Import/export HS code 84281020: Electric lifts and hoists

Lifts and skip hoists powered by electricity

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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 £
Germany 83,480,898
Spain 60,531,223
Italy 51,878,214
Sweden 45,265,393
Netherlands 38,166,305

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 54,869,535 28,611,363 -26,258,172
Spain 30,756,704 29,774,519 -982,185
Italy 25,110,175 26,768,039 +1,657,864
Sweden 23,049,241 22,216,152 -833,089
Netherlands 20,555,188 17,611,117 -2,944,071
Czechia 11,204,930 25,298,454 +14,093,524
France 19,488,081 14,165,347 -5,322,734
China 21,162,777 9,156,831 -12,005,946
Greece 5,758,698 4,322,657 -1,436,041
Canada 2,137,811 1,482,689 -655,122

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 £
Finland 77,921,647
Germany 63,951,100
Spain 62,081,555
Sweden 43,749,822
Netherlands 36,089,390

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 £
Finland 45,913,855 32,007,792 -13,906,063
Germany 34,319,360 29,631,740 -4,687,620
Spain 31,496,728 30,584,827 -911,901
Sweden 22,250,297 21,499,525 -750,772
Netherlands 19,359,760 16,729,630 -2,630,130
China 24,627,301 9,731,979 -14,895,322
Italy 9,331,389 19,420,156 +10,088,767
France 15,774,744 12,486,586 -3,288,158
Greece 6,618,760 4,184,165 -2,434,595
Czechia 3,022,599 1,028,607 -1,993,992

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 11
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 10
West Yorkshire 10
Outer London - East and North East 9
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 8

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
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 8 7 -1
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 7 7 +0
West Yorkshire 8 6 -2
Outer London - East and North East 4 6 +2
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 6 6 +0
Inner London - West 7 1 -6
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 6 5 -1
West Midlands 8 3 -5
Greater Manchester 4 4 +0
Surrey, East and West Sussex 6 4 -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) 350,377,806
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 54,532,333
Air transport 6,015,446
Other 5,373,367
Road transport 1,603,622

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) 186,092,777 164,285,029 -21,807,748
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 34,928,727 19,603,606 -15,325,121
Air transport 2,289,734 3,725,712 +1,435,978
Other 2,237,007 3,136,360 +899,353
Road transport 1,139,221 464,401 -674,820

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 170,408,190
Immingham Docks 70,540,722
Eurotunnel 29,859,933
Felixstowe 27,859,508
Portsmouth 19,846,094

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 83,952,066 86,456,124 +2,504,058
Immingham Docks 39,043,491 31,497,231 -7,546,260
Eurotunnel 12,203,113 17,656,820 +5,453,707
Felixstowe 18,751,855 9,107,653 -9,644,202
Portsmouth 9,928,873 9,917,221 -11,652
Purfleet 11,101,202 4,610,258 -6,490,944
Hull 11,229,687 4,099,567 -7,130,120
Killingholme 5,208,528 5,005,189 -203,339
Southampton 4,363,020 3,685,201 -677,819
Dover / Eurotunnel 5,681,361 2,327,778 -3,353,583

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 38
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 23
Specialised construction activities 23
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 21
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 20

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 26
2025-10 25
2025-09 25
2025-08 31
2025-07 34

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 71
54m+ 66
15m-54m 22
0-1m 21
Other 8

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 15,837,669
Ireland 12,711,453
Netherlands 11,284,984
Germany 9,093,308
Spain 8,137,969

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 6,410,035 9,427,634 +3,017,599
Ireland 5,502,376 7,209,077 +1,706,701
Netherlands 5,889,749 5,395,235 -494,514
Germany 6,313,223 2,780,085 -3,533,138
Spain 3,312,559 4,825,410 +1,512,851
Italy 3,143,098 2,730,007 -413,091
Australia 2,487,649 2,222,943 -264,706
Sweden 2,045,372 1,740,697 -304,675
Greece 1,476,350 1,624,675 +148,325
France 1,895,327 1,091,949 -803,378

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 4,414,607
XU 288,685
Canada 49,157
Spain 16,721
United States 15,189

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 1,948,774 2,465,833 +517,059
XU 104,037 184,648 +80,611
Canada 41,769 7,388 -34,381
Spain 14,488 2,233 -12,255
United States 0 15,189 +15,189
China 10,068 5,092 -4,976
Netherlands 2,195 12,065 +9,870
Italy 450 7,217 +6,767
Sweden 4,314 2,625 -1,689
New Zealand 4,341 0 -4,341

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) 45,680,902
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 25,164,743
Air transport 14,853,173
Other 4,836,316
Road transport 37,171

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) 23,882,217 21,798,685 -2,083,532
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 10,748,054 14,416,689 +3,668,635
Air transport 7,578,782 7,274,391 -304,391
Other 2,132,212 2,704,104 +571,892
Road transport 37,171 0 -37,171

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 27,114,971
Immingham Docks 6,828,423
Felixstowe 6,570,418
London Heathrow Airport 6,461,856
East Midlands Airport 6,208,485

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 13,888,930 13,226,041 -662,889
Immingham Docks 4,055,543 2,772,880 -1,282,663
Felixstowe 2,524,141 4,046,277 +1,522,136
London Heathrow Airport 2,439,419 4,022,437 +1,583,018
East Midlands Airport 3,856,834 2,351,651 -1,505,183
Southampton 1,333,905 4,866,627 +3,532,722
000 2,132,212 2,704,104 +571,892
London Gateway Port 2,794,223 1,898,797 -895,426
Liverpool Docks 1,832,512 2,551,660 +719,148
Holyhead 1,829,663 2,111,448 +281,785

Quick facts

HS code: 84281020

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

Description: Lifts and skip hoists powered by electricity