Import/export HS code 842720: Non-electric fork-lift trucks

Self-propelled trucks powered by non-electric engines, used for lifting and moving materials

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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 £
France 275,186,963
Germany 93,152,586
Italy 69,192,907
Ireland 53,319,832
China 49,262,205

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 £
France 142,788,440 132,398,523 -10,389,917
Germany 42,097,529 51,055,057 +8,957,528
Italy 34,994,058 34,198,849 -795,209
Ireland 28,347,125 24,972,707 -3,374,418
China 21,535,444 27,726,761 +6,191,317
Netherlands 20,605,498 27,830,929 +7,225,431
Hungary 8,575,761 6,410,371 -2,165,390
South Korea 11,080,900 3,586,758 -7,494,142
Finland 8,063,217 5,899,504 -2,163,713
Poland 5,835,574 8,018,293 +2,182,719

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 £
France 261,599,295
Italy 83,093,415
Germany 71,048,099
China 57,265,883
Ireland 48,135,948

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 £
France 132,198,338 129,400,957 -2,797,381
Italy 45,751,631 37,341,784 -8,409,847
Germany 29,603,572 41,444,527 +11,840,955
China 24,613,201 32,652,682 +8,039,481
Ireland 25,527,402 22,608,546 -2,918,856
Poland 14,294,590 14,101,205 -193,385
Netherlands 10,640,064 13,483,378 +2,843,314
Spain 10,313,881 10,553,256 +239,375
South Korea 13,189,302 3,770,048 -9,419,254
Hungary 8,637,426 6,736,927 -1,900,499

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Northern Ireland 16
Greater Manchester 14
Shropshire and Staffordshire 14
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 12
Essex 12

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
Northern Ireland 13 9 -4
Greater Manchester 9 8 -1
Shropshire and Staffordshire 13 10 -3
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 9 9 +0
Essex 6 12 +6
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 6 7 +1
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 8 5 -3
West Midlands 7 6 -1
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 7 5 -2
Outer London - West and North West 3 6 +3

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) 569,344,146
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 119,277,586
Other 23,242,529
Air transport 1,064,293
Road transport 567,083

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) 288,631,793 280,712,353 -7,919,440
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 60,183,453 59,094,133 -1,089,320
Other 10,657,913 12,584,616 +1,926,703
Air transport 713,594 350,699 -362,895
Road transport 277,708 289,375 +11,667

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Portsmouth 181,930,006
Dover 144,182,277
Poole 84,700,699
Immingham Docks 59,009,209
Southampton 44,688,150

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 £
Portsmouth 89,083,538 92,846,468 +3,762,930
Dover 74,178,080 70,004,197 -4,173,883
Poole 45,742,502 38,958,197 -6,784,305
Immingham Docks 29,621,887 29,387,322 -234,565
Southampton 24,105,532 20,582,618 -3,522,914
Felixstowe 16,877,798 17,718,071 +840,273
Holyhead 14,152,257 13,073,195 -1,079,062
000 10,657,913 12,584,616 +1,926,703
Liverpool Docks 11,636,103 11,340,683 -295,420
London 8,475,603 10,666,856 +2,191,253

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 74
Rental and leasing activities 30
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 26
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 22
Specialised construction activities 18

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 44
2025-10 46
2025-09 40
2025-08 44
2025-07 48

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 114
54m+ 61
15m-54m 33
0-1m 29
Other 13

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 991,667,310
France 290,254,714
Spain 105,457,673
Germany 99,457,665
Ireland 92,293,983

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 681,709,019 309,958,291 -371,750,728
France 152,905,374 137,349,340 -15,556,034
Spain 53,541,441 51,916,232 -1,625,209
Germany 50,479,871 48,977,794 -1,502,077
Ireland 44,754,916 47,539,067 +2,784,151
Australia 52,518,000 27,495,291 -25,022,709
Turkey 36,908,481 37,977,898 +1,069,417
United Arab Emirates 37,830,658 31,780,881 -6,049,777
Poland 33,485,683 32,996,134 -489,549
Italy 27,727,996 31,767,871 +4,039,875

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 75,555,999
Germany 3,775,133
XU 3,335,912
France 2,613,960
Italy 1,167,527

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 44,036,705 31,519,294 -12,517,411
Germany 1,069,734 2,705,399 +1,635,665
XU 1,735,285 1,600,627 -134,658
France 1,453,502 1,160,458 -293,044
Italy 916,860 250,667 -666,193
China 264,476 503,416 +238,940
Canada 149,089 479,223 +330,134
Ireland 227,057 142,497 -84,560
Nicaragua 104,241 164,550 +60,309
South Korea 10,910 186,399 +175,489

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) 1,294,461,368
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 1,035,526,064
Other 89,243,038
Road transport 938,916
Air transport 415,747

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) 861,777,054 432,684,314 -429,092,740
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 518,109,661 517,416,403 -693,258
Other 50,286,827 38,956,211 -11,330,616
Road transport 938,916 0 -938,916
Air transport 236,612 179,135 -57,477
Rail transport 30,700 0 -30,700

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 703,352,634
Southampton 651,215,639
Liverpool Docks 476,572,586
000 89,243,038
Felixstowe 81,527,160

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 365,044,255 338,308,379 -26,735,876
Southampton 393,856,923 257,358,716 -136,498,207
Liverpool Docks 372,458,212 104,114,374 -268,343,838
000 50,286,827 38,956,211 -11,330,616
Felixstowe 52,854,343 28,672,817 -24,181,526
London Gateway Port 31,810,043 43,480,157 +11,670,114
Immingham Docks 22,064,166 37,361,397 +15,297,231
Avonmouth Docks 37,849,073 20,467,040 -17,382,033
Portsmouth 21,490,921 29,374,604 +7,883,683
Belfast Port 19,443,198 29,048,771 +9,605,573

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 842720

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

Description: Self-propelled trucks powered by non-electric engines, used for lifting and moving materials