Import/export HS code 842489: Various spraying equipment

Other types of spraying machines not specified elsewhere

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 72,452,573
China 46,380,470
Italy 37,796,485
United States 19,371,940
Netherlands 13,408,890

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 35,896,472 36,556,101 +659,629
China 23,089,973 23,290,497 +200,524
Italy 20,277,259 17,519,226 -2,758,033
United States 7,483,207 11,888,733 +4,405,526
Netherlands 5,954,300 7,454,590 +1,500,290
France 5,110,966 7,324,280 +2,213,314
Switzerland 2,930,722 4,308,422 +1,377,700
Belgium 3,798,898 3,013,403 -785,495
Spain 1,009,692 2,253,666 +1,243,974
Denmark 1,964,823 1,124,579 -840,244

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 64,084,587
China 57,776,037
Italy 41,424,358
United States 28,369,121
France 14,171,291

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 28,607,401 35,477,186 +6,869,785
China 28,710,016 29,066,021 +356,005
Italy 22,745,036 18,679,322 -4,065,714
United States 11,955,860 16,413,261 +4,457,401
France 7,318,969 6,852,322 -466,647
Switzerland 2,544,651 3,538,497 +993,846
Netherlands 1,746,309 1,621,800 -124,509
Denmark 1,916,143 1,201,301 -714,842
Austria 1,924,313 978,223 -946,090
Israel 699,712 1,717,116 +1,017,404

Importers across UK regions

What this shows: Number of importing companies by UK ITL2 region.

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 85
Surrey, East and West Sussex 75
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 72
Greater Manchester 70
West Midlands 60

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
Inner London - West 55 61 +6
Surrey, East and West Sussex 50 49 -1
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 53 50 -3
Greater Manchester 49 55 +6
West Midlands 39 45 +6
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 40 34 -6
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 33 35 +2
Outer London - West and North West 35 27 -8
Shropshire and Staffordshire 28 33 +5
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 28 27 -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) 140,513,171
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 68,830,598
Air transport 29,927,573
Road transport 4,769,500
Other 3,015,631

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) 70,607,434 69,905,737 -701,697
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 32,283,848 36,546,750 +4,262,902
Air transport 14,143,257 15,784,316 +1,641,059
Road transport 1,483,695 3,285,805 +1,802,110
Other 2,109,940 905,691 -1,204,249
Rail transport 37,789 0 -37,789

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 54,843,470
Eurotunnel 29,653,472
Felixstowe 29,417,016
Southampton 18,703,204
Killingholme 12,821,259

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 22,895,182 31,948,288 +9,053,106
Eurotunnel 17,858,513 11,794,959 -6,063,554
Felixstowe 14,091,670 15,325,346 +1,233,676
Southampton 9,099,551 9,603,653 +504,102
Killingholme 6,138,244 6,683,015 +544,771
Immingham Docks 6,310,373 6,259,431 -50,942
London Heathrow Airport 6,056,466 5,038,518 -1,017,948
Dover / Eurotunnel 6,144,759 3,437,230 -2,707,529
London Gateway Port 3,350,385 5,716,271 +2,365,886
Harwich 3,632,267 3,643,234 +10,967

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 349
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 173
Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products 87
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 83
Other manufacturing 79

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 223
2025-10 208
2025-09 225
2025-08 226
2025-07 260

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 483
54m+ 394
0-1m 171
15m-54m 148
Other 89

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 £
Netherlands 76,922,736
China 12,149,839
India 8,703,463
Singapore 7,479,287
Saudi Arabia 6,702,620

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 £
Netherlands 39,332,554 37,590,182 -1,742,372
China 7,746,409 4,403,430 -3,342,979
India 4,173,864 4,529,599 +355,735
Singapore 3,998,167 3,481,120 -517,047
Saudi Arabia 5,599,817 1,102,803 -4,497,014
Germany 3,107,021 3,027,601 -79,420
Norway 1,248,566 4,444,500 +3,195,934
United States 2,998,602 2,123,124 -875,478
Ireland 2,460,138 2,548,699 +88,561
France 3,098,384 1,791,952 -1,306,432

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 £
XI 713,942
China 67,943
XU 6,831
Germany 6,195
Ireland 4,262

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 £
XI 326,801 387,141 +60,340
China 40,157 27,786 -12,371
XU 4,876 1,955 -2,921
Germany 5,027 1,168 -3,859
Ireland 2,994 1,268 -1,726
Malaysia 0 2,266 +2,266
Taiwan 371 776 +405
Italy 656 162 -494
Slovakia 619 0 -619
South Korea 0 574 +574

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) 99,036,660
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 57,000,638
Air transport 23,383,038
Other 805,786
Road transport 307,101

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) 44,066,329 54,970,331 +10,904,002
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 36,307,621 20,693,017 -15,614,604
Air transport 12,757,249 10,625,789 -2,131,460
Other 382,514 423,272 +40,758
Road transport 298,750 8,351 -290,399

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Immingham Docks 78,473,667
Dover / Eurotunnel 19,654,697
Felixstowe 17,457,540
London Gateway Port 16,887,680
London Heathrow Airport 13,463,215

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 £
Immingham Docks 38,048,754 40,424,913 +2,376,159
Dover / Eurotunnel 9,935,312 9,719,385 -215,927
Felixstowe 13,415,587 4,041,953 -9,373,634
London Gateway Port 7,031,544 9,856,136 +2,824,592
London Heathrow Airport 8,598,386 4,864,829 -3,733,557
Southampton 6,043,231 6,398,834 +355,603
East Midlands Airport 1,763,473 1,680,375 -83,098
ZLC 1,541,317 1,273,668 -267,649
Liverpool Docks 458,684 1,841,234 +1,382,550
Manchester Airport 695,355 1,335,836 +640,481

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 842489

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

Description: Other types of spraying machines not specified elsewhere