Import/export HS code 8425: Pulley systems, hoists, winches, and jacks

Includes pulley systems, hoists (except skip hoists), winches, capstans, and jacks for lifting or pulling heavy objects

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  • 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 £
China 94,606,503
Germany 84,216,733
Italy 63,339,564
France 56,760,775
Netherlands 31,083,631

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 £
China 47,303,626 47,302,877 -749
Germany 43,021,618 41,195,115 -1,826,503
Italy 33,901,696 29,437,868 -4,463,828
France 32,393,255 24,367,520 -8,025,735
Netherlands 16,481,787 14,601,844 -1,879,943
United States 16,613,690 14,240,883 -2,372,807
Spain 9,794,459 9,968,911 +174,452
Denmark 11,400,139 7,430,107 -3,970,032
Finland 4,474,582 4,917,525 +442,943
Norway 5,356,752 3,592,207 -1,764,545

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 £
China 111,538,192
Germany 77,898,434
Italy 68,610,220
France 44,846,051
United States 38,112,144

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 £
China 56,739,049 54,799,143 -1,939,906
Germany 41,068,902 36,829,532 -4,239,370
Italy 35,949,093 32,661,127 -3,287,966
France 26,648,218 18,197,833 -8,450,385
United States 17,517,422 20,594,722 +3,077,300
United Kingdom 22,917,652 11,750,892 -11,166,760
Netherlands 7,270,675 7,645,042 +374,367
Denmark 9,189,528 5,500,183 -3,689,345
Spain 5,088,833 6,369,164 +1,280,331
Finland 5,149,854 5,357,037 +207,183

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 117
Inner London - West 102
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 88
West Midlands 84
Greater Manchester 82

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 85 74 -11
Inner London - West 67 67 +0
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 54 61 +7
West Midlands 60 59 -1
Greater Manchester 55 57 +2
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 59 49 -10
Surrey, East and West Sussex 49 51 +2
North Eastern Scotland 50 42 -8
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 47 45 -2
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 43 48 +5

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) 232,707,688
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 170,266,655
Air transport 75,947,743
Other 14,203,154
Road transport 2,753,294

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) 123,843,926 108,863,762 -14,980,164
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 90,327,612 79,939,043 -10,388,569
Air transport 34,774,993 41,172,750 +6,397,757
Other 9,350,246 4,852,908 -4,497,338
Road transport 1,429,177 1,324,117 -105,060
Rail transport 362,102 929,639 +567,537

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 103,807,428
Felixstowe 75,145,383
Eurotunnel 34,701,073
Southampton 31,753,348
Immingham Docks 28,371,214

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 55,801,144 48,006,284 -7,794,860
Felixstowe 39,363,985 35,781,398 -3,582,587
Eurotunnel 20,907,244 13,793,829 -7,113,415
Southampton 15,854,064 15,899,284 +45,220
Immingham Docks 14,665,640 13,705,574 -960,066
London Heathrow Airport 9,374,963 14,779,172 +5,404,209
London 7,040,363 9,077,017 +2,036,654
000 9,350,246 4,852,908 -4,497,338
Birmingham Airport 6,121,705 7,600,994 +1,479,289
London Stansted Airport 6,118,372 6,089,953 -28,419

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 317
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 202
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 137
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 115
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 110

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 325
2025-10 346
2025-09 322
2025-08 330
2025-07 385

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 748
54m+ 600
15m-54m 202
0-1m 155
Other 151

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 63,916,759
Netherlands 32,809,824
France 25,334,340
Norway 23,258,584
United Arab Emirates 20,890,605

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 36,113,946 27,802,813 -8,311,133
Netherlands 16,331,753 16,478,071 +146,318
France 15,982,004 9,352,336 -6,629,668
Norway 12,502,920 10,755,664 -1,747,256
United Arab Emirates 14,026,696 6,863,909 -7,162,787
Spain 12,653,448 6,870,089 -5,783,359
Germany 8,603,831 8,887,857 +284,026
Saudi Arabia 11,302,442 4,494,279 -6,808,163
Brazil 9,486,626 6,215,852 -3,270,774
Italy 6,737,516 7,066,413 +328,897

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 £
China 816,223
Germany 424,567
XU 165,264
Italy 139,780
XI 85,163

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 £
China 426,637 389,586 -37,051
Germany 252,674 171,893 -80,781
XU 66,675 98,589 +31,914
Italy 61,701 78,079 +16,378
XI 22,935 62,228 +39,293
Switzerland 20,913 17,590 -3,323
Belgium 4,996 27,535 +22,539
Ireland 10,597 5,220 -5,377
Austria 11,955 0 -11,955
France 9,128 2,773 -6,355

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) 132,926,940
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 128,137,348
Air transport 107,051,296
Other 1,772,139
Road transport 691,003

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) 83,163,682 49,763,258 -33,400,424
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 67,640,742 60,496,606 -7,144,136
Air transport 57,404,967 49,646,329 -7,758,638
Other 899,138 873,001 -26,137
Road transport 669,159 21,844 -647,315
Rail transport 0 222,668 +222,668

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 70,137,133
London Heathrow Airport 41,830,564
London Gateway Port 33,753,057
East Midlands Airport 23,710,001
Immingham Docks 23,150,904

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 39,192,465 30,944,668 -8,247,797
London Heathrow Airport 22,774,558 19,056,006 -3,718,552
London Gateway Port 26,246,677 7,506,380 -18,740,297
East Midlands Airport 12,803,136 10,906,865 -1,896,271
Immingham Docks 13,574,486 9,576,418 -3,998,068
Southampton 9,917,559 11,441,401 +1,523,842
Aberdeen Docks 10,317,231 6,854,675 -3,462,556
Tyne 10,386,886 6,458,987 -3,927,899
Felixstowe 8,698,896 5,011,187 -3,687,709
Liverpool Docks 7,227,841 6,061,359 -1,166,482

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 8425

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

Description: Includes pulley systems, hoists (except skip hoists), winches, capstans, and jacks for lifting or pulling heavy objects