Import/export HS code 8422: Dishwashers and packaging machines

Machines for washing dishes, cleaning containers, or packing items. Includes bottle fillers and labelers

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  • It helps you understand the market size for your product in the UK.
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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 575,047,436
Italy 390,289,953
Netherlands 172,236,416
Poland 157,097,289
France 142,929,445

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 272,015,356 303,032,080 +31,016,724
Italy 201,638,042 188,651,911 -12,986,131
Netherlands 95,034,665 77,201,751 -17,832,914
Poland 89,919,319 67,177,970 -22,741,349
France 67,611,562 75,317,883 +7,706,321
China 60,568,025 81,502,124 +20,934,099
Turkey 66,379,549 58,929,190 -7,450,359
Switzerland 41,882,991 46,428,206 +4,545,215
United States 23,574,926 33,141,200 +9,566,274
Spain 29,691,699 18,924,343 -10,767,356

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 509,716,781
Italy 410,234,353
Poland 222,530,208
China 149,469,420
Turkey 134,363,696

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 256,443,763 253,273,018 -3,170,745
Italy 207,693,106 202,541,247 -5,151,859
Poland 112,353,923 110,176,285 -2,177,638
China 64,383,634 85,085,786 +20,702,152
Turkey 67,131,043 67,232,653 +101,610
Netherlands 70,225,358 52,581,577 -17,643,781
Switzerland 44,656,931 52,946,402 +8,289,471
France 41,175,400 46,202,158 +5,026,758
United States 26,828,469 38,688,254 +11,859,785
Spain 34,554,487 21,428,735 -13,125,752

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 224
Inner London - West 200
Greater Manchester 191
West Yorkshire 181
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 178

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 151 166 +15
Inner London - West 131 144 +13
Greater Manchester 142 122 -20
West Yorkshire 124 124 +0
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 117 134 +17
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 108 121 +13
Surrey, East and West Sussex 109 102 -7
West Midlands 87 105 +18
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 88 99 +11
Outer London - West and North West 74 76 +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) 1,287,955,676
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 527,794,986
Air transport 294,045,130
Other 24,795,991
Road transport 16,895,175

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) 656,087,024 631,868,652 -24,218,372
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 261,159,821 266,635,165 +5,475,344
Air transport 145,128,840 148,916,290 +3,787,450
Other 13,718,371 11,077,620 -2,640,751
Road transport 9,261,012 7,634,163 -1,626,849
Rail transport 80,121 0 -80,121

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 641,862,443
Felixstowe 298,981,437
Immingham Docks 158,332,946
East Midlands Airport 133,057,214
Eurotunnel 115,082,212

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 333,420,817 308,441,626 -24,979,191
Felixstowe 134,343,194 164,638,243 +30,295,049
Immingham Docks 81,141,036 77,191,910 -3,949,126
East Midlands Airport 67,780,611 65,276,603 -2,504,008
Eurotunnel 59,830,627 55,251,585 -4,579,042
Harwich 61,453,131 52,116,538 -9,336,593
London 33,619,111 40,048,763 +6,429,652
Birmingham Airport 32,779,728 30,890,269 -1,889,459
ZLC 25,349,847 35,540,939 +10,191,092
London Gateway Port 19,680,909 30,575,992 +10,895,083

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 868
Manufacture of food products 437
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 370
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 264
Other manufacturing 253

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 792
2025-10 827
2025-09 775
2025-08 791
2025-07 857

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
1m-15m 1342
54m+ 1245
0-1m 490
15m-54m 453
Other 265

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 167,938,765
Ireland 64,834,557
Netherlands 55,887,037
Germany 47,574,752
France 45,039,337

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 93,312,010 74,626,755 -18,685,255
Ireland 35,058,784 29,775,773 -5,283,011
Netherlands 24,683,768 31,203,269 +6,519,501
Germany 28,357,204 19,217,548 -9,139,656
France 21,181,753 23,857,584 +2,675,831
Italy 17,268,682 10,475,500 -6,793,182
India 19,822,751 6,888,226 -12,934,525
Mexico 10,327,868 12,584,906 +2,257,038
Australia 13,947,864 7,423,102 -6,524,762
Poland 8,222,205 8,264,999 +42,794

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 £
Spain 2,258,798
XI 2,017,804
XU 1,850,139
Turkey 1,381,737
Italy 610,862

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 £
Spain 838,042 1,420,756 +582,714
XI 1,513,048 504,756 -1,008,292
XU 1,273,828 576,311 -697,517
Turkey 1,117,029 264,708 -852,321
Italy 476,794 134,068 -342,726
Germany 375,070 179,276 -195,794
Denmark 389,343 0 -389,343
Poland 134,405 137,188 +2,783
China 133,926 125,689 -8,237
Ireland 222,048 28,628 -193,420

Export volume by transport

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

Top 5 values

Transport £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 278,330,553
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 233,294,364
Air transport 214,201,289
Other 10,013,563
Road transport 1,071,586

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 £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 144,153,946 134,176,607 -9,977,339
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 128,051,546 105,242,818 -22,808,728
Air transport 118,584,745 95,616,544 -22,968,201
Other 6,631,410 3,382,153 -3,249,257
Road transport 1,003,153 68,433 -934,720

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 161,943,948
East Midlands Airport 84,793,154
London Heathrow Airport 82,354,919
London Gateway Port 81,360,429
Southampton 60,007,890

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 88,828,705 73,115,243 -15,713,462
East Midlands Airport 45,989,323 38,803,831 -7,185,492
London Heathrow Airport 46,914,288 35,440,631 -11,473,657
London Gateway Port 46,066,644 35,293,785 -10,772,859
Southampton 29,496,239 30,511,651 +1,015,412
Liverpool Docks 29,277,206 22,950,104 -6,327,102
Felixstowe 24,581,425 21,118,881 -3,462,544
Holyhead 12,487,940 13,615,511 +1,127,571
Dover 11,477,767 9,682,561 -1,795,206
Immingham Docks 10,569,035 10,417,054 -151,981

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 8422

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

Description: Machines for washing dishes, cleaning containers, or packing items. Includes bottle fillers and labelers