Import/export HS code 84281080: Non-electric lifts and hoists

Lifts and skip hoists powered by non-electric sources

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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 129,106,770
Spain 15,259,323
Denmark 11,644,243
Italy 9,307,048
Belgium 8,616,267

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 51,671,527 77,435,243 +25,763,716
Spain 9,422,050 5,837,273 -3,584,777
Denmark 8,024,116 3,620,127 -4,403,989
Italy 4,120,487 5,186,561 +1,066,074
Belgium 5,289,078 3,327,189 -1,961,889
Netherlands 3,482,608 4,750,719 +1,268,111
Ireland 2,512,806 1,717,223 -795,583
Canada 1,502,331 1,647,515 +145,184
Sweden 1,386,412 1,724,244 +337,832
United States 727,135 1,933,181 +1,206,046

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 130,885,119
Spain 15,489,980
Denmark 11,639,426
Italy 9,230,954
Netherlands 7,822,829

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 53,152,037 77,733,082 +24,581,045
Spain 9,588,374 5,901,606 -3,686,768
Denmark 8,019,299 3,620,127 -4,399,172
Italy 4,198,914 5,032,040 +833,126
Netherlands 3,136,695 4,686,134 +1,549,439
United States 978,387 2,770,422 +1,792,035
Canada 1,528,437 1,718,710 +190,273
Sweden 1,402,843 1,666,084 +263,241
Germany 1,030,374 580,304 -450,070
Poland 53,984 910,394 +856,410

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
West Midlands 14
Greater Manchester 12
Kent 12
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 11
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 11

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 10 10 +0
Greater Manchester 9 8 -1
Kent 10 9 -1
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 9 8 -1
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 5 8 +3
Surrey, East and West Sussex 8 4 -4
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 8 7 -1
Essex 5 7 +2
Inner London - West 4 6 +2
Outer London - West and North West 7 7 +0

Import volume by transport

What this shows: Import value by transport mode used to bring goods into the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 141,838,825
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 46,681,512
Other 9,552,377
Air transport 4,414,779
Road transport 265,158

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 £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 57,302,631 84,536,194 +27,233,563
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 25,942,193 20,739,319 -5,202,874
Other 5,878,288 3,674,089 -2,204,199
Air transport 2,026,431 2,388,348 +361,917
Road transport 12,037 253,121 +241,084

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 99,048,831
London Gateway Port 19,144,915
Immingham Docks 16,605,772
Dover 13,382,938
Southampton 13,091,636

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 £
Felixstowe 41,632,352 57,416,479 +15,784,127
London Gateway Port 4,243,333 14,901,582 +10,658,249
Immingham Docks 9,164,078 7,441,694 -1,722,384
Dover 5,316,568 8,066,370 +2,749,802
Southampton 3,543,549 9,548,087 +6,004,538
000 5,878,288 3,674,089 -2,204,199
Liverpool Docks 5,378,428 550,447 -4,827,981
Eurotunnel 3,503,974 1,157,701 -2,346,273
Portsmouth 3,712,861 720,789 -2,992,072
Avonmouth Docks 2,044,850 940,000 -1,104,850

Importer companies by SIC division

What this shows: Industry breakdown (SIC divisions) of importing companies.

Top 5 values

SIC Companies
Specialised construction activities 40
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 40
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 32
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 25
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 16

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 41
2025-10 38
2025-09 32
2025-08 37
2025-07 33

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 84
54m+ 63
0-1m 39
15m-54m 30
Other 9

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 19,749,537
Netherlands 10,575,018
Spain 8,637,100
United States 6,309,634
Australia 4,658,810

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 11,906,806 7,842,731 -4,064,075
Netherlands 5,788,497 4,786,521 -1,001,976
Spain 3,395,579 5,241,521 +1,845,942
United States 3,893,496 2,416,138 -1,477,358
Australia 1,713,503 2,945,307 +1,231,804
Germany 2,638,391 1,810,059 -828,332
Japan 2,567,416 1,203,670 -1,363,746
Belgium 1,805,337 1,118,938 -686,399
Poland 1,383,628 1,106,380 -277,248
Denmark 1,947,029 43,922 -1,903,107

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 5,662,788
XU 2,039,749
United States 199,390
France 152,291
China 56,228

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 3,039,277 2,623,511 -415,766
XU 1,200,828 838,921 -361,907
United States 137,696 61,694 -76,002
France 62,572 89,719 +27,147
China 47,890 8,338 -39,552
Canada 45,425 6,849 -38,576
Germany 2,940 15,023 +12,083
Belgium 17,509 0 -17,509
Switzerland 0 15,426 +15,426
Romania 0 12,368 +12,368

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) 43,968,303
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 27,300,985
Other 8,256,749
Air transport 3,754,630
Road transport 2,931

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) 24,508,233 19,460,070 -5,048,163
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 15,705,605 11,595,380 -4,110,225
Other 4,570,416 3,686,333 -884,083
Air transport 2,993,539 761,091 -2,232,448
Road transport 2,931 0 -2,931

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 16,759,543
Immingham Docks 12,921,679
000 8,256,749
Liverpool Docks 7,571,795
Southampton 7,427,905

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 8,840,941 7,918,602 -922,339
Immingham Docks 7,762,392 5,159,287 -2,603,105
000 4,570,416 3,686,333 -884,083
Liverpool Docks 5,113,654 2,458,141 -2,655,513
Southampton 4,627,144 2,800,761 -1,826,383
London Gateway Port 3,516,038 3,247,310 -268,728
Holyhead 2,371,427 2,154,764 -216,663
London Heathrow Airport 2,710,118 346,919 -2,363,199
Belfast Port 1,053,190 1,988,617 +935,427
Portsmouth 1,069,991 1,313,157 +243,166

Quick facts

HS code: 84281080

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

Description: Lifts and skip hoists powered by non-electric sources