9,066,015 5,887,855 -3,178,160
Czechia 7,259,865 6,883,233 -376,632
Italy 5,630,934 5,306,744 -324,190
Belgium 2,698,333 6,599,296 +3,900,963
Poland 906,746 7,904,216 +6,997,470

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 £
Denmark 337,737
XI 267,492
China 246,143
Italy 112,117
United States 107,904

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 £
Denmark 173,212 164,525 -8,687
XI 117,375 150,117 +32,742
China 150,333 95,810 -54,523
Italy 69,682 42,435 -27,247
United States 86,251 21,653 -64,598
Turkey 48,291 38,728 -9,563
Germany 47,409 26,897 -20,512
Poland 27,701 22,054 -5,647
Taiwan 18,729 13,214 -5,515
Sweden 24,909 6,516 -18,393

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) 137,448,567
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 121,201,154
Air transport 111,492,095
Other 1,483,016
Road transport 260,954

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) 81,427,296 56,021,271 -25,406,025
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 57,614,557 63,586,597 +5,972,040
Air transport 59,697,889 51,794,206 -7,903,683
Other 848,790 634,226 -214,564
Road transport 260,954 0 -260,954

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 86,475,274
Liverpool Docks 63,234,234
London Heathrow Airport 58,089,802
Southampton 30,726,679
London Stansted Airport 25,301,065

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 £
Dover / Eurotunnel 41,940,548 44,534,726 +2,594,178
Liverpool Docks 42,037,313 21,196,921 -20,840,392
London Heathrow Airport 34,069,490 24,020,312 -10,049,178
Southampton 8,789,297 21,937,382 +13,148,085
London Stansted Airport 12,054,974 13,246,091 +1,191,117
London Gateway Port 18,538,018 6,172,820 -12,365,198
Hull 5,043,678 7,865,251 +2,821,573
East Midlands Airport 4,903,101 7,771,001 +2,867,900
Felixstowe 5,093,114 5,344,714 +251,600
Immingham Docks 4,508,776 4,567,295 +58,519

Quick facts

HS code: 84122981

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

Description: Motors that use hydraulic fluid to create movement, often found in heavy machinery