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 569,720,440
Italy 384,070,704
Netherlands 168,560,985
Poland 151,231,244
China 144,993,848

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 262,111,118 307,609,322 +45,498,204
Italy 197,058,651 187,012,053 -10,046,598
Netherlands 98,848,896 69,712,089 -29,136,807
Poland 85,870,655 65,360,589 -20,510,066
China 64,322,517 80,671,331 +16,348,814
France 65,487,011 77,475,678 +11,988,667
Turkey 64,878,552 58,889,287 -5,989,265
Switzerland 38,221,374 47,673,778 +9,452,404
United States 24,801,429 33,744,130 +8,942,701
Spain 24,226,684 18,998,055 -5,228,629

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 501,101,946
Italy 407,598,002
Poland 219,631,332
China 152,411,574
Turkey 133,027,097

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 245,116,416 255,985,530 +10,869,114
Italy 203,339,521 204,258,481 +918,960
Poland 110,378,652 109,252,680 -1,125,972
China 67,982,492 84,429,082 +16,446,590
Turkey 65,710,704 67,316,393 +1,605,689
Netherlands 71,964,537 46,458,781 -25,505,756
Switzerland 41,159,565 54,148,048 +12,988,483
France 38,696,931 45,563,291 +6,866,360
United States 28,379,327 38,968,146 +10,588,819
Spain 29,496,080 21,553,125 -7,942,955

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 228
Inner London - West 209
Greater Manchester 200
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 160 162 +2
Inner London - West 134 150 +16
Greater Manchester 143 129 -14
West Yorkshire 125 125 +0
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 116 138 +22
Surrey, East and West Sussex 113 103 -10
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 109 119 +10
West Midlands 90 107 +17
Shropshire and Staffordshire 81 95 +14
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 86 98 +12

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) 1,259,025,575
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 530,061,611
Air transport 294,759,029
Other 24,546,602
Road transport 16,671,800

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) 628,926,425 630,099,150 +1,172,725
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 266,787,226 263,274,385 -3,512,841
Air transport 144,680,328 150,078,701 +5,398,373
Other 13,856,040 10,690,562 -3,165,478
Road transport 8,599,713 8,072,087 -527,626
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 627,856,962
Felixstowe 303,254,825
Immingham Docks 154,205,976
East Midlands Airport 132,990,793
Eurotunnel 113,186,332

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 312,147,476 315,709,486 +3,562,010
Felixstowe 140,567,551 162,687,274 +22,119,723
Immingham Docks 77,657,980 76,547,996 -1,109,984
East Midlands Airport 67,443,402 65,547,391 -1,896,011
Eurotunnel 58,695,733 54,490,599 -4,205,134
Harwich 60,178,272 48,893,524 -11,284,748
London 35,425,275 38,099,265 +2,673,990
Birmingham Airport 32,334,452 31,164,087 -1,170,365
ZLC 21,952,028 36,478,449 +14,526,421
London Gateway Port 22,616,229 28,799,436 +6,183,207

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 882
Manufacture of food products 439
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 382
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 267
Other manufacturing 247

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 716
2025-11 792
2025-10 827
2025-09 775
2025-08 791

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 1347
54m+ 1252
0-1m 501
15m-54m 461
Other 268

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 162,755,789
Ireland 65,128,389
Netherlands 56,652,074
Germany 47,239,746
France 44,291,764

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 90,441,850 72,313,939 -18,127,911
Ireland 35,692,673 29,435,716 -6,256,957
Netherlands 25,321,987 31,330,087 +6,008,100
Germany 28,340,227 18,899,519 -9,440,708
France 20,846,867 23,444,897 +2,598,030
Italy 17,572,885 10,060,988 -7,511,897
Mexico 10,808,796 11,255,355 +446,559
India 15,728,848 5,651,815 -10,077,033
Australia 13,878,399 7,248,753 -6,629,646
Poland 8,469,320 9,046,492 +577,172

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 2,344,167
XI 2,040,788
Turkey 1,329,534
Italy 604,884
Germany 550,592

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 860,963 1,483,204 +622,241
XI 1,485,240 555,548 -929,692
Turkey 1,268,558 60,976 -1,207,582
Italy 477,538 127,346 -350,192
Germany 366,104 184,488 -181,616
Denmark 389,343 1,702 -387,641
Poland 136,482 130,978 -5,504
China 132,617 121,699 -10,918
Ireland 222,855 27,733 -195,122
Netherlands 44,910 2,535 -42,375

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) 281,982,423
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 218,798,946
Air transport 214,793,134
Other 9,983,446
Road transport 771,986

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) 146,492,335 135,490,088 -11,002,247
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 117,165,126 101,633,820 -15,531,306
Air transport 119,838,747 94,954,387 -24,884,360
Other 6,720,097 3,263,349 -3,456,748
Road transport 717,215 54,771 -662,444

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 164,046,793
East Midlands Airport 84,096,209
London Heathrow Airport 83,247,765
London Gateway Port 74,520,890
Southampton 59,195,428

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 89,432,886 74,613,907 -14,818,979
East Midlands Airport 45,457,265 38,638,944 -6,818,321
London Heathrow Airport 48,127,224 35,120,541 -13,006,683
London Gateway Port 41,319,057 33,201,833 -8,117,224
Southampton 28,355,914 30,839,514 +2,483,600
Liverpool Docks 28,199,580 21,872,890 -6,326,690
Felixstowe 22,131,733 20,137,798 -1,993,935
Holyhead 12,624,569 14,040,655 +1,416,086
Dover 11,596,748 9,596,392 -2,000,356
Immingham Docks 10,198,776 10,365,128 +166,352

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