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 275,863,773
Germany 96,316,547
Italy 68,171,130
Ireland 53,924,557
China 51,066,141

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 137,431,611 138,432,162 +1,000,551
Germany 42,867,198 53,449,349 +10,582,151
Italy 33,745,758 34,425,372 +679,614
Ireland 30,780,376 23,144,181 -7,636,195
China 20,957,435 30,108,706 +9,151,271
Netherlands 21,005,433 28,269,785 +7,264,352
Hungary 9,160,390 6,294,349 -2,866,041
Poland 6,808,022 7,019,866 +211,844
South Korea 9,007,557 4,411,167 -4,596,390
Finland 7,406,094 5,251,505 -2,154,589

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 262,453,175
Italy 82,243,285
Germany 74,418,061
China 60,638,637
Ireland 48,794,815

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 126,470,167 135,983,008 +9,512,841
Italy 44,607,440 37,635,845 -6,971,595
Germany 30,481,993 43,936,068 +13,454,075
China 24,622,417 36,016,220 +11,393,803
Ireland 27,842,208 20,952,607 -6,889,601
Poland 14,712,877 12,566,677 -2,146,200
Netherlands 10,511,641 13,210,960 +2,699,319
Spain 9,801,441 11,021,297 +1,219,856
Hungary 9,222,055 6,620,905 -2,601,150
South Korea 11,073,248 4,510,952 -6,562,296

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Northern Ireland 17
Shropshire and Staffordshire 14
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 13
Greater Manchester 13
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 10 -3
Shropshire and Staffordshire 13 10 -3
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 8 10 +2
Greater Manchester 9 7 -2
Essex 7 11 +4
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 6 7 +1
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 8 5 -3
West Midlands 7 7 +0
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 8 4 -4
Outer London - West and North West 3 5 +2

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) 571,454,986
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 120,132,945
Other 23,417,338
Air transport 910,070
Road transport 536,149

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) 284,845,857 286,609,129 +1,763,272
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 56,756,085 63,376,860 +6,620,775
Other 10,749,762 12,667,576 +1,917,814
Air transport 589,928 320,142 -269,786
Road transport 287,472 248,677 -38,795

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Portsmouth 181,218,519
Dover 145,736,029
Poole 85,267,103
Immingham Docks 56,464,814
Southampton 43,649,669

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 83,981,464 97,237,055 +13,255,591
Dover 73,258,377 72,477,652 -780,725
Poole 45,983,100 39,284,003 -6,699,097
Immingham Docks 27,435,761 29,029,053 +1,593,292
Southampton 20,743,403 22,906,266 +2,162,863
Felixstowe 17,164,872 18,492,975 +1,328,103
Holyhead 14,948,095 13,827,662 -1,120,433
000 10,749,762 12,667,576 +1,917,814
Liverpool Docks 12,892,206 9,080,298 -3,811,908
London 9,932,155 10,165,393 +233,238

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 75
Rental and leasing activities 32
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 25
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 22
Specialised construction activities 20

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 48
2025-11 44
2025-10 46
2025-09 40
2025-08 44

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 118
54m+ 62
15m-54m 32
0-1m 30
Other 15

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 974,655,384
France 291,370,859
Spain 107,268,167
Germany 97,755,635
Ireland 92,151,253

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 654,846,978 319,808,406 -335,038,572
France 153,773,712 137,597,147 -16,176,565
Spain 58,375,047 48,893,120 -9,481,927
Germany 47,141,133 50,614,502 +3,473,369
Ireland 45,482,551 46,668,702 +1,186,151
Australia 48,489,844 36,621,525 -11,868,319
Turkey 38,398,759 39,178,580 +779,821
United Arab Emirates 39,187,605 30,221,077 -8,966,528
Poland 32,103,402 32,492,407 +389,005
Italy 28,486,126 33,001,632 +4,515,506

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 72,708,647
Germany 3,962,394
France 2,521,672
Italy 1,094,961
China 767,892

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 41,186,218 31,522,429 -9,663,789
Germany 1,175,089 2,787,305 +1,612,216
France 1,397,959 1,123,713 -274,246
Italy 820,294 274,667 -545,627
China 264,476 503,416 +238,940
Canada 202,829 448,908 +246,079
Ireland 202,492 100,061 -102,431
Nicaragua 105,793 162,998 +57,205
South Korea 10,910 227,917 +217,007
Japan 82,961 86,570 +3,609

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) 1,275,293,942
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 1,046,436,910
Other 86,417,936
Road transport 883,906
Air transport 420,957

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) 827,321,041 447,972,901 -379,348,140
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 525,922,141 520,514,769 -5,407,372
Other 47,401,379 39,016,557 -8,384,822
Road transport 883,906 0 -883,906
Air transport 232,853 188,104 -44,749
Rail transport 6,000 0 -6,000

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 703,391,419
Southampton 646,669,011
Liverpool Docks 459,738,444
Felixstowe 87,351,918
000 86,417,936

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 364,652,004 338,739,415 -25,912,589
Southampton 383,376,792 263,292,219 -120,084,573
Liverpool Docks 353,940,115 105,798,329 -248,141,786
Felixstowe 50,538,107 36,813,811 -13,724,296
000 47,401,379 39,016,557 -8,384,822
London Gateway Port 32,796,173 46,722,778 +13,926,605
Immingham Docks 21,826,589 38,048,149 +16,221,560
Avonmouth Docks 39,820,430 18,821,738 -20,998,692
Portsmouth 24,431,862 29,243,439 +4,811,577
Belfast Port 20,047,751 29,441,585 +9,393,834

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