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 51,071,936
United States 29,122,472
Italy 29,118,278
Japan 13,315,745
France 10,810,347

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 29,015,879 22,056,057 -6,959,822
United States 13,399,103 15,723,369 +2,324,266
Italy 16,216,399 12,901,879 -3,314,520
Japan 5,516,885 7,798,860 +2,281,975
France 5,866,111 4,944,236 -921,875
Sweden 4,422,955 4,312,198 -110,757
Denmark 3,973,646 3,977,826 +4,180
India 3,106,211 2,422,236 -683,975
Czechia 2,109,947 2,109,977 +30
Bulgaria 1,931,510 1,934,846 +3,336

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 36,977,748
Italy 28,693,310
United Kingdom 26,849,660
United States 21,711,670
Japan 13,763,424

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 22,077,185 14,900,563 -7,176,622
Italy 15,908,425 12,784,885 -3,123,540
United Kingdom 10,917,741 15,931,919 +5,014,178
United States 11,403,190 10,308,480 -1,094,710
Japan 5,419,646 8,343,778 +2,924,132
Turkey 4,474,990 5,512,346 +1,037,356
Sweden 4,513,942 5,166,506 +652,564
France 3,743,922 2,918,576 -825,346
India 3,387,471 2,568,049 -819,422
South Korea 2,486,411 2,168,897 -317,514

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 30
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 25
Surrey, East and West Sussex 24
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 21

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 26 27 +1
North Eastern Scotland 15 21 +6
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 22 20 -2
Surrey, East and West Sussex 18 18 +0
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 15 12 -3
Northumberland, Durham and Tyne & Wear 17 14 -3
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 12 12 +0
Shropshire and Staffordshire 13 16 +3
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 15 12 -3
West Midlands 12 10 -2

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) 86,417,414
Air transport 67,374,532
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 20,413,444
Other 20,086,325
Road transport 1,670,157

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) 48,527,082 37,890,332 -10,636,750
Air transport 31,516,118 35,858,414 +4,342,296
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 9,286,694 11,126,750 +1,840,056
Other 10,744,164 9,342,161 -1,402,003
Road transport 312,437 1,357,720 +1,045,283

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 57,779,718
London Heathrow Airport 21,323,951
East Midlands Airport 21,192,258
000 20,086,325
London Stansted Airport 11,887,173

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 33,441,363 24,338,355 -9,103,008
London Heathrow Airport 10,413,665 10,910,286 +496,621
East Midlands Airport 9,550,520 11,641,738 +2,091,218
000 10,744,164 9,342,161 -1,402,003
London Stansted Airport 5,803,068 6,084,105 +281,037
Eurotunnel 4,867,201 4,619,762 -247,439
Birmingham Airport 3,022,927 4,464,862 +1,441,935
London Gateway Port 2,544,516 3,995,629 +1,451,113
Immingham Docks 3,302,120 3,009,256 -292,864
London 3,131,826 2,851,771 -280,055

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 120
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 95
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 56
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 25
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 24

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 103
2025-10 108
2025-09 110
2025-08 104
2025-07 117

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+ 219
1m-15m 184
15m-54m 52
Other 36
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 133,950,525
Netherlands 42,240,541
Germany 25,154,872
Canada 20,739,574
China 18,434,539

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 81,687,975 52,262,550 -29,425,425
Netherlands 24,197,455 18,043,086 -6,154,369
Germany 13,459,749 11,695,123 -1,764,626
Canada 5,127,649 15,611,925 +10,484,276
China 8,436,682 9,997,857 +1,561,175
France 9,240,260 5,838,520 -3,401,740
Czechia 7,239,113 6,818,062 -421,051
Italy 5,419,208 5,523,954 +104,746
Belgium 2,669,110 6,640,822 +3,971,712
Poland 985,354 7,941,560 +6,956,206

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 354,391
China 244,541
XI 242,600
Italy 113,337
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 180,404 173,987 -6,417
China 144,821 99,720 -45,101
XI 120,453 122,147 +1,694
Italy 68,969 44,368 -24,601
United States 86,251 21,653 -64,598
Turkey 48,804 42,495 -6,309
Germany 39,315 34,991 -4,324
Poland 27,006 23,447 -3,559
XU 21,666 19,813 -1,853
Taiwan 19,556 14,168 -5,388

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) 138,624,832
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 120,510,098
Air transport 111,055,746
Other 1,489,893
Road transport 385,599

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) 82,236,826 56,388,006 -25,848,820
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 53,910,514 66,599,584 +12,689,070
Air transport 59,460,119 51,595,627 -7,864,492
Other 847,777 642,116 -205,661
Road transport 384,347 1,252 -383,095

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 86,335,633
Liverpool Docks 63,846,631
London Heathrow Airport 57,445,025
Southampton 30,874,129
London Stansted Airport 25,331,339

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 39,605,617 46,730,016 +7,124,399
Liverpool Docks 43,254,693 20,591,938 -22,662,755
London Heathrow Airport 33,933,150 23,511,875 -10,421,275
Southampton 9,673,390 21,200,739 +11,527,349
London Stansted Airport 11,793,755 13,537,584 +1,743,829
London Gateway Port 16,413,643 8,473,317 -7,940,326
Hull 4,169,490 8,701,153 +4,531,663
East Midlands Airport 5,063,544 7,774,682 +2,711,138
Felixstowe 5,442,929 5,113,781 -329,148
Immingham Docks 4,188,559 4,569,595 +381,036

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