Import/export HS code 842839: Various lifting machinery

Other types of lifting machinery not covered by specific codes

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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 83,642,090
Netherlands 60,786,757
Austria 58,285,788
Italy 48,229,883
France 19,133,852

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 46,844,346 36,797,744 -10,046,602
Netherlands 40,757,169 20,029,588 -20,727,581
Austria 12,555,484 45,730,304 +33,174,820
Italy 27,120,733 21,109,150 -6,011,583
France 9,271,992 9,861,860 +589,868
Spain 9,382,986 9,277,765 -105,221
Poland 8,625,215 8,873,674 +248,459
Finland 11,628,180 5,592,711 -6,035,469
Sweden 6,358,343 8,915,120 +2,556,777
China 7,035,825 7,970,082 +934,257

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 £
Germany 88,016,322
Austria 58,154,238
Italy 49,945,151
Netherlands 43,740,852
Poland 33,946,035

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 £
Germany 46,146,663 41,869,659 -4,277,004
Austria 12,498,090 45,656,148 +33,158,058
Italy 27,849,608 22,095,543 -5,754,065
Netherlands 32,685,258 11,055,594 -21,629,664
Poland 20,448,661 13,497,374 -6,951,287
Spain 10,888,797 9,989,435 -899,362
China 7,865,474 8,623,640 +758,166
Sweden 5,228,295 8,132,379 +2,904,084
Finland 5,356,838 5,329,590 -27,248
Romania 3,867,237 5,204,495 +1,337,258

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 55
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 50
West Midlands 48
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 38
West Yorkshire 36

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
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 39 33 -6
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 33 30 -3
West Midlands 30 31 +1
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 25 27 +2
West Yorkshire 24 24 +0
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 17 26 +9
Shropshire and Staffordshire 19 22 +3
Greater Manchester 24 16 -8
Inner London - West 17 20 +3
Surrey, East and West Sussex 20 15 -5

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) 355,523,179
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 52,356,965
Air transport 13,320,619
Road transport 661,700
Other 341,018

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) 172,829,510 182,693,669 +9,864,159
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 33,762,492 18,594,473 -15,168,019
Air transport 8,268,515 5,052,104 -3,216,411
Road transport 332,337 329,363 -2,974
Other 180,069 160,949 -19,120
Rail transport 109,822 0 -109,822

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 161,134,874
Immingham Docks 65,649,089
Felixstowe 45,475,896
Eurotunnel 43,502,424
Dover / Eurotunnel 22,013,816

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 78,548,414 82,586,460 +4,038,046
Immingham Docks 39,865,635 25,783,454 -14,082,181
Felixstowe 23,575,134 21,900,762 -1,674,372
Eurotunnel 13,525,495 29,976,929 +16,451,434
Dover / Eurotunnel 14,023,626 7,990,190 -6,033,436
Harwich 9,596,626 5,092,125 -4,504,501
London 2,163,093 6,723,048 +4,559,955
Killingholme 3,492,014 4,613,598 +1,121,584
Middlesbrough 5,129,661 1,234,895 -3,894,766
Southampton 2,518,847 3,832,158 +1,313,311

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 172
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 123
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 59
Manufacture of food products 53
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 51

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 105
2025-10 118
2025-09 88
2025-08 77
2025-07 122

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
54m+ 327
1m-15m 277
15m-54m 111
0-1m 73
Other 59

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 22,861,934
Germany 12,878,407
Netherlands 11,434,356
Canada 10,625,685
France 10,530,078

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 12,733,225 10,128,709 -2,604,516
Germany 6,478,725 6,399,682 -79,043
Netherlands 4,982,034 6,452,322 +1,470,288
Canada 5,107,929 5,517,756 +409,827
France 4,213,040 6,317,038 +2,103,998
Ireland 4,151,824 4,017,270 -134,554
Poland 4,944,513 2,095,345 -2,849,168
Saudi Arabia 4,896,907 1,347,922 -3,548,985
Iraq 198,415 5,279,913 +5,081,498
Ivory Coast 0 5,254,012 +5,254,012

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 371,022
China 147,036
Taiwan 53,877
XU 16,180
Spain 2,433

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 120,155 250,867 +130,712
China 27,753 119,283 +91,530
Taiwan 24,963 28,914 +3,951
XU 5,880 10,300 +4,420
Spain 0 2,433 +2,433
Nicaragua 568 0 -568
Austria 0 114 +114

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) 82,254,286
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 80,005,579
Air transport 15,607,459
Other 591,230
Road transport 141,530

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) 51,546,771 30,707,515 -20,839,256
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 37,607,744 42,397,835 +4,790,091
Air transport 9,082,899 6,524,560 -2,558,339
Other 179,319 411,911 +232,592
Road transport 67,030 74,500 +7,470
Rail transport 0 44,866 +44,866

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 51,506,315
London Gateway Port 30,414,268
Southampton 18,392,921
Liverpool Docks 12,632,292
London Heathrow Airport 9,858,675

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 24,310,115 27,196,200 +2,886,085
London Gateway Port 18,204,736 12,209,532 -5,995,204
Southampton 13,876,995 4,515,926 -9,361,069
Liverpool Docks 7,112,171 5,520,121 -1,592,050
London Heathrow Airport 6,909,748 2,948,927 -3,960,821
Dover 5,286,896 4,019,807 -1,267,089
Felixstowe 4,434,103 3,191,911 -1,242,192
London 1,061,532 5,812,979 +4,751,447
Immingham Docks 2,586,733 2,932,824 +346,091
Holyhead 1,711,353 1,829,446 +118,093

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 842839

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

Description: Other types of lifting machinery not covered by specific codes