Import/export HS code 842810: Lifts and skip hoists

Machinery used for lifting people or materials vertically, like elevators or hoists

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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 £
China 159,426,378
Germany 84,919,865
Spain 75,790,546
Italy 61,185,262
Sweden 48,376,049

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 72,834,304 86,592,074 +13,757,770
Germany 55,849,272 29,070,593 -26,778,679
Spain 40,178,754 35,611,792 -4,566,962
Italy 29,230,662 31,954,600 +2,723,938
Sweden 24,435,653 23,940,396 -495,257
Netherlands 24,037,796 22,361,836 -1,675,960
Czechia 11,204,930 25,298,454 +14,093,524
France 20,168,599 14,728,445 -5,440,154
Denmark 8,967,130 5,000,536 -3,966,594
Greece 6,123,469 4,863,486 -1,259,983

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 165,244,399
Finland 78,144,512
Spain 77,571,535
Germany 65,561,778
Sweden 46,818,749

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 77,779,338 87,465,061 +9,685,723
Finland 46,060,332 32,084,180 -13,976,152
Spain 41,085,102 36,486,433 -4,598,669
Germany 35,349,734 30,212,044 -5,137,690
Sweden 23,653,140 23,165,609 -487,531
Netherlands 22,496,455 21,415,764 -1,080,691
Italy 13,530,303 24,452,196 +10,921,893
France 16,160,770 12,852,213 -3,308,557
Denmark 8,120,898 4,188,984 -3,931,914
Greece 6,983,531 4,728,254 -2,255,277

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
West Midlands 20
Greater Manchester 19
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 17
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 16
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 16

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
West Midlands 17 12 -5
Greater Manchester 13 12 -1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 13 12 -1
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 11 11 +0
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 10 11 +1
Surrey, East and West Sussex 13 7 -6
Inner London - West 11 6 -5
Kent 11 11 +0
Outer London - East and North East 7 10 +3
West Yorkshire 11 10 -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) 397,059,318
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 196,371,158
Other 14,925,744
Air transport 10,430,225
Road transport 1,868,780

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) 212,034,970 185,024,348 -27,010,622
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 92,231,358 104,139,800 +11,908,442
Other 8,115,295 6,810,449 -1,304,846
Air transport 4,316,165 6,114,060 +1,797,895
Road transport 1,151,258 717,522 -433,736

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 183,791,128
Felixstowe 126,908,339
Immingham Docks 87,146,494
Eurotunnel 34,521,608
Portsmouth 24,279,744

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 89,268,634 94,522,494 +5,253,860
Felixstowe 60,384,207 66,524,132 +6,139,925
Immingham Docks 48,207,569 38,938,925 -9,268,644
Eurotunnel 15,707,087 18,814,521 +3,107,434
Portsmouth 13,641,734 10,638,010 -3,003,724
Southampton 7,906,569 13,233,288 +5,326,719
London Gateway Port 4,526,911 15,351,795 +10,824,884
Purfleet 11,252,654 4,691,131 -6,561,523
Hull 11,344,299 4,361,807 -6,982,492
000 8,115,295 6,810,449 -1,304,846

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 68
Specialised construction activities 48
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 43
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 36
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 34

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 61
2025-10 59
2025-09 53
2025-08 66
2025-07 64

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 136
54m+ 111
0-1m 52
15m-54m 42
Other 14

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 £
Ireland 32,460,990
United States 22,147,303
Netherlands 21,860,002
Spain 16,775,069
Germany 13,541,758

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 £
Ireland 17,409,182 15,051,808 -2,357,374
United States 10,303,531 11,843,772 +1,540,241
Netherlands 11,678,246 10,181,756 -1,496,490
Spain 6,708,138 10,066,931 +3,358,793
Germany 8,951,614 4,590,144 -4,361,470
Australia 4,201,152 5,168,250 +967,098
Italy 4,104,083 3,072,602 -1,031,481
France 2,824,253 1,985,854 -838,399
Sweden 2,084,058 1,824,165 -259,893
Japan 2,585,211 1,204,636 -1,380,575

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 10,077,395
XU 2,328,434
United States 214,579
France 155,444
Canada 101,431

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 4,988,051 5,089,344 +101,293
XU 1,304,865 1,023,569 -281,296
United States 137,696 76,883 -60,813
France 64,057 91,387 +27,330
Canada 87,194 14,237 -72,957
China 57,958 13,430 -44,528
Germany 3,231 15,169 +11,938
Belgium 17,509 0 -17,509
Spain 14,488 2,233 -12,255
Italy 9,352 7,217 -2,135

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) 89,649,205
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 52,465,728
Air transport 18,607,803
Other 13,093,065
Road transport 40,102

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) 48,390,450 41,258,755 -7,131,695
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 26,453,659 26,012,069 -441,590
Air transport 10,572,321 8,035,482 -2,536,839
Other 6,702,628 6,390,437 -312,191
Road transport 40,102 0 -40,102

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 43,874,514
Immingham Docks 19,750,102
Southampton 13,628,437
000 13,093,065
Liverpool Docks 11,955,967

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 22,729,871 21,144,643 -1,585,228
Immingham Docks 11,817,935 7,932,167 -3,885,768
Southampton 5,961,049 7,667,388 +1,706,339
000 6,702,628 6,390,437 -312,191
Liverpool Docks 6,946,166 5,009,801 -1,936,365
London Gateway Port 6,310,261 5,146,107 -1,164,154
London Heathrow Airport 5,149,537 4,369,356 -780,181
Felixstowe 3,967,605 4,902,790 +935,185
Holyhead 4,201,090 4,266,212 +65,122
East Midlands Airport 3,967,924 2,405,436 -1,562,488

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 842810

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

Description: Machinery used for lifting people or materials vertically, like elevators or hoists