Import/export HS code 842230: Bottle fillers and sealers

Machines that fill, close, seal, or label bottles, cans, or boxes

Why this is important if you are looking for potential customers in the UK:

  • It helps you understand the market size for your product in the UK.
  • It provides you with a list of potential leads who have bought similar products.

* 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 195,021,393
Italy 74,382,798
France 57,729,395
Switzerland 39,189,171
China 38,693,392

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 85,860,425 109,160,968 +23,300,543
Italy 32,897,307 41,485,491 +8,588,184
France 24,535,220 33,194,175 +8,658,955
Switzerland 17,790,168 21,399,003 +3,608,835
China 12,584,756 26,108,636 +13,523,880
United States 8,607,595 17,021,251 +8,413,656
Netherlands 10,689,091 14,920,844 +4,231,753
Spain 6,094,589 5,310,848 -783,741
Belgium 4,226,050 6,133,244 +1,907,194
Denmark 3,059,112 4,033,874 +974,762

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 195,237,756
Italy 81,705,558
China 41,651,231
Switzerland 39,165,569
France 37,338,057

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 84,577,376 110,660,380 +26,083,004
Italy 36,458,587 45,246,971 +8,788,384
China 14,536,735 27,114,496 +12,577,761
Switzerland 17,820,130 21,345,439 +3,525,309
France 13,626,837 23,711,220 +10,084,383
United States 11,062,602 19,957,832 +8,895,230
Netherlands 6,268,465 11,176,016 +4,907,551
Spain 8,276,952 4,742,461 -3,534,491
Israel 6,024,837 4,796,222 -1,228,615
Denmark 3,155,760 5,315,330 +2,159,570

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 76
Inner London - West 62
Greater Manchester 58
West Yorkshire 51
Inner London - East 47

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 46 59 +13
Inner London - West 38 39 +1
Greater Manchester 42 25 -17
West Yorkshire 38 27 -11
Inner London - East 32 25 -7
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 26 32 +6
Outer London - West and North West 28 17 -11
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 25 23 -2
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 20 26 +6
Kent 23 22 -1

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) 392,246,930
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 95,666,736
Air transport 30,086,922
Road transport 5,068,169
Other 2,454,846

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) 166,941,967 225,304,963 +58,362,996
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 39,834,807 55,831,929 +15,997,122
Air transport 14,371,381 15,715,541 +1,344,160
Road transport 4,678,484 389,685 -4,288,799
Other 2,027,217 427,629 -1,599,588
Rail transport 70,300 0 -70,300

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 194,161,491
Immingham Docks 49,195,260
Eurotunnel 42,768,111
ZLC 39,296,848
Felixstowe 26,692,198

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 89,938,785 104,222,706 +14,283,921
Immingham Docks 20,758,889 28,436,371 +7,677,482
Eurotunnel 18,751,116 24,016,995 +5,265,879
ZLC 17,513,922 21,782,926 +4,269,004
Felixstowe 9,047,202 17,644,996 +8,597,794
Killingholme 5,795,581 14,142,761 +8,347,180
Southampton 6,588,325 9,820,157 +3,231,832
Dover / Eurotunnel 9,061,901 6,842,162 -2,219,739
Tyne 3,835,666 11,283,625 +7,447,959
London Heathrow Airport 5,068,014 6,300,349 +1,232,335

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 265
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 145
Manufacture of food products 139
Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products 90
Other manufacturing 77

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 132
2025-10 145
2025-09 129
2025-08 116
2025-07 144

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 398
54m+ 318
0-1m 190
15m-54m 102
Other 65

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 57,443,581
France 25,971,137
Netherlands 22,491,161
Germany 20,776,205
Ireland 17,953,440

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 33,732,295 23,711,286 -10,021,009
France 11,135,502 14,835,635 +3,700,133
Netherlands 8,305,702 14,185,459 +5,879,757
Germany 13,772,051 7,004,154 -6,767,897
Ireland 11,012,527 6,940,913 -4,071,614
India 10,306,625 3,535,816 -6,770,809
Italy 8,361,545 2,717,346 -5,644,199
Mexico 3,426,924 2,154,429 -1,272,495
Australia 3,215,506 1,413,097 -1,802,409
United Arab Emirates 1,618,154 2,970,888 +1,352,734

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 £
Sweden 10,322
XU 10,155
China 498
XI 175
Taiwan 32

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 £
Sweden 5,070 5,252 +182
XU 9,496 659 -8,837
China 498 0 -498
XI 0 175 +175
Taiwan 32 0 -32

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) 128,455,584
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 78,155,544
Air transport 47,006,998
Road transport 506,428
Other 21,182

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) 70,249,992 58,205,592 -12,044,400
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 49,155,115 29,000,429 -20,154,686
Air transport 26,813,554 20,193,444 -6,620,110
Road transport 439,345 67,083 -372,262
Other 15,096 6,086 -9,010

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 76,627,806
London Heathrow Airport 30,628,661
London Gateway Port 25,491,308
Southampton 22,449,318
Felixstowe 18,587,194

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 43,492,526 33,135,280 -10,357,246
London Heathrow Airport 17,438,759 13,189,902 -4,248,857
London Gateway Port 16,792,381 8,698,927 -8,093,454
Southampton 12,936,431 9,512,887 -3,423,544
Felixstowe 10,083,151 8,504,043 -1,579,108
Liverpool Docks 10,698,812 5,579,889 -5,118,923
Dover 7,532,887 5,573,013 -1,959,874
Immingham Docks 4,574,202 4,462,076 -112,126
Holyhead 3,963,005 3,396,410 -566,595
London Stansted Airport 2,784,592 2,247,183 -537,409

Quick facts

HS code: 842230

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

Description: Machines that fill, close, seal, or label bottles, cans, or boxes